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Archive for August, 2012

Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, giveaway, mystery, penguin_books, viking_books | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]

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Truth alone triumphs . . .

By amodini Posted in 2012, culture and society, india, recommended, tv, women | 3 Comments »

I’ve been watching Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate regularly since it started. Public figures and Bollywood stars often shy away from telling it like it is so I can’t appreciate him enough for stepping up and speaking up about various ills so ingrained in Indian society. He has so far done shows on various issues like […]

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Book Review : The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, books, favorites, must read, pantheon_books, random_house, recommended, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

[amazon_link id=”0307378403″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Author : Alexander McCall Smith Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Pantheon Pages : 257 Source : Library Rating : 4/5 The 13th book in the series, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection has Mma Ramotswe caught up again in a bunch of […]

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Book Review : Harmless as Doves

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, penguin_books, recommended, review | Comments Off on Book Review : Harmless as Doves

[amazon_link id=”0452297869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Harmless as Doves Author : P. L. Gaus Genre : Mystery Pages : 224 Publisher : Plume Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Bishop Leon Shetler is the religious leader of his people, a small Amish community. His placid serene world is upset one day when an […]

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New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, historical, new books, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, preview | Comments Off on New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

[amazon_link id=”067002368X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m excited to be previewing “Age of Desire” by Jennie Fields. A review will follow shortly. Meanwhile here is a little about the book and a Q&A with the author. The Age of Desire transports the reader to Edith Wharton’s life in the Gilded Age: glamorous salons and literary banter in […]

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