by Kenneth Oppel (Author), Robbie Daymond (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher) An Audiobook Review INKLING, by Kenneth Oppel, is a very creative, exciting, and touching story about a … okay, you guessed it, a spot, or splot, of ink. But how can you make a story out of that? Oppel does it very well, just as in his wonderful space odysseys. He…
R. J. Palacio (Author, Narrator), Ian M. Hawkins (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher) An Audiobook R. J. Palacio (author also of WONDER) has written a spooky book about Silas, a twelve-year-old boy who has to rescue his father. A gang of scary horsemen arrives one night, demanding that Silas and his father accompany them. Their “Boss” wants to talk to Silas’s…
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) An audiobook. LONDON CALLING, the sixth City Spies adventure by James Ponti, is another amazing story about the young Special MI-6 spies whom the Second-in-Command of British espionage, calls “those magnificent children.” Each of these kids, aged from 9 to 14, was once orphaned and then found in…
by Alexander Maclaren (Author), David Cochran Heath (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook Alexander Maclaren‘s book about the Bible character, David, using his Psalms to tell the story, is eye-opening and amazing. I confess, as I listened to the book, I wished I had a print copy to follow along with each of the Psalms. (Maybe I’ll pick up a…
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…
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 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…
#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…
#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 25 – Favorite leisure time thing? Reading, of course. I’ve joined the Alphabet Soup Book Reading club and the 53 Book Reading Club for several years and have gone WAY over 26…
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