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R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2011, arc, blog, books, challenge, fun stuff, mystery | 5 Comments »

Yes, my first book challenge ever! This R.I.P VI is hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. In case you haven’t noticed there is a thriving Book Blogger community on the net, and I got to hear of this challenge via A Room of One’s Own via S.Krishna’s Books. Anyway long story short, I have signed up […]

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Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

By amodini Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, general fiction, historical, literature, nostalgia, penguin_books, viking_books | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0670022691″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rules of Civility Author : Amor Towles Genre : Historical Pages : 333 (Hardcover) Publisher : Viking (Penguin Books) Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5   Katey Kontent and Eve Ross are great friends. They room together and have come to New York city for work – […]

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Book Review : 22 Britannia Road

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended | Comments Off on Book Review : 22 Britannia Road

[amazon_link id=”B004IYIT0C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : 22 Britannia Read Author : Amanda Hodgkinson Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Genre : Historical Pages : 321 (Hardcover) Rating : 4/5 Source : Publisher ARC Silvana and Janusz are a young newly married Polish couple. When Silvana becomes pregnant, they move to Warsaw, anticipating a happy […]

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Book Review – Q: A Novel

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, harpercollins, lovely things, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi, time-travel | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0062015834″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title – Q: A Novel Author : Evan Mandery Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Harper Collins Pages : 368 Rating : 4.5/5 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC If you knew what your future had in store would you change the present to make it better ? Quite the question, isn’t […]

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Book Review : Caleb’s Crossing

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, historical, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0670021040″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Caleb’s Crossing Author : Geraldine Brooks Genre : Historical Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 300 (Hardcover) Source : Publisher ARC Caleb’s Crossing is about a real character – Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, the very first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Author Geraldine Brooks knits a story of fictional […]

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Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

By amodini Posted in 2011, blog, books, giveaway, news, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

Thanks all for the great response to the give-away ! I’ve chosen 2 winners – Heather J. and Caryl B. Congratulations to both of you ! I’ve informed the publisher and you should be receiving your copies soon. Happy reading !!

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“The Help” movie

By amodini Posted in 2011, books, hollywood, movies, preview, women | 1 Comment »

Kathryn Stockett’s best-seller “The Help” is being made into a movie. It will be in theatres this August. It was such a lovely book,that I look forward to the film – hopefully it will be as good or better. Here’s a first look :

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Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, fun stuff, giveaway, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and The New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Her fourth and newest novel is CALEB’S CROSSING (Viking; On sale, May 3, 2011). Thanks to the publisher, I’ll be giving away 2 galleys of the book. If you’d like to enter the draw, please email […]

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Book Review : The Shadow Woman

By amodini Posted in 2011, 3_star_rating, arc, books, mystery, penguin_books, review | Comments Off on Book Review : The Shadow Woman

Title : The Shadow WomanAuthor : Ake EdwardsonGenre : Crime / ThrillerPublisher : PenguinPages : 352Rating 6.5/10Source : Publisher ARC What with the success of Steig Larsson’s trilogy, translated Swedish thrillers seem to be coming out in full force. Ake Edwardson’s “The Shadow Woman” is one such book, translated by Per Carlson. This novel is […]

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