Monthly Archives: August 2008

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

August 25, 2008 – 2:20 pm

Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1)
Author: Lian Hearn
Readers: Kevin Gray and Aiko Nakasone
Short Review: Look Mom—I’m panning a well-loved book!
A fantasy/faux history of feudal Japan read by two readers—one of whom can’t be bothered to pronounce the name of a main character correctly. The characters aren’t particularly well thought-out [...]

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My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain

August 22, 2008 – 8:54 am

 My Dream Of You
 Author: Nuala O’Faolain
 Reader: Dearbhla Molloy
 Short Review: A beautiful first novel from one of Ireland’s best memoir and non-fiction writers, gorgeously read by Dublin’s excellent Dearbhla Molloy with just the right accent and diction. The novel interlaces a story of a woman approaching menopause while re-awakening her sense of romance, rethinking her [...]

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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight Saga, Book 2)

August 1, 2008 – 12:34 am

New Moon (Twilight Saga, Book 2)

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Reader: Ilyana Kadushin

Short Review: The good: a fresh and creative version of vampire and werewolf legends with characters you care about and great action scenes. The less good: lots and lots of Bella’s internal angst-ridden dialogue (not that there is anything wrong with that, if you have a taste for that sort of thing).

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