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Book Review : Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree

Title : Aunt Dimity and the Family TreeAuthor : Nancy AthertonGenre : Mystery Publisher : Viking AdultPages : 240Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree is the 16th book of the Aunt Dimity series. Aunt Dimity, if you haven’t read any of these books before, is a ghost who speaks […]

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Book Review : Fadeaway Girl

Title : Fadeaway GirlAuthor : Martha GrimesPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Mystery Pages : 336Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC “The Fadeaway Girl” is a the 4th book of the Emma Graham Series. I haven’t read the first three so this was my first introduction to our 12 year old protagonist. In this book Emma […]

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Book Review : Angelology

Title : AngelologyAuthor : Danielle TrussoniGenre : (Mythological) FantasyPages : 452Publisher : Viking PenguinRating : 3.5/5 You might say “don’t judge a book by its cover”, but I did. It looked so intriguing – a large “angel” wing attached to a human (?) body. Yes, this is fantasy, and I was under no impressions that […]

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Book Review : The Kingdom of Ohio

Title : The Kingdom of OhioAuthor : Matthew FlamingGenre : Sci-fi/historical fiction/steampunkPublisher : Amy Einhorn Books (G.P.Putnam’s Sons)Pages : 322Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC This book piqued my interest because it purported to be a time travel story, mixed together with all sorts of steampunk. And let me tell you, that time travel story […]

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Review : The girl with the dragon tattoo

“The girl with the dragon tattoo” has been high on the best-seller lists, and I am not quite sure why. The book was written by Stieg Larsson, a Swedish journalist. Larsson died in 2004. The book was published in 2005, and in English, is a translation of the original. The 2 pronged premise is intriguing […]

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