A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World I didn’t know this book was coming out until I saw it on the list of audiobooks for possible review. Since I live near Columbus and I’m a member of The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, I’ve followed the story of polar […]
A dead body, an empty cabin, a mysterious girl, a lone rider, and a gang after a treasure make for a very exciting western adventure. I was looking forward to a tale told alternating between a sixteen year old boy with lots of grit and a hard man with cold gray eyes from two talented […]
I really loved this! It has typical fantasy world where women have almost no choices. Their primary worth is to bear an heir for men in the patriarchal society. Men control the magic. Men can also choose to send women to a whorehouse for the “unwanted.” This includes wives who can’t have children, or if […]
I enjoy a dark mystery with a fast pace. The Liar’s Child was reviewed by friends and I always appreciate the North Carolina setting. The style was a little disconcerting as it jumped back and forth in both point of view and the time period. The point of view is often handled this way, […]
I was excited and terrified to see what would happen to Vasya next. In The Girl and the Tower, we see her decide to make her own way in the world, not wanting to be locked in to the traditional female role of a wife or nun. She learns a lot and enjoys her varied […]
I was in a weird mood last week and didn’t want to listen to any of the books I had on my iPod. I started looking through my Audible wishlist and found this book by Eric Idle. I’ve been a fan of Monty Python movies for a long time now. My love started out with […]
Anne: I saw blurbs which sounded cool, so I requested Kill the Farm Boy. I have read some of Kevin Hearne and wanted to try Delilah Dawson, so it was an opportunity. Melanie told me she was getting the audio, so we are doing a joint review. More accurately, Melanie has made several points and […]
I have enjoyed all my listens to this author’s work. I’m more than halfway through the Temeraire series. Uprooted is one of my all-time favorite audiobooks. So I was very excited for Spinning Silver. It did not disappoint. Russian fairy tales set in a historic fantasy world are not pleasant places for women. They have […]
I loved The Girl in the Tower even more than the first book in the Winternight Trilogy. I was lucky enough to start listening to it immediately after finishing The Bear and the Nightingale. I have it from Penguin Random Audio but I ended up checking it out at the library because I liked the Overdrive […]
This dark world is not a positive place for women. They are either confined in a convent or they are servants and brood mares for men. Even young girls are beaten and tied up at the whim of men. The world-building is vivid and historical. The characters are so well-developed. It is woven from Russian […]