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Audiobook Review : All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Title : All Creatures Great and Small Author : James Herriot Narrators : Christopher Timothy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 15 hours 45 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I rarely read non-fiction, but one of my all time favorites in non-fiction is the series of books by […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #76

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Book Review : The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

Finding a dependable author is hard. Finding a dependable author with a book series, who delivers the goods with every book, is harder! There is so much hype these days with every blogger, every writer with an opinion recommending books. It has gotten very difficult separating the wheat from the chaff. So when I can […]

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Audiobook Review : The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

Title : The Kitchen House Author : Kathleen Grissom Narrators : Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 55 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 At 7 years of age Lavinia is brought in as an indentured servant to the plantation of Capt. James […]

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Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

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 […]

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Audiobook Review: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

Title : A Study in Scarlet Women Series : Lady Sherlock Series (Book 1) Author : Sherry Thomas Narrators : Kate Reading Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 11 hours Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 This book is a twist in the Sherlock Holmes saga, as the Holmes and […]

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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 : The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Title : The Mountain Between Us Author : Charles Martin Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Romance Publisher : Random HouseĀ Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 58 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Two strangers, Dr. Ed Payne and Ashley Knox, stranded at Salt Lake City airport amid bad weather decide to charter […]

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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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Book Review : Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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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