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The Great Big Book Give Away

By amodini Posted in books, fun stuff, giveaway, linktastic | Comments Off on The Great Big Book Give Away

Love books ? Reading your idea of heaven ? Think nothing is better than a good book ? Well then, welcome to the club ! Yup, there’s a club for that. It’s on Facebook, and it lists numerous books and how you can get them for free. No, no catch, no tricks, no reading the […]

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Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

By amodini Posted in 2011, blog, books, giveaway, news, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away

Thanks all for the great response to the give-away ! I’ve chosen 2 winners – Heather J. and Caryl B. Congratulations to both of you ! I’ve informed the publisher and you should be receiving your copies soon. Happy reading !!

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Book Review : WWW-Wake

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, books, penguin_books, review, sci-fi | Comments Off on Book Review : WWW-Wake

Title : WWW:Wake (first book of a 3-book series) Author : Robert J. Sawyer Genre : Science fiction Rating : 3.5/5  Dragons are not for me. I also shy away from vampires, and from fable-like, mythical sounding works of fiction. Although sci-fi and fantasy are routinely clubbed together, they are very different. While fantasy is […]

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“The Help” movie

By amodini Posted in 2011, books, hollywood, movies, preview, women | 1 Comment »

Kathryn Stockett’s best-seller “The Help” is being made into a movie. It will be in theatres this August. It was such a lovely book,that I look forward to the film – hopefully it will be as good or better. Here’s a first look :

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Book Review : Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Book Review : Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree

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 […]

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Book Review : The Track of Sand

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, penguin_books | 1 Comment »

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 […]

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Book Review : Instruments of Darkness

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, mystery, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended, review | Comments Off on Book Review : Instruments of Darkness

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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Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, fun stuff, giveaway, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and The New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Her fourth and newest novel is CALEB’S CROSSING (Viking; On sale, May 3, 2011). Thanks to the publisher, I’ll be giving away 2 galleys of the book. If you’d like to enter the draw, please email […]

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Book Review : Heartstone

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books | 1 Comment »

Title : HeartstoneAuthor : C.J. SansomPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Historical fiction/ mysteryPages : 626 (Hardcover)Published : Jan 24, 2011Rating : 4.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Heartstone is the 5th book in C.J.Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series. In it, Sansom’s hunchbacked lawyer hero takes on another intriguing case. The time is of Catherine Parr’s reign on the […]

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Book Review : Fadeaway Girl

By amodini Posted in 3_star_rating, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Book Review : Fadeaway Girl

Title : Fadeaway GirlAuthor : Martha GrimesPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Mystery Pages : 336Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC “The Fadeaway Girl” is a the 4th book of the Emma Graham Series. I haven’t read the first three so this was my first introduction to our 12 year old protagonist. In this book Emma […]

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