Review of The Wrong Unit: A Novel Author: Ron Dircks; Genre: Science Fiction; Format: Audiobook; Publisher: Goldfinch Publishing (2016); Rating: . The protagonist of this book isn’t even human, yet his story was enough to make me cry. The plot is a combination of quest, coming of age, and thriller. It’s set in a future where […]
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The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette; Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Publisher: Gene Doucette (2016); My rating: 5 of 5 stars. This was a very clever and funny book about first contact in a small town in New England. The book was fast-paced and involved a lot of artful dialog; some of it might even have been
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The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles #1) Author: Michael J. Sullivan; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook (Paperback at Amazon.com); Publisher: Recorded Books (2013). This is one of those fantasy books that you hear about for years and wonder if it’s really worthwhile. It’s been on several “top” lists of fantasy book and I finally purchased it
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“His Majesty’s Dragon” Author: Naomi Novik; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; Narrator: Simon Vance; Publisher: Books on Tape (2007). I’ve had this book on my TBR list for quite a while. My husband is a big fan of the seagoing adventure books of the time period (Patrick O’Brian, C. S. Forester, etc.) and I’ve read a
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A Worthy Pursuit Author: Karen Witemeyer; Narrator: Barbara McCulloh; Genre: Western/Romance; Format: Audiobook (Recorded Books, 2015); This is a western and a romance with a Christian message, and I enjoyed it very much. I’m not a big romance fan, but this one had very high ratings, and I’m glad I gave it a chance. The
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The Wretched of Muirwood Author: Jeff Wheeler; Narrator: Kate Rudd; Genre: Fantasy; Format: Audiobook; This is a fairly typical YA fantasy where an orphan girl is raised as a servant but discovers something special about herself. It’s quite a slow read, actually, because not much actually happens for a while. Most of the magic system
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Mrs Queen Takes the Train Author: William Kuhn; Narrator: Simon Prebble; Genre: Novel; Format: Audiobook (Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2012); This is a silly romp through a fantasy world where Queen Elizabeth suffers from depression and decides on a whim to scamper off to Scotland alone to visit an old friend. Setting aside the ridiculous premise,
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Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Genre: Non-fiction Format: Audiobook Narrator: Scott Brick Publisher: Penguin Audio I’ve long been a fan of the explorer genre, books like “1491,” “The Lost City of Z,” and “The River of Doubt,” etc. This book did include exploration, but was mostly about the whaling industry in Nantucket, Massachusetts and the dangers it entailed.
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