CarrieK | August 24, 2010
Title: Fragile Author: Lisa Unger Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Crown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy for Book Sparks tour; Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Nancy Linari First line: When Jones Cooper was younger, he didn’t believe in mistakes. Maggie Cooper is a wife, mother, and psychiatrist, working and raising [...]
CarrieK | August 9, 2010
Title: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Author: Joshilyn Jackson Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library; audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Joshilyn Jackson First line: Until the drowned girl came to Laurel’s bedroom, ghosts had never walked in Victorianna. There [...]
CarrieK | July 22, 2010
Title: God of the Hive Author: Laurie R. King Genre: Historical fiction, mystery Publisher: Bantam Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: This ARC copy was a gift from Laura First line: Two clever London gentlemen. Both wore city suits, both sat in quiet rooms, both thought about luncheon. This one picks up right [...]
CarrieK | July 5, 2010
Title: On Beauty Author: Zadie Smith Genre: Contemporary fiction, literary fiction Publisher: Penguin Press Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Peter Francis James First line: One may as well begin with Jerome’s e-mails to his father. Monty Kips and Howard Belsey are academic enemies – arguing opposing [...]
CarrieK | July 1, 2010
Challenge host: Royal Reviews I am committing to the “obsessed” level – to listen to at least 20 audiobooks during 2010. 1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford – completed 2/7/2010 2. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton – completed 2/10/2010 3. King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised [...]
CarrieK | June 23, 2010
I love to read – and I hate doing mindless chores. Things like folding laundry, cooking dinner, washing dishes, cleaning the bathroom and floors – all of that time to me seems completely wasted. I know there are people out there who find joy in the quotidian tasks of daily life, but I am most [...]
CarrieK | June 22, 2010
Title: Middlesex Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Picador Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Kristoffer Tabori First line: I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in [...]
CarrieK | June 22, 2010
Audiobook are you currently reading/you read most recently: I’m currently listening to two audiobooks, trading off after each disc: On Beauty by Zadie Smith, and The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry. Impressions?: I am really enjoying both of them – excellent readers, intriguing characters, beautiful writing. How long you’ve been listening to audiobooks: [...]
