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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Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, dystopian, feminist, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, must read, sci-fi, women |
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Book Review : Accidents of Providence
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, historical, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, recommended, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0547490801″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Accidents of Providence Author : Stacia M. Brown Genre : Historical Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating 3.5/5 “Accidents of Providence” is a work of fiction set in the Cromwellian era of 1649, with characters based on some historical figures. In it Ms. Brown […]
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Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, evocative, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, india, literature, netgalley, nostalgia, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0547577451″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Artist of Disappearance Author : Anita Desai Pages : 176 Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 3.5/5 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Anita Desai’s latest book “Artist of Disappearance” is composed of three novellas. Each is about art and the artist, and presents a problem […]
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Title : Finding Nouf Author : Zoe Ferraris Genre : Mystery/Suspense/Cultural Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages : 305 Rating : 4/5 Finding Nouf is about the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. Nouf ash-Shrawi, the daughter of a wealthy and influential family, was by all accounts surrounded by comforts and led a happy […]
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