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Top 10 Audiobooks for Top 10 Tuesday

As my regular readers know, I always have at least one audiobook going for each member of the family.  I had to accept the challenge to come up with 10 favorites for Top 10 Tuesday, hosted as always by the … Continue reading

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Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

This book was showered in honors last year, including a Newbery honor and an Odyssey honor for audio production for children.  A great audiobook involving music, magic and history was one I didn’t want to miss. Echo by Pam Muñoz … Continue reading

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You’re Never Weird on the internet (Almost)

Here’s another book from my Top 10 2015 Releases I Didn’t Get to post. I have a confession to make: buying a book for myself instantly reduces the chance that I will actually read it.  After all, it has no … Continue reading

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The Shepherd’s Crown

This week I’m reviewing the books I’ve made it to from my Top 10 2015 Releases I Didn’t Get to post. I almost didn’t want to listen to this last-ever Tiffany Aching book by Terry Pratchett.  And yet, as saving it won’t … Continue reading

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Carry On

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Read by Euan Morton. MacMillan Audio for St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015. Fangirl was Rowell’s captivating look at a highly introverted geek girl trying to make it in college. Said geek girl, Cath, spends most of … Continue reading

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Continuing Epics – The Copper Gauntlet, The Hollow Boy, Nightborn

On with the Cybils reading… this time, I have three sequels, all books whose earlier entries were also Cybils nominees. Copper Gauntlet. Magisterium Book 2.  by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. Penguin Random House, 2015. Callum Hunt is home for … Continue reading

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The Penderwicks in Spring

I’ve been reading the Penderwicks since the very beginning, so naturally I had to read their latest adventures. The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall. Read by Susan Denaker. Random House, 2015 It’s been ten years since The Penderwicks first … Continue reading

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Dodger

I’ve mentioned before that Pratchett is a reliable author whose prolific works I don’t try to keep up with. I just know that if there’s a gap in my listening (or, much less often, reading) schedule, there will be a … Continue reading

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Legend

This is the audiobook I started so long ago for the 48 Hour Reading Challenge, a teen dystopia with diversity. Legend. Book 1. by Marie Lu. Read by Steven Kaplan and Mariel Stern. Penguin Audio, 2011. Legend is the first … Continue reading

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Mastiff

Mastiff. Beka Cooper: Book 3. by Tamora Pierce. Read by Susan Denaker. Listening Library, 2011. Pierce ups the stakes for Beka on all levels in the last book of the Beka Cooper trilogy, following Terrier and Bloodhound. As the book … Continue reading

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