Category: Audiobooks

Reviews for all audiobooks.

Review: The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans

December 5, 2025

“The idea that we are truly dead when we no longer exist in anyone’s memory has its roots in many cultures and time periods….Forgetting is inevitable, as descendants pass and physical markers fade. Over centuries, some notable lives remain etched in our memories, though their ranks dwindle as time passes. Many others are recalled for … More Review: The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans

Review: Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can’t Look Away by Coltan Scrivner

November 29, 2025

This was a fascinating look at why people are morbidly curious. It covers all different kinds of reasons why humans are drawn to horror, ghosts, murder, violent games, etc., and how it all stems from our evolutionary history.  From the beginning, this book had me hooked on how it explains our fascination with morbidly curious … More Review: Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can’t Look Away by Coltan Scrivner

Review: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

November 28, 2025

This was a very interesting look at the US space program and how it is dealing or trying to deal with the everyday issues we take for granted, such as eating, washing, and urinating. While I did find this a bit dense at times, I still learned a bunch about the space program, current and … More Review: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

Review: Dead Ends!: Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal

November 15, 2025

Lindsey Fitzharris is back with another fantastic medical history book for kids. Dead Ends! is all about the many weird medical cures that were mostly useless and often harmful, but sometimes led to an occasional discovery that would lead to an actually helpful thing. This book covers things like bloodletting, beheadings, body snatching, CPR, brains, … More Review: Dead Ends!: Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal

Review: Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

November 14, 2025

The siege of the Davidian compound in Waco, Texas is an event that I have heard mentioned before, but I knew nothing about. From the very beginning, I was hooked on this cult and the events surrounding the siege against them.  As someone who had never heard of The Branch Davidians, or even the Seventh-Day … More Review: Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

Review: A Touch of Treachery by Jennifer Estep

November 11, 2025

It’s been a few weeks since the previous adventure (Sugar Plum Spies), and Charlotte and Desmond are still trying to lure villainous Henrika Hyde out into the open. But their new trap fails  Section 47 Chairman General Percy (Desmond’s father) arrives and decides to take Charlotte off the case. But when Henrika specifically invites Charlotte … More Review: A Touch of Treachery by Jennifer Estep

Review: All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

November 9, 2025

As someone who has a psychology degree with a minor in criminal justice, I found this investigation into Edward Rulloff fascinating, especially since I had never heard of him. Edward Rulloff was a psychopath who was tried multiple times for the murder of his wife and child, and speculated about other family members, and eventually … More Review: All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

Review: A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes

November 8, 2025

This was an interesting look at ghost stories featuring women. This collection is broken down into sections (Maidens, Witches, Mothers, Jezebels, Madwomen, etc.) and takes you through the history of the person and where they haunt.  Quite a few of the women ghosts in this were ones I had heard of before, like the Winchester … More Review: A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes

Review: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

November 7, 2025

TW: animal deaths I didn’t know what to expect when I jumped into this book but this was an informative and fascinating look at how humans and nature interact. This covers things from street monkeys in India, to bears breaking into houses, the controlling of invasive animals, and how to deal with dangerous trees. I … More Review: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Review: Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

October 24, 2025

“A haunted house is a memory palace made real: a physical space that retains memories that might otherwise be forgotten or that might remain only in fragments. Under the invisible weight of these memories, the habits of those who once haunted these places, we feel the shudder of the ghost.”  Ghostland takes a look at … More Review: Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

Review: Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

October 19, 2025

The body is the most complex machine in the world and because of that you cannot easily replace what breaks. This book goes over various surgeries, research, and trials that are working to replace various parts of the body. Each chapter discusses a different topic of the body, like skin graphs, human and animal organ … More Review: Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach