Reviews for all audiobooks.
Shining Smith and her crew are racing to gather weapons to take down their enemy and rescue one of their own. But the weapons gathering doesn’t go as planned for Shining and her crew. This was another action packed adventure for Shining. As a fellow West Virginian I find this future of the state fascinating. … More Review: Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter
Shining Smith has been surviving and hiding in her junkyard for years. But in one day everything changes, someone has realized she is still alive and has a bunch of very illegal weapons. Now she has to fight to protect herself, her cats, and the things hidden in her junkyard. I went into this story … More Review: Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter
Filled with humor and highly detailed accounts of her travels, this book takes us around the world to look at different cultures’ death practices and how they cope with death. She relates these practices back to the United States practices and uses them as teaching tools to show how disconnected our culture is about death … More Review: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Cordelia Canton has been sent to Mystic Bayou to use her touch-know psychic ability to learn about the artifact near the rift site. She finds herself partnered to Brendan O’Connor, a banshee, who’s good looks and kindness are extremely distracting. This is the first Mystic Bayou book that I have actually listened to, and I … More Review: Always Be My Banshee by Molly Harper
“Death. It doesn’t have to be boring.” In this informative and hilarious book, Mary Roach discusses the lives of cadavers from past to present. With detailed descriptions of experimentations, organ donation, and other options that can happen to cadavers, she takes us on a journey of the human body after death, but only if you … More Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
In this book, comedian Zach Anner uses his humor to discuss his adventures through life in a wheelchair. This memoir was both heartfelt and hilarious and shows that you can overcome anything with the right mind set. “Over the years I have learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that turns sucking … More Review: If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner
“White people raised in Western society are conditioned into a white supremacist worldview because it is the bedrock of our society and its institutions. Regardless of whether a parent told you that everyone was equal, or the poster in the hall of your white suburban school proclaimed the value of diversity, or you have traveled … More Review: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
“The world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it.” Dracula is one of the first classic horror books that almost everyone recommends. I first read this book in college and since have read it multiple times. This time I decided to give the full cast audiobook a try and I … More Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
This is a retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This is set in modern-day London with the main characters being Henrietta Jekyll and Eleanor Hyde. As a fan of the original classic, I figured this would be an interesting retelling. I was right and I actually enjoyed this more than the original. This was … More Review: Henrietta & Eleanor by Libby Spurrier and Robert Louis Stevenson
In this book, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples discussing how for centuries the Native Americans actively resisted the expansions of the United States. This book spans more than 400 years of history and discusses what many history books overlook, whitewashes, and outright lies about. … More Review: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
In Uncomfortable Conversations with A Black Man, Emmanuel Acho answers common questions that many white Americans are afraid to ask, but need the answers to. Narrated by Acho, this audiobook takes the listener through these questions, answers, and additional resources for further education. As a fan of Acho’s video series, I knew this book was … More Review: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
It has been 10 years since I have read this classic romance and it was just as enjoyable as I remember. We follow Jane through her childhood as an orphan, to her days as a governess at Thornfield Hall, to her experience with love and loss, and in finding her lost family. Charlotte Bronte weaves … More Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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