Title : The Big Sleep Author : Raymond Chandler Narrator : Elliott Gould Genre : Mystery Publisher : Phoenix Books Listening Length : 6 hours 11 minutes Rating : 3/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 I’m not a big Raymond Chandler fan, but everytime I listen to a not-so-good book, I strive to try something new. […]
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Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, fun stuff, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi, tor |
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[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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[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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante
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[amazon_link id=”0802122345″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Circle of Wives Author : Alice LaPlante Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press (Grove Atlantic) Pages: 325 Publish Date : March 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 That title had me going. Circle here is a collective noun, so that […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
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Posted in 2014, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, must read, mystery, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0812995201″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weight of Blood Author : Laura McHugh Genre : Mystery Publisher : Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pages: 320 Publish Date : March 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lucy Dane has grown up in the small rural town of Henbane, in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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Posted in 2013, 2014, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, must read, random_house, recommended, review, thriller |
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[amazon_link id=”B008Y5VE3U” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Gone Girl Author : Gillian Flynn Genre : Mystery Narrators : Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 19 hrs 11 min Source : Library Rating : 5/5 Nick Dunne and Amy Elliot Dunne have been married five years, when on the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Lake of Tears by Mary Logue (2014)
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Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, books, crime, mystery, netgalley, Tyrus Books |
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[amazon_link id=”1440571503″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lake of Tears Author : Mary Logue Genre : Mystery Publisher : Tyrus Books Pages: 208 Publish Date : January 1st, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Lake of Tears is the 9th book of the Claire Watkins series. In this, Deputy Sheriff Watkins […]
Read the rest of this entry »My Top 5 Books of 2013
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Posted in 2013, 2014, books, crime, dundurn, favorites, harlequin, historical, humor, lists, netgalley, penguin_books, random_house, recommended, romance, women, writers_coffee_shop |
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[amazon_link id=”0143124544″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I resolved to read at least 30 books in 2013, and I’ve read (or listened to) 39! Yay, Well Done Me, etc. etc. You have probably read my reviews on all of them here, on Goodreads and on my Facebook page 🙂 . In no particular order then, here are […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Impersonator by Mary Miley
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, macmillan, mystery, netgalley, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”1250028167″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Impersonator Author : Mary Miley Genre : Adventure/Mystery Publisher : Minotaur Books Publish date : September 17, 2013 Pages : 368 Source : Publisher/Netgalley Rating : 4/5 Leah Randall is a stage actress in vaudeville in the early 1900s. When she is mistaken for a heiress by […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Village by Nikita Lalwani
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Posted in 2013, 3_star_rating, books, crime, culture and society, desi, india, literature, netgalley, random_house |
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[amazon_link id=”1400066492″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Village Author : Nikita Lalwani Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Pages : 256 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 This book has an interesting setup. Ray Bhullar is a film director with the BBC, in India to make a documentary about Ashwer, an open […]
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