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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 3W ago

Book Review: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan (Macmillan) Pub date: June 2012 Source: Publisher via Lovereading.co.uk Synopsis (From GoodReads) There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 3W ago

Book Review: Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

Genre: Historical fiction/Crime fiction Series: Maisie Dobbs #9 Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper) Pub date: 27 March 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis In this ninth book of the series, Maisie is approached by her father’s friends to look into the death of Eddie. Eddie is a little ‘slow’
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 3W ago

Book Review: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (Alfred A. Knopf) Pub date: 23 Aug 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) The Buddha in the Attic is a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as ‘picture brides’ nearly a
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 3W ago

Book review: A Mysterious Death at Sainik Farms by Rukmani Anandani

Genre: Detective fiction Publisher: Rupa Pub date: 2012 Source: Author Synopsis Ugrasen is a successful businessman and a domineering patriarch living at Sainik farms with his large extended family. When he drops dead, rather suddenly, it looks like it was death by natural cause. By his 14-year-old
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 1M ago

Book Review: The Baker’s Daughter by Sarah McCoy

Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Crown Publishing Pub date: 24 Jan 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis Reba Williams has been tasked with hunting down a feel-good Christmas article about the local German bakery. She expects it to be an easy assignment, with the interview lasting a coup
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 2M ago

Book Review: The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose

Genre: Adventure/thriller Series: The Reincarnationist #4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Atria Books) Pub date: 13 March 2012 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by the past, her memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up surroun
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 2M ago

Mini Reviews: The Tigress of Forli and Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore

The Tigress of Forli  Renaissance Italy’s Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici by Elizabeth Lev Genre: History/Biography Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub date: 20 Oct 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) Wife, mother, leader, war
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 4M ago

Book Review: The Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman

Genre: Thriller, Mystery Series: Moe Prager #7 Publisher: Tyrus Books Pub date: 18 Sep 2011 Source:Publisher via NetGalley Synopsis (From GoodReads) At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella’s est
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 4M ago

Book Review: The Legacy by Katherine Webb

Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper Paperback) Pub date: 1 September 2011 Source: Publisher via NetGalley (This is a short review of a book I read a while ago and made notes on. I don’t have this book with me now, so you’ll notice the review is a little thin on the details.) Sy
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Stargazerpuj's Book Blog · 4M ago

Mini Book Review: The Good Muslim by Tahmina Amam

Genre: Literary fiction Series: A Golden Age #2 Publisher: Harper Collins (imprint) Pub date: 2 Aug 2011 Source: Publisher (This is a short review of a book I read a while ago and made notes on. I don’t have this book with me now, so you’ll notice the review is a little thin on the [...]
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