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Archive for April, 2012

Book Review : The Lilac House

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, india, literature, macmillan, netgalley, recommended, south-asian, st_martins_press, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”031260677X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Lilac House Author : Anita Nair Genre : Literary/South Asian Publisher : St. Martins Griffin Pages : 352 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Meera is a smart society wife and cookbook author, caught up in tending to her family. She lives with husband Giri, son […]

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Book Review : The Book of Lost Fragrances

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, imaginative, netgalley, series, simon_schuster | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1451621302″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Book of Lost Fragrances Author : M.J. Rose Publisher : Simon & Schuster Genre : Mystery Pages : 384 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 The Book of Lost Fragrances has an interesting premise about the afterlife and reincarnation. Robbie and Jacinthe L’Etoile are now the […]

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Sunday Salon : The Fifty-Fifty Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, blog, books, challenge, movies, sunday salon | 2 Comments »

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Am checking in today to announce that I am joining (yet) another Challenge. Thanks to fellow blogger maxqnz on whose blog/twitterfeed I first heard about this challenge, am now signed up todo the 50/50 Challenge, i.e.; read 50 books and see 50 films in 2012. Yes, 50. Now 50 films […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #7

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Book Review : The House at Tyneford

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2011, books, historical, penguin_books, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The House at Tyneford

[amazon_link id=”0452297648″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The House at Tyneford Author : Natasha Solomon Genre : Historical Romance Publisher : Plume Pages : 368 Rating : 2.5/5 “The House at Tyneford” is a historical novel, set amid the upheaval of the Second World War. Elise Landau is a Viennese Jewess living with her parents […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #6

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NetGalley Read-a-Thon

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, netgalley | 2 Comments »

(Image Courtesy : Red House Books) Yes, a month-long Read-a-thon – exactly what I need to sign up for. This is hosted by Emily of Red House Books, and encourages you to : From April 1, to April 30 I challenge you to read as many NetGalley books as you can.I also challenge you to […]

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