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Book Review : Then and Always by Dani Atkins

[amazon_link id=”0804178526″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Then and Always Author : Dani Atkins Genre : Romance Publisher : Ballantine Books Pages: 320 Publish Date : 20th May, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Rachel Wiltshire is living a sad life after a disastrous accident. No, she is fine (save for […]

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Book Review : Invisible City by Julia Dahl

[amazon_link id=”1250043395″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Invisible City (Rebekah Roberts Novels) Author : Julia Dahl Genre : Mystery Publisher : Minotaur Books Pages: 304 Publish Date : May 6th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Rebekah Roberts is a journalist, a stringer to be precise. She has been working for […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #29

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Book Review : The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri South

[amazon_link id=”1492261211″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weaver Takes a Wife Author : Sheri Cobb South Genre : Romance Publisher : Belgrave House Pages: 268 Publish Date : January 2nd, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 The Weaver Takes A Wife is a romance of the Regency era. It features […]

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Book Review : Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach

[amazon_link id=”0316221082″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Honor’s Knight (Paradox #2) Author : Rachel Aaron/Bach Genre : Sci-Fi Publisher : Orbit Books Publish Date : February 25th 2014 Pages : 384 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Bach continues her story from where she left off in the 1st book of the trilogy, Fortune’s […]

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Book Review : Archetype by M. D. Waters

[amazon_link id=”0525954236″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Archetype Author : M. D. Waters Genre : Sci-fi, Dystopian Publisher : Dutton Pages: 384 Publish Date : February 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Emma Wade wakes up after an almost fatal accident in a top-notch medical facility, to the relief of […]

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Book Review : Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

[amazon_link id=”0804138680″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dark Eden Author : Chris Beckett Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Broadway Books (Crown Publishing) Pages: 448 Publish Date : April 1st, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Dark Eden reminded me of Shaman. But while Shaman was of evolution on earth, Dark Eden […]

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Book Review : A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante

[amazon_link id=”0802122345″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Circle of Wives Author : Alice LaPlante Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press (Grove Atlantic) Pages: 325 Publish Date : March 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 That title had me going. Circle here is a collective noun, so that […]

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Book Review : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh

[amazon_link id=”0812995201″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weight of Blood Author : Laura McHugh Genre : Mystery Publisher : Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pages: 320 Publish Date : March 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lucy Dane has grown up in the small rural town of Henbane, in […]

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Book Review : The Martian by Andy Weir

[amazon_link id=”0804139024″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Martian Author : Andy Weir Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Crown (Random House) Pages: 385 Publish Date : February 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 5/5 From the book blurb : Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men […]

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