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 […]
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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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Audiobook Review : 11.22.63 by Stephen King
By amodini
Posted in 2017, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, review, simon_schuster, time-travel |
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Title : 11.22.63 Author : Stephen King Narrators : Craig Wasson Genre : Sci-fi, Time-travel Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 30 hours 44 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I picked up this book because this was described as a time travel story (am a sucker for time-travel tales), which it […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
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Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, gaslighting, mystery, review, simon_schuster |
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Title : The Woman in Cabin 10 Author : Ruth Ware Narrators : Imogen Church Genre : Mystery Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 8 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Laura Blacklock is our no-so-intrepid journalist. When she’s burgled one night, and injured, it does nothing to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall
By amodini
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 »Book Review : Painted Hands by Jennifer Zobair (June 2013)
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, culture and society, netgalley, religion, review, simon_schuster, south-asian, women |
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[amazon_link id=”1250027004″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Painted Hands Author : Jennifer Zobair Genre : South-Asian Fiction Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books (Macmillan) Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Painted Hands is about three young women struggling with their life and religion. Zainab Mir, Amra Abbas and Rukan are three young […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, books, historical, politics, recommended, review, simon_schuster |
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[amazon_link id=”1451660472″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Equal of the Sun Author : Anita Amirezvani Genre : Historical Publisher : Scribner (Simon & Schuster) Pages : 464 Source : Publisher Rating : 4/5 Anita Amirrezvani’s previous novel “The Blood of Flowers” wove an intricate story of a female carpet-maker who must make her way in a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Book of Lost Fragrances
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Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, imaginative, netgalley, series, simon_schuster |
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[amazon_link id=”1451621302″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Book of Lost Fragrances Author : M.J. Rose Publisher : Simon & Schuster Genre : Mystery Pages : 384 Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 The Book of Lost Fragrances has an interesting premise about the afterlife and reincarnation. Robbie and Jacinthe L’Etoile are now the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Orbit
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Posted in 3.5_star_rating, books, recommended, review, sci-fi, simon_schuster, usa |
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[amazon_link id=”1451631715″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Orbit Author : John J. Nance Genre : Science Fiction Rating : 3.5/5 It was a coincidence that I was reading this book about the same time as the recent Atlantis mission was going through. Ironical really that I was reading about the future of space travel just […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
By amodini
Posted in 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, india, recommended, review, simon_schuster, south-asian |
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Title : The White Tiger Author : Aravind Adiga Genre : Realistic fiction Pages : 288 Publisher : Free Press Rating : 4/5 It has taken forever to get this book off my Reading List and into my hands, because I thought it would be a) Boring (did I really want to read about a […]
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