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Audiobook Review : The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

[amazon_link id=”B002EXUV32″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Remains of The Day Author : Kazuo Ishiguro Narrator : Simon Prebble Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 8 hours 13 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 This is one of those books that you come across every once in a […]

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The Best Books of 2014

This has been the year of the audio-book for me, but more on that later. I did actually read some books, and here are my Top 4 out of all them. [amazon_link id=”0553418025″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]#1. The Martian by Andy Weir This was without doubt the Best Book of 2014, and I knew it as […]

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Audiobook Review : The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”1594631433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Chaperone Author : Laura Moriarty Narrator : Elizabeth McGovern Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I must confess that this book caught my attention because I thought the author was Liane Moriarty. I realized my mistake […]

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Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

[amazon_link id=”0812981227″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author : Helen Simonson Narrator : Peter Altschuler Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 8 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I came upon this very interesting audiobook on my library’s website. I thought it interesting because this is […]

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Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi

[amazon_link id=”0765375869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lock In Author : John Scalzi Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Tor Pages: 336 Publish Date : August 26, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Amazingly, I lover-of-all-that-is-hard-science-fiction hadn’t read John Scalzi before. I corrected that by reading “Lock In” who’s protagonist is a […]

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Audiobook Review : The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”0399159347″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Husband’s Secret Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Caroline Lee Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 13 hours and 44 min Source : Library Rating : 4.5/5 This is a story of three women. Cecilia Fitzpatrick is the Tupperware queen, managing her wholesome […]

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Book Review : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh

[amazon_link id=”0812995201″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weight of Blood Author : Laura McHugh Genre : Mystery Publisher : Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pages: 320 Publish Date : March 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lucy Dane has grown up in the small rural town of Henbane, in […]

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Book Review : The Martian by Andy Weir

[amazon_link id=”0804139024″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Martian Author : Andy Weir Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Crown (Random House) Pages: 385 Publish Date : February 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 5/5 From the book blurb : Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men […]

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Audiobook Review : Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

[amazon_link id=”0316204269″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Where’s You Go Bernadette Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 9 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Where’d You Go Bernadette (WYGB here onwards) is an epistolary novel – i.e.; instead of following […]

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Audiobook Review : Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

[amazon_link id=”B008Y5VE3U” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Gone Girl Author : Gillian Flynn Genre : Mystery Narrators : Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 19 hrs 11 min Source : Library Rating : 5/5 Nick Dunne and Amy Elliot Dunne have been married five years, when on the […]

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