by Gabrielle Meyer (Author), Rachel Botchan (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) An AUDIO book review IN THIS MOMENT follows Gabrielle Meyers‘ compelling time-crossing novel WHEN THE DAY COMES. At the end of Book One, time-crossers Libby and Henry’s daughter Maggie is born. She carries the marks of both her parents; one over her heart and the other on the back of…
by Jay Gill (Author), Sam Booth (Narrator), QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd (Publisher) An Audiobook review As the author, JAY GILL, introduces in his prelude, MURDER IN FULBRIDGE VILLAGE is a unique whodunnit, set in a quaint British village in the 1920s. It’s a refreshing departure from the norm, with no ‘bedroom shenanigans or foul language,’ making it…
By Dorothy Gilman (Author), Barbara Rosenblat (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review Mrs. Pollifax on Safari is a totally fun, cozy mystery. It’s true, Mrs. Pollifax is a woman of a certain age, but a livelier character you couldn’t find. In this book she leaves her geraniums and volunteer hospital work to find an assassin in the dark…
By Jean Webster (Author), Jo Karabasz (Narrator), SAGA Egmont (Publisher) An Audiobook Review Such a sweet story! It is simply chapters of letters that orphan Judy Abbot writes to her unnamed benefactor, who found her in an orphanage and paid for her college education after reading a simple humorous short story she wrote. The only stipulation was that she write…
By Lee Goldberg (Author), Angela Brazil (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) An audiobook review Two different Monks! I’d never read that Adrian Monk turned into “The Monkster” when he took his phobia-calming drug before flying. It was hilarious. It was also interesting to see how he solved murders as Mr. Monk, a consultant to the San Francisco Police Department, and…
by Alex Woolf (Author), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Thomas Judd (Narrator), Arcturus Digital (Publisher) An AUDIOBOOK Review I loved all the stories in this “retold for kids” version of Sherlock Holmes. They are very like the original ones that I read years ago, so the retelling of them is done well. I suppose some objectional words or objects, and maybe Holmes’…
Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review I love Benedict Brown‘s Lord Edgington Investigates books, and have read (listened to) all of them to date. They are whodunnits, investigated by the 75-year-old, eccentric Marques of Edgington and his 18-year-old grandson. So fun! THE SNOWS OF WESTON MOOR (book 8) didn’t disappoint. There is an Agatha Christie-like…
by Barbara Neely (Author), Lisa Reneé Pitts (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review “Blanche White is a plump, feisty, middle-aged African-American housekeeper working for the genteel rich in North Carolina.” She gets caught writing a bum check (because her bad-news employer didn’t pay her) and goes before a judge. In a fluke bit of black magic (well, kind of),…
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin As with the other 4 Lord Edgington Investigates books I’ve read, I loved THE MYSTERY OF MISTLETOE HALL. The characters are great, of course – 75 year old L. Edgington and his grandson, the now 17 year old Christopher (often called Chrissy to his…
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 27 – What books do I want to read? Oh, WOW!!!!!!! Finish Benedict Brown’s “Lord Edgington Investigates” series. (I’m on #5 of 15 now – THE MYSTERY OF MISTLETOE HALL) The second…
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