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Wordless Wednesdays #8

By amodini Posted in 2012, images, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #8
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Book Review : The Book of Lost Fragrances

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, imaginative, netgalley, series, simon_schuster | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1451621302″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Book of Lost Fragrances Author : M.J. Rose Publisher : Simon & Schuster Genre : Mystery Pages : 384 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 The Book of Lost Fragrances has an interesting premise about the afterlife and reincarnation. Robbie and Jacinthe L’Etoile are now the […]

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Sunday Salon : The Fifty-Fifty Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, blog, books, challenge, movies, sunday salon | 2 Comments »

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Am checking in today to announce that I am joining (yet) another Challenge. Thanks to fellow blogger maxqnz on whose blog/twitterfeed I first heard about this challenge, am now signed up todo the 50/50 Challenge, i.e.; read 50 books and see 50 films in 2012. Yes, 50. Now 50 films […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #7

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Wordless Wednesdays #6

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NetGalley Read-a-Thon

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, netgalley | 2 Comments »

(Image Courtesy : Red House Books) Yes, a month-long Read-a-thon – exactly what I need to sign up for. This is hosted by Emily of Red House Books, and encourages you to : From April 1, to April 30 I challenge you to read as many NetGalley books as you can.I also challenge you to […]

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Sunday Salon : Reading Challenge Countdown

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, lists, netgalley, review, sunday salon | Comments Off on Sunday Salon : Reading Challenge Countdown

Checking in this Sunday to keep an up-to-date count of all the books read for my Reading Challenges. I keep forgetting to link the reviews up at the host’s site, so I’ll catch them up here. So far I have read the following :   GoodReads Challenge Goal : 20 Read : 10 (See badge […]

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Book Review : State of Wonder

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, harpercollins, india, must read, recommended, review, south-asian, usa, women | 4 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0062049801″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : State of Wonder Author : Ann Patchett Genre : Contemporary Publisher : HarperCollins Pages : 353 Rating : 4.5/5 Ann Patchett’s most recent novel has as it’s stoic heroine Marina Singh, an Indian-American woman. A doctor turned researcher Dr. Singh, the daughter of an American mother and an […]

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Book Review : Accidents of Providence

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, historical, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, recommended, review, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0547490801″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Accidents of Providence Author : Stacia M. Brown Genre : Historical Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating 3.5/5 “Accidents of Providence” is a work of fiction set in the Cromwellian era of 1649, with characters based on some historical figures. In it Ms. Brown […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #4

By amodini Posted in 2012, celebration, fun stuff, images, lovely things, series, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #4
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