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Book Review : Dog Stars by Peter Heller

[amazon_link id=”0307959945″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dog Stars Author : Peter Heller Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Knopf Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 It’s a dystopian world out there. And there are few survivors, most of the world’s population and wildlife having succumbed to a fatal flu. Those that […]

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DAYA’s Free Seminar on Anger Management

[amazon_link id=”1886298041″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]For folks in Houston here is a free seminar on Anger Management this Saturday, courtesy DAYA: Don’t Cry Foul, Learn to Dodge Life’s Curve Balls A seminar to help men and women play fair in the face of anger Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: Hilton […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #11

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Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor

[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 . . .

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

[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

[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

[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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Wordless Wednesdays #10

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Book Review : Earth Unaware

[amazon_link id=”0765329042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Earth Unawares Author : Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston Genre : Sci-fi Pages : 368 Publisher : Tor Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow are two of my favorite sci-fi books. Although I haven’t been able to move further into the series […]

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