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Book Review : Midnight in Austenland

By amodini Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, chick-lit, humor, netgalley, review, wit, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”1608196259″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Midnight in Austenland Author : Shannon Hale Genre : Romance/Mystery Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 I decided to read this book, because my daughter has read a number of Hale’s YA books and recommended her, when I asked her about the author. Also […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #3

By amodini Posted in 2012, celebration, fun stuff, images, lovely things, series, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #3
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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 […]

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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, […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #2

By amodini Posted in 2012, celebration, fun stuff, images, lovely things, series, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #2
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Book Review : From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, humor, literature, penguin_books, politics, recommended, review, satire, viking_books | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0670023191″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant Author : Alex Gilvarry Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Viking Source : Publisher ARC Pages : 302 Rating : 4/5 This book is told to us memoir style, by Boyet R. Hernandez, fashion designer. Hailing from a family of doctors, Boy […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #1

By amodini Posted in 2012, celebration, fun stuff, images, lovely things, series, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #1

Starting up a new Wordless Wednesday photo series this month. Here’s the first :

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South Asian Challenge for 2012

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, desi, fun stuff, india, lists, south-asian, women | Comments Off on South Asian Challenge for 2012

I read S. Krishna’s Book Blog often, but this is the first time I’m taking the South Asian Challenge she hosts. I am of South-Asian descent so the literary landscape is kind of familiar. I do read South-Asian books once in a while – I recently read “The Artist of Disappearance” by Anita Desai which […]

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Book Review : The Golden Scales

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, literature, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Golden Scales

[amazon_link id=”1608197948″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Golden Scales Author : Parker Bilal Genre : Mystery Pages : 416 Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 I decided to read this book because I quite like mysteries situated in different cultures (like Finding Nouf), the more detail of the culture and the […]

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2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, blog, books, challenge, fun stuff, lists, netgalley, review, web | Comments Off on 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

Yes, another Challenge for 2012 (I’ve already signed up for three)! I’m on a roll! This one is by Emily from Red House Books, yes the very same blogger who hosts the NetGalley Month Read-a-thons. I’m picking the Green Star level which means I will read (and review) 11-20 NetGalley books. Besides the books I listed […]

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