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Book Review : The Invitation

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, desi, india, netgalley, review, south-asian, usa, women, wwnorton | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0393081605″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Invitation Author : Anne Cherian Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company Pages : 304 Source : Publisher/Netgalley ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Vikram (“Vic”) Jha, Lali, Jay and Frances were at UCLA together in the 1970s. Now they live in different cities, and have different lives. Jay […]

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Book Review : The Lilac House

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, india, literature, macmillan, netgalley, recommended, south-asian, st_martins_press, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”031260677X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Lilac House Author : Anita Nair Genre : Literary/South Asian Publisher : St. Martins Griffin Pages : 352 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Meera is a smart society wife and cookbook author, caught up in tending to her family. She lives with husband Giri, son […]

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Book Review : The Book of Lost Fragrances

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, imaginative, netgalley, series, simon_schuster | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1451621302″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Book of Lost Fragrances Author : M.J. Rose Publisher : Simon & Schuster Genre : Mystery Pages : 384 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 The Book of Lost Fragrances has an interesting premise about the afterlife and reincarnation. Robbie and Jacinthe L’Etoile are now the […]

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NetGalley Read-a-Thon

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, netgalley | 2 Comments »

(Image Courtesy : Red House Books) Yes, a month-long Read-a-thon – exactly what I need to sign up for. This is hosted by Emily of Red House Books, and encourages you to : From April 1, to April 30 I challenge you to read as many NetGalley books as you can.I also challenge you to […]

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Sunday Salon : Reading Challenge Countdown

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, lists, netgalley, review, sunday salon | Comments Off on Sunday Salon : Reading Challenge Countdown

Checking in this Sunday to keep an up-to-date count of all the books read for my Reading Challenges. I keep forgetting to link the reviews up at the host’s site, so I’ll catch them up here. So far I have read the following :   GoodReads Challenge Goal : 20 Read : 10 (See badge […]

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Book Review : Midnight in Austenland

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, chick-lit, humor, netgalley, review, wit, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1608196259″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Midnight in Austenland Author : Shannon Hale Genre : Romance/Mystery Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 I decided to read this book, because my daughter has read a number of Hale’s YA books and recommended her, when I asked her about the author. Also […]

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Book Review : The Golden Scales

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, literature, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Golden Scales

[amazon_link id=”1608197948″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Golden Scales Author : Parker Bilal Genre : Mystery Pages : 416 Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 I decided to read this book because I quite like mysteries situated in different cultures (like Finding Nouf), the more detail of the culture and the […]

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2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, blog, books, challenge, fun stuff, lists, netgalley, review, web | Comments Off on 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

Yes, another Challenge for 2012 (I’ve already signed up for three)! I’m on a roll! This one is by Emily from Red House Books, yes the very same blogger who hosts the NetGalley Month Read-a-thons. I’m picking the Green Star level which means I will read (and review) 11-20 NetGalley books. Besides the books I listed […]

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Book Review : Pure

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, dystopian, fantasy, hachette, imaginative, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi | 5 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1455503061″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pure Author : Julianna Baggott Genre : Dystopian/Horror Pages : 448 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Pure is not your ordinary dystopian novel, it treads into the horror category. It is a story of a bleak future, one where the […]

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2011 : The Year in Review

By amodini Posted in 2011, arc, blog, books, challenge, favorites, fun stuff, lists, lovely things, netgalley, of me, review, sunday salon | 3 Comments »

2011 was the year of the ARC. I read more Advance Reviewer Copies than the previous years, so much so that I barely got to my own Reading List! I entered 2 Reading Challenges and got  started on the Sunday Salon Posts. I completed the GoodReads 2011 Reading Challenge (Goal of 15 books) and Stainless […]

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