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 10, 2010
Please join me in welcoming Lynn Cullen to Books and Movies today. Lynn is the author of The Creation of Eve (which I loved). Her publicist e-mailed to let me know she was available for a guest post and asked if I had a topic in mind. One of the things that intrigued me about [...]
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 | March 8, 2010
Title: The Creation of Eve
Author: Lynn Cullen
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: ARC for TLC Book Tours
First line: In the time it takes to pluck a hen, I have ruined myself.
Thus begins the story of Sofonisba Anguissola, female painter of the Renaissance and student of Maestro Michelangelo. When Sofi gives [...]
CarrieK | February 23, 2010
Title: Life Studies: Stories
Author: Susan Vreeland
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: Penguin
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from my own library
First line: Jerome did not want to go to his sister’s garden party.
I’m not sure how Susan Vreeland remained under my radar for so long. I knew her books were out there, but until my friend [...]
CarrieK | February 8, 2010
Title: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Author: Jamie Ford
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library; print copy from TLC Book Tours
First line: Old Henry Lee stood transfixed by all the commotion at the Panama Hotel.
Henry Lee is growing up in Seattle, the only son of [...]
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 27, 2010
Title: North River
Author: Pete Hamill
Genre: Historical fiction
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: Delaney knew he’d been in the dream before, knew from the hurting whiteness, the icy needles that closed his eyes, the silence, the force of the river wind.
North River is the story of Jim [...]