It’s that time of year again! I went through and looked at all the 2025 releases I’d rated 5 stars on Goodreads. I had 11, so I decided to include all of them. Misdirected by Lucy Parker, narrated by Gwilym Lee and Nicola Coughlan – Parker is the queen of ... more >
Dear Lucy Parker, A new Lucy Parker book is always a cause for celebration and as an audio listener, I am a big fan of “audio originals” – stories that are first published as audiobooks. (Most (all?) of the time, a few months after the audio is released, the ebook ... more >
Dear Katherine Center, A couple of years ago I listened to The Bodyguard and since then I’ve been a fan not only of your books but of Patti Murin’s narration too. There are perfect author/narrator pairings that happen every now and then and yours is one. Emma Wheeler is a ... more >
Trigger warnings: Dear Rose Lerner, I stopped listening to your new audiobook, an Audible Original titled The Wife in the Attic, at 74% for reasons detailed below. It pains me to say this, not only because I’ve enjoyed some of your previous books but because I like you and because ... more >
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, narrated by Rosamund Pike I listened to this audiobook a long while ago so I’ve probably forgotten some things. A lot of you already know this, but Sense and Sensibility tells the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two teenaged sisters who navigate romantic ... more >
I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >