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Such is her life

Such is her Life

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After a series of super-long posts, I thought I’d break up the content with a super-short review of a super-short book. Such is her…

In the scientific world of the day, there was still a strict division between “botany” (the study of plants by men) and “polite botany”…

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Appearances are all-important to Maddie- the heroine of this chick-lit/crime story. My ash blond hair was still tucked into a flattering half twist, a…

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Here’s another teaser from The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht. I’ve been going a bit slow with this book, been a bit distracted with…

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The tiger did not know they were bombs. He did not know anything beyond the hiss and screech of the fighters passing overhead, missiles…

- Teaser Tuesdays – The Tiger’s Wife

Final Cut by Uday Gupt is a compilation of short stories. Here I am sharing a couple of quotes from two of the short…

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This is how the English patient chides his nurse when she reads Kim by Rudyard Kipling a little too fast. Read him slowly, dear…

- Teaser Tuesdays – The English Patient

I love Neil Gaiman’s tongue in cheek wit. Here’s a wonderful quote that had me chuckling. There are four simple ways for the observant…

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This is one of the more intriguing books I read this year for sure. Here’s the first paragraph from this book… My name is…

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