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Book Review : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley

[amazon_link id=”B000H2M7OI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual Author : Brad Barkley Genre : Contemporary Publisher : St. Martin’s Press Pages: 288 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Alison Durst lives with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Bill as she attempts to recover from the death of her husband […]

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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 : The Lilac House

[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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