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🎧 The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social‬ @theerinbennett.bsky.social‬ @penguinaudio.bsky.social‬ #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM @RobinBridgeFour @mstiefvater

🎧 The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social‬ @theerinbennett.bsky.social‬ @penguinaudio.bsky.social‬ #LoveAudiobooks #JIAM @RobinBridgeFour @mstiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater has been one of my go to authors for great stories since I first listened to The Scorpio Races over a decade ago.  She was one of the few YA writers I stuck with after moving on from most YA.  The Listeners is her first shot at an adult novel and while much […]

Posted June 9, 2025 by Robin in Book Review / 8 Comments

Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep @jenniferestep.bsky.social @Jennifer_Estep @sophiarose1816

Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep @jenniferestep.bsky.social @Jennifer_Estep @sophiarose1816

A company lab tech knows something she shouldn’t about the crash of the company’s new prototype ship and this lands her a one-way ticket into a war zone between the Regals and Tech-wavers and a conspiracy that leads straight to the throne.  Jennifer Estep is a long-time established author of urban fantasy, fantasy, and sci-fi […]

Posted June 8, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 16 Comments

🎧 The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox @AngieFoxauthor #TaviaGilbert @audible_com #LoveAudiobooks @sophiarose1816 #JIAM

🎧 The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox @AngieFoxauthor #TaviaGilbert @audible_com #LoveAudiobooks @sophiarose1816 #JIAM

A locked room-style mystery in a haunted insane asylum, a gangster ghost other than Frankie, and more hair-raising mystery than Verity can shake a stick at made The Mint Julep Murders another sensational installment in Angie Fox’s Southern Ghost Hunter series of paranormal cozy mysteries. The Mint Julep Murders is the eighth in the series.  […]

Posted June 1, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 18 Comments

🎧 The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan @dervlamctiernan.bsky.social #AoifeMcMahon #BolindaAudio #LoveAudiobooks @DervlaMcTiernan

🎧 The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan @dervlamctiernan.bsky.social #AoifeMcMahon #BolindaAudio #LoveAudiobooks @DervlaMcTiernan

I am so happy to have another book in the Cormac Reilly series.  Cormac is a homicide detective in Ireland and has been for 20 years. The Unquiet Grave brings us back to Cormac after he had some success after a horrible time in Good Turn. I feel so hurt on Cormac’s behalf.  He works […]

🎧 Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters #ElizabethPeters @recordedbooks.bsky.social @Rosenblat_Actor @RecordedBooks #LoveAudiobooks @sophiarose1816

🎧 Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters #ElizabethPeters @recordedbooks.bsky.social @Rosenblat_Actor @RecordedBooks #LoveAudiobooks  @sophiarose1816

An anonymous piece of mail containing a picture of a woman dressed in the jewels recovered from the famous Troy archeological dig herald a new Christmas time adventure for Vicky Bliss.  Elizabeth Peters continues the fun mystery series with the wise-cracking, gorgeous, but very clever Art Historian, her eccentric German boss, and a gentleman thief […]

Posted May 28, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 14 Comments

Sunday Series: DI Kim Stone by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons #JanCramer @bookouture.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #SundaySeries @writeangie

Sunday Series:  DI Kim Stone by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons #JanCramer @bookouture.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks #SundaySeries  @writeangie

  I needed to figure out a way to start reading series where I am not current or the series is finished but haven’t read them yet.  So it’s a way to commit myself to read my backlist, particularly series.   I’ve been wanting to read the DI Kim Stone for a long time.  The […]

American Werewolf in Space by Alisha Sunderland @authoralishasundy.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

American Werewolf in Space by Alisha Sunderland @authoralishasundy.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited  @sophiarose1816

Paranormal Meets Sci-Fi in an uproariously fun adventure when the aliens steal some earth women and have no idea they’ve tossed their loop around a werewolf, too.  Mayhem ensues as does spicy fated mate very alien romance. An American Werewolf in Space is the first of a new sci-fi series and is not a standalone […]

Posted May 18, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review, Thrifty Thursday / 16 Comments

Read-along & #Giveaway: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews @ilonaandrews.bsky.social @reneeraudman @nyliterary @tantoraudio.bsky.social @AudibleStudios #Read-along #GIVEAWAY #LoveAudiobooks @ilonaandrews

Read-along & #Giveaway:  Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews  @ilonaandrews.bsky.social @reneeraudman @nyliterary @tantoraudio.bsky.social @AudibleStudios #Read-along #GIVEAWAY #LoveAudiobooks @ilonaandrews

I was thrilled to be asked by Anne of Books of My Heart to participate in the read-along for the Innkeeper Chronicles and share my thoughts. May kicks off the first book and after reading it, I can wait to continue on with a book a month for the next few months. Dina runs a […]

Thrifty Thursday: Grace Hamilton Edition #GraceHamilton #ThriftyThursday #KindleUnlimited

Thrifty Thursday: Grace Hamilton Edition #GraceHamilton  #ThriftyThursday #KindleUnlimited

The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which are in the dystopian genre. I am starting with books by Grace Hamilton.  I’m appreciating the survivalist and prepper skills. There are mostly first books in series and they […]

Arrival by Veronica Scott @veronicascott.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @vscotttheauthor

Arrival by Veronica Scott  @veronicascott.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @vscotttheauthor

      She’s come home after earning her medical doctor degree and four retired Special Forces vets have retired and taken up their land grant benefit.  Too bad they get dropped off into post-apocalyptic chaos.  Sci-fi and zombies, anyone?  It’s Veronica Scott’s The Sectors world so of course I had to take the plunge. […]

Posted April 27, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review, Sunday Series / 6 Comments