[amazon_link id=”0670023566″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Little Night Author : Luanne Rice Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 321 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 Clare has been cut off from her once close sister Anne for more than 20 years. She has also served 2 years for […]
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Book Review : Little Night by Luanne Rice
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Book Review : The Invitation
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, desi, india, netgalley, review, south-asian, usa, women, wwnorton |
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[amazon_link id=”0393081605″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Invitation Author : Anne Cherian Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company Pages : 304 Source : Publisher/Netgalley ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Vikram (“Vic”) Jha, Lali, Jay and Frances were at UCLA together in the 1970s. Now they live in different cities, and have different lives. Jay […]
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, historical, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, recommended, review, women |
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[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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Bungalow
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, historical, penguin_books, romance, women |
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[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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Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, hachette, mystery, netgalley, recommended, review, series, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0446555789″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Day Town Author : Margaret Maron Genre : Mystery Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Pages : 288 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Given my love for mysteries, I’ve had friends recommend Margaret Maron to me more than once. I’ve read one of her […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Artist of Disappearance
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Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, evocative, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, india, literature, netgalley, nostalgia, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0547577451″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Artist of Disappearance Author : Anita Desai Pages : 176 Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 3.5/5 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Anita Desai’s latest book “Artist of Disappearance” is composed of three novellas. Each is about art and the artist, and presents a problem […]
Read the rest of this entry »Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
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Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, general fiction, historical, literature, nostalgia, penguin_books, viking_books |
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[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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[amazon_link id=”1451631715″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Orbit Author : John J. Nance Genre : Science Fiction Rating : 3.5/5 It was a coincidence that I was reading this book about the same time as the recent Atlantis mission was going through. Ironical really that I was reading about the future of space travel just […]
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Book : One of our Thursdays is missing Author : Jasper Fforde Genre : Sci-fi, Fantasy Publisher : Viking Rating : 3.5/5 Source : Publisher ARC “One of our Thursdays is missing” is the sixth book of the Thursday Next series. I read the first and adored it; it seemed like the perfect mix of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : WWW-Wake
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Title : WWW:Wake (first book of a 3-book series) Author : Robert J. Sawyer Genre : Science fiction Rating : 3.5/5 Dragons are not for me. I also shy away from vampires, and from fable-like, mythical sounding works of fiction. Although sci-fi and fantasy are routinely clubbed together, they are very different. While fantasy is […]
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