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Archive for May, 2012

New Books : Little Night by Luanne Rice

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, new books, women | 1 Comment »

I look forward to reading and reviewing Little Night by Luanne Rice. It releases June 5th and deals with themes of domestic violence and how it affects the entire family. In winter 2011, Luanne interviewed women whose lives have been touched by abuse. Three women told their stories on camera, including Luanne, who was in an […]

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Book Review : The Invitation

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, desi, india, netgalley, review, south-asian, usa, women, wwnorton | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0393081605″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Invitation Author : Anne Cherian Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company Pages : 304 Source : Publisher/Netgalley ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Vikram (“Vic”) Jha, Lali, Jay and Frances were at UCLA together in the 1970s. Now they live in different cities, and have different lives. Jay […]

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Book Review : The Sisters Brothers

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, crime, harpercollins, humor, literature, must read, poetry, recommended, review | Comments Off on Book Review : The Sisters Brothers

[amazon_link id=”B004CFA91Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Sisters Brothers Author : Patrick DeWitt Genre : Western Publisher : HarperCollins Pages : 325 Rating 4/5 I generally do not read westerns; this is my first. And having said that that, I will say that this is not a traditional western, because it seems quite “literary”. […]

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Book Review : The Marriage Plot

By amodini Posted in 2011, books, contemporary, literature, macmillan, review | Comments Off on Book Review : The Marriage Plot

[amazon_link id=”0374203059″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Marriage Plot Author : Jeffrey Eugenides Genre : Literary Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 416 Rating : No rating – did not finish book This is kind of a short review since I couldn’t finish the book. I have stopped on page 213, after doggedly slogging […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #8

By amodini Posted in 2012, images, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #8
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