At the start of COVID-19 I wasn’t doing much reading. I really couldn’t focus. I added a bunch of audiobooks to my library queue and have spent some relaxed hours listening to books while doing puzzles. Continue reading
Tag Archives: audiobook
Two nonfiction reviews
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Continue reading
Catching up on reviews
I’ll keep it short… Continue reading
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Are you ‘lucky’ enough to have a friend who is a doctor? Or better yet, a doctor who works in emergency? They always have the best dinner party stories… Continue reading
Three Aussie Audios
I’m at a bit of a loss when it comes to reviewing audiobooks – without being able to easily note favourite passages, I get to the end of the book with little ‘evidence’ of what I liked (or didn’t like).
I guess it’s worth mentioning narrators – in the case of these three, Perlman and Gilmore read their own work (I like hearing an author read their own work), and the Jordan is read by Caroline Lee, whose narration is always enjoyable.
Any thoughts on reviewing audiobooks? Continue reading
Lately – summer edition
Anticipating: my time at the beach – last summer I had snow, so I’m hanging out for salty water, sand and sun. Continue reading
Running out of time for reviews…
The Talking Cure by Gillian Straker and Jacqui Winship* Continue reading
Four quick reviews
I’m hopelessly behind with reviews and I’m fairly sure I won’t have much free time between now and the end of the year… so, catching up with what I liked (or didn’t) about four recent reads. Continue reading
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Well that was a bit of fun!
You’ll see Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid popping up on all sorts of ‘best of’ and ‘beach reads’ lists at the end of the year, and I can understand why. It’s the story of the rise of a rock band in the seventies, with a particular focus on singer Daisy Jones. She’s a wild child, beautiful and talented –
So this is a girl that desperately wants to connect. But there’s no one in her life who is truly interested in who she is, especially not her parents. And it really breaks her. But it is also how she grows up to become a icon. Continue reading
Two that surprised me
The first I thought would be lightweight (of the chick-lit variety). The second I thought might be like her last (lots of hype, but lacking something). I was wrong about both. Continue reading