Tag Archives: audio

Protected: The Savage Dawn, by Melissa Grey (audio)

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Thistle

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The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Cogman (audio)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Thistle

Irene is a junior librarian in a library that exists outside all worlds. Her job is to retrieve manuscripts from various alternate worlds so that the library may preserve them. She’s just come back from a tedious mission and is … Continue reading →

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Plus One, by Elizabeth Fama (audio)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Thistle

In the world post-Spanish flu, the population has been split into halves: those that live and work in the day (Rays) and those who occupy the night (Smudges). The choice of which half you’re in has more to do with … Continue reading →

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Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Thistle

From Goodreads: The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost … Continue reading →

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Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (audio)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Thistle

There is very little I can say about this book. It’s a letter from father to son, an unfolding of personal experience regarding discrimination and the arbitrary line of racial division. This personal narrative grows into something more, an enclosed … Continue reading →

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Callback: the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Thistle

Back in 2012, I first read Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. I fell in love with the book and gobbled both it and the sequel up over the next couple months. I didn’t get to read the … Continue reading →

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Gilded Cage, by Vic James (audio)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Thistle

The world is divided into two: those with Skill – the Equals – and those without – the commoners. In England, the Equal aristocrats rule, and the commoners by law must give up a decade of their life to what’s … Continue reading →

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Real Food, Fake Food, by Larry Olmsted (audio)

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Thistle

Subtitled: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It Let me start by saying what this book isn’t. This is not about so-called Frankenfoods. It’s not about Lucky Charms or Velveeta or Pepsi. When … Continue reading →

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The Elusive Elixir, by Gigi Pandian (audio)

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Thistle

Given that this is the third book in a series, I’m not going to put a synopsis here. It might spoil earlier books, and I’ve enjoyed this quirky fantasy-mystery series too much to possibly spoil it for others. In general, … Continue reading →

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The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout (audio)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us Four percent of the population – about one in every 25 people – has no conscience. They are not all criminals, serial killers, or the Hitlers of the world, which is what … Continue reading →

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