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I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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Tag Archives: audio
The Last Remains, by Elly Griffiths (audio)
In the fall of 2019, I discovered the Ruth Galloway series and quickly binged my way through the first 11 of them. Each year since, a new book has published, and The Last Remains is the 15th and final volume … Continue reading
Nightbirds, by Kate Armstrong (audio)
Magic is forbidden by the church, but it lives on deep inside certain women, kept hidden by rich families to do their bidding with a kiss. On the surface, this is the story of three teenage girls forced into a … Continue reading
The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon (audio)
Subtitled: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team From the subtitle of this book, I expected it to be part memoir, part exposé about the Nike Oregon Project. While it is that, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2023, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, fitness, mini-review, nonfiction, running
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The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)
Full title: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Our narrator wakes up in a field, not knowing who or where he is. Very quickly, he discovers that he’s from another dimension and has traveled to some version of … Continue reading
The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill (audio)
From the publisher: The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman’s terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified … Continue reading
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (audio)
As the youngest daughter to the royal family of a small kingdom, Marra is tucked safely away in a monastery, to be kept in reserve in case she might one day need to be married off for political alliance. Both … Continue reading
American Predator, by Maureen Callahan (audio)
Subtitle: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century Israel Keyes was a serial killer active all across the US during the 2000s, before he was caught in early 2012. He was meticulous and calculating, and … Continue reading
Lavender House, by Lev AC Rosen (audio)
When Andy Mills is outed and kicked off the police force in 1950s San Francisco, he doesn’t think life has much left in store for him. Then he’s approached by a rich woman who wants him to investigate the murder … Continue reading
Spells For Forgetting, by Adrienne Young (audio)
August hasn’t been back to the island of Saoirse since he left with his mother after he was accused of killing one of his classmates right after graduation. His mother is dead now, and her last request was to bury … Continue reading
Good for a Girl, by Lauren Fleshman (audio)
Subtitled: A Woman Running in a Man’s World Fleshman is a retired world-class professional runner, and this book is both her memoir and a treatise on the way women are approached and treated in the sports and running world. In … Continue reading