[amazon_link id=”0670023442″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : How It All Began Author : Penelope Lively Genre : Contemporary Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 229 Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Dame Penelope Lively’s “How it all began” starts off with a violent mugging. A frail old schoolteacher Charlotte Rainsford is pushed to the […]
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Book Review : How It All Began
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, contemporary, culture and society, humor, lovely things, must read, nostalgia, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books, wit |
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Book Review : Magebane
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 3_star_rating, arc, books, imaginative, penguin_books, review, sci-fi, steampunk |
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[amazon_link id=”075640679X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Magebane Author : Lee Arthur Chane Genre : Sci-fi / Steampunk Publisher : DAW Pages : 488 (ARC) Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Magebane is a steampunk-meets magic-meets science kind of a book. I was fairly intrigued reading the preview material for it. The story is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: Children of Paranoia
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, dystopian, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, series |
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[amazon_link id=”0525952373″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Children of Paranoia Author : Trevor Shane Publisher : Dutton Genre : Dystopian Thriller Release Date : September 8, 2011 Source : Publisher ARC Pages : 371 Rating : 4.5/5 There is a war on and Joseph is in the thick of it. It’s Us vs. Them with […]
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 – […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : 22 Britannia Road
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended |
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[amazon_link id=”B004IYIT0C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : 22 Britannia Read Author : Amanda Hodgkinson Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Genre : Historical Pages : 321 (Hardcover) Rating : 4/5 Source : Publisher ARC Silvana and Janusz are a young newly married Polish couple. When Silvana becomes pregnant, they move to Warsaw, anticipating a happy […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Caleb’s Crossing
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, arc, historical, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books |
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[amazon_link id=”0670021040″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Caleb’s Crossing Author : Geraldine Brooks Genre : Historical Fiction Publisher : Viking Pages : 300 (Hardcover) Source : Publisher ARC Caleb’s Crossing is about a real character – Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, the very first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Author Geraldine Brooks knits a story of fictional […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : One of our Thursdays is missing
Book : One of our Thursdays is missing Author : Jasper Fforde Genre : Sci-fi, Fantasy Publisher : Viking Rating : 3.5/5 Source : Publisher ARC “One of our Thursdays is missing” is the sixth book of the Thursday Next series. I read the first and adored it; it seemed like the perfect mix of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Winners of the Caleb’s Crossing Give-Away
By amodini
Posted in 2011, blog, books, giveaway, news, penguin_books, viking_books |
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Thanks all for the great response to the give-away ! I’ve chosen 2 winners – Heather J. and Caryl B. Congratulations to both of you ! I’ve informed the publisher and you should be receiving your copies soon. Happy reading !!
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : WWW-Wake
By amodini
Posted in 3.5_star_rating, books, penguin_books, review, sci-fi |
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Title : WWW:Wake (first book of a 3-book series) Author : Robert J. Sawyer Genre : Science fiction Rating : 3.5/5 Dragons are not for me. I also shy away from vampires, and from fable-like, mythical sounding works of fiction. Although sci-fi and fantasy are routinely clubbed together, they are very different. While fantasy is […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree
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Title : Aunt Dimity and the Family TreeAuthor : Nancy AthertonGenre : Mystery Publisher : Viking AdultPages : 240Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree is the 16th book of the Aunt Dimity series. Aunt Dimity, if you haven’t read any of these books before, is a ghost who speaks […]
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