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Wordless Wednesdays #100

By amodini Posted in 2020, California, historical, images, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #100
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Wordless Wednesdays #99

By amodini Posted in 2020, California, grandeur, historical, images, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #99
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Wordless Wednesdays #98

By amodini Posted in 2020, California, historical, images, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #98
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Wordless Wednesdays #97

By amodini Posted in 2020, California, historical, images, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #97
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Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, random_house, slavery | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Title : Underground Railroad Author : Colson Whitehead Narrators : Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : RandomHouse Listening Length : 10 hours 44 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 This book imagines the underground railroad, to be an actual railroad, instead of what it actually was – a network of secret escape […]

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Audiobook Review : 11.22.63 by Stephen King

By amodini Posted in 2017, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, review, simon_schuster, time-travel | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : 11.22.63 by Stephen King

Title : 11.22.63 Author : Stephen King Narrators : Craig Wasson Genre : Sci-fi, Time-travel Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 30 hours 44 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I picked up this book because this was described as a time travel story (am a sucker for time-travel tales), which it […]

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Audiobook Review : The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

By amodini Posted in 2015, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, historical, literature, mystery, penguin_books, recommended, romance, thriller, women | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”1594633118″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Paying Guests Author : Sarah Waters Narrator : Juliet Stevenson Genre : Historical Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 21 hours 28 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 It is the 1920s and Frances Wray and her mother live in genteel poverty in their South London home. Their […]

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Audiobook Review : The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, culture and society, historical, literature, lovely things, must read, recommended, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”1594631433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Chaperone Author : Laura Moriarty Narrator : Elizabeth McGovern Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I must confess that this book caught my attention because I thought the author was Liane Moriarty. I realized my mistake […]

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My Top 5 Books of 2013

By amodini Posted in 2013, 2014, books, crime, dundurn, favorites, harlequin, historical, humor, lists, netgalley, penguin_books, random_house, recommended, romance, women, writers_coffee_shop | Comments Off on My Top 5 Books of 2013

[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 […]

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Audiobook Review : Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

By amodini Posted in 2013, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, historical, lovely things, must read, recommended, review | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

[amazon_link id=”B00817T8DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Cold Sassy Tree Author : Olive Ann Burns Narrator : Tom Parker Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length: 12 hours and 54 minutes Source : Library Rating : 5/5 This novel is situated in the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Georgia. It is told from the view-point of […]

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