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Audiobook Review: The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

Posted on July 7, 2013 1 Comment

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan First of all, let me get this out of my system: dead people aren’t tossing anything. They are being tossed. In my head, this book is more accurately titled The Wave-Tossed Dead. Secondly, this was an audiobook listen and while Tara Sands did a good job and her voice […]

Audiobook Review: The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

Posted on July 3, 2013 1 Comment

The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks This is the story of a young boy who discards his old life to become a not-so heartless assassin (aka wetboy), apprenticed to a heartless master assassin who eventually reveals that he was once like the young boy and more, but then love happened etc, mysterious past, etc., […]

Audiobook Review: Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner

Posted on June 30, 2013 Leave a Comment

Path of Beasts byLian Tanner We return to the adventures of Goldie and Toadspit in this final installment of the series, which picks up right where we left them in City of Lies. The children return to Jewel after their harrowing escape from the kidnappers in Spoke to find that their enemy the Fugleman has […]

Audiobook Review: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

Posted on June 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Turn Coat by Jim Butcher I seem to have developed a habit of reading the first book in a series then skipping a whole bunch to read from the series again. It worked well for me with Star Wars: A New Jedi Order and I can’t complain about my recent run with The Dresden Files. […]

For my Listening Pleasure: Part 2

Posted on June 27, 2013 1 Comment

This post may or may not have just beenan excuse to post a picture of Claudia Blackon our blog. Image by Morhain-stef It’s been a few months since I stepped into this wonderful world of audiobooks and I continue to love it. Several narrators have quickly become favourites and, while my library is fairly good […]

Audiobook Review: Medicus by Ruth Downie

Posted on June 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Medicus by Ruth Downie This story follows military medicus (doctor) Gaius Petreius Ruso who is a Roman man living in Brittania (England). He’s escaped to the Brittania to heal from a disaster of a marriage that ended in divorce and the death of his father that left the family with many undue debts to pay. […]

Audio Book Review: City of Lies by Lian Tanner

Posted on June 5, 2013 1 Comment

City of Lies by Lian Tanner Okay, let’s see if I can pull this review off without making it another gush-fest on my love for Claudia Black. As usual, her narration is fantastic, but for this second book of The Keepers Trilogy, I want to focus on the story because that’s what I think really […]

Book Review: Overkill by Robert Buettner

Posted on April 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Overkill by Robert Buettner Genre: Military Science Fiction Series: Book 1 of Orphan’s Legacy Publisher: Baen Author Information: Website Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 Stars Narrator: MacLeod Andrews | Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Audible Studios | Whispersync Ready: Yes I originally bought the book as an impulse buy from Audible because they kept taunting me […]

Audiobook Review: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

Posted on April 5, 2013 8 Comments

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher I’m not much of an audiobook person, but I need to do something with this Audible account. After unsuccessfully trying to listen to N.K. Jemisin’s The Killing Moon, due to not caring for the narrator’s voice, I decided to give Jim Butcher’s Fool Moon a chance. It’s narrated by James […]