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Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

By amodini Posted in 2010, 2014, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, feel-good, humor, india, lovely things, must read, random_house, recommended, review, romance, south-asian, wit | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

[amazon_link id=”0812981227″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author : Helen Simonson Narrator : Peter Altschuler Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 8 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I came upon this very interesting audiobook on my library’s website. I thought it interesting because this is […]

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Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, recommended, review, wit | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

[amazon_link id=”0385337426″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Everything Changes Author : Jonathan Tropper Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Scott Brick Publisher : Books on Tape Listening Length : 10 hrs 8 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Everything Changes is told in the first person by our hero, Zachary King, a young executive in […]

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Miss America Nina Davuluri at Macy’s

By amodini Posted in 2014, culture and society, events, feel-good, fun stuff, india, media, news, recommended, south-asian, women | Comments Off on Miss America Nina Davuluri at Macy’s

  Ms. America, Nina Davaluri, the first Ms. America of Indian descent, was in Houston recently and made an appearance at Macys.   The desi hordes turned up of course, moi included :-). Well, she really is very pretty, poised and well-spoken as she looks on television, and appears to have a good, strong head […]

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