Tag: 2024

JIAM audiobook mini-challenge thumbnail

2024 #JIAM Audiobook Mini-Challenge

June 4, 2024

June is Audiobook Month and Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About are hosting an awesome mini-challenge to celebrate. This challenge can work in conjunction to their 2024 Audiobook Challenge. If you want to sign up for this #JIAM Audiobook Challenge, you can sign up here: https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2024/05/jiam-audiobook-mini-challenge.html Rules: Challenges: You have to complete at least one challenge to … More 2024 #JIAM Audiobook Mini-Challenge

Cover for The United States of Cryptids by J.W. Ocker

Review:  The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker

May 24, 2024

This was an in depth look at cryptids in the United States and their origin stories. Each entry includes the type of cryptid, the location of sighting, the earliest sighting, and the size, before going into the story of the cryptid. As a bonus, at the end of the book the author includes sites and … More Review:  The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker

Cover for A Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James

ARC Review: A Liaison With Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James

May 21, 2024

When Ruth Connell inherits her father’s beloved theater she unfortunately finds that it’s in debt and she has only weeks to pay up otherwise she will lose it. To save it she finds herself turning to reclusive playwright Artemis Goode in the hopes that a new play will lead to success. But as they work … More ARC Review: A Liaison With Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James

Cover for The Ship Beneath the Ice by Mensun Bound

Review: The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance by Mensun Bound

May 20, 2024

TW: Graphic excerpts from Endurance’s crews journals that discuss animal deaths, death of their dogs and a cat, threat of starvation, bullying, harsh living conditions and the expectation of dying.  After reading Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage a few years ago, I was very excited when it was announced that they had found the ship in … More Review: The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance by Mensun Bound

Cover for The Mine Wars by Steve Watkins

ARC Review: The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields by Steve Watkins

May 14, 2024

“God does not walk in these hills…The devil is here in these hills, and the devil is greed.” As a West Virginian, I have heard of the Mine Wars but like most people, I never learned about it in school because it was not a topic that is taught. If you read this book you … More ARC Review: The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers’ Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields by Steve Watkins

Cover for Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4 by Itaru Kinoshita

Review: Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4 by Itaru Kinoshita

May 6, 2024

This volume picks up right where the previous volume ended with Blue World. We learn more about the story of why Blue World doesn’t provide more information about the creatures within its walls to its guests and we learn the story of how they got Sophia, their main attraction. I liked that we got to … More Review: Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 4 by Itaru Kinoshita