[amazon_link id=”0316204269″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Where’s You Go Bernadette Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 9 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Where’d You Go Bernadette (WYGB here onwards) is an epistolary novel – i.e.; instead of following […]
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Audiobook Review : Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
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Posted in 2013, 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette, humor, must read, quirky, recommended, wit, women |
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Book Review : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley
By amodini
Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, humor, netgalley, romance, st_martins_press |
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[amazon_link id=”B000H2M7OI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Alison’s Automotive Repair Manual Author : Brad Barkley Genre : Contemporary Publisher : St. Martin’s Press Pages: 288 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Alison Durst lives with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Bill as she attempts to recover from the death of her husband […]
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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 |
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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 : Corpse Flower by Gloria Ferris
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, dundurn, humor, mystery, netgalley, quirky |
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[amazon_link id=”1459707125″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Corpse Flower Author : Gloria Ferris Genre : Mystery Publisher : Dundurn Pages: 408 Publish Date : December 14th, 2013 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Ex-socialite Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall was once married to attorney Mike Bains. Since then Mike has remarried and shafted Bliss […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, desi, food, fun stuff, humor, india, mystery, recommended, simon_schuster, south-asian |
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[amazon_link id=”1451613261″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Case of the Love Commandos Author : Tarquin Hall Genre : Mystery Publisher : Simon & Schuster Publish Date : September 8th 2013 Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher Rating : 4/5 This is the second book of the Vish Puri series that I have read; I’ve […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
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[amazon_link id=”0307886271″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Author : Mindy Kaling Narrator : Mindy Kaling Publisher : Random House Audio Rating : 4.5/5 After I discovered that I liked audiobooks because they make my walk/commute more interesting, I’ve listened to quite a few. “Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me” […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, comedy, humor, literature, lovely things |
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[amazon_link id=”B001CEI2XU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Rating : 4/5 Narrator : Frederick Davidson Length : 6 hours 5 minutes (Image on left indicative of audiobook – it is not the same audiobook though) I’m a big fan of P.G.Wodehouse but his books, at least in print, are generally not in the local library. What with this […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Sisters Brothers
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Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, crime, harpercollins, humor, literature, must read, poetry, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”B004CFA91Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Sisters Brothers Author : Patrick DeWitt Genre : Western Publisher : HarperCollins Pages : 325 Rating 4/5 I generally do not read westerns; this is my first. And having said that that, I will say that this is not a traditional western, because it seems quite “literary”. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Midnight in Austenland
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Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, chick-lit, humor, netgalley, review, wit, women |
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[amazon_link id=”1608196259″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Midnight in Austenland Author : Shannon Hale Genre : Romance/Mystery Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 I decided to read this book, because my daughter has read a number of Hale’s YA books and recommended her, when I asked her about the author. Also […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, humor, literature, penguin_books, politics, recommended, review, satire, viking_books |
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[amazon_link id=”0670023191″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant Author : Alex Gilvarry Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Viking Source : Publisher ARC Pages : 302 Rating : 4/5 This book is told to us memoir style, by Boyet R. Hernandez, fashion designer. Hailing from a family of doctors, Boy […]
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