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Audiobook Review : In the Bleak Midwinter by by Julia Spencer-Fleming

By amodini Posted in 2019, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, mystery, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : In the Bleak Midwinter by by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Title : In the Bleak Midwinter Author : Julia Spencer-Fleming Narrators : Suzanne Toren Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 58 minutes Rating : 3.7/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Reverend Clare Fergusson is the new priest at St. Albans in Miller’s Kill, New York. A former army pilot, Fergusson […]

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Audiobook Review : After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman

By amodini Posted in audiobook, books, crime, harper audio | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman

Title : After I’m Gone Author : Laura Lippman Narrators : Linda Esmond Genre : Mystery Publisher : Harper Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 34 minutes Rating : 2.5/5 Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 “After I’m Gone” is my first Laura Lippman, and I am kind of disappointed. This book was average; “meh” describes it […]

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Audiobook Review : A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George

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Title : A Banquet of Consequences Author : Elizabeth George Narrators : John Lee Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 21 hours 34 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 A young man, William Goldacre, leaps to his death. Soon after famous feminist Clare Abbott is poisoned. Some time after […]

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Audiobook Review : The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George

By amodini Posted in 2018, 2019, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, must listen, must read, mystery, penguin_books, recommended, review, series, suspense | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George

Title : The Punishment She Deserves Author : Elizabeth George Narrators : Simon Vance Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 22 hours 48 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Ever want to get down on your knees and give thanks to the good Lord for creating a fabulous writer […]

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Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2019, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

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 : Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner

By amodini Posted in 2019, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, feminist, literature, mystery, random_house, recommended, review, series, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner

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 […]

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Audiobook Review : The Road by Cormac McCarthy

By amodini Posted in 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, dystopian, must read, post-apocalyptic, recommended, sci-fi | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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 […]

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Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo

By amodini Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, must read, recommended | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo

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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Audiobook Review : Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, random_house, recommended | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo

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 […]

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Book Review : Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

By amodini Posted in 2018, 3.5_star_rating, books, contemporary | Comments Off on Book Review : Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

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 […]

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