Publisher: MacMillan Audio

🎧 Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson @ragnarjo #SamWoolf @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson @ragnarjo  #SamWoolf @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I haven’t read this author previously but wanted to read about Iceland plus I enjoy police procedurals.  Death at the Sanatorium was interesting and not what I expected.  I did read that this is sort of a spinoff from a television show The Darkness so maybe that is why some things seemed odd. It didn’t […]

Posted September 12, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 6 Comments

🎧 House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen @sarahpekkanen #LauraBenanti @StMartinsPress @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen @sarahpekkanen #LauraBenanti @StMartinsPress @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I’ve wanted to try this author and I’m glad I was able to read House of Glass.  Stella is an engaging main character with good intentions and knowledgeable about her work in being a representative for children.  Rose is a bit younger than her normal cases but has a condition she once had herself. The […]

Posted August 8, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments

🎧 A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher @UrsulaV #ElizaFoss @JenWrenPickens @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

🎧 A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher @UrsulaV  #ElizaFoss @JenWrenPickens  @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

T Kingfisher is on my automatic buy now list and has been since I first discovered the magic of her fantasy novels.  A Sorceress Comes to Call is a loose retelling of The Goose Girl, which I have never read, so cannot compare the two.  Kingfisher again did a fantastic job of drawing me into […]

Posted July 29, 2024 by Robin in Book Review / 6 Comments

🎧 Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts @blacktop1950 @TheRealBahniT @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts @blacktop1950 @TheRealBahniT @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I always enjoy a police procedural and new settings.  Trouble in Queenstown is a private investigator who used to be a cop.  Vandy has moved back to her hometown to deal with her grief and take care of her father as he ages. At first, it seemed somewhat quirky and cliche, more like a cozy […]

🎧 Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry @JonathanMaberry @Ray__Porter @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

🎧 Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry @JonathanMaberry @Ray__Porter @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks @SnyderBridge4

Son of the Poison Rose is the second  book in the Grimdark series, Kagen the Damned.   Our story picks up soon after the events of the first book and the thwarted coronation of the Witch King.  Kagen, Tuke and Filia are on the run and enemy number ones of the new Yellow Empire.  They alone […]

Posted July 8, 2024 by Robin in Book Review / 5 Comments

🎧 Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova @gen_dimova #ZuraJohnson @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova @gen_dimova #ZuraJohnson @MinotaurBooks @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I felt a little hesitant to start a longer book with fantasy themes often oppressive of some peoples.  The pacing was good and with the character and world development at a reasonable amount of detail, I didn’t have trouble. Kosara was a great character. She was very relatable having her fears and desires.  She was […]

🎧 Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire @amber_benson @MacmillanAudio @SnyderBridge4 #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

🎧 Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire @amber_benson @MacmillanAudio @SnyderBridge4 #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

Tidal Creatures is the third book in the Alchemical Journeys series and needs to be read in order to make any sense.  Seanan McGuire focuses on the the lore of the moon and all the gods who have incarnated into this world in Tidal Creatures.  People are chosen to take on aspects of different moon […]

Posted June 24, 2024 by Robin in Book Review, JIAM / 1 Comment

🎧 The Rom-commers by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @PattiMurin @StMartinsPress @MacMillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

🎧 The Rom-commers by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @PattiMurin @StMartinsPress @MacMillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM

The Rom-commers has a premise which is Hollywood and over the top in aspects, but it was a lot of fun.  Emma is such a pure, passionate character. She is stellar at everything from her writing, to her teaching, to her care for her father and sister.  Emma has also been excellent at protecting herself […]

🎧 Mind Games by Nora Roberts #NoraRoberts @justjanuary @StMartinsPress @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

🎧 Mind Games by Nora Roberts  #NoraRoberts @justjanuary @StMartinsPress @MacmillanAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I am a fan of this author, who is prolific.  I haven’t read as many of her books as I would like, but have read all the JD Robb In Death books.   I loved this from the start. The world building is breath taking with the gorgeous countryside in Appalachia.  There’s also the gift which […]