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Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, desi, humor, india, netgalley, romance, scholastic, south-asian, YA | Comments Off on Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

[amazon_link id=”0143031716″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Born Confused Author : Tanuja Desai Hidier Genre : Mystery Publisher : Scholastic Pages: 512 Publish Date : July, 2003 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 I’m no teenager and generally try to keep away from Young Adult books, but I chose to read this […]

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Book Review : The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal by Adite Banerjie

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, chick-lit, desi, fun stuff, harlequin, india, review, romance, women | 1 Comment »

Title : The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal Author : Adite Banerjie Genre : Romance Publish Date : September 1st, 2013 Publisher : Harlequin Source : Author Rating : 3.5/5 It’s been a really long time since I’ve read Mills & Boons. If you know not what these are, they are romances where the men are […]

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Book Review : The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, desi, food, fun stuff, humor, india, mystery, recommended, simon_schuster, south-asian | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1451613261″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Case of the Love Commandos Author : Tarquin Hall Genre : Mystery Publisher : Simon & Schuster Publish Date : September 8th 2013 Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher Rating : 4/5 This is the second book of the Vish Puri series that I have read; I’ve […]

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Audiobook Review : Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

By amodini Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, desi, humor, india, must read, random_house, recommended, wit, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

[amazon_link id=”0307886271″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Author : Mindy Kaling Narrator : Mindy Kaling Publisher : Random House Audio Rating : 4.5/5 After I discovered that I liked audiobooks because they make my walk/commute more interesting, I’ve listened to quite a few. “Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me” […]

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Book review : The Darwin Elevator by Jason Hough

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, books, del_rey_books, desi, imaginative, netgalley, random_house, sci-fi, series | Comments Off on Book review : The Darwin Elevator by Jason Hough

[amazon_link id=”0345537122″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Darwin Elevator Author : Jason M. Hough Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Del Rey Pages : 496 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 In the first novel of a trilogy, Hough builds a futuristic, dystopian 23rd century world. Skyler Lukien is a space-age scavenger, setting off […]

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Book Review : The Village by Nikita Lalwani

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3_star_rating, books, crime, culture and society, desi, india, literature, netgalley, random_house | Comments Off on Book Review : The Village by Nikita Lalwani

[amazon_link id=”1400066492″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Village Author : Nikita Lalwani Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Pages : 256 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 This book has an interesting setup. Ray Bhullar is a film director with the BBC, in India to make a documentary about Ashwer, an open […]

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Book Review : The Caretaker by A.X.Ahmad

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, desi, india, netgalley, review, south-asian, st_martins_press, thriller, usa | Comments Off on Book Review : The Caretaker by A.X.Ahmad

[amazon_link id=”1250016843″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Caretaker Author : A.X.Ahmad Genre : Thriller Publisher : Minotaur Books (St. Martin’s Press) Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Instead of the bookish, intellectual characters that we see in diaspora stories, “The Caretaker” has as its protagonist a desi Jason Bourne like […]

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Book Review : The Invitation

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, desi, india, netgalley, review, south-asian, usa, women, wwnorton | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0393081605″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Invitation Author : Anne Cherian Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company Pages : 304 Source : Publisher/Netgalley ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Vikram (“Vic”) Jha, Lali, Jay and Frances were at UCLA together in the 1970s. Now they live in different cities, and have different lives. Jay […]

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South Asian Challenge for 2012

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, desi, fun stuff, india, lists, south-asian, women | Comments Off on South Asian Challenge for 2012

I read S. Krishna’s Book Blog often, but this is the first time I’m taking the South Asian Challenge she hosts. I am of South-Asian descent so the literary landscape is kind of familiar. I do read South-Asian books once in a while – I recently read “The Artist of Disappearance” by Anita Desai which […]

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Tejaswee Rao Blogging Awards

By amodini Posted in blog, culture and society, desi, linktastic, recommended, women | 1 Comment »

Feminist and fellow-blogger Indian Homemaker has announced Blogging Awards in the memory of her daughter Tejaswee. There are about 35 categories, in which you can nominate posts. I have added a few of my own which fit, and ask you to to do the same. If you have read of posts which fit into these […]

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