[amazon_link id=”0307959945″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dog Stars Author : Peter Heller Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Knopf Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 It’s a dystopian world out there. And there are few survivors, most of the world’s population and wildlife having succumbed to a fatal flu. Those that […]
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DAYA’s Free Seminar on Anger Management
[amazon_link id=”1886298041″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]For folks in Houston here is a free seminar on Anger Management this Saturday, courtesy DAYA: Don’t Cry Foul, Learn to Dodge Life’s Curve Balls A seminar to help men and women play fair in the face of anger Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: Hilton […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor
[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Truth alone triumphs . . .
I’ve been watching Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate regularly since it started. Public figures and Bollywood stars often shy away from telling it like it is so I can’t appreciate him enough for stepping up and speaking up about various ills so ingrained in Indian society. He has so far done shows on various issues like […]
Read the rest of this entry »New Books : Age of Desire by Jennie Fields
[amazon_link id=”067002368X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’m excited to be previewing “Age of Desire” by Jennie Fields. A review will follow shortly. Meanwhile here is a little about the book and a Q&A with the author. The Age of Desire transports the reader to Edith Wharton’s life in the Gilded Age: glamorous salons and literary banter in […]
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