by Alan Bradley (Author), Jayne Entwistle (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) Audiobook Review So many people have heard of Alan Bradley‘s fabulous Flavia mysteries that I hardly have to describe them. I have read many of them out of order, but now I’m trying to fill in the spaces of the unread, so I can go on to his newest…
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Review “This mission is hot! It’s a go!” GOLDEN GATE is the second of the City Spies books I’ve read, and I love them! Smart kids (I mean VERY smart kids), super-special skills (but natural, no hocus-pocus), wild adventure, world travel, secrets, villains, danger, complex…
by Victoria Tait (Author) I totally enjoy reading Victoria Tait’s Waterwheel Cafe mysteries with police officer Keya Varma and her cop and cafe friends. And, I have to say, her new MINT TEA AND A MIDSUMMER MURDER is one of the best. Familiar characters and settings, plus a twisty murder mystery to solve, are what I expect…
by P.C. James (Author) A Book Review Hey Diddle Diddle, the RUNAWAY Riddle is P.C. James’s (NOT P.D. James!) cozy mystery set in England in the 1960s, before cell phones. I only mention cell phones because there are numerous, no, countless times the retired inspector has to look for and use a phone box to ask for…
by Dusti Bowling (Author) A startling book for middle-grade kids about a girl who refuses to believe she is a freak or disabled. In fact, Aven Green is very capable of doing just about everything she wants despite being born without arms. She has a very cool can-do attitude that will change readers’ opinions about…
by Liz Hedgecock (Author) A Book review by Jackie Houchin THE BOOK SWAP by Liz Hedgecock, is a fun, sweet, feel-good novella about a newly single mom who is very unsure of herself, and her little girl, who is not. Becca thinks she can make some friends at her daughter’s new school by joing the PTA. But…
By Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin What a great start to a fun and very unusual series. I loved the young boarding schoolboy Christopher (16) and his wonderful grandfather, Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall, set in Surrey, England. In this book, we meet them and learn of how their partnership into…
by Katherine Reay (Author), Laura Kirman (Narrator), Thomas Nelson (Publisher) An AUDIObook Review by Jackie Houchin The Bronte Plot story seems long, but not in the way you want to hurry up and finish. It immerses you in a world that entices you to linger. Lucy Alling is a character you get to know gradually. She loves books, especially old…
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