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Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi

[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 […]

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Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

[amazon_link id=”0143031716″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Born Confused Author : Tanuja Desai Hidier Genre : Mystery Publisher : Scholastic Pages: 512 Publish Date : July, 2003 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 I’m no teenager and generally try to keep away from Young Adult books, but I chose to read this […]

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Audiobook Review : The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”0399159347″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Husband’s Secret Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Caroline Lee Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 13 hours and 44 min Source : Library Rating : 4.5/5 This is a story of three women. Cecilia Fitzpatrick is the Tupperware queen, managing her wholesome […]

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Audiobook Review : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[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. […]

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Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

[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 […]

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Audiobook Review : The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein

[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 […]

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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”. […]

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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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Book Review : Then and Always by Dani Atkins

[amazon_link id=”0804178526″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Then and Always Author : Dani Atkins Genre : Romance Publisher : Ballantine Books Pages: 320 Publish Date : 20th May, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Rachel Wiltshire is living a sad life after a disastrous accident. No, she is fine (save for […]

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Book Review : Invisible City by Julia Dahl

[amazon_link id=”1250043395″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Invisible City (Rebekah Roberts Novels) Author : Julia Dahl Genre : Mystery Publisher : Minotaur Books Pages: 304 Publish Date : May 6th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Rebekah Roberts is a journalist, a stringer to be precise. She has been working for […]

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