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Book Review : The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

By amodini Posted in books, culture and society, historical, YA | Comments Off on Book Review : The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Title : The Downstairs Girl Author : Stacey Lee Genre : Historical Publisher : Putnam Pages : 384 Rating : 1.5/5 The Downstairs Girl seemed interesting because of its historical time period (1890s/segregation laws) and because its protagonist is a young Chinese American girl who survives with her wits. Jo Kuan works as a lady’s […]

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Audiobook Review : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

By amodini Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, romance, YA | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Title : Eleanor and Park Author : Rainbow Rowell Narrators : Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra Genre : Romance Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 8 hours 56 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I don’t think I’m the target audience for this book (YA, I’d assume) because this book’s tale is a […]

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Audiobooks that failed me (and other sad stories)

By amodini Posted in 2014, audiobook, books, dystopian, lad-lit, romance, sci-fi, YA | Comments Off on Audiobooks that failed me (and other sad stories)

[amazon_link id=”0307887448″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Yes, this is that kind of a tale, so you might grab a box of tissues before you sit down to read this. This blog post is a story – a story of how “mainstream reviewers” can fail you and of how the most raved about book might not be […]

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Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, desi, humor, india, netgalley, romance, scholastic, south-asian, YA | Comments Off on Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

[amazon_link id=”0143031716″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Born Confused Author : Tanuja Desai Hidier Genre : Mystery Publisher : Scholastic Pages: 512 Publish Date : July, 2003 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 I’m no teenager and generally try to keep away from Young Adult books, but I chose to read this […]

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