[amazon_link id=”0307887448″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Yes, this is that kind of a tale, so you might grab a box of tissues before you sit down to read this. This blog post is a story – a story of how “mainstream reviewers” can fail you and of how the most raved about book might not be […]
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Audiobooks that failed me (and other sad stories)
By amodini
Posted in 2014, audiobook, books, dystopian, lad-lit, romance, sci-fi, YA |
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Book Review : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
By amodini
Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2014, books, chick-lit, contemporary, netgalley, romance, women |
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[amazon_link id=”147676316X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet Author : Bernie Su, Kate Rorick Genre : Romance Publisher : Touchstone Pages: 400 Publish Date : June 24, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 I am a certified fan of Pride and Prejudice. I have read the […]
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Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, contemporary, netgalley |
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[amazon_link id=”1408855631″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Flying Shoes Author : Lisa Howorth Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Bloomsbury Pages: 336 Publish Date : June 17, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Mary Byrd Thornton has received an unsettling phone call from a reporter seeking details about her little brother’s unsolved […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi
By amodini
Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, fun stuff, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765375869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lock In Author : John Scalzi Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Tor Pages: 336 Publish Date : August 26, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Amazingly, I lover-of-all-that-is-hard-science-fiction hadn’t read John Scalzi before. I corrected that by reading “Lock In” who’s protagonist is a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
By amodini
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[amazon_link id=”140016818X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Fahrenheit 451 Author : Ray Bradbury Genre : Dystopian Narrators : Stephen Hoye Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 5 hrs 37 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Guy Montag is a fireman. In this future, firemen don’t extinguish fires, they start them. Books are banned. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper
By amodini
Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, recommended, review, wit |
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[amazon_link id=”0385337426″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Everything Changes Author : Jonathan Tropper Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Scott Brick Publisher : Books on Tape Listening Length : 10 hrs 8 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Everything Changes is told in the first person by our hero, Zachary King, a young executive in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Miss America Nina Davuluri at Macy’s
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Posted in 2014, culture and society, events, feel-good, fun stuff, india, media, news, recommended, south-asian, women |
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Ms. America, Nina Davaluri, the first Ms. America of Indian descent, was in Houston recently and made an appearance at Macys. The desi hordes turned up of course, moi included :-). Well, she really is very pretty, poised and well-spoken as she looks on television, and appears to have a good, strong head […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, fun stuff, recommended, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”B000JJRW7Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Door Into Summer Author : Robert Heinlein Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Patrick Lawlor Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 47 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Whenever I come across a tiresome book, a book I abandon midway, or stop listening to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
[amazon_link id=”0684852586″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Invasion of the Body Snatchers Author : Jack Finney Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Kristoffer Tabori Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 I’ve been a fan of Jack Finney’s since reading his time-travel tale “Time and Again”. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
[amazon_link id=”B003QCTGW2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Author : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Paul Baymer, Susan Duerden, Roselyn Landor, John Lee, Juliet Mills Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 9 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 3.5/5 […]
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