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 : The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, must read, recommended |
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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 […]
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 : Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
By amodini
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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
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Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, feel-good, fun stuff, lovely things, macmillan, must listen, must read, non-fiction, recommended |
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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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, dystopian, feminist, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, must read, sci-fi, women |
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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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »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: How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
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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 : Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
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Title : Unbecoming Author : Rebecca Scherm Narrators : Catherine Taber Genre : Mystery/Thriller Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 30 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Unbecoming is an unusual coming-of-age novel. It is told from the point of view of the main protagonist, young, amenable, sharp-witted Grace, who’s […]
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 […]
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