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Audiobook Review : Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Title : Apples Never FallAuthor : Liane MoriartyNarrators : Caroline LeeGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 18 hours 3 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I’ve been a fan of Moriarty’s writing ever since I listened to The Husband’s Secret. So I anticipated a good read/listen when I started Apples Never […]

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Audiobook Review : The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age Of Innocence, almost a social commentary of the 1920s, starts off well, but grew tiresome and stretched towards the end.

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Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Title : Today Will Be Different Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 28 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Like Semple’s previous book “Where’d You go Bernadette”, “Today Will be Different” also has an eccentric/quirky housewife for a protagonist. She, […]

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Book Review : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

[amazon_link id=”147676316X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet Author : Bernie Su, Kate Rorick Genre : Romance Publisher : Touchstone Pages: 400 Publish Date : June 24, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 I am a certified fan of Pride and Prejudice. I have read the […]

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Audiobook Review : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[amazon_link id=”140016818X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Fahrenheit 451 Author : Ray Bradbury Genre : Dystopian Narrators : Stephen Hoye Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 5 hrs 37 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Guy Montag is a fireman. In this future, firemen don’t extinguish fires, they start them. Books are banned. […]

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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 : 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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Book Review : Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

[amazon_link id=”034552666X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Great North Road Author : Peter F. Hamilton Genre : Sci-fi, Mystery Publisher : Tor Pages : 1089 Source : Netgalley/ Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Before I requested this book on NetGalley I did a quick net lookup on Peter Hamilton – I hadn’t read him before. […]

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Book Review : Bowl of Heaven

[amazon_link id=”0765328410″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Bowl of Heaven Author : Gregory Benford and Larry Niven Genre : Science fiction Publisher : Tor Pages : 416 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 A human spaceship, the SunSeeker, on it’s journey to a planet called Glory, comes across a strange object – a large […]

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Book Review : Imperfect Bliss

[amazon_link id=”1451623828″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Imperfect Bliss Author : Susan Fales-Hill Genre : Chick Lit Pages : 304 Publisher : Atria Books Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Imperfect Bliss is supposed to be based upon Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and the reality television show The Bachelorette. So we have Mr. […]

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