Title : Today Will Be Different Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 28 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Like Semple’s previous book “Where’d You go Bernadette”, “Today Will be Different” also has an eccentric/quirky housewife for a protagonist. She, […]
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Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
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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 : The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Title : The Road Author : Cormac McCarthy Genre : Sci-fi (Post-apocalyptic) Narrators : Rupert Degas Listening Length : 5 hours Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel, and it has for the most part only two characters a father and a son. Neither is named – the father […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
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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 : Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
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Posted in 2018, 3.5_star_rating, books, contemporary |
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Title : Goodbye, Vitamin Author : Rachel Khong Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Henry Holt & Co. Pages: 208 Rating : 3.5/5 Goodbye Vitamin is a novel about Ruth, a 30 year old woman, who has moved back home for about an year, after her father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Ruth has recently broken […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
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Title : What Alice Forgot Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkeley Rating : 2/5 So, I loved, loved, loved Moriarty’s “The Husband’s Secret“. And yes, I’ve read four other Moriarty books, which were not quite as spectacular, but then one always hopes, does one not? Alice falls from her bike during […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, feminist, lovely things, must listen, must read, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : We should all be feminists Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 45 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 “We should all be feminists” is adapted from Adichie’s TEDx talk on the same subject. I enjoyed this […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Title : Dear Ijeawele/ A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : January LaVoy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 1 hour 1 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 “Dear Ijeawele” is a Adichie’s letter to a friend with suggestions on how to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
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Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, humor, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, series, suspense, wit |
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Title : Skinny Dip Author : Carl Hiaasen Series : Skink Series Narrators : Stephen Hoye Genre : Crime, Humor Publisher : Books On Tape Listening Length : 13 hours 30 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Reading Carl Hiaasen has been on my radar a while, and I’ve finally gotten around to […]
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