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Best Books of 2012

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, culture and society, dystopian, imaginative, lists, lovely things, mini-review, must read, mystery, recommended, sci-fi | Comments Off on Best Books of 2012

I read a bunch of books in 2012, but here are three of the best: [amazon_link id=”0812982940″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker : You’d think that sci-fi and coming-of-age genres wouldn’t mix very well, but they do. The book is based on a scientific phenomena – the shifting of […]

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Audiobook Review : The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, comedy, humor, literature, lovely things | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

[amazon_link id=”B001CEI2XU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 4/5 Narrator : Frederick Davidson Length : 6 hours 5 minutes (Image on left indicative of audiobook – it is not the same audiobook though) I’m a big fan of P.G.Wodehouse but his books, at least in print, are generally not in the local library. What with this […]

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Book Review : I’ll Take What She Has by Samantha Wilde

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, bantam, books, contemporary, culture and society, random_house, review, women | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0385342675″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : I’ll Take What She Has Author : Samantha Wilde Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Bantam Pages : 418 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Nora and Annie, both living at Dixbie, a residential school campus, are best friends. Nora Galusha is a teacher, who desperately wants […]

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Book review : The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review, romance, sci-fi, women | Comments Off on Book review : The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

[amazon_link id=”0345534050″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Best of All Possible Worlds Author : Karen Lord Genre : Science Fiction/ Romance Publisher : Del Rey Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Pages : 320 Rating : 3.5/5 Karen Lord’s new sci-fi novel is set in the future when humans have colonized new planets. When the planet […]

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Book Review : The Pretty One by Lucinda Rosenfeld

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, little_brown, netgalley, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Pretty One by Lucinda Rosenfeld

[amazon_link id=”0316213551″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Pretty One Author : Lucinda Rosenfield Genre : Women’s fiction Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Olympia (Pia) is the middle sister of three. She is the pretty, artsy one. Imperia or Perri is the eldest – the perfectionist […]

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Book Review : A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, mystery, netgalley, random_house, review, women | Comments Off on Book Review : A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry

[amazon_link id=”0307718417″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Cold and Lonely Place Author : Sara J. Henry Genre : Mystery Publisher : Crown/Random House Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Troy Chance is a journalist at a small newspaper in Saranac Lake, in the cold snow-filled Adirondack mountain country of New […]

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Book Review : Rally Around the Corpse by Hy Conrad

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, mystery, review | 4 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0983735042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rally Around the Corpse Author : Hy Conrad Genre : Mystery Pages : 348 Publisher : Seven Realms Publishing Source : Author/Virtual Author Book Tours Rating : 3.5/5 Amy Abel and her tenacious mother Fanny, owners of Abel adventures, run a mystery tour, a travel tour with a […]

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Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, atria_books, books, ebooks, mystery, netgalley, recommended, series | Comments Off on Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn

[amazon_link id=”1451665164″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fistful of Collars Author : Spencer Quinn Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 This is my first Chet-and-Bernie mystery so I didn’t really know what to expect. If you haven’t read one of the books from […]

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Completed : 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, books, challenge, ebooks, lists, netgalley, of me, review, status | Comments Off on Completed : 2012 NetGalley Reading Challenge

I’ve finished my NetGalley Reading Challenge hosted by Red House Books! Again, checking in 2013 to list out all the books read for it. I elected to read between 11-20 books, and I’ve read 20 books so far! Goal : 11-20 Read so far: 20 The Golden Scales Pure Midnight in Austenland Last Chance Beauty […]

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Completed : 2012 ARC Reading Challenge

By amodini Posted in 2012, arc, books, challenge, netgalley, new books | Comments Off on Completed : 2012 ARC Reading Challenge

I’ve finished my ARC Reading Challenge! Checking in in the New Year to list out all the books read for it. I elected to read 12 books, and I’ve read 26 books so far! Goal : 12 Read so far: 26 How it all began The Golden Scales Pure Midnight in Austenland Last Chance Beauty […]

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