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Review: Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter

By Jan 
on October 3rd, 2019 

Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise Author: Lucinda Hawksley; Genre: Biography; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon; Publisher: Tantor Audio (2018); Rating: . Queen Victoria had nine children (who all looked exactly alike, btw) between 1841 and 1857, although she was frightened of childbirth and didn’t like children. And she wasn’t a very good mother… Go figure….

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Review: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

By Jan 
on September 19th, 2019 

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Author: C.A. Fletcher; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: C.A. Fletcher; Publisher: Hachette Book Group (2019); Rating: . A boy lives with his family on a remote island after most of the people on Earth are long gone. A stranger steals his beloved dog and the boy decides to get…

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Review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

By Jan 
on September 19th, 2019 

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Author: Kim Michele Richardson; Genre: Historical Novel; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Katie Schorr; Publisher: Blackstone Audio (2019); Rating: . Set in 1930s Kentucky, this was a fascinating story about a young woman who delivers books to rural homes. She rides a mule as she works for the Kentucky Pack Horse library service, a short-lived, but…

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Review: The Sisters Brothers

By Jan 
on September 19th, 2019 

The Sisters Brothers Author: Patrick deWitt; Genre: Western, satire; Format: Ebook; Publisher: Ecco (2011); Rating: . Damn that cover. It drew me in and wouldn’t let me go. The designer was Suet Yee Chong at Harper Collins, and she perfectly captured the contents of this story. It’s dark, it’s violent, and it’s quite silly at times. I laughed aloud at…

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Review: Just A Guy

By Jan 
on September 19th, 2019 

Just A Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life Author: Bill Engvall; Genre: Memoir, sort of; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Bill Engvall; Publisher: Macmillan Audio (2007); Rating: . This isn’t really a memoir, so don’t expect to hear the nitty-gritty details of struggling as a standup comic. It’s just an extension of Engvall’s comedy routines, really, with a few tender-hearted stories…

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Review: The King’s Justice

By Jan 
on September 18th, 2019 

The King’s Justice (A Stanton and Barling Mystery, Book 1) Author: E. M. Powell; Genre: Historical Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: James Langton; Publisher: Brilliance Audio (2018); Rating: . Fairly standard historical mystery that is very similar to several other series in this genre: A mismatched pair of investigators, one superior in rank and the other a would-be apprentice, is reluctantly…

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Review: The Death of Mrs. Westaway

By Jan 
on August 31st, 2019 

The Death of Mrs. Westaway Author: Ruth Ware; Genre: Gothic mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Imogen Church; Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (2018); Rating: . A British gothic mystery set in modern time about a young woman who tries to infiltrate an old Cornish family to get part of an inheritance. The setting was a spooky old estate that seemed like…

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Review: Alter

By Jan 
on August 31st, 2019 

Alter Author: Jeremy Robinson; Genre: Thriller; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Luke Daniels; Publisher: Breakneck Media (2019); Rating: . This started as a promising survival story but morphed into a rather silly woo-woo mind-bender towards the end. A modern man crash lands in the middle of the jungle and has to survive on his wits… and a chunk of marijuana. But I…

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