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#FavFiveFriday: Audiobook Edition
Posted on June 10, 2016 5 Comments
#FavFiveFriday is a personal challenge that I’ll be doing just for the month of June in celebration of Audiobook Month. I’ll be using it as a way to highlight my favorite audiobook listens so far in 2016, and I’ve listened to quite a few of them this year. To find out a little more about Audiobook Month […]
Audiobook Review Bites: Here Be Dragons
Posted on June 9, 2016 15 Comments
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Series: Memoir by Lady Trent #1 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books (February 5, 2013) Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Lady Isabella Hendemore discovers a lifelong love of natural science, especially the study of dragons, at the tender age of seven-years-old. In her polite society, academics are […]
Voice of Gold: An Interview with Award-winning Narrator Simon Vance
Posted on June 26, 2015 8 Comments
It’s no secret that we at BiblioSanctum are fond of audiobooks and the many narrators who bring those stories to life. It’s also no secret that one of our favourite narrators is the amazing Simon Vance, whose award-winning work encompasses almost a thousand different books over the past 30 years. We are thrilled that Mr. Vance […]
10 Audiobook Narrators We Love
Posted on September 9, 2013 8 Comments
It’s no secret we’re huge fans of audiobooks here on The BiblioSanctum. Whether you’re on the road, busy working, or just generally have your hands too full to read, listening to audiobooks is a great way to enjoy books thanks to the talented voice actors and actresses who narrate them. This “10…” post is inspired […]
Review Bites
Posted on July 11, 2013 2 Comments
Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian Scottie Winston’s wife, sister-in-law, and daughter are all dowsers or “water witches,” meaning they can divine the location of water sources. He finds himself at odds with his family when he lobbies for a ski resort that wants to move into the drought stricken town and use the river to […]
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. […]
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