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Justin Winokur's Read Books: Blog 6
Thursday, January 08, 2026, 10:28 PM
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
Release date: 01-06-20
Enjoyed it mostly. Got slow at some points in the middle, though not really ever particularly "fast"
Sunday, January 04, 2026, 08:58 PM
Wild Dark Shore
Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)
By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West
Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 03-04-25
I was enjoying the book but the relationship killed it for me. Even before knowing the real story, I found it hard to suspend disbelief. That feeling didn’t abate either. Honestly, I think a friendship could have worked fine.
I know everyone else loved this book so much but I guess it just didn’t resonate with me the same way
Just generally overrated.
1:
I recently finished this and found the “love story” part so bad. It just didn’t make sense and made me hate both characters with a passion. For different reasons for each but still.
Then someone asked what in particular turned me off.
2: (Spoilers)
It was just (a) not even a little bit believable (even with suspension of disbelief) including not fitting the characters otherwise and (b) It made the characters so unforgivingly unlikeable.
Dominic: At this point in the book, we didn't know what Dominic did but we knew he did something. Then when you reflect back and you realized he has sex with the wife of the person he had locked in the vault , it just made him irredeemable.
Rowan: She came to the island to find her husband. Honestly, up to about this point, we had every reason to believe they were still in love . And, while she again didn't know what happened, she surely suspected something was up. It didn't fit.
I think what bothers me most is that while it (supposedly) adds to the character depth and the tension, the story really would have flowed just fine if they had formed a very strong platonic bond.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 09:06 AM
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This does not include audiobooks with Caroline. For those, see 2025 Collages
| Number of... | Count |
|---|---|
| Books | 97 |
| "print" Books | 9 |
| Non-kid Books | 85 |
| Audiobooks incl. kids | 88 |
| Kids Audiobooks | 12 |
| Non-kid Audiobooks | 76 |
As of 2025-12-31. I sometimes go back and add/remove/change ratings. I will regenerate and update as needed. Star guide
Not including kids (Caroline)
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Total | 951:19:00 |
| Min | 04:20:00 |
| Max | 44:55:00 |
| Median | 11:30:00 |
| 25,75 percentile | 09:06:45, 14:42:30 |
| IQR | 05:35:45 |
| Mean | 12:31:02 |
| St.Dev | 06:45:19 |
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 05:21 PM
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
Release date: 04-08-25
The Booker Prize (shortlisted) continues to be more miss than hit for me. This was interesting and left a lot to interpretation and analysis but I also didn't find it especially compelling.
Sunday, December 28, 2025, 04:50 PM
Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk
Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 12-20-02
Enjoyable and a bit odd. Sometimes intense
Saturday, December 27, 2025, 03:05 PM
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★★★☆☆: I thought it was an interesting premise but I also found it kind of boring in the second half. It is also possible, if not probable, that I just don't enjoy books I actually read as much since I get through them so slowly and with so few pages at a time. I am not in a hurry to read or listen to the next one though
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 09:44 PM
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
Release date: 05-20-25
★★★★☆:
While I am giving this four stars, I don't think I would recommend it to anyone without careful notice. It was intense!. I didn't know what to expect.
Also, despite the timing between this and the last, I listened to this in a single day.
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 08:33 PM
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2
By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Martin Freeman
Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2
Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
Release date: 07-04-06
Enjoyable enough but nowhere near as good as Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (book 1). Not only did the barely talk about Trillian, but I didn't feel like they did much to develop the other characters either.
