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Wordless Wednesdays #42

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Wordless Wednesdays #41

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Wordless Wednesdays #40

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Wordless Wednesdays #39

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Audiobook Review : Night Film by Marisha Pessl

By amodini Posted in 2013, 2015, 3_star_rating, books, mystery, random_house, thriller | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Night Film by Marisha Pessl

[amazon_link id=”0812979788″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Night Film Author : Marisha Pessl Narrator : Jake Weber Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 23 hours 9 minutes Rating : 3/5 I’d read many wonderful reviews of this book and was attracted by the “mystery/psychological thriller” bit. Unfortunately, what I’d missed, […]

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Audiobook Review : Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2_star_rating, 2015, audiobook, books, contemporary, Tantor Audio, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”1494553996″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Wishes Author : Liane Moriarty Narrator : Heather Wilds Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 31 minutes Rating : 2/5 From the Goodreads blurb: Australian triplets Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle are about to turn thirty-three and one is pregnant, one […]

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Audiobook Review : The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

By amodini Posted in 2015, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, historical, literature, mystery, penguin_books, recommended, romance, thriller, women | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”1594633118″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Paying Guests Author : Sarah Waters Narrator : Juliet Stevenson Genre : Historical Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 21 hours 28 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 It is the 1920s and Frances Wray and her mother live in genteel poverty in their South London home. Their […]

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Audiobook Showcase: Brandon Sanderson’s Firefight

By amodini Posted in 2015, audiobook, books, dystopian, preview, sci-fi | Comments Off on Audiobook Showcase: Brandon Sanderson’s Firefight

[amazon_link id=”0385743580″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m a little late to the party here, but did want to showcase the recent release of Brandon Sanderson’s audiobook. Here is a short clip from the audiobook, and below is the Goodreads blurb: From the #1 “New York Times” bestselling author of Words of Radiance coauthor of Robert Jordan’s […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #38

By amodini Posted in 2015, images, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #38
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Audiobook Review : The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

By amodini Posted in 2015, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

[amazon_link id=”0307743764″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Woman Upstairs Author : Claire Messud Narrator : Cassandra Campbell Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 11 hours Rating : 3/5 The book blurb seemed to indicate that “The Woman Upstairs” would be about a lonely spinster and her life as influenced […]

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