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Archive for January, 2012

Book Review : The Golden Scales

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, literature, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Golden Scales

[amazon_link id=”1608197948″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Golden Scales Author : Parker Bilal Genre : Mystery Pages : 416 Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 I decided to read this book because I quite like mysteries situated in different cultures (like Finding Nouf), the more detail of the culture and the […]

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2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, blog, books, challenge, fun stuff, lists, netgalley, review, web | Comments Off on 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

Yes, another Challenge for 2012 (I’ve already signed up for three)! I’m on a roll! This one is by Emily from Red House Books, yes the very same blogger who hosts the NetGalley Month Read-a-thons. I’m picking the Green Star level which means I will read (and review) 11-20 NetGalley books. Besides the books I listed […]

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Book Review : Pure

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, dystopian, fantasy, hachette, imaginative, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi | 5 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1455503061″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pure Author : Julianna Baggott Genre : Dystopian/Horror Pages : 448 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Pure is not your ordinary dystopian novel, it treads into the horror category. It is a story of a bleak future, one where the […]

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2012 ARC Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in books | 1 Comment »

Since I read lots of ARCs last year, this Challenge is a must-do for me. This is hosted by So Many Precious Books, So Little Time. I’m going for the Silver Level – read and review 24 ARCs! Here are the ARCs in my list so far (the first 3 I’ve read/currently reading – the […]

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Book Review : How It All Began

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, culture and society, humor, lovely things, must read, nostalgia, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books, wit | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0670023442″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : How It All Began Author : Penelope Lively Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 229 Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Dame Penelope Lively’s “How it all began” starts off with a violent mugging. A frail old schoolteacher Charlotte Rainsford is pushed to the […]

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2012 Book Reading Challenges

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, of me, status | 5 Comments »

I have a new Kindle now, and LOVE it. Reading on the iPad is also fun – I use it on night mode, so that reduces the glare. But the Kindle is zero glare, very much like a book, and oh-so-light. Fits right in the palm of my hand (yes, I have a large palm […]

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2011 : The Year in Review

By amodini Posted in 2011, arc, blog, books, challenge, favorites, fun stuff, lists, lovely things, netgalley, of me, review, sunday salon | 3 Comments »

2011 was the year of the ARC. I read more Advance Reviewer Copies than the previous years, so much so that I barely got to my own Reading List! I entered 2 Reading Challenges and got  started on the Sunday Salon Posts. I completed the GoodReads 2011 Reading Challenge (Goal of 15 books) and Stainless […]

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