Mailbox Mondays: August 05, 2013
byWelcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by The Reading Fever. Random House publications sent me a varied selection of…
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This is one quote that I liked from this book. I love how this book and this quote shows the human face of spies….
- Teaser Tuesdays – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Man Booker Longlist 2013
byThe Man Booker prize longlist for 2013 was announced this week and the books are as usual a surprise for me… Five Star Billionaire…
Library Loot: July 17 to 23
byLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages…
8 The House at Riverton
bySummer 1924 On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his…
Did not Finish
byI am finally giving up on these two books: Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I had planned…
Super Saturday with Snubnose
byLast saturday, snubnose and I had an exclusive 1-1 session. We used to do this on a regular basis, but of late, she’s been…
This is a book that started with a lot of promise. Here is a nice teaser. There were three volumes in all. Dog-eared green…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The House at Riverton
9 The Garden of Evening Mists
byMalaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron…
I started this book last week and it’s a lovely, leisurely read. The writing is beautiful, and I can understand why it made into…
- Teaser Tuesdays – The Garden of Evening Mists