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Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, giveaway, mystery, penguin_books, viking_books | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]

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Book Review : Harmless as Doves

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, penguin_books, recommended, review | Comments Off on Book Review : Harmless as Doves

[amazon_link id=”0452297869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Harmless as Doves Author : P. L. Gaus Genre : Mystery Pages : 224 Publisher : Plume Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Bishop Leon Shetler is the religious leader of his people, a small Amish community. His placid serene world is upset one day when an […]

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New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, historical, new books, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, preview | Comments Off on New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

[amazon_link id=”067002368X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m excited to be previewing “Age of Desire” by Jennie Fields. A review will follow shortly. Meanwhile here is a little about the book and a Q&A with the author. The Age of Desire transports the reader to Edith Wharton’s life in the Gilded Age: glamorous salons and literary banter in […]

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Book Review : Earth Unaware

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, recommended, review, sci-fi, series, tor | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0765329042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Earth Unawares Author : Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston Genre : Sci-fi Pages : 368 Publisher : Tor Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow are two of my favorite sci-fi books. Although I haven’t been able to move further into the series […]

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Book Review : A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, culture and society, historical, netgalley, review, women | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”1608198111″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar Author : Suzanne Joinson Genre : Women’s Publisher : Bloomsbury Pages : 384 Rating : 3.5/5 The book has two parallel tracks, each running independently until the later half of the book where we begin to glimpse tenuous links. In the first […]

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Book Review : Imperfect Bliss

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, atria_books, chick-lit, netgalley, review, women | 1 Comment »

[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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Book Review : The Age of Miracles

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, arc, dystopian, must read, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review, sci-fi | 4 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0812992970″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Age of Miracles Author : Karen Thompson Walker Genre : Dystopian/Sci-fi Publisher : Random House Pages : 289 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lately I’ve been reading books which I would normally have not read – you think the book is of a particular genre […]

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Book Review : Little Night by Luanne Rice

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, pamela_dorman_books, recommended, review, viking_books, women | Comments Off on Book Review : Little Night by Luanne Rice

[amazon_link id=”0670023566″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Little Night Author : Luanne Rice Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 321 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 Clare has been cut off from her once close sister Anne for more than 20 years. She has also served 2 years for […]

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New Books : The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, historical, penguin_books | Comments Off on New Books : The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman

[amazon_link id=”0670023647″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Historical thriller “The Orphanmaster” releases June 19th. Here is an interview with the author : You’ve had considerable success as a writer of nonfiction. How did it feel to make the transition to fiction? I’ve always considered it an incredible privilege to write nonfiction, as you get to snoop in […]

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Book Review : Exogene

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, hachette, war | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0316128155″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Exogene Author : T.C. McCarthy Genre : War/Sci-fi Publisher : Hachette Pages : 401 Source : Publisher/NetGalley ARC Rating : 4/5 I elected to read this book because I thought it sci-fi. And while there is sci-fi, Exogene reads more like a war novel. It is set in […]

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