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Review: Lady Audley’s Secret

By Jan

on August 16th, 2019

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Lady Audley’s Secret Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon; Genre: Novel, Mystery; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Olivia Poulet; Publisher: Audible Studios (2019); Rating: . A lovely and compelling Victorian sensational novel, published in 1862. This isn’t a light read, as it contains a lot of mid-19th-century angst as the aristocratic protagonist agonizes over the disappearance of his best friend and what he should…

All About Audiobooks

By Jan

on August 14th, 2019

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Listening to a book read by someone else is quite a different experience than reading it yourself. I’ll tell you why I love audiobooks and why you should try one. A few years ago, my older brother, Dennis, died quite suddenly. I handled it well, I think, but internalized some of the feelings and had a lot of trouble sleeping….

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: Lady Audley’s Secret

All About Audiobooks

Review: Hope for the Best

Review: An Easy Death

Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go

Review: Spinning Silver

Cover Trend: Damaged Paper

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