BOOK REVIEW – I Am In Here

by Creston Mapes (Author), Drew Bott (Narrator), Rooftop Press (Publisher) An Audiobook   “Little do they know, I can hear and see everything” is how this tragic, hopeful, and very suspenseful book begins.  Creston Mapes writes I AM IN HERE with several POVs (points of view), but the main characters are Hale, 18 years old and presumed brain-dead from a…

BOOK REVIEW – The Bones Remember, Book 2 of the Alexa Glock Forensics series

by Sara E. Johnson (Author), Sarah Naughton (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Review The Bones Remember is another fascinating, suspenseful adventure into the wild parts of New Zealand with forensic “teeth” specialist Alexa Glock. She’s an American on a work visa stationed at a forensics lab in Auckland.  She is called out to a remote island to identify…

BOOK REVIEW – Unplugged

by  Gordon Korman (Author), A.J Beckles (Narrator), Maxwell Glick (Narrator), Vikas Adam (Narrator), Reba Buhr (Narrator), Sarah Mollo-Christensen (Narrator), Barrett Leddy (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review —“A middle-grade novel about a group of kids forced to “unplug” at a wellness camp – where they instead find intrigue, adventure, and a whole lot of chaos.”— This book and its author are a part of the reason I love reading middle-grade…

Book Review – The Hurtwood Village Murders, A Marius Quin Mystery, book 2

by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Storm Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook review Benedict Brown’s characters in all his books. including The Hurtwood Village Murders, are well-drawn and consistent. I like Marius’s often self-effacing attitude, especially with Bella, but also his curious and quick comebacks. I enjoy how Brown writes pet dogs into the stories, giving them character and sometimes…