[amazon_link id=”1608197948″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Golden Scales Author : Parker Bilal Genre : Mystery Pages : 416 Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 I decided to read this book because I quite like mysteries situated in different cultures (like Finding Nouf), the more detail of the culture and the […]
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Book Review : The Golden Scales
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, literature, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, women |
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Book Review : Pure
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, dystopian, fantasy, hachette, imaginative, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”1455503061″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pure Author : Julianna Baggott Genre : Dystopian/Horror Pages : 448 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Pure is not your ordinary dystopian novel, it treads into the horror category. It is a story of a bleak future, one where the […]
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By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended |
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[amazon_link id=”B004IYIT0C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : 22 Britannia Read Author : Amanda Hodgkinson Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Genre : Historical Pages : 321 (Hardcover) Rating : 4/5 Source : Publisher ARC Silvana and Janusz are a young newly married Polish couple. When Silvana becomes pregnant, they move to Warsaw, anticipating a happy […]
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By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, historical, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books |
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[amazon_link id=”0670021040″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Caleb’s Crossing Author : Geraldine Brooks Genre : Historical Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 300 (Hardcover) Source : Publisher ARC Caleb’s Crossing is about a real character – Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, the very first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Author Geraldine Brooks knits a story of fictional […]
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Title : The Track of SandAuthor : Andrea CamilleriPublisher : Penguin Genre : Crime / MysteryPages : 258Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC They tell me that Camilleri is the author of best-sellers, but I was skeptical to say the least, since this book is a translation of the Italian original, and I think translations […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Instruments of Darkness
By amodini
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Title : Instruments of DarknessAuthor : Imogen RobertsonGenre : Historical MysteryPublisher : Pamela Dorman BooksPages : 384Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC I started on Imogen Robertson’s “Instruments of Darkness” having had no prior introduction to her writing or work. The jacket flap promised a dark, intriguing mystery and I’m glad to report that this […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, fun stuff, giveaway, penguin_books, viking_books |
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Geraldine Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and The New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Her fourth and newest novel is CALEB’S CROSSING (Viking; On sale, May 3, 2011). Thanks to the publisher, I’ll be giving away 2 galleys of the book. If you’d like to enter the draw, please email […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Heartstone
By amodini
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Title : HeartstoneAuthor : C.J. SansomPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Historical fiction/ mysteryPages : 626 (Hardcover)Published : Jan 24, 2011Rating : 4.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Heartstone is the 5th book in C.J.Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series. In it, Sansom’s hunchbacked lawyer hero takes on another intriguing case. The time is of Catherine Parr’s reign on the […]
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Title : Finding Nouf Author : Zoe Ferraris Genre : Mystery/Suspense/Cultural Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages : 305 Rating : 4/5 Finding Nouf is about the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. Nouf ash-Shrawi, the daughter of a wealthy and influential family, was by all accounts surrounded by comforts and led a happy […]
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Title : The blood of flowers Author : Anita Amirrezvani Pages : 384 Publisher : Little, Brown and Company Rating : 4/5 This book tells the story of a 14 year old nameless young woman in 17th century Persia (now Iran), who after her father’s death, is forced to seek support from her uncle. Her […]
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