Book Reviews: Celebrity Readers

Bright Winter Lights & On a Night Like This by Liz Maverick
Mon Jan 15 5:50 pm
4 stars — I relistened to the first one before diving in to catch up on this series, and this one was just as cute as that one.  I don’t think I initially noticed how low steam these ones are, but honestly I don’t actually care.  I like all steam levels, and this one was […]
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Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Fri Dec 29 7:14 pm
4.5 stars — I started this one buddy listening with the hubby on a road trip, but he declined to keep listening with me after we got home.  However, he did want the high level ‘what happened’ when I finished…;) I listened to just over half of this one, and I definitely enjoyed Ms. Plummer’s […]
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The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis
Thu Nov 30 9:46 pm
4.5 stars — I don’t know if it was the contrast with the previous book I read, but I was immediately captured by Jane and Levi’s story.  Part of that is the situation at the start, talk about intense!!  And part of that was just the easy depth and dimension of our characters from the […]
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The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Mon Nov 27 9:58 pm
4 stars — That was a surprisingly emotional read for me. Like, seriously, I cried more than was probably warranted. I split time between reading and listening, but I really enjoyed Ms. Spencer’s narration. She had a great balance of emotion and snark that was needed with Holly. Solid pacing and voices as well. This […]
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Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Wed Nov 22 10:09 pm
4.5 stars — I’m always wary of prequels.  Will they live up?  Will they fundamentally change the character?  This one was spectacular. We got to see a much different Viv, but the fundamentals are still the same.  And not only that, we got to see glimmers of her changing into the Viv we meet in […]
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Calamity by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Nov 20 10:27 pm
3.5 stars — Well huh.  So, I still really enjoyed myself and was sucked into finishing this one, and still had a great time speculating about theories with my hubby while we listened.  But the thing is…we got to the end, and I was a bit let down.  There were quite a few gaps that […]
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Dax by Sawyer Bennett
Thu Nov 16 9:40 pm
3 stars — Well huh.  This one was only okay for me.  I think there were multiple things that went into it for me, but all in all it gave me a feeling of meh. This was my first listen by Virginia Rose, and while there isn’t anything necessarily wrong with her narration, it definitely […]
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Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
Wed Nov 15 5:05 pm
4.5 stars — Wow!  I’m just getting more and more sucked into the world, and it kept me engrossed the whole time. Yet again, Brett and I had so many wild theories, some early, some late, some I wavered on when Brett stood strong.  I loved picking out little clues here and there, and then […]
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Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson
Tue Nov 07 10:23 pm
4 stars — This was a solid novella to fill in the gaps between books 1 and 2.  I read it in order, but I’m writing this review after having finished book 2 as well, and I really think that it adds to the series as a whole, so I definitely recommend checking it out. […]
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Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Nov 06 11:02 pm
4 stars — My hubby and I decided to listen to this one on a long road trip, and man did we have so much fun guessing along the way… taking turns pressing pause to point things out and posit theories. We actually figured out quite a few! Some earlier, some closer to reveal. Not […]
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