Author: Stephen King
Reader: Raul Esparza
Available on Audible.com
Special feature: Author’s Afterword read by Stephen King
Short Review: A beautiful autumn day in the small town of Chester’s Mill, Maine is interrupted by a clear impenetrable dome which cuts it off from the outside world. Our story carries us along to meet a broad cast of local characters. Great reader and a captivating (but long) story.
Break No Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) Available on Audible.com Author: Kathy Reichs Reader: Dorothee Berryman Short Review: A very average mystery delivered by a very average reader. I liked a lot of the characters, but it was really only my curiosity to know how the author would tie up the mystery that kept [...]
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, and the title [...]
The Precipice (The Asteroid Wars)
Author: Ben Bova
Readers: Scott Brick
Short Review: Well-woven story set in a not-too-distant-future full of corporate intrigue and environmental chaos, both on earth and in colonized outer space. The amazing readers bring our cast of characters to life – I highly recommend it and am scheming for when I can start the next book in the sequence.
Author: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Reader: Michael Shanks
Short Review: Star crossed lovers set in an intricately woven universe including space ships, elements of magic and linguistics. The reader needed someone to insist on better pacing in an otherwise very solid performance.
The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Reader: Neil Gaiman Short Review: Neil Gaiman reads his Newbery Medal winning book beautifully. His nod to Kipling’s The Jungle Book is just scary enough, intriguing, inventive, well-written, enchanting . . . it’s downright wonderful. I loved Bod, Silas, Scarlett, Liza, Miss Lupescu, and the rest of the graveyard’s [...]
The Likeness Author: Tana French Reader: Heather O’Neill Short Review: Tana French’s strong second novel read beautifully by Heather O’Neill. In this sequel to In the Woods, we follow Cassie Maddox in a strange undercover murder investigation. Cassie gets back on her feet and then gets knocked right back off balance imitating her deceased doppelganger [...]
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union: A Novel Author: Michael Chabon Reader: Peter Riegert Extra features: The audiobook includes an interview with Michael Chabon about his inspiration for the book, his favorite books and genres, and his writing process. Short Review: Chabon’s Hugo and Nebula award-winning alternate history of a world without Israel but with a temporary [...]
Thud! (A Discworld Novel) Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Stephen Briggs Short Review: This fun, funny, and often thoughtful story follows Sam Vimes as he investigates the murder of dwarven leader Grag Hamcrusher. Vimes is a father and husband, an unwilling member of the nobility, Commander of the watch, and a good old copper. He is [...]
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Mystic River Author: Dennis Lehane Reader: Scott Brick Short Review: A well-read, strong mystery with one major flaw. Long Review: I’ve been sitting on this review for ages, because I like almost everything about this book except for the thing I absolutely hate about it. And of course, I can’t explain what I dislike about [...]