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Book Review : What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2018, books, contemporary, women | Comments Off on Book Review : What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Title : What Alice Forgot Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkeley Rating : 2/5 So, I loved, loved, loved Moriarty’s “The Husband’s Secret“. And yes, I’ve read four other Moriarty books, which were not quite as spectacular, but then one always hopes, does one not? Alice falls from her bike during […]

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Audiobook Review : We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By amodini Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, feminist, lovely things, must listen, must read, random_house, recommended, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Title : We should all be feminists Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 45 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 “We should all be feminists” is adapted from Adichie’s TEDx talk on the same subject. I enjoyed this […]

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Audiobook Review : A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By amodini Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, favorites, feminist, lovely things, random_house, recommended, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Title : Dear Ijeawele/ A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : January LaVoy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 1 hour 1 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 “Dear Ijeawele” is a Adichie’s letter to a friend with suggestions on how to […]

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Audiobook Review : Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

By amodini Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, humor, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, series, suspense, wit | 1 Comment »

Title : Skinny Dip Author : Carl Hiaasen Series : Skink Series Narrators : Stephen Hoye Genre : Crime, Humor Publisher : Books On Tape Listening Length : 13 hours 30 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Reading Carl Hiaasen has been on my radar a while, and I’ve finally gotten around to […]

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Audiobook Review : All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

By amodini Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, feel-good, fun stuff, lovely things, macmillan, must listen, must read, non-fiction, recommended | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Title : All Creatures Great and Small Author : James Herriot Narrators : Christopher Timothy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 15 hours 45 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I rarely read non-fiction, but one of my all time favorites in non-fiction is the series of books by […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #76

By amodini Posted in books, images, Switzerland, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #76
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Book Review : The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

By amodini Posted in books | Comments Off on Book Review : The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

Finding a dependable author is hard. Finding a dependable author with a book series, who delivers the goods with every book, is harder! There is so much hype these days with every blogger, every writer with an opinion recommending books. It has gotten very difficult separating the wheat from the chaff. So when I can […]

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Audiobook Review : The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

By amodini Posted in 2_star_rating, 2018, audiobook, books | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

Title : The Kitchen House Author : Kathleen Grissom Narrators : Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 55 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 At 7 years of age Lavinia is brought in as an indentured servant to the plantation of Capt. James […]

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Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

By amodini Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, dystopian, feminist, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, must read, sci-fi, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Title : The Handmaid’s Tale Author : Margaret Atwood Genre : Dystopian sci-fi Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 4/5 Set in a not-so-distant future, The Handmaid’s Tale is a horrifying look-see into what could happen were the baser tenets of patriarchy to take over the world. In this new world, governments, as we […]

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Audiobook Review: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

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Title : A Study in Scarlet Women Series : Lady Sherlock Series (Book 1) Author : Sherry Thomas Narrators : Kate Reading Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 11 hours Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 This book is a twist in the Sherlock Holmes saga, as the Holmes and […]

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