A Novel
By: Hiromi Kawakami / Translated By: Allison Markin Powell / Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Refreshingly engaging… -BUT- …
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
A Novel
By: Kevin Wilson / Narrated By: Ginnifer Goodwin / Afterword By: Kevin Wilson
Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
The Obligatory Wilson-esque Abrupt Ending… followed by WHAM! A slug to the gut Author’s Note/Afterword
The Bullet Catch
Series: Eli Marks Mysteries, Book 2
By: John Gaspard / Narrated By: Jim Cunningham
Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
Magic, Murder, and oh yeh: High school reunions…!
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock
By: Jane Riley / Narrated By: Steve West
Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
Bits o’ charm here and there, but Promise soon becomes Predictable
Small as an Elephant
The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg
Series: The Quantum Curators, Book 1
By: Eva St. John / Narrated By: Lucy Rayner, Alex Wyndham
Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
Dude! but of COURSE this isn’t Jodi Taylor… but it IS Fun! …and then there’s Alex Wyndham…
St. Nick
By: Alan Russell / Narrated By: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
BeYONd lovely. I mean, the kind of lovely that makes you happy when you sob Super Ugly Sobs!
Hanukkah at the Great Greenwich Ice Creamery
By: Sharon Ibbotson / Narrated By: David Thorpe
Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
HorRIFic beginning eeeeeases into sweet, soo sweet, like, I mean, reeeally sweet sweet sweeeet
A Christmas Gift
By: Sue Moorcroft / Narrated By: Una Bryne
Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
A gentle Christmas Listen, with LOTS o’ schtuff Hitting The Fan, like, ALWAYS
Finding Noel
Wonder
Series: Wonder, Book 1
By: R. J. Palacio / Narrated By: Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl, Diana Steele
Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
One itsy bitsy teeny tiny caveat but, dude! what’s not to love?!
The Ambitious Card
Series: Eli Marks Mysteries, Book 1
By: John Gaspard / Narrated By: Jim Cunningham
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
When only an itty bitty (-) is found amongst ooooodles of (+)s? A Mighty HUZZAH!!!
Storm of Locusts
Series: The Sixth World, Book 2
By: Rebecca Roanhorse / Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
Wherein a Book 2 exceeeeds expectations…!!!
Millard Salter's Last Day
By: Jacob M. Appel / Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
Builds then kinda builds then sorta builds then comes to absolutely nothing
The Night Ship
A Novel
By: Jess Kidd / Narrated By: Fleur De Wit, Adam Fitzgerald
Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
Wonderful characters chucked into the Jess Kidd Magical Grinding Mill…
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
Written and Narrated By: Pablo Cartaya
Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
Compelling Concept and Successful Execution… There, I’ve managed to take the oh sooo large heart outta a truly beautiful story that’s wonderful for all ages…!!!
Death with Interruptions
By: José Saramago / Translated By: Margaret Jull Costa / Narrated By: Paul Baymer
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Social Commentary? Check. A Bit O’ Sweetness…? Uhm, well, yeah… Go Death, Go!
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
By: Michael Chabon / Narrated By: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
Yeh yeh yeh—obviously a first novel, but I liked it quite a bit… so sue me!
Bellwether
By: Connie Willis / Narrated By: Kate Reading
Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
Cutesy becomes utterly DELIGHTFUL when paired with Chaos Theory…!