Identity Unknown (Kay Scarpetta)- Patricia Cornwall (audiobook narrator – **January LaVoy**)

Kay Scarpetta's return to Virginia makes for more interesting plots than were present for a time in this series. I admit, what I loved about the Scarpetta books were the early entries. I resisted the turn to high tech spy thrillers and upscale living with connections, connections, connections. I've always liked the characters and all … Continue reading Identity Unknown (Kay Scarpetta)- Patricia Cornwall (audiobook narrator – **January LaVoy**) →

The Road – Cormac McCarthy (Audio Narrator-Tom Stechschulte)

The Road, to me, was a profound dystopian novel that mesmerized me but -- and this is a big but-- if I had read it in print instead of listened to it, I might not have finished it. The narration of the audio version was wonderful. The prose is slow, and dreamy, a final journey … Continue reading The Road – Cormac McCarthy (Audio Narrator-Tom Stechschulte) →

The Naturalist’s Daughter – Tea Cooper (Audiobook Narrator -Corrine Davies)

The Naturalists Daughter is part literary fiction, all historical fiction, part mystery and part thriller. As a budding fan of Tea Cooper, I was thrilled to listen to my second audiobook of one of her works. The Naturalist's Daughter takes place in a dual timeline. In 1808, Rose Winton, lives in the town of Agnes … Continue reading The Naturalist’s Daughter – Tea Cooper (Audiobook Narrator -Corrine Davies) →

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore – Matthew J. Sullivan (Audio Narrator – Madeleine Maby)

This is both a literary fiction book and a mystery that unfolds as Lydia, a self-contained clerk in a bookstore in a so-so relationship with a handsome, controlling boyfriend, tries to make sense of the suicide of one of the regulars at the store. Like Lydia, Joey had secrets and trauma and his suicide in … Continue reading Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore – Matthew J. Sullivan (Audio Narrator – Madeleine Maby) →

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – Victoria Schwab (Audible Audio Narrator – Julia Whelan)

It is 1714 and Addie, the only child of a craftsman and his wife in a small French village, is told she must marry, something she has always avoided. But a local man's wife died and there are small children and…. rather than go through with this, she makes a deal with a mysterious man. … Continue reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – Victoria Schwab (Audible Audio Narrator – Julia Whelan) →

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust – Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, Book 11)

Do you ever read every book in a best selling series and think only you alone have discovered it and "get it" and love it? That's how I felt about Flavia de Luce from day one. She's all mine: her precocious interest in chemistry, her eccentric, brilliant mind, her ability to drag adults into her … Continue reading What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust – Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, Book 11) →

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer – Patrick Suskind (Audible narrator – Nigel Patterson)

Ugh. One of the most despicable characters in literature: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an illegitimate poverty-stricken infant placed in a home for children of his kind. Ugly, unpleasant, but with a sense of smell unmatched. His caretaker binds him out to a tanner where he must spend his days using chemicals that are horrible and he is … Continue reading Perfume: The Story of a Murderer – Patrick Suskind (Audible narrator – Nigel Patterson) →

The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese (Audio book read by the Author)

Months ago, I finished the over thirty hours audible version of The Covenant of Water, read by the author. It is one of my favorite books I have ever read, made even more so by hearing the words read as the author means them to be heard. We are immediately drawn into a family in … Continue reading The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese (Audio book read by the Author) →