[amazon_link id=”0345534050″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Best of All Possible Worlds Author : Karen Lord Genre : Science Fiction/ Romance Publisher : Del Rey Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Pages : 320 Rating : 3.5/5 Karen Lord’s new sci-fi novel is set in the future when humans have colonized new planets. When the planet […]
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Book review : The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
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Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review, romance, sci-fi, women |
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Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn
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[amazon_link id=”1451665164″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fistful of Collars Author : Spencer Quinn Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 This is my first Chet-and-Bernie mystery so I didn’t really know what to expect. If you haven’t read one of the books from […]
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[amazon_link id=”0373776586″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Somebody to love Author : Kristan Higgins Genre : Romance Publisher : Harlequin Pages : 432 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 My one guilty pleasure : romance. I don’t read or review them often enough because one is very much like the other – the hero […]
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Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, dystopian, knopf, must read, random_house, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0307959945″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Dog Stars Author : Peter Heller Genre : Dystopian Publisher : Knopf Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 It’s a dystopian world out there. And there are few survivors, most of the world’s population and wildlife having succumbed to a fatal flu. Those that […]
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I’ve been watching Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate regularly since it started. Public figures and Bollywood stars often shy away from telling it like it is so I can’t appreciate him enough for stepping up and speaking up about various ills so ingrained in Indian society. He has so far done shows on various issues like […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, books, favorites, must read, pantheon_books, random_house, recommended, review, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0307378403″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Author : Alexander McCall Smith Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Pantheon Pages : 257 Source : Library Rating : 4/5 The 13th book in the series, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection has Mma Ramotswe caught up again in a bunch of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Harmless as Doves
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, penguin_books, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”0452297869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Harmless as Doves Author : P. L. Gaus Genre : Mystery Pages : 224 Publisher : Plume Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Bishop Leon Shetler is the religious leader of his people, a small Amish community. His placid serene world is upset one day when an […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Earth Unaware
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, recommended, review, sci-fi, series, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765329042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Earth Unawares Author : Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston Genre : Sci-fi Pages : 368 Publisher : Tor Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow are two of my favorite sci-fi books. Although I haven’t been able to move further into the series […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Age of Miracles
By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, arc, dystopian, must read, netgalley, random_house, recommended, review, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”0812992970″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Age of Miracles Author : Karen Thompson Walker Genre : Dystopian/Sci-fi Publisher : Random House Pages : 289 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lately I’ve been reading books which I would normally have not read – you think the book is of a particular genre […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Little Night by Luanne Rice
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, pamela_dorman_books, recommended, review, viking_books, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0670023566″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Little Night Author : Luanne Rice Genre : Women’s Fiction Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books (Viking) Pages : 321 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.5/5 Clare has been cut off from her once close sister Anne for more than 20 years. She has also served 2 years for […]
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