[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”. […]
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Book Review : The Sisters Brothers
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, crime, harpercollins, humor, literature, must read, poetry, recommended, review |
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Book Review : The Marriage Plot
By amodini
Posted in 2011, books, contemporary, literature, macmillan, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0374203059″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Marriage Plot Author : Jeffrey Eugenides Genre : Literary Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 416 Rating : No rating – did not finish book This is kind of a short review since I couldn’t finish the book. I have stopped on page 213, after doggedly slogging […]
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By amodini
Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, india, literature, macmillan, netgalley, recommended, south-asian, st_martins_press, women |
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[amazon_link id=”031260677X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Lilac House Author : Anita Nair Genre : Literary/South Asian Publisher : St. Martins Griffin Pages : 352 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Meera is a smart society wife and cookbook author, caught up in tending to her family. She lives with husband Giri, son […]
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By amodini
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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Golden Scales
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, literature, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”1608197948″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Golden Scales Author : Parker Bilal Genre : Mystery Pages : 416 Publisher : Bloomsbury Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 I decided to read this book because I quite like mysteries situated in different cultures (like Finding Nouf), the more detail of the culture and the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Artist of Disappearance
By amodini
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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, general fiction, historical, literature, nostalgia, penguin_books, viking_books |
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[amazon_link id=”0670022691″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rules of Civility Author : Amor Towles Genre : Historical Pages : 333 (Hardcover) Publisher : Viking (Penguin Books) Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Katey Kontent and Eve Ross are great friends. They room together and have come to New York city for work – […]
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