[amazon_link id=”0316078425″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Author : George Pelecanos Genre : Mystery/Crime/Thriller Publisher : Little, Brown and Company Rating : 3/5 Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC “The Cut” is a police procedural style novel, in which it’s Iraqi war vet protagonist Spero Lucas does investigative work for a price; his finding fee is 40%. Lucas […]
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Book Review : The Cut
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R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Reading Challenge
Yes, my first book challenge ever! This R.I.P VI is hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. In case you haven’t noticed there is a thriving Book Blogger community on the net, and I got to hear of this challenge via A Room of One’s Own via S.Krishna’s Books. Anyway long story short, I have signed up […]
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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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Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended |
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[amazon_link id=”B004IYIT0C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : 22 Britannia Read Author : Amanda Hodgkinson Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Genre : Historical Pages : 321 (Hardcover) Rating : 4/5 Source : Publisher ARC Silvana and Janusz are a young newly married Polish couple. When Silvana becomes pregnant, they move to Warsaw, anticipating a happy […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review – Q: A Novel
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, harpercollins, lovely things, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi, time-travel |
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[amazon_link id=”0062015834″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title – Q: A Novel Author : Evan Mandery Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Harper Collins Pages : 368 Rating : 4.5/5 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC If you knew what your future had in store would you change the present to make it better ? Quite the question, isn’t […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Caleb’s Crossing
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Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, historical, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books |
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[amazon_link id=”0670021040″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Caleb’s Crossing Author : Geraldine Brooks Genre : Historical Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 300 (Hardcover) Source : Publisher ARC Caleb’s Crossing is about a real character – Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, the very first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Author Geraldine Brooks knits a story of fictional […]
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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 : Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree
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Title : Aunt Dimity and the Family TreeAuthor : Nancy AthertonGenre : Mystery Publisher : Viking AdultPages : 240Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree is the 16th book of the Aunt Dimity series. Aunt Dimity, if you haven’t read any of these books before, is a ghost who speaks […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Track of Sand
Title : The Track of SandAuthor : Andrea CamilleriPublisher : Penguin Genre : Crime / MysteryPages : 258Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC They tell me that Camilleri is the author of best-sellers, but I was skeptical to say the least, since this book is a translation of the Italian original, and I think translations […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Instruments of Darkness
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Title : Instruments of DarknessAuthor : Imogen RobertsonGenre : Historical MysteryPublisher : Pamela Dorman BooksPages : 384Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC I started on Imogen Robertson’s “Instruments of Darkness” having had no prior introduction to her writing or work. The jacket flap promised a dark, intriguing mystery and I’m glad to report that this […]
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