Amodini's Book Reviews

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Archive for May, 2011

How to get smart : Bring BQC back

By amodini Posted in books, education, fun stuff, india, learning, linktastic, media, south-asian, tv | Comments Off on How to get smart : Bring BQC back

This is a Google-dependent world. What you don’t know is on the World Wide Web, and it’s yours for the searching. And when all knowledge is right there at your fingertips, available with a few taps on the keyboard and a few clicks of the mouse, is there then, any need to store it in […]

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The Great Big Book Give Away

By amodini Posted in books, fun stuff, giveaway, linktastic | Comments Off on The Great Big Book Give Away

Love books ? Reading your idea of heaven ? Think nothing is better than a good book ? Well then, welcome to the club ! Yup, there’s a club for that. It’s on Facebook, and it lists numerous books and how you can get them for free. No, no catch, no tricks, no reading the […]

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Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

By amodini Posted in 2011, blog, books, giveaway, news, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

Thanks all for the great response to the give-away ! I’ve chosen 2 winners – Heather J. and Caryl B. Congratulations to both of you ! I’ve informed the publisher and you should be receiving your copies soon. Happy reading !!

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Book Review : WWW-Wake

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, books, penguin_books, review, sci-fi | Comments Off on Book Review : WWW-Wake

Title : WWW:Wake (first book of a 3-book series) Author : Robert J. Sawyer Genre : Science fiction Rating : 3.5/5  Dragons are not for me. I also shy away from vampires, and from fable-like, mythical sounding works of fiction. Although sci-fi and fantasy are routinely clubbed together, they are very different. While fantasy is […]

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