by C. S. Lewis, and read by Ralph Cosham An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 09-01-06 Language: English Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. C.S. Lewis mentions in the opening remarks that this was the hardest of his books to write, because in it he had to ignore…
by G.B. Pool A Book Review by Jackie Houchin ENCHANTED by G. B. Pool, is a well written tale set in two times periods; the present and the early 1800’s. It’s about old theatres and plays, an ancient stone mansion, a handsome ghost who is trapped by a binding chain of oath, and a young…
by Karen Inglis, and read by the author Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 06-29-19 Language: English Publisher: Well Said Press An Audiobook review by Jackie Houchin What a sweet story of adventures in time travel through a hidden cave and across a secret lake, with no sci-fi mechanical devises used. Stella…
by Edith Nesbit, and narrated by Lynn Bradford Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 11-17-20 Language: English Publisher: InAudio A Children’s Audio Book Review by Jackie Houchin I loved this fairy tale BOOK OF DRAGONS which is beautifully read by Lynn Bradford. If you are looking for a whimsical, gentle, collection of…
by E. Joan Sims A Book Review by Jackie Houchin I enjoyed the first third of the book like any other cozy mystery where the protagonist is a mystery writer writing under the pseudonym of a man. When her editor said a well-known magazine was willing to pay a lot of money to interview the…
by Jack Trebly, narrated by Angela Dawe An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin I totally enjoyed The Red Zeppelin by Jack Trebly! What an unusual cast of characters, and what an extraordinary setting! It reminded me of Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” or her “Murder on the Orient Express” except this murder mystery did…
by Susan Linden Emde A Book Review by Jackie Houchin I couldn’t finish this book. Sorry. I read about 1/3, then flipped to lhe last chapter to see how it ended. I had visited Mallorca the month before and wanted to read a mystery set there. There was only “Mistaken In Mallorca” and this one.…
An Essay by Jackie Houchin From head to toes Are my body’s woes. But my spirit knows– That it’s blessed and beneficial. For where God’s discipline goes Repentance, then forgiveness Are what His “rod” bestows. I might never have thought To lean on God, were it not For these annoying and debilitating foes. — me…
by Sean Deffely A Book Review \by Jackie Houchin X Marks the Spot by is a very clever mystery involving kidnapping and murder in the Manor House of the very rich Mayhew family, in which all six of the adult children’s names begin with the letter X. Once you get these names straight, the story becomes…
by Michael Pearce, narrated by Clive Mantle An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin It’s the early 1900’s in Trieste. There is trouble at the British consulate when Lomax, the main man there disappears. The powers that be in the Foreign Office send Sandor Seymour, an East End immigrant policeman in London to investigate the disappearance.…
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