Title : The Testaments Author : Margaret Atwood Narrators : Ann Dowd, Mae Whitman, Bryce Dallas Howard Genre : Dystopian/Sci-fi Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 The Testaments is a sequel to The Handmaids Tale, set 15 years after the events of […]
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Audiobook Review : The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
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Audiobook Review : The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
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Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, hachette, historical, mystery |
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Title : The House of Silk Author : Anthony Horowitz Narrators : Derek Jacobi Genre : Mystery/Adventure Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 24 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 There’s a new Sherlock Holmes mystery in town and it’s penned by Anthony Horowitz! In this book, Holmes and Watson […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The River by Peter Heller
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Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, books, mystery, random_house, suspense |
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Title : The River Author : Peter Heller Narrators : Mark Deakins Genre : Mystery/Adventure Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 7 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 The River is my second Peter Heller book after the magnificent Dog Stars. And this is very different from that post-apocalyptic […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : In the Bleak Midwinter by by Julia Spencer-Fleming
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Posted in 2019, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, mystery, women |
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Title : In the Bleak Midwinter Author : Julia Spencer-Fleming Narrators : Suzanne Toren Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 58 minutes Rating : 3.7/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Reverend Clare Fergusson is the new priest at St. Albans in Miller’s Kill, New York. A former army pilot, Fergusson […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner
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Posted in 2019, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, feminist, literature, mystery, random_house, recommended, review, series, women |
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Title : Missing Presumed Author : Susie Steiner Narrators : Juanita McMahon Genre : Mystery Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 52 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Missing Presumed is Book 1 in the Manon Bradshaw novels. Book 2 is out already and I hope there are many more […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, must read, recommended |
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Title : Everybody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Genre : Fiction (Contemporary) Narrators : Mark Bramhall Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 18 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Everybody’s Fool is the sequel to Nobody’s Fool and was written a good 10 years after that released. It is […]
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Title : Nobody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Narrators : Ron McLarty Genre : Fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 24 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 There comes a time when you try book after book, but none hook you enough to go beyond an hour of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, dystopian, feminist, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, must read, sci-fi, women |
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Title : The Handmaid’s Tale Author : Margaret Atwood Genre : Dystopian sci-fi Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 4/5 Set in a not-so-distant future, The Handmaid’s Tale is a horrifying look-see into what could happen were the baser tenets of patriarchy to take over the world. In this new world, governments, as we […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
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Posted in 2016, 2017, 4_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary |
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Title : Commonwealth Author : Ann Patchett Narrators : Hope Davis Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 33 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Deputy District Attorney Bert Cousins gate-crashes Franny Keating’s christening party in Torrance, California,, with an inappropriate gift – a bottle of gin. Also, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, books, chick-lit, contemporary, women |
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Title : Big Little Lies Author : Liane Moriarty Pages : 512 Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkley Rating : 4/5 Big Little Lies is about Jane, Madeline and Celeste and their lives. All three have children going to Pirriwee Public School, and that is how they meet and become friends. Each of them has […]
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