[amazon_link id=”1250028167″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Impersonator Author : Mary Miley Genre : Adventure/Mystery Publisher : Minotaur Books Publish date : September 17, 2013 Pages : 368 Source : Publisher/Netgalley Rating : 4/5 Leah Randall is a stage actress in vaudeville in the early 1900s. When she is mistaken for a heiress by […]
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Book Review : The Impersonator by Mary Miley
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Book Review : Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
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[amazon_link id=”0143124544″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Me Before You Author : Jojo Moyes Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Penguin) Pages : 369 Source : Publisher Rating : 4.2/5 Louisa Clark lives in a small English village and works at a local café. When she loses her job she must find another […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book review : The Darwin Elevator by Jason Hough
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[amazon_link id=”0345537122″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Darwin Elevator Author : Jason M. Hough Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Del Rey Pages : 496 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 In the first novel of a trilogy, Hough builds a futuristic, dystopian 23rd century world. Skyler Lukien is a space-age scavenger, setting off […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : A Murder in Passing by Mark de Castrique
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[amazon_link id=”1464201498″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Murder in Passing Author : Mark de Castrique Genre : Mystery Pages : 250 Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Detectives Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson haven’t had much luck with work; cases aren’t coming their way . To while away this time, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Painted Hands by Jennifer Zobair (June 2013)
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[amazon_link id=”1250027004″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Painted Hands Author : Jennifer Zobair Genre : South-Asian Fiction Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books (Macmillan) Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Painted Hands is about three young women struggling with their life and religion. Zainab Mir, Amra Abbas and Rukan are three young […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari & Robert Hillman
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[amazon_link id=”B008EKMBD2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Honey Thief Author : Najaf Mazari, Robert Hillman Genre : Literary / Folklore Publisher : Viking Pages : 290 Source : Publisher Rating : 4/5 The Honey Thief is about the Hazara people of Afghanistan. My interest in this book was piqued when I remembered that Hassan, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani
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[amazon_link id=”1451660472″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Equal of the Sun Author : Anita Amirezvani Genre : Historical Publisher : Scribner (Simon & Schuster) Pages : 464 Source : Publisher Rating : 4/5 Anita Amirrezvani’s previous novel “The Blood of Flowers” wove an intricate story of a female carpet-maker who must make her way in a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Other Woman’s House by Sophie Hannah
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[amazon_link id=”0143121510″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Other Woman’s House Author : Sophie Hannah Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Pages : 438 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.8/5 Catriona Louise Bowskill (aka Connie) and her husband Christian, or Kit, live in beautiful Melrose Cottage in Little Holling, Silsford. Late one night, when Connie […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran
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[amazon_link id=”0385338198″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Hope Factory Author : Lavanya Sankaran Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Dial Press Pages : 384 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 This book is the story of two main protagonists – Anand K. Murthy who runs his own business, and Kamala, a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen)
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, favorites, historical, literature, lovely things, movies, recommended, review, romance, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0786118229″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Although my foray into audio-books started as an attempt to make my walks more interesting and to tempt me to go walking even, I have to say that I am hooked. And for that I credit the narrators. I’ve been lucky enough to listen to three of the best, Frederick […]
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