Amodini's Book Reviews

Book Reviews and Recommendations

Archive for the 'romance' Category

Book review : The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review, romance, sci-fi, women | Comments Off on Book review : The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

[amazon_link id=”0345534050″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Best of All Possible Worlds Author : Karen Lord Genre : Science Fiction/ Romance Publisher : Del Rey Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Pages : 320 Rating : 3.5/5 Karen Lord’s new sci-fi novel is set in the future when humans have colonized new planets. When the planet […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Book Review : Somebody to love

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, harlequin, recommended, review, romance | Comments Off on Book Review : Somebody to love

[amazon_link id=”0373776586″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Somebody to love Author : Kristan Higgins Genre : Romance Publisher : Harlequin Pages : 432 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 My one guilty pleasure : romance. I don’t read or review them often enough because one is very much like the other – the hero […]

Read the rest of this entry »

New Books : Every Day Every Hour by Natasa Dragnic

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, new books, penguin_books, preview, romance, viking_books | Comments Off on New Books : Every Day Every Hour by Natasa Dragnic

[amazon_link id=”0670023507″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]This book, a translation of the original was published last month. Here is a little about it (per publisher mail): Every Day, Every Hour is a debut novel from a fresh, new international voice in literature, Nataša Dragnić with faithfully done translation by Liesl Schillinger. Every Day, Every Hour is […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Book Review : The House at Tyneford

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2011, books, historical, penguin_books, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The House at Tyneford

[amazon_link id=”0452297648″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The House at Tyneford Author : Natasha Solomon Genre : Historical Romance Publisher : Plume Pages : 368 Rating : 2.5/5 “The House at Tyneford” is a historical novel, set amid the upheaval of the Second World War. Elise Landau is a Viennese Jewess living with her parents […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Book Review : Last Chance Beauty Queen

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, books, chick-lit, contemporary, hachette, review, romance | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0446576085″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Last Chance Beauty Queen Author : Hope Ramsay Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Genre : Romance Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 British Lord Hugh DeBracy comes to America to setup his textile machinery factory. He requires the assistance of Caroline Rocky Rhodes to persuade a land-owner […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Book Review : The Bungalow

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, historical, penguin_books, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Bungalow

[amazon_link id=”B005Q8254K” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Bungalow Author : Sarah Jio Genre : Romance Publisher : Plume Pages : 287 Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 This is the story of Anne Calloway and her best friend Kitty. Anne is about to marry Gerard Godfrey, a childhood friend and her social equal, […]

Read the rest of this entry »
<<1234