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Book Review : Pastors’ Wives by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (April 2013)

[amazon_link id=”0452298822″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pastor’s Wives Author : Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Publisher : Plume Books Genre : Contemporary Fiction Pages : 359 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 Candace Green, Ginger Green and Ruthie matters are pastors’ wives. Their husbands work for the Greenleaf mega-church. Aaron Green is the senior pastor and […]

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Book Review : The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari & Robert Hillman

[amazon_link id=”B008EKMBD2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Honey Thief Author : Najaf Mazari, Robert Hillman Genre : Literary / Folklore Publisher : Viking Pages : 290 Source : Publisher Rating : 4/5 The Honey Thief is about the Hazara people of Afghanistan. My interest in this book was piqued when I remembered that Hassan, […]

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Book Review : Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani

[amazon_link id=”1451660472″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Equal of the Sun Author : Anita Amirezvani Genre : Historical Publisher : Scribner (Simon & Schuster) Pages : 464 Source : Publisher Rating : 4/5 Anita Amirrezvani’s previous novel “The Blood of Flowers” wove an intricate story of a female carpet-maker who must make her way in a […]

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Book Review : The Caretaker by A.X.Ahmad

[amazon_link id=”1250016843″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Caretaker Author : A.X.Ahmad Genre : Thriller Publisher : Minotaur Books (St. Martin’s Press) Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Instead of the bookish, intellectual characters that we see in diaspora stories, “The Caretaker” has as its protagonist a desi Jason Bourne like […]

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Book Review : Over The Edge by Suzanne Carroll

[amazon_link id=”1612131352″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Over the Edge Author : Suzanne Carroll Genre : Romance Publisher : Writer’s Coffee Shop Pages : 262 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Zoe Harper, lowly Personal Assistant at Creed Constructions is in love with successful lawyer Dan Costi, and they will be marrying soon in […]

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Book Review : The Other Woman’s House by Sophie Hannah

[amazon_link id=”0143121510″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Other Woman’s House Author : Sophie Hannah Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Pages : 438 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.8/5 Catriona Louise Bowskill (aka Connie) and her husband Christian, or Kit, live in beautiful Melrose Cottage in Little Holling, Silsford. Late one night, when Connie […]

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Book Review : The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran

[amazon_link id=”0385338198″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Hope Factory Author : Lavanya Sankaran Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Dial Press Pages : 384 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 This book is the story of two main protagonists – Anand K. Murthy who runs his own business, and Kamala, a […]

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Audiobook Review : Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen)

[amazon_link id=”0786118229″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Although my foray into audio-books started as an attempt to make my walks more interesting and to tempt me to go walking even, I have to say that I am hooked. And for that I credit the narrators. I’ve been lucky enough to listen to three of the best, Frederick […]

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Book Review : The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag

[amazon_link id=”067078463X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The House at the End of Hope Street Author : Menna van Praag Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher Arc Rating  2.5/5 Unhappy Alba Ashby is drawn toward a house on the street. At the doorstep, she is […]

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Audiobook Review : The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

[amazon_link id=”B001CEI2XU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 4/5 Narrator : Frederick Davidson Length : 6 hours 5 minutes (Image on left indicative of audiobook – it is not the same audiobook though) I’m a big fan of P.G.Wodehouse but his books, at least in print, are generally not in the local library. What with this […]

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