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Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, atria_books, books, ebooks, mystery, netgalley, recommended, series | Comments Off on Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn

[amazon_link id=”1451665164″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fistful of Collars Author : Spencer Quinn Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 This is my first Chet-and-Bernie mystery so I didn’t really know what to expect. If you haven’t read one of the books from […]

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Completed : 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, ebooks, lists, netgalley, of me, review, status | Comments Off on Completed : 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

I’ve finished my NetGalley Reading Challenge hosted by Red House Books! Again, checking in 2013 to list out all the books read for it. I elected to read between 11-20 books, and I’ve read 20 books so far! Goal : 11-20 Read so far: 20 The Golden Scales Pure Midnight in Austenland Last Chance Beauty […]

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Completed : 2012 ARC Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, netgalley, new books | Comments Off on Completed : 2012 ARC Reading Challenge

I’ve finished my ARC Reading Challenge! Checking in in the New Year to list out all the books read for it. I elected to read 12 books, and I’ve read 26 books so far! Goal : 12 Read so far: 26 How it all began The Golden Scales Pure Midnight in Austenland Last Chance Beauty […]

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Book Review : Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, crime, ebooks, imaginative, mystery, netgalley, new books, review, sci-fi, tor | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”034552666X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Great North Road Author : Peter F. Hamilton Genre : Sci-fi, Mystery Publisher : Tor Pages : 1089 Source : Netgalley/ Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Before I requested this book on NetGalley I did a quick net lookup on Peter Hamilton – I hadn’t read him before. […]

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Book Review : Bowl of Heaven

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, netgalley, review, sci-fi, tor | Comments Off on Book Review : Bowl of Heaven

[amazon_link id=”0765328410″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Bowl of Heaven Author : Gregory Benford and Larry Niven Genre : Science fiction Publisher : Tor Pages : 416 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 A human spaceship, the SunSeeker, on it’s journey to a planet called Glory, comes across a strange object – a large […]

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Book Review : In a Fix

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, tor | Comments Off on Book Review : In a Fix

[amazon_link id=”0765331802″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : In a Fix (Ciel Hannigan Series) Author : Linda Grimes Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Ciel Halligan is an “aura adaptor”, a person with the very special ability to morph into someone else. She uses this to […]

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Book Review : Ironskin

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, steampunk, tor | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0765330598″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Ironskin Author : Tina Connolly Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Ironskin is of the Victorian-steampunk genre, so it is situated in a time where motor-cars and cameras do exist, but are referenced to as though they were […]

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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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