[amazon_link id=”0385343280″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Golden State Author : Michelle Richmond Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Bantam Pages: 304 Publish Date : February 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Dr. Julie Walker is in a tough situation. She needs to get to the VA hospital where her sister […]
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Book Review : Golden State by Michelle Richmond
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, arc, bantam, books, contemporary, netgalley, women |
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Audiobook Review : Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
By amodini
Posted in 2013, 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette, humor, must read, quirky, recommended, wit, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0316204269″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Where’s You Go Bernadette Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 9 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Where’d You Go Bernadette (WYGB here onwards) is an epistolary novel – i.e.; instead of following […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley
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Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, humor, netgalley, romance, st_martins_press |
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[amazon_link id=”B000H2M7OI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual Author : Brad Barkley Genre : Contemporary Publisher : St. Martin’s Press Pages: 288 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Alison Durst lives with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Bill as she attempts to recover from the death of her husband […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
By amodini
Posted in 2013, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, non-fiction, politics, random_house, recommended |
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[amazon_link id=”0307455874″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Audacity of Hope Author : Barack Obama Narrator : Barack Obama Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length: 6 hours and 10 minutes Source : Library Rating : 4.5/5 I do not read much non-fiction but downloaded this audiobook on the recommendation of a friend, and have […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
By amodini
Posted in 2013, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, culture and society, india, literature, must read, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”140003065X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fine Balance Author : Rohinton Mistry Narrator : John Lee Genre : Society/Culture Listening Length : 24 hours and 29 minutes Pages : 603 Rating : 5/5 “A Fine Balance” is quite a tome. I realized this when I tried to download it from the local library […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, must read, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, review, romance, wit, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0143124544″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Me Before You Author : Jojo Moyes Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Penguin) Pages : 369 Source : Publisher Rating : 4.2/5 Louisa Clark lives in a small English village and works at a local café. When she loses her job she must find another […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : I’ll Take What She Has by Samantha Wilde
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, bantam, books, contemporary, culture and society, random_house, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0385342675″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : I’ll Take What She Has Author : Samantha Wilde Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Bantam Pages : 418 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Nora and Annie, both living at Dixbie, a residential school campus, are best friends. Nora Galusha is a teacher, who desperately wants […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Pretty One by Lucinda Rosenfeld
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Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, little_brown, netgalley, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0316213551″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Pretty One Author : Lucinda Rosenfield Genre : Women’s fiction Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Olympia (Pia) is the middle sister of three. She is the pretty, artsy one. Imperia or Perri is the eldest – the perfectionist […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Marriage Plot
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Posted in 2011, books, contemporary, literature, macmillan, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0374203059″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Marriage Plot Author : Jeffrey Eugenides Genre : Literary Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 416 Rating : No rating – did not finish book This is kind of a short review since I couldn’t finish the book. I have stopped on page 213, after doggedly slogging […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : State of Wonder
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, harpercollins, india, must read, recommended, review, south-asian, usa, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0062049801″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : State of Wonder Author : Ann Patchett Genre : Contemporary Publisher : HarperCollins Pages : 353 Rating : 4.5/5 Ann Patchett’s most recent novel has as it’s stoic heroine Marina Singh, an Indian-American woman. A doctor turned researcher Dr. Singh, the daughter of an American mother and an […]
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