Retro Friday reviews are hosted by Angieville. Basically you review an older book on Friday. I’ve come to discover that I like rereading books via audio. It’s a whole to way to experience worlds I’ve already inhabited. In preparation for The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, I spent one of my audible credits on […]
Retro Friday Audiobook Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
April 22, 2011
Retro Friday reviews are hosted by Angie of Angieville. It’s exactly how it sounds, you review an older book on Friday. I was one of those kids who was in AP English, but still slacked off. I spend a lot of time on twitter and a lot of the people I follow are all worried […]
Audiobook Review: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
April 19, 2011
When I think of Afghanistan, I think of a giant mess and bombs and war and kites and the Taliban and unhappy people. I don’t often think of extraordinary acts of courage. I don’t think of women being brave. However, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked […]
Audiobook Review: Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala
February 16, 2011
A few months ago, which is basically years in the blogging world, Harper Teen began releasing weekly podcasts of the unabridged audiobook Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala read by Jenna Lamia. Week after week, I would download the podcast on my iPhone, until suddenly it seemed the podcasts just stopped. I would refresh […]
Review: Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
January 19, 2011
In college I squandered all of my European history credits on Medieval history and World War II. I never took a class where we studied the Tudors in depth. However, like Twain, I try to self-educate by reading voraciously. When I had signed up for Audible, I had no idea what book to use my […]
Top 4 Reasons To Audio Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
October 7, 2010
Instead of posting my usual review, I thought I would instead post a list, as I love list making to the point of it being scary. I am sure the vast majority of those reading this post have read Harry Potter. You already know the plot. You already know how it all ends. So why […]