Title : Underground Railroad Author : Colson Whitehead Narrators : Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : RandomHouse Listening Length : 10 hours 44 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 This book imagines the underground railroad, to be an actual railroad, instead of what it actually was – a network of secret escape […]
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Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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Posted in 2016, 2017, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, random_house, slavery |
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Audiobook Review : Still life by Louise Penny
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Posted in 2017, 4.5_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, crime, lovely things, must listen, must read, mystery, recommended, series, suspense |
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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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
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Posted in 2016, 2017, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, mystery, penguin_books |
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Title : The Couple Next Door Author : Shari Lapena Narrators : Kirsten Potter Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 8 hours 40 minutes Rating : 3.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Babysitter having bailed last minute, Anne and Marco leave baby daughter Cora at home alone while stepping out for dinner […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
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Posted in 2015, 2017, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, must listen, recommended, women |
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Title : The Breadwinner Author : Deborah Ellis Narrators : Rita Wolf Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 2 hours 59 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Parvana lives with her parents and siblings in Taliban-ruled Kabul. Parvana’s learned father ekes out a living as a reader-writer in their […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
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Posted in 2015, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, humor, lovely things |
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Title : A Man Called Ove Author : Frederik Backman Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Dreamscape Media Listening Length : 9 hours 9 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Ove (pronounced Oova) Lindahl is a 59 year old Swedish widower who has recently been laid off from work. He […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : 11.22.63 by Stephen King
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Posted in 2017, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, review, simon_schuster, time-travel |
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Title : 11.22.63 Author : Stephen King Narrators : Craig Wasson Genre : Sci-fi, Time-travel Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 30 hours 44 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I picked up this book because this was described as a time travel story (am a sucker for time-travel tales), which it […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review: How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
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Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, feminist, must listen, must read, recommended, wit, women |
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Title : How to be a woman Author : Caitlin Moran Narrators : Caitlin Moran Genre : Feminist Publisher : HarperAudio Listening Length : 8 hours 45 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Caitlin Moran talks of many “female” topics in this book : sexism, kids, relationships, expectations, feminism etc. Chapter by chapter […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
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Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, gaslighting, mystery, review, simon_schuster |
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Title : The Woman in Cabin 10 Author : Ruth Ware Narrators : Imogen Church Genre : Mystery Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 8 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Laura Blacklock is our no-so-intrepid journalist. When she’s burgled one night, and injured, it does nothing to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
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Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, series, suspense |
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Title : The 5th Wave Author : Rick Yancey Narrators : Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strole Genre : Sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 12 hours 45 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 The aliens have come, and they are ridding the earth of its native population, the humans, before they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
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Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, romance, YA |
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Title : Eleanor and Park Author : Rainbow Rowell Narrators : Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra Genre : Romance Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 8 hours 56 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I don’t think I’m the target audience for this book (YA, I’d assume) because this book’s tale is a […]
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