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Review: Hope for the Best

By Jan

on June 4th, 2019

Hope for the Best (The Chronicles of St Mary’s #10) Author: Jodi Taylor; Genre: Time travel fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Zara Ramm; Publisher: Audible Studios (2019); Rating: . If you haven’t read any of this series, I would strongly suggest you give it a try. Very British, very funny, great characters, and fascinating premise. Wow, what an ending! I was…

Review: An Easy Death

By Jan

on June 4th, 2019

An Easy Death (Gunnie Rose #1) Author: Charlaine Harris; Genre: Alternate History/Western Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Eva Kaminsky; Publisher: Recorded Books (2018); Rating: . Yes, that Charlaine Harris. I’ve only read the first of her famous Sookie Stackhouse series, a contemporary urban fantasy. I much prefer a historical theme, and this one looked like a doozie, so I bit… (no…

Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go

By Jan

on May 21st, 2019

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking Book 1) Author: Patrick Ness, Genre: Fantasy/Science-fiction/Thriller (yes, all those), Format: Ebook, Publisher: Candlewick Press (2010), Rating: . This is one of those books when the protagonist goes through so many trials that I kept asking myself, “What, again?!” Just when things are looking up, here comes another downer. It’s certainly a…

Review: Spinning Silver

By Jan

on April 21st, 2019

Spinning Silver Author: Naomi Novik; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Lisa Flanagan; Publisher: Random House Audio (2018); Rating: . There are many reviews that laud the storytelling and rave about the plot of this fantasy. It’s a massive mashup of Eastern European fairy tales, with some twists. Perhaps reading it would have been a better idea than listening to it….

Cover Trend: Damaged Paper

By Jan

on February 25th, 2019

I’ve always loved book covers and am amazed by their incredible variety. From the antique foiled masterpieces of Art Deco to the classic Penguin paperbacks to the huge screaming typefaces of modern works, covers are true art as well as marketing. The more I look at book covers, however, the more I see the trends, the fads, and the fashions….

Review: Who Slays the Wicked

By Jan

on February 19th, 2019

Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #14) Author: C. S. Harris; Genre: Historical mystery; Format: Paperback (341 pages); Publisher: Penguin Random House by Berkeley Marketing (2019); Rating: . This was another good volume in this popular series of historical mysteries set in Regency London. Sebastian St. Cyr must find the killer of his dastardly nephew-in-law, the same one who…

Review: Infinite

By Jan

on February 10th, 2019

Infinite Author: Jeremy Robinson; Genre: Science fiction; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: R.C. Bray; Publisher: Breakneck Media (2017); Rating: . An intriguing sci-fi story set in deep space and touching on themes of loneliness, time, and the meaning of reality. I really felt the vastness of space and the drag of endless time. Plot twists abound—expect some head games. R.C. Bray did…

Review: The Nothing Girl

By Jan

on February 10th, 2019

The Nothing Girl (The Frogmorton Farm Series, Book 1) Author: Jodi Taylor; Genre: Romantic Comedy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis; Publisher: Audible Studios (2015); Rating: . This is a fun British contemporary novel with humor and a little magic from one of my favorite authors, Jodi Taylor. I wish I had a fraction of the cleverness and wit that she…

Review: Hope for the Best

Review: An Easy Death

Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go

Review: Spinning Silver

Cover Trend: Damaged Paper

Review: Who Slays the Wicked

Review: Infinite

Review: The Nothing Girl

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