Length: 343 pgs / 7 hrs 25 mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★ Writing Style: ★★ Character Growth: ★★ Enjoyment: ★★ "Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within a vast energy-broth, but then we named them, and loved them, and, in this way, brought them forth. … Continue reading Book Review – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Book Review – Retribution by Robert McCaw
Length: 336 pgs / N/A mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★★ Character Development: ★★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★★ "I ulu nō ka lālā i ke kumu. Without our ancestors, we would not be." Retribution by Robert McCaw The Story: In the back alley of a bar on Hawaii Island, a young man is found … Continue reading Book Review – Retribution by Robert McCaw
Book Review – Assassin’s Lullaby by Mark Rubinstein
Length: 317 pgs / 8 hrs 20 mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★★ Character Development: ★★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★★ "Why keep living a life that's nothing but a tangle of lies and deception?"Assassin's Lullaby by Mark Rubinstein The Story: In every life, there lurks catastrophe So believes Eli Dagan, a thirty-nine-year-old man whose … Continue reading Book Review – Assassin’s Lullaby by Mark Rubinstein
Book Review – The Well of Truth: Stories of Spirit by Elizabeth A. Gould
Length: 130 pgs / N/A audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★ Character Development: ★★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★ "The moon still knew where she lived."The Well of Truth: Stories of Spirit by Elizabeth A. Gould The Story: Incorporating elements of fantasy, mysticism, and lore, The Well of Truth follows a female heroine through poignant moments of her … Continue reading Book Review – The Well of Truth: Stories of Spirit by Elizabeth A. Gould
Book Review – Breach by Kelly Sokol
Length: 300 pgs / N/A audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★★ Character Development: ★★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★ "'You're not nothing."Breach by Kelly Sokol The Story: The boundary between battlefield and home front blurs. Are there wounds love can heal? Marleigh Mulcahy grew up in a boxing gym, the daughter of hard-drinking parents who didn't … Continue reading Book Review – Breach by Kelly Sokol
Book Review – Dry Heat by Len Joy
Length: 333 pgs / N/A audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★ Character Development: ★★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★ "Joey's nightmare was finally over. His long night was just beginning."Dry Heat by Len Joy The Story: The day All-American Joey Blade turns 18, he learns his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, is betrayed by his new girlfriend, and … Continue reading Book Review – Dry Heat by Len Joy
Book Review – Autumn’s Tithe by Hannah Parker
Length: 310 pgs / 10 hrs 35 mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★ Writing Style: ★★ Character Development: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★ "Well, this will be a death written about in songs. Girl throws a knife at a monster and it rutting bounces off."Autumn's Tithe by Hannah Parker The Story: Every girl in Ballamor dreams of … Continue reading Book Review – Autumn’s Tithe by Hannah Parker
Book Review – Court of Dragons by Frost Kay
Length: 291 pgs / N/A audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★ Character Development: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★ "Dragons were not to be trifled with."Court of Dragons by Frost Kay The Story: As a daughter of the Dragon Court, Wren knows three truths: never show weakness, pay the tithe, and never trust the elves. When … Continue reading Book Review – Court of Dragons by Frost Kay
Book Review – Brownies and Broomsticks (Book 1)
Length: 323 pgs / 7 hrs 4 mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★ Character Development: ★★★ Enjoyment: ★★★★★ "Lord love a duck!"Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates The Story: Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open … Continue reading Book Review – Brownies and Broomsticks (Book 1)
Book Review – Covet (Book 3)
Length: 600 pgs / 21 hrs 39 mins audio Overall: 🐢🐢🐢🐢 Storyline: ★★★★ Writing Style: ★★★★ Character Development: ★★★★★ World-building: ★★★★ "'Actions have consequences. Mistakes get made. Hearts get broken.'"Covet by Tracy Wolff The Story: The punches just keep swinging for Grace it seems. It's only been a few months since arriving at Katmere Academy, … Continue reading Book Review – Covet (Book 3)