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BOOK REVIEWS – Five ⭐️ Favorites Listed at Top

  • How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water- Angie Cruz (5* Audio)
  • The Book of Form and Emptiness – Ruth Ozeki – audible
  • Four Treasures of the Sky – Jenny Tinghui Zhang (Audio)
  • I Cheerfully Refuse – Leif Enger (Audio Narrator: David Allen Baker)
  • What You Are Looking For Is in the Library – Michiko Aoyama (Audible narrators -Hanako Footman, Susan Momoko Hingley, Kenichiro Thomson, Wilson Ting, Shiro Kawai)
  • Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders (Audio cast below)
  • Virgil Wander – Leif Enger (Narrator Macleod Andrews)
  • Deacon King Kong – James McBride (audible)
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman (Audible Narrator – Cathleen McCarren)
  • Everything is Tuberculosis – John Green (audio narrated by John Green)
  • Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 – Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blaine
  • My Friends – Fredrik Backman
  • The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese (Audio book read by the Author)
  • The Dictionary of Lost Words — Pip Williams
  • The Impossible Thing – Belinda Bauer
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – Victoria Schwab (Audible Audio Narrator – Julia Whelan)
  • The Naturalist’s Daughter – Tea Cooper (Audiobook Narrator -Corrine Davies)
  • The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (audio narrators Colson Whitehead and JD Dean)
  • The Road – Cormac McCarthy (Audio Narrator-Tom Stechschulte)
  • Lone Dog Road – Kent Nerburn (audio narrated by Lynch Travis, Matt Haynes, Benjamin Collins, Tanis Parenteau)

Tag: #GreggHurwitz

Nemesis – Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X number 10)

I think, although I am not sure, that this is my favorite Orphan X novel. Evan Smoak, formerly "Orphan X" and now the "Nowhere Man" has sadly found himself at serious odds with his only adult friend and weapons provider Tommy Stojak. Early on, they meet and Tommy lets Evan know that he should never … Continue reading Nemesis – Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X number 10) →

Emily Leader Book Reviews Leave a comment March 8, 2025 3 Minutes

Lone Wolf – Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X #9)

When I open an Orphan X book, the writing, somehow casual, yet meticulous, immediately makes that novel a "can't put down" read. In Lone Wolf, in a topsy-turvy this can only happen to Evan Smoak, the search for a lost dog turns into high drama. Evan is often unable to feel human connections to people … Continue reading Lone Wolf – Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X #9) →

Emily Leader Book Reviews Leave a comment February 22, 2025 1 Minute

Orphan X SERIES – Gregg Hurwitz

What are Orphan X's ten commandments? Assume nothing. How you do anything is how you do everything. Master your surroundings. Never make it personal. If you don't know what to do, do nothing. Question orders. One mission at a time. Never kill a kid. Always play offense. Never let an innocent die. TITLE: ORPHAN X … Continue reading Orphan X SERIES – Gregg Hurwitz →

Emily Leader Book Reviews Leave a comment January 2, 2022March 8, 2025 16 Minutes
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