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Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2019, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Title : Today Will Be Different Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 28 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Like Semple’s previous book “Where’d You go Bernadette”, “Today Will be Different” also has an eccentric/quirky housewife for a protagonist. She, […]

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Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo

By amodini Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, must read, recommended | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo

Title : Everybody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Genre : Fiction (Contemporary) Narrators : Mark Bramhall Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 18 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Everybody’s Fool is the sequel to Nobody’s Fool and was written a good 10 years after that released. It is […]

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Audiobook Review : Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, random_house, recommended | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo

Title : Nobody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Narrators : Ron McLarty Genre : Fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 24 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 There comes a time when you try book after book, but none hook you enough to go beyond an hour of […]

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Book Review : Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

By amodini Posted in 2018, 3.5_star_rating, books, contemporary | Comments Off on Book Review : Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

Title : Goodbye, Vitamin Author : Rachel Khong Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Henry Holt & Co. Pages: 208 Rating : 3.5/5 Goodbye Vitamin is a novel about Ruth, a 30 year old woman, who has moved back home for about an year, after her father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Ruth has recently broken […]

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Book Review : What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2018, books, contemporary, women | Comments Off on Book Review : What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Title : What Alice Forgot Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkeley Rating : 2/5 So, I loved, loved, loved Moriarty’s “The Husband’s Secret“. And yes, I’ve read four other Moriarty books, which were not quite as spectacular, but then one always hopes, does one not? Alice falls from her bike during […]

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Audiobook Review : Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

By amodini Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, humor, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, series, suspense, wit | 1 Comment »

Title : Skinny Dip Author : Carl Hiaasen Series : Skink Series Narrators : Stephen Hoye Genre : Crime, Humor Publisher : Books On Tape Listening Length : 13 hours 30 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Reading Carl Hiaasen has been on my radar a while, and I’ve finally gotten around to […]

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Audiobook Review : The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

By amodini Posted in 2010, 2017, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, random_house, romance | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Title : The Mountain Between Us Author : Charles Martin Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 58 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Two strangers, Dr. Ed Payne and Ashley Knox, stranded at Salt Lake City airport amid bad weather decide to charter […]

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Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 4_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Title : Commonwealth Author : Ann Patchett Narrators : Hope Davis Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 33 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Deputy District Attorney Bert Cousins gate-crashes Franny Keating’s christening party in Torrance, California,, with an inappropriate gift – a bottle of gin. Also, […]

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Book Review : Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, books, chick-lit, contemporary, women | Comments Off on Book Review : Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Title : Big Little Lies Author : Liane Moriarty Pages : 512 Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkley Rating : 4/5 Big Little Lies is about Jane, Madeline and Celeste and their lives. All three have children going to Pirriwee Public School, and that is how they meet and become friends. Each of them has […]

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Audiobook Review : A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman

By amodini Posted in 2015, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, humor, lovely things | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman

Title : A Man Called Ove Author : Frederik Backman Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Dreamscape Media Listening Length : 9 hours 9 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Ove (pronounced Oova) Lindahl is a 59 year old Swedish widower who has recently been laid off from work. He […]

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