Volume 229: July 2, 2023
Hello fellow Accomplice!
Well well well! Look at this: A Scaredy-cat who’s being a brave girl and who’s NOT hiding in the closet Post-Big-Move to New Part O’ the State! Yay, brave, brave Blanchie!!!
And so here we are, ready to wrap up a June that was farrrrr less fraught than May… more audiobooks, more reviews, and maybe…?
More you might find to your liking!
As always, feel free to share your favorites with me!
Or share your audiobook accomplice stories and photos!
Just comment below on this week’s reviews or email me at: Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com!
Okay, I’m up for Rootin’ Tootin’ Westerns…
… of all sorts. Let’s start with a continuation of a MUCH ADORED series and then gambol into one featuring a plucky young heroine.
Then let’s go into a Sci-fi Western(ish) take on heroes. And to top it all off? What could author Jeff Chapman do BUT a Different Spin on it all?!
Soooo looking forward to the coming month and, hey: Howzabout joining me!
Seriously, we’ve all Month to Listen -AND- I thiiiiink there’s something here for All Discerning Tastes…
Details for the first week’s audiobooks are on the Listening to Now page.
Huzzah Huzzah Huzzah!
Next month is August, doncha know! And what can that mean except… My Birthday!!!
In preparation for such a glorious month, may I offer Fave Genres/Categories?
Historical Fiction featuring one o’ Time’s Greatest Misunderstood Villains followed by Yesssss, an Animals Pick.
Then Yippee! Military History followed by Yesssss, a Romance!
Vote now and vote often cuz I sure can’t choose!!!
Details for the audiobooks are at Tell Me What’s Next. Feel free to also suggest another audiobook for future review.
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June Favorite:
Series: Bromance Book Club, Book 1
By: Lyssa Kay Adams / Narrated By: Andrew Eiden, Maxwell Caulfield
Fiction, Romance Faves, Contemporary Romance
Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
As someone who squiiiiiints at Contemporary Romance? Imagine my delighted surprise with this!!!
Fiction:
By: Genevieve Gornichec / Narrated By: Jayne Entwistle
Fiction, Magical Realism, (…Fairy…?!) Tales With A Twist!, I Want My Hours Back
Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
A mighty Booo! + Major Spoiler = This Review… you have been warned…
Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 3
By: Gail Carriger / Narrated By: Emily Gray
Fiction, Gothic-ish Romance
Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
Now THIS is how you craft an engaging series…!!!
By: Hiromi Kawakami / Translated By: Allison Markin Powell / Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
Asian Fiction, Shorter Romance, Contemporary Romance
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Refreshingly engaging… -BUT- …
By: Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead / Narrated By: Rob Dircks, Nora Hunter
Fiction, Shorter Kids, Kids Fantasy, Maman’s Birthday
Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
For Maman’s b-day? I wanted to LOVE this, truly I did!
By: Chet Raymo / Narrated By: Donal Donnelly
Irish Fiction, Historical Literature
Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
Unique protagonist, gorgeous prose… oh my… how UN-engaging…
Series: The Mortal Follies, Book 1
By: Alexis Hall / Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Pride Month, (…Fairy…?!) Tales With A Twist!, LGBTQ+ Fiction, LGBTQ+ Romance, Regency Romance
Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
A delight… even tho’ I had to speed it up to get past the Toe-Curling scenes! Few, yeh: But THERE
Nonfiction:
By: David Giffels / Narrated By: Eric Michael Summerer
Nonfiction, Father’s Day, Memoir, Social Science, Grief, Death
Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
No I didn’t weep; but gosh! did I feel, or what?!
By: Mel C. Miskimen / Narrated By: Pam Ward
Nonfiction, Fathers Day, Mother’s Day, Grief, Women’s Memoirs, A Woman’s Touch with Animals, In Your Face Humor
Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
Life after Loss… and plenty o’ Laughs?!
Written and Narrated By: Natalie Haynes
Nonfiction, Big Sis, Women’s History, Women’s Empowerment
Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
A really, really good Listen, but here’s the thing:
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And WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?!? Bitty is out?!
Ahhhhhh well, just goes to show: If You Buy The Sofa… The Cat Will Come.
Yesssss, things are looking muuuuuch calmer on this end, despite a ridiculously devastating Heat Dome that’s KILLING me…
Gonna sit near Bitty, under the AC vent, listen to audiobooks.
Y’all do the same, and stay safe, stay cool, and I’ll see y’all next month!
Your Accomplice, Gillian
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