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Wally Lamb - The River Is Waiting

Sunday, March 22, 2026, 06:01 PM

Wally Lamb - The River Is Waiting (2026-03-22)

Narrated by: Jeremy Sisto
Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
Release date: 06-10-25

★★★☆☆

Honestly, I felt like vestcody (instagram) and Oprah steered me wrong. I found the first part to be incredibly upsetting but I could get over that. The second (or third?) was okay but dragged on too long. I distinctly noted around 75% was I losing interest and was ready for it to be over.


Lily King - Heart the Lover

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 09:06 PM

Lily King - Heart the Lover (2026-03-17)

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
Release date: 09-30-25

★★★½☆

I generally enjoyed it but found the third and final part to be very slow.

Interesting side note, this is the first book in a long time, if not ever, where I had to turn it down to 1.4x instead of 1.5x or more.


Sangu Mandanna - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Monday, March 16, 2026, 11:57 AM

Sangu Mandanna - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (2026-03-16)

Narrated by: Samara MacLaren
Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 07-15-25

★★★★☆

Enjoyable. Cozy and fun. Not that it matters, but I liked Sangu Mandanna - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches more.


Kristin Hannah - The Nightingale

Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:47 PM

Kristin Hannah - The Nightingale (2026-03-12)

Narrated by: Polly Stone
Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 02-03-15

★★★★½

This was intense but also very good. It is, by a wide margin, the most I've ever cried while reading a book. Like absolutely balling my eyes out and having to stop what I was doing. I guess that is a testament to both the writing and the horrors of the time.


Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking

Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:05 AM

Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking (2026-03-12)

Narrated by: Esther Benson
Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins

I hated this book! I found Pippi to be insufferable and fake. And it was super "problematic" in so many ways, including playing with guns


Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles

Thursday, March 05, 2026, 11:10 PM

Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles (2026-03-05)

Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 03-06-12

★★★★☆

I enjoyed this. It was fun and introduced me to more Greek mythology. The narrator also did a good job with the different voices


Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Sunday, March 01, 2026, 06:17 PM

Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter(2026-03-01)

Narrated by: Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, Owen Teale
Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 03-18-25

★★★½☆

I had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I eventually got into it but on the other, it was (a) overhyped and (b) kind of hard to follow and get into it. It did make me think about the plight of the Native Americans and others.

Gruesome!


Louis Sachar - Holes

Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 11:31 PM

Louis Sachar - Holes (2026-02-25)

Narrated by: Kerry Beyer, Louis Sachar
Series: Holes Series, Book 1
Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 11-07-03


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