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Audiobook Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

By amodini Posted in 2023, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary, culture and society, social issues, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

The book does bring attention to society’s superficial nature, and how one is regarded by how well one follows the “rules of normalcy”. But other than being a rather listless commentary on that, this book achieves little else.

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Audiobook Review : The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

By amodini Posted in 2009, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, crime, mystery | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

Title : The Brutal Telling Series : Inspector Gamache (Book 5) Author : Louise Penny Narrators : Ralph Cosham Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 12 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 A body has been found in the Three Pines Bistro and antiques shop owned by […]

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Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 4_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

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, […]

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Audiobook Review : Still life by Louise Penny

By amodini Posted in 2017, 4.5_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, crime, lovely things, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, series, suspense | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Still life by Louise Penny

Title : Still Life Series : Inspector Gamache (Book 1) Author : Louise Penny Narrators : Ralph Cosham Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 37 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 In the small village of Three Pines, Montreal, a woman has been found dead, shot by […]

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Audiobook Review : The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

By amodini Posted in 2016, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, thriller | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

Title : The Good Girl Author : Mary Kubica Narrators : Lindy Nettleton, Johnny Heller, Tom Taylorson, Andi Arndt Genre : Thriller Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 38 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 2/5 Mia Dennett is the daughter of influential Judge James Dennett. When she is kidnapped, the […]

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Audiobook Review : The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2012, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, culture and society, historical, literature, lovely things, must read, recommended, women | Comments Off on 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 : The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, fun stuff, recommended, sci-fi | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein

[amazon_link id=”B000JJRW7Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Door Into Summer Author : Robert Heinlein Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Patrick Lawlor Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 47 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Whenever I come across a tiresome book, a book I abandon midway, or stop listening to […]

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Audiobook Review : Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, sci-fi | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0684852586″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Invasion of the Body Snatchers Author : Jack Finney Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Kristoffer Tabori Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 I’ve been a fan of Jack Finney’s since reading his time-travel tale “Time and Again”. […]

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