Title : The House of Silk Author : Anthony Horowitz Narrators : Derek Jacobi Genre : Mystery/Adventure Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 24 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 There’s a new Sherlock Holmes mystery in town and it’s penned by Anthony Horowitz! In this book, Holmes and Watson […]
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Audiobook Review : The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
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Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, hachette, historical, mystery |
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Audiobook Review : Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
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Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2019, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette |
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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, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Bridges of Madison County by Robert Waller
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Title : The Bridges of Madison county Author : Robert Waller Narrators : Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale Genre : Romance Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 3 hours 50 minutes Rating : 2.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Francesca Jones is a housewife living in Madison County, Iowa. She meets Robert Kincaid, a freelance photographer […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
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Posted in 2014, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, hachette, must read, recommended, sci-fi |
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Title : The Girl With All The Gifts Author : M. R. Carey Narrators : Finty Williams Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 4 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Melanie is a 10 year old girl. She is considered special. That is why she, and others […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, hachette |
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[amazon_link id=”0316055433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Goldfinch Author : Donna Tartt Genre : Contemporary Narrators : David Pittu Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 32 hours 24 minutes Source : Library Rating : 4/5 The Goldfinch in print is 775 pages long. In audiobook form this comes in at a whopping 32 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
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Posted in 2013, 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, hachette, humor, must read, quirky, recommended, wit, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0316204269″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Where’s You Go Bernadette Author : Maria Semple Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Kathleen Wilhoite Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 9 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Where’d You Go Bernadette (WYGB here onwards) is an epistolary novel – i.e.; instead of following […]
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[amazon_link id=”0316128155″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Exogene Author : T.C. McCarthy Genre : War/Sci-fi Publisher : Hachette Pages : 401 Source : Publisher/NetGalley ARC Rating : 4/5 I elected to read this book because I thought it sci-fi. And while there is sci-fi, Exogene reads more like a war novel. It is set in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Last Chance Beauty Queen
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Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, books, chick-lit, contemporary, hachette, review, romance |
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[amazon_link id=”0446576085″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Last Chance Beauty Queen Author : Hope Ramsay Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Genre : Romance Source : NetGalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 British Lord Hugh DeBracy comes to America to setup his textile machinery factory. He requires the assistance of Caroline Rocky Rhodes to persuade a land-owner […]
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By amodini
Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, dystopian, fantasy, hachette, imaginative, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”1455503061″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Pure Author : Julianna Baggott Genre : Dystopian/Horror Pages : 448 Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Pure is not your ordinary dystopian novel, it treads into the horror category. It is a story of a bleak future, one where the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Three Day Town
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Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, hachette, mystery, netgalley, recommended, review, series, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0446555789″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Day Town Author : Margaret Maron Genre : Mystery Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Pages : 288 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Given my love for mysteries, I’ve had friends recommend Margaret Maron to me more than once. I’ve read one of her […]
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