by Charlie N. Holmberg Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet Why do I keep doing this to myself? I am positive that Charlie Holmberg is a delightful person. She’s probably very kind and loves her family and is nice to puppies and all of that. I have no beef with her, I…
by Connie Brockway All Through the Night This sounded so good! A Regency romance starring a cat burglar who steals from the rich to give to the poor while a shadowy figure tries to capture her – how could it go wrong? Oh so many ways. Let’s start with the…
by Tim Hanley Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine I listen to a lot of odd books thanks to the Audible daily deal. Because I go through almost a book a day in audio format I’m always in the market for an interesting read….
by Jack London Call of the Wild I read White Fang long before I discovered this more famous dog story set in Alaska by Jack London. Maybe, if I had read this one first, this would have been my preferred story, but probably not. White Fang was much more my…
by Jesse Itzler Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet The premise is interesting and the execution was okay, but I am definitely not the target audience for this book. For one thing, there is a lot of raw and raunchy language and…
by Eric Baker Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong For a book that claims to be surprising, there wasn’t much new here. I’ll say this, it is entertaining and he does tell a good story. The most surprising…
by Mark Adams Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time I am planning a time travel story set at Machu Picchu and wanted to do some preliminary research about the site and its history. Searching on the library website turned up this book…
by David Farland Million Dollar Outlines I have got to stop listening to self-help books on audio instead of reading them. So much of the advice given is lost on me as I try to keep up with the narration while folding socks or commuting or whatever and I struggle…
by Robyn Carr Mind Tryst I have read quite a few Robyn Carr books over the years and find her to be a consistently good author of contemporary romance. As often happens I discovered her in an Christmas romance anthology and liked her writing so much that I sought out…
by Dakota Krout Dungeon Calamity The second book in this series was the strongest. The first book suffered from excessive world-building but in the second one, the author found his footing and really got things moving. He built up great momentum and introduced a credible threat that challenged both the…
