CarrieK | March 11, 2010
Adventures in Audio is a semi-regular feature in which I talk about the audiobooks I am currently listening to. If you are an audiobook listener and you would like to join in, feel free to link to your post in the comments.
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen is a historical novel set in [...]
CarrieK | March 9, 2010
Title: Going Bovine
Author: Libba Bray
Genre: YA speculative fiction
Publisher: Delacourte Books for Young Readers
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World.
Cameron Smith is dying of Mad Cow disease. Instead of wasting away in the hospital, [...]
CarrieK | February 24, 2010
Every week in my Teaser Tuesday post, I get to give you a little taste of my current reads. I love reading other people’s teaser posts – although it is hazardous to my to-read list. I’ve been thinking, though, that I don’t usually talk about my current “listens.” I’m a not only a multiple-reader; I’m [...]
CarrieK | January 28, 2010
Title: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Historical fiction/fantasy
Publisher: Dell
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: The dog sensed them first.
Whew! I just finished listening to the audiobook edition of Diana Gabaldon’s A Breath of Snow and Ashes – all 48 discs of it! And after being a [...]
CarrieK | January 22, 2010
Title: Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Genre: YA contemporary fiction
Publisher: Dutton Books
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the public library
First line: The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to boarding school in Alabama, my mother insisted on throwing me a going-away party.
John [...]
CarrieK | December 11, 2009
Title: Bog Child
Author: Siobhan Dowd
Genre: YA historical fiction
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: They’d stolen a march on the day.
Bog Child is the story of Fergus McCann’s last summer before college. The year is 1981, and Northern Ireland is in the midst of The Troubles. Fergus’s [...]
CarrieK | November 20, 2009
Title: The Fiery Cross
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Historical fiction/fantasy
Publisher: Dell
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: I woke to the patter of rain on canvas, with the feel of my first husband’s kiss on my lips.
Can you believe it? I finally finished listening to The Fiery Cross on audio. It took [...]
CarrieK | November 16, 2009
I have been an audiobook lover for a long time, but it’s only been the past six months that I’ve discovered one of the best things about listening to books: it makes time spent at the gym almost bearable. Not just any audiobook, though. I need to listen to something that will keep me lifting [...]