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Audiobook Review : Chances Are by Richard Russo

By amodini Posted in 2_star_rating, 2020, audiobook, contemporary, random_house | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Chances Are by Richard Russo

Title : Chances Are Author : Richard Russo Narrators : Fred Sanders Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 17 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Three old friends meet up on Martha’s Vineyard where they’d spent many happy moments as college students. Lincoln is a real […]

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Book Review : The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery

By amodini Posted in 2020, books, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery

Title : The Blue Castle Author : L.M.Montgomery Genre : Romance Publisher : Bantam Pages : 224 Rating : 2.5/5 Valancy Stirling, considered an old maid at 29, lives with her family who put her down and poke fun at her every chance they get. Her only solace is reading books by her favorite author […]

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Audiobook Review : Payment In Blood by Elizabeth George

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, series | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Payment In Blood by Elizabeth George

Title : Payment In Blood Author : Elizabeth George Narrators : Davina Porter Genre : Mystery Publisher : Recorded Books Listening Length : 14 hours 35 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Even though I’ve now read a handful of Inspector Lynley books, and find her work just as engrossing as Agatha Christie’s […]

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Audiobook Review : Educated by Tara Westover

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, culture and society, memoir, must listen, must read, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Educated by Tara Westover

Title : Educated Author : Tara Westover Narrators : Julia Whelan Genre : Non-fiction; Memoir Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 10 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 In this book, author Tara Westover describes her childhood with her parents and her siblings on a rural farm in Idaho. […]

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Book Review : Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

By amodini Posted in 2020, 3.5_star_rating, books, memoir, non-fiction, recommended, social issues, Uplifting books | Comments Off on Book Review : Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

Title : Born A Crime Author : Trevor Noah Genre : Non-fiction; Memoir Publisher : One World Pages : 304 Rating : 3.5/5 I borrowed Born A Crime by Trevor Noah from the library because I do watch Trevor Noah’s show on Comedy Central, I have seen his stand-up comedy and heard about his background. […]

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Audibook Review : The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, macmillan, war, women | Comments Off on Audibook Review : The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Title : The NightingaleAuthor : Kristin HannahGenre : HistoricalPublisher : Macmillan AudioNarrator : Polly StoneListening Length : 17 hours 19 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristin Hannah’s Nightingale is about 2 French sisters in World War II. When Hitler invades France, Vianne Mauriac the elder sister is living happily with husband Antoine and daughter Sophy in […]

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Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, crime, little_brown, must read, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller | Comments Off on Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Title : Force of NatureAuthor : Jane HarperGenre : MysteryPublisher : Little BrownPages : 347Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Five women, Jill Bailey, Alice Russell, Lauren Shaw, twins Breanna and Bethany, go out on an office-sponsored survivalist-style corporate retreat, a moderately challenging exercise where they will have to make their way from one point to another […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #110

By amodini Posted in 2020, audiobook, BestBooks, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, education, favorites, lists, must read, non-fiction, recommended, thriller, Top10, wordless_wednesdays , , | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #110

I tweeted this list out in response to a question on the #TSBC Book Chat, so here it is again! My Top 10 Books of 2020 – some have been reviewed here and some will appear in the following months!

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Audiobook Review : The Body Double by Emily Beyda

By amodini Posted in 2020, audiobook, books, contemporary, random_house, slow-burn, suspense | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Body Double by Emily Beyda

Title : The Body Double Author : Emily Beyda Narrators : Emily Rankin Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 26 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 The book blurb for The Body Double compares it to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, a comparison this book does not deserve because […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #109

By amodini Posted in 2020, historical, images, india, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #109
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