Rating: 4/5. This is a story about family, race, growing up In an unfamiliar world and finding your footing. And learning to be whole again in spite of all the brokenness inside of you.
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Audiobook Review : What The Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
By amodini
Posted in 2024, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, coming of age, contemporary, culture and society, great narrators, recommended |
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Harbinder Kaur Series by Elly Griffiths
By amodini
Posted in 2024, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, desi, favorites, india, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, south-asian, women |
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This is a wonderful series starring Harbinder Kaur – a real sleuth and someone you can get behind.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, humor, imaginative, lovely things, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, wit |
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Remarkably Bright Creatures is an enjoyable, feel-good book.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, humor, must listen, penguin_books, quirky, recommended, suspense, women |
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Rating : 4/5 An entertaining, feel-good book!
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Wild by Cheryl Strayed
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, California, celebration, challenge, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : WildAuthor : Cheryl StrayedNarrators : Bernadette DunneGenre : Non-fictionPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 13 hours 2 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cheryl loses her mother to cancer and the loss hits her hard. When she tries to keep her siblings together as a family, it doesn’t work and they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Payment In Blood by Elizabeth George
By amodini
Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, series |
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Title : Payment In Blood Author : Elizabeth George Narrators : Davina Porter Genre : Mystery Publisher : Recorded Books Listening Length : 14 hours 35 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Even though I’ve now read a handful of Inspector Lynley books, and find her work just as engrossing as Agatha Christie’s […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
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Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, great narrators, literature, lovely things, penguin_books, recommended, women |
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Title : A Single Thread Author : Tracy Chevalier Narrators : Fenella Woolgar Genre : Historical Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 51 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I’ve read two of Tracy Chevalier’s books before – Remarkable Creatures about young fossil hunter Mary Anning, and Girl With a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audibook Review : The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
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Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, macmillan, war, women |
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Title : The NightingaleAuthor : Kristin HannahGenre : HistoricalPublisher : Macmillan AudioNarrator : Polly StoneListening Length : 17 hours 19 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristin Hannah’s Nightingale is about 2 French sisters in World War II. When Hitler invades France, Vianne Mauriac the elder sister is living happily with husband Antoine and daughter Sophy in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Art of Racing in The Rain by Garth Stein
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Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, books, contemporary, feel-good, must read, recommended |
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Title : The Art of Racing in the Rain Author : Garth Stein Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Harper Pages : 321 Rating : 4.2/5 The protagonist of this tale is a dog. Literally a dog. His name is Enzo and he is the faithful pet of racecar driver Dennis. He tells us Dennis’s story […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, books, historical, india, must read, recommended, social issues, south-asian, suspense, women |
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Title : The Widows of Malabar Hill Author : Sujata Massey Genre : Mystery Publisher : Soho Crime Pages : 432 Rating : 4/5 Young Perveen Mistry has just joined her father’s law firm. Although she has her law degree Perveen cannot practice in the courtroom because of the current laws preventing women from being […]
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