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Beverly Cleary - Ramona 8 - Ramona's World

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Beverly Cleary - Ramona 8 - Ramona's World (2026-10-01)

Narrated by: Stockard Channing
Series: Ramona Quimby, Book 8
Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 11-02-10

Part of the larger "The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection"

See: Beverly Cleary - Ramona

Matt Dinniman - Dungeon Crawler Carl 03 - The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Monday, September 28, 2026

Matt Dinniman - Dungeon Crawler Carl 03 - The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (2026-09-28)

Narrated by: Jeff Hays, The Critical Drinker
Series: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 3
Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 05-14-21

Series: Matt Dinniman - Dungeon Crawler Carl

★★★½☆

These continue to be very well done and a lot of fun, but I knocked this a lot of stars because it just got too complex and hard to follow. At a certain point, I kind of resigned myself to just holding on for the ride and not following everything. I do not even mean just figuring it out. I mean even what is happening at any exact given moment even for what we were told.

I hope the rest aren't like this. From my reddit post, it sounds like (a) I am not alone and (b) the others aren't like this.

I will continue but maybe with something of a break.

James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room

Sunday, September 20, 2026

James Baldwin - Giovanni's Room (2026-09-20)

Narrated by: Matt Bomer, Kevin Young (intro)
Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
Release date: 08-27-24

★★½☆☆

I disliked the characters almost as much as they disliked themselves. I know that is kind of the point and I should be more in the historical context of the 1950s but this is still how I felt.

No so much about the book but I skipped the nearly-20-minute intro!

Allen Levi - Theo of Golden

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Allen Levi - Theo of Golden (2026-09-16)

Narrated by: David Morse
Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
Release date: 12-02-25

★★★★☆

I really enjoyed it overall. It managed to walk right up to the line of being saccharine but never crossed it. While I wasn't riveted, I was hooked enough. It didn't have a typical narrative structure of conflict until the very end.

The end got a bit drawn out though. Especially the part in the church.