Monthly Archives: October 2009

Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

October 27, 2009 – 5:54 am

Rag and Bone Shop
Author: Robert Cormier
Reader: Scott Shina
Short Review: Cormier’s final novel, published posthumously, read by the talented Scott Shina. It’s disturbing, and upsetting, and good despite its flaws.
Long Review: The title alone would have made me listen to this audiobook. I am an obsessive W.B. Yeats fan, [...]

By Lanea | Posted in Intrigue Audio Books, Mystery Audio Books, Social Commentary Audio Books, Young Adult Audio Books | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

October 13, 2009 – 12:00 am

The Hunger Games
Available from Audible.com

Author: Suzanne Collins
Reader: Carolyn McCormick
Short Review: Creative, captivating and intense young-adult drama with a strong 16-year-old female protagonist and set in a brutal far-future. Decent reader, but I kept wishing for a bit more emotion in her reading. That said, the story was so captivating that I couldn’t stop listening!
Long [...]

By Jeanne | Posted in Sci-fi Audio Books, Social Commentary Audio Books, Young Adult Audio Books | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke

October 4, 2009 – 9:26 am

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Author: Susanna Clarke
Readers: Davina Porter and Simon Prebble
Short Review: Clarke’s entrancing, charming short stories about the magical world introduced in Jonathan Strange & Mr.Norrell particularly focusing on the women who practice magic in this alternate England and run-ins between Englishpeople and faeries. Prebble and Porter are [...]

By Lanea | Posted in Alternate History Audio Books, Fantasy Audio Books, Women's Fiction Audio Books | Tagged , , | Comments (0)