Thoroughly Original, Compelling, & Heart-wrenching
The plot is a deceptively simple quest which flowers into a complex examination of greed, the will to power, broken taboos and social mores
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My Favorite Elizabeth Bear Novel!
I was so immersed in the suspenseful execution that I need to consider the deeper societal implications with a second reading
The Vinyl Days: Mania and Despair
I cried during this arresting performance for the memory of lovers lost, friendships ruined, a marriage wrecked on the rocks of unformed psyches and casual cruelty.
Compelling, Original, Breakthrough SF
Tade Thompson joins the glittering lineage of authors Philip K. Dick, James Tiptree Jr./Alice B. Sheldon, William Gibson and other pioneers
Why I Love Audiobooks
I didn’t feel like mentioning my deteriorating eyesight and detached vitreouses…nor the fact that seven herniated discs and two fractured vertebrae kept me from walking for a year. Just a perky little 30-second video on being an Audible Addict. If you vote for me, I might win a new Volvo! My old one is 17 years […]Read Post ›
“Keep These Four Loaded on Your Phone”
Written by: Ray Jay Perreault Narrated by: Christopher M. Allport Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release Date:07-21-16 Publisher: Ray Jay Perreault Overall ♥♥♥♥ Performance ♥♥♥♥ Story ♥♥♥♥ Ray Jay Perreault has created a winner with his new Science Fiction Anthology: Volume 1. All four stories are imaginative and original with a […]Read Post ›
Amazingly Inventive and Compelling Science Fiction
Foreverland Boxed: A Science Fiction Thriller UNABRIDGED by Tony Bertauski Narrated by Tony Bertauski Reviewed: 8/4/16 Overall ♥♥♥♥♥ Performance ♥♥♥♥♥ Story ♥♥♥♥♥ I was one of the fortunate readers who had access to two parts of Tony Bertauski’s fascinating saga and thus jumped on the opportunity to get the full story. Foreverland Boxed […]Read Post ›
Suspense, Politics & a Heroine to Grab Your Heart
Written by: Warren Adler Narrated by: Julie Griffin Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins Series: Fiona Fitzgerald Mysteries, Book 1 Unabridged Audiobook Release Date:07-18-16 Publisher: Stonehouse Productions Overall ♥♥♥♥♥ Performance ♥♥♥♥ Story ♥♥♥♥♥ With its smooth, snappy pacing, murky political and bureaucratic machinations, and admirable heroine up against a male-dominated police force, American […]Read Post ›
“The Magical Underpinnings of Character Motivation”
Queen Mab: A Tale Entwined with William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet UNABRIDGED by Kate Danley , William Shakespeare Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt Reviewed: 7/28/16 Overall ♥♥♥♥ Performance ♥♥♥♥ Story ♥♥♥♥ I thought the concept behind this novel was clever and compelling. What if the motivations of supernatural beings, goddesses, faeries et al. are made an […]Read Post ›
“Can We Handle Another Magic University?”
Dark Waters: Elemental, Book 1 UNABRIDGED by Rain Oxford Narrated by Todd Menesses View Series Reviewed: 7/2/16 Overall ♥♥♥♥♥ Performance ♥♥♥♥♥ Story ♥♥♥♥ After reading everything Jim Butcher wrote (especially the Dresden series) and all the contemporary magical school fantasies out there (including Lev Grossman’s The Magicians: A Novel on Audible–I gave it 4 stars), the […]Read Post ›
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