by Linda Rosenbaum (Author), Barbara Klunder (Illustrator) A Children’s Book Linda Rosenbaum‘s story of 10-year-old Georgie Titus is heartwarming, exciting, and based on an encouraging true account. The cover illustration is a snowy scene with a little boy in a diminutive sled and a happy, excited black dog in the lead. Tucked in the back of the sled,…
by John J. Nance (Narrator), John j. Nance (Author), Brilliance Audio (Publisher) An audiobook I read this book at the perfect time. SPACE-X had just rescued and returned the two stranded Boeing pilots safely back to Earth from an overly long stay at the International Space Station. So cool. But this story is set in 2009. A similar private company…
by Misty M. Beller (Author), Lisa Kelly (Narrator), Misty M. Beller Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Misty M. Beller’s sweet romance book, THE LADY AND THE MOUNTAIN CALL, is an easy, relaxing read. That’s not to say there aren’t suspenseful and despairing moments in it. Fighting wild wolves and falling over a cliff are indeed scary. And several choices that must…
by Stacey Lee (Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook THE DOWNSTAIRS GIRL, by Stacey Lee, is a heartfelt story about a 17-year-old Asian orphan girl overcoming odds stacked high against her. Jo Kuan lives in Atlanta, Georgia in a time of prejudice and hate for anyone “different.” She is not black, in fact, her skin…
both by Adam Gidwitz (Author), Euan Morton (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher) Audiobooks In Adam Gidwitz‘s MAX AND THE HOUSE OF SPIES, Max Bretzfeld is a Jewish boy living in Germany with his parents during the rise of Hitler’s Third Reich. It is very dangerous for Jews, and as a last resort while the atrocities escalate higher, they send their son…
by Steve Higgs (Author), Sheila Daly Payson (Narrator), Steven J. Higgs (Publisher) An Audiobook I bought THE MALTESE PARROT by Steve Higgs because of the setting. I love Malta. I also like mysteries and cruising. I thought this book would be right down my reading alley. However, Patricia Fisher, a wealthy (with a butler), divorced, 60-something sleuth is not…
This is an excellent, share-worthy blog post by author Gayle Bartos-Pool, about the foibles and unimaginative prowess of Artificial Intelligence (AI). She’s fair, and uses it some as an editor, but believes authors can do very well writing their books on their own, thank you very much. Check it out!
by by Victoria Tait (Author) Victoria Tait’s new travel cozy mystery series is set first in the Azores, an island group that is a part of Portugal, only about 1,000 miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. Here Tait has sent Georgiana Carey, a secondary character from some of her Dottie Sayers mysteries. She was known as George…
by CW Browning (Author, Publisher), Jan Cramer (Narrator) An Audiobook Novella THE COURIER, by C.W. Browning, is an excellent teaser to a series I want to read. Evelyn Ainsworth has been trained by “life” to be the perfect spy, although she doesn’t realize it and might not ever have chosen to step into that role. As the children…
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