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Archive for June, 2010

Book Review : Remarkable Creatures

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, books, historical, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, women | 3 Comments »

Title : Remarkable CreaturesAuthor : Tracy ChevalierGenre : Historical fictionPages : 320Rating : 4/5 A spinster in search of fossils. Sound interesting ? Well, it should, because like it’s title “Remarkable creatures” this book is pretty remarkable too. I haven’t read this author’s previous novel “Girl with a pearl earring”, but when I came across […]

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On celebration

By amodini Posted in culture and society, features, india | Comments Off on On celebration

I remember hearing Viswanathan Anand in an interview talking about his parents’ reaction to his being featured in Time Magazine or some such achievement. Apparently his parents were most matter of fact about that – the whole “OK, well done beta ! Now let’s get you down to earth !” routine. I can almost see […]

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Book Review : Angelology

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, books, fantasy, penguin_books, review, viking_books | 1 Comment »

Title : AngelologyAuthor : Danielle TrussoniGenre : (Mythological) FantasyPages : 452Publisher : Viking PenguinRating : 3.5/5 You might say “don’t judge a book by its cover”, but I did. It looked so intriguing – a large “angel” wing attached to a human (?) body. Yes, this is fantasy, and I was under no impressions that […]

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