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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The Wild Inside: A Novel of Suspense Author: Christine Carbo Format: Audiobook Genre: Contemporary detective thriller Narrator: R. C. Bray Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. (2015) Department of the Interior Special Agent Ted Systead lives in Colorado now, but he’s been assigned to a murder case in Glacier National Park, Montana, where he grew up. However,
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The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge Author: Michael Punke; Narrator: Holter Graham; Format: Audiobook; Publisher: McMillan Audio (2012). I wasn’t familiar with this historical fiction (based on fact) story but saw that it’s out as a film now with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. The story looked interesting and I love American history, so I
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The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins; Format: Audiobook (Penguin Audio, 2015); Narrators: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher; Oh my goodness, what a letdown. This contemporary mystery was a super-hyped book, being compared to best-sellers like Gone Girl. I wish I’d ignored it all and skipped this one. I will definitely do so
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Cat o’ Nine Tales: The Jane Yellowrock Stories Author: Faith Hunter; Format: Audiobook; Narrated by: Khristine Hvam; Publisher: Audible Studios (2013). This audiobook consists of 13 paranormal fantasy stories about Jane Yellowrock, a shapeshifter and vampire hunter whose business card reads, “Have Stakes—Will Travel”. She has a mysterious past and is not quite sure about her future,
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Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson Written by: Lyndsay Faye; Narrated by: Simon Vance; Format: Audiobook. A pastiche of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, this one takes place in 1888 London. The mystery, of course, is Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders that shocked
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