Review: Legacy by Cayla Kluver

Legacy by Cayla Kluver and Narrated by Anna Chlumsky Legacy Trilogy #1 YA historical fantasy, Published 2009 Challenges: YA Historical Fiction, Audio Book Challenge, Mt. TBR Shelf Life: 7 months – bought 9/20/11 Read April 2012, 12.5 hours unabridged Story: 4/5 Narration: 5/5 Book Blurb: I noticed his eyes. They were blue, sharp and intense. [...]

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Top Ten Books I Loved But Never Wrote a Review for…

This top ten is actually perfect for me because I am a tad bit behind on my reviews for one, and two, I sometimes have a hard time writing a review for some books. I don’t know what it is, it could be a book I just thought was meh, ok and don’t have much [...]

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Review: The Mammoth Hunters

The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel, Audio narrated by Sandra Burr Earth’s Children Series #3 Fiction, Published 1985 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Historical Fiction Challenge Read April 2011, Unabridged – 26 hrs Story: 3/5, Narration: 5/5 #1: The Clan of the Cave Bear #2: The Valley of Horses Book Blurb: Now with her devoted [...]

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Review: The Valley of Horses

The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel, Audio narrated by Sandra Burr Earth’s Children Series #2 Fiction, Published 1982 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Historical Fiction Challenge Read March 2011, Unabridged – 21 hrs Story: 5/5, Narration: 5/5 #1: The Clan of the Cave Bear Book Blurb: In The Valley of Horses, Ayla, the unforgettable [...]

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Review: Stephenie Meyer’s The Host

The Host by Stephenie Meyer and narrated by Kate Reading Sci-Fi, Published 2008 Read Oct 2010, Unabridged Audio, 21 hrs Challenges: RIP V, Audio Book, YA Shelf Life: 2 years 4 months, Purchased HB 5/1/08 Verdict: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.  Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that [...]

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Review: Alice I Have Been

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin, Audio narrated by Samantha Eggar Fiction, Published 2010 Challenges: Audio Book, You’ve Got Mail Read: Sept 2010, 12 hrs (unabridged) Verdict: 5/5 Book Blurb: Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl [...]

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Review: Darwin in a Nutshell

Darwin in a Nutshell written and narrated by Peter Whitfield Nonfiction – biography/science/history, Published 2009 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Science Book Challenge, Summer Reading Challenge Read Aug 2010, 2 hrs (unabridged) 4/5 Book Blurb: “In a little over an hour, Whitfield presents a biography of Charles Darwin and an overview of his life’s work.” Charles [...]

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Review: Life of Pi

Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Audio narrated by Jeff Woodman Fiction – Adventure/Survival, Published 2002 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Summer ’10 21 Reading Challenge Read: July 2010, 11 hrs (unabridged) Verdict: 4.2/5 Book Blurb: A boy A tiger And the vast Pacific Ocean This is a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that [...]

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Review: McMurtry’s Sin Killer – A Sin of A Book!

Sin Killer by Larry McMurtry, Audio narrated by Alfred Molina The Berrybender Narratives #1 Fiction – Historical/Westerns, Published 2002 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Series Challenge IV Read June 2010 2/5 Book Blurb: From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the first leg of an epic journey through the early American frontier, introducing a pioneer family [...]

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How Abraham Lincoln Created His Team of Rivals

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, narrated by Richard Thomas, abridged 9.5 hours Non-fiction/Biography/Memoirs/History/Politics, Published 2005 Read March 2010 Challenges: Audio Book Reading Challenge Awards: Lincoln Prize in 2006 Source: SimplyAudiobooks 3.9/5 From the Cover: Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original [...]

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