This is a wonderful series starring Harbinder Kaur – a real sleuth and someone you can get behind.
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Harbinder Kaur Series by Elly Griffiths
By amodini
Posted in 2024, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, culture and society, desi, favorites, india, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, south-asian, women |
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Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, humor, imaginative, lovely things, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, wit |
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Remarkably Bright Creatures is an enjoyable, feel-good book.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : End In Tears by Ruth Rendell
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Posted in 2023, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, culture and society, favorites, must listen, must read, mystery, random_house, series, suspense |
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Rating: 4.5/5 Another superb Inspector Wexford mystery!
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : All Systems Red by Martha Wells
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Posted in 2023, 5_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, books, fun stuff, must listen, must read, sci-fi |
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Rating: 5/5 A book about a smart-talking, snarky robot in love with space operas? What’s not to love?
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 2022, 5_star_rating, adventure, books, favorites, fun stuff, humor, must listen, must read, penguin_books, recommended, sci-fi, suspense, wit |
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Title : Project Hail MaryAuthor : Andy WeirGenre : Science fictionPublisher : PenguinRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Andy Weir’s first book The Martian is one of my favorite books of all time. I loved the book and I loved the film that was based on the book. Well, after that Weir wrote Artemis, which I tried reading […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman
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Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, feel-good, great narrators, must listen, must read, recommended, simon_schuster, women |
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Title : Britt-Marie Was HereAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Joan WalkerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Simon & Schuster AudioListening Length : 9 hours 18 minutesRating : 4.5/5Narrator Rating : 5/5 Frederik Backman’s books are always nice and often moving. However they can be a little “glib” overdong the sweetness of some scenarios – so I kind […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Payment In Blood by Elizabeth George
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Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, series |
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Title : Payment In Blood Author : Elizabeth George Narrators : Davina Porter Genre : Mystery Publisher : Recorded Books Listening Length : 14 hours 35 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Even though I’ve now read a handful of Inspector Lynley books, and find her work just as engrossing as Agatha Christie’s […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Educated by Tara Westover
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Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, culture and society, memoir, must listen, must read, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : Educated Author : Tara Westover Narrators : Julia Whelan Genre : Non-fiction; Memoir Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 10 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 In this book, author Tara Westover describes her childhood with her parents and her siblings on a rural farm in Idaho. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Force of Nature by Jane Harper
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Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, crime, little_brown, must read, recommended, slow-burn, suspense, thriller |
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Title : Force of NatureAuthor : Jane HarperGenre : MysteryPublisher : Little BrownPages : 347Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Five women, Jill Bailey, Alice Russell, Lauren Shaw, twins Breanna and Bethany, go out on an office-sponsored survivalist-style corporate retreat, a moderately challenging exercise where they will have to make their way from one point to another […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
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Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, books, contemporary, favorites, feel-good, humor, knopf, must read, recommended |
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Title : Redhead by the Side of the RoadAuthor : Anne TylerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : KnopfPages : 192Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I recently read Ladder of Years and liked it very much. So I picked up “Redhead by the side of the Road” and like it even better! This is a story of people – […]
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