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Friday, April 24, 2026, 09:20 PM
Narrated by: Paul Sparks
Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 08-03-21
I enjoyed it enough. I certainly found myself excited to keep reading and to finish (but not in the "get through it sense"). I did think the transition to the second half with Alice Maxwell was hard to swallow and felt kind of out of nowhere. That is why I knocked off half a star.
I was also a bit disappointed with the narrator. He wasn't really bad but his sentences felt disjointed rather than flowing.
Sunday, April 19, 2026, 11:06 AM
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 06-25-24
I generally liked it and would suggest it. I will say, I made the mistake of trusting Super Summary to be careful about spoilers and it failed. So some of it was needlessly spoiled for me!
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 07:45 AM
Narrated by: Stockard Channing
Series: Ramona Quimby, Book 1
Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 10-05-10
Part of the larger "The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection"
Sunday, April 12, 2026, 11:01 PM
By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Katie Leung, Marisa Calin
Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 06-10-25
I was really disappointed. I really wanted to love this because of how much I loved V. E. Schwab - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and the number of her items I put on my TBR. But this fell flat. It just wasn't that interesting; certainly not 18 hours worth.
I kept finding myself rolling my eyes at a flashback and speeding it up since I didn't care. I hoped they'd matter but not really. And the story just took so long to evolve to something of a demure climax. I am all for character driven novels and character development but this just was...boring.
I also with more of the vampire lore / mythology was developed. It doesn't need to be a long lecture but this one, while left without gaps, also felt incomplete.
I will keep my others of V. E. Schwab's on my TBR but I am a bit hesitant. FWIW--which isn't very much--Goodreads has this one lower ranked and her others much better.
Friday, April 03, 2026, 07:28 PM
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
By: Steve Martin
Narrated by: Steve Martin
Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 11-01-07
Thursday, April 02, 2026, 07:27 PM
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
Release date: 05-31-22
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10:23 PM
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
Release date: 08-30-11
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 09:33 PM
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
I picked this because Books are Sick put this as #8 on his top 10 favorite books on YouTube @ 00:04:20. I liked it. It was cute. I am surprised to see he put it at #8. It was a single night listen though.