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Archive for December, 2012

50-50 Challenge : Completion (sort-of)

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, movies, new books, of me, review, status | Comments Off on 50-50 Challenge : Completion (sort-of)

So, I signed up for this sometime this year. It is hosted by these good folks and the rules are simple: Commit to reading 50 books and watching 50 movies in the next year, 2012. The year is ending shortly, so how did I do ? MOVIES I’ve seen 50 for sure, and just for […]

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Book Review : Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, crime, ebooks, imaginative, mystery, netgalley, new books, review, sci-fi, tor | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”034552666X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Great North Road Author : Peter F. Hamilton Genre : Sci-fi, Mystery Publisher : Tor Pages : 1089 Source : Netgalley/ Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Before I requested this book on NetGalley I did a quick net lookup on Peter Hamilton – I hadn’t read him before. […]

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Book Review : Broken Harbor by Tana French

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, mystery, penguin_books, viking_books | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Broken Harbor Author : Tana French Genre : Mystery/Thriller Publisher : Viking Pages : 450 Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Broken Harbor features Detective Mike “Scorcher” Kennedy, who appeared in a minor role in Faithful Place – French continues to build upon her “connected” people stories. […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #14

By amodini Posted in 2012, images, media, spain, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #14
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