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Audiobook
Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke
Um… So….This Book….Yeah, I think it’s time to borrow this meme from my Grasshopper Jungle review:
I got this audiobook from my library because I got it confused with some other book and thought it was about Victorian-era spies. But, since the audio was only 5 hours I figured I could knock it out in a week.
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Game by Barry Lyga
- Release Date: April 6, 2013
- Genre: Contemporary
- Audiobook Hours: 13 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
From the opening lines–which describe a serial killer’s thoughts as he disembowels his recent victim –this book hit my squick button. Hard. I can do gritty, but Game had more body mutilation and necrophilia than I like in my….everything. I was prepared to return this audiobook to the library but I was driving so I kept listening. I’m glad I did because once I got past the prologue, I was dipped right back into a story that was like watching my favorite procedural crime shows. From its twisty mystery, acerbic humor and constant supply of WTF-ery….
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
- Release Date: October 2, 2012
- Pages: 336
- Genre: Fantasy
- Publisher: Tor Books
Well, it’s time for to me fill my “Reading Outside of My Usual Genre” quota for the year.
I came across this book on NPR books where Amal El-Mohtar discussed how awesome the diverse covers for this book were and how Max Gladstone became one of his favorite authors. I had a Fantasy space in my Summer Book Bingo, so when I saw this was available on Scribd I started reading.
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Fairest ( Lunar Chronicles #3.5) by Marissa Meyer
- Release Date: January 27th 2015
- Genre: Sci-Fi/Space Drama
- Audiobook Hours: 6 hours and 36 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
I’ve never DNFed an audiobook, but let me tell you Fairest came *this close*. It wasn’t so much that the book was bad it just didn’t have the heart or fun I’ve come to expect in this series. The plot threads and world-building elements that hold the series together started to unravel for me.
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Audiobook Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
- Release Date: October 9, 2014
- Genre: Historical Fantasy
- Narrators: Carla Corvo, Lannon Killea
- Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Putnam (Penguin)
I don’t fangirl for many authors, but if there is one author I will consider flailing over it’s Marie Lu. Her Legend series is one we’ve been talking about on this blog since day one. The series has great story building, action and interesting female characters. Needless to say when I heard about The Young Elites I was excited to get back into Lu’s head….