March 2011
10 posts
Ape House: Sara Gruen
Title: Ape House Author: Sara Gruen Rating: 5 Stars Source: Self purchased (Amazon)
Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn’t understand people, but apes she gets - especially the bonobos Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena, who are capable of reason and communication through American Sign Language. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than...
Cutey and the Sofaguard: Chris Wade (Audiobook)
Title: Cutey and the Sofaguard Author: Chris Wade Narrator: Rik Mayall Length: 4 hrs 28 minutes Source: Author Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
Cutey and the Sofaguard: A Twisted Surreal Tale of Lost Love and Broken Elevators
This is without a doubt one of the most peculiar audiobooks I have ever listened to. At first, I couldn’t decide whether I even liked it or not, but eventually I was...
On Blazing Wings: L. Ron Hubbard (Audiobook)
Title: On Blazing Wings Author: L. Ron Hubbard Rating: 4 Stars of Pulp Fiction action! Length: 2hrs 11min Source: Received from Galaxy Audio
American David Duane long ago gave up his dream of being a professional artist. Instead, there’s something else he’s good at, something that countries will pay good money for his services as an ace fighter pilot on sale to any country whose...
Wicked Lovely: Melissa Marr
Title: Wicked Lovely
Author: Melissa Marr
Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
Source: Self purchased
Wicked Lovely is one of the best faerie related books I’ve ever read. Marr masterfully combines elements of the classic faerie image, promiscious partiers who remain entirely classy, with modern funk, piercings, tattoos and relationships that the centuries old faeries can never truly understand. I...
Love Ya Like a Sister: Tom Kepler
Title: Love Ya Like a Sister Author: Tom Kepler (Facebook/Blog) Rating: 4 Stars Source: Sent by the author
Love Ya Like a Sister is an incredibly honest tale of not so average teenage dilemmas. We have Randy, the 17 year old who has a mother who died in a car crash and a father who spends more time on the road than he does at home. Gwen understands, having been left to care for her 4 year old...
Fallen: Lauren Kate
Title: Fallen Author: Lauren Kate Rating: 4 1/2 Stars of Awesomeness
Can I go give Lauren Kate a great big hug? Because that’s how fantastic I thought Fallen was! I loved everything about this YA novel and am quite happy to tell you all why. Please forgive me if I’m a little over the top enthusiastic but… it was kind of awesome. Fallen had me gripped from the prologue,...
The Blood Moon of Winter: Courtney Conant
Title: The Blood Moon of Winter Author: Courtney Conant Rating: 3/5 Stars
In the Blood Moon of Winter, Courtney Conant takes us into a different world. A world where an average girl becomes a goddess and has to make decisions that will change her life forever. I have very mixed feelings about this book. The concept was excellent, the idea of being a reincarnated Goddess is intriguing. Many of...
12.21.12: Killian McRae
Title: 12.21.12 Author: Killian McRae Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Release: December 21, 2010 Length: 238 pages
Action packed with some amazing historical references, 12.21.12 is a stand out from the legions of conspiracy novels. In 12.21.12 we travel around the world with Smyth and the people who seem determined to both protect, and stop him. We go from Mexico where we meet the lovely Victoria who...
Paranormalcy: Kiersten White (Audiobook)
Title: Paranormalcy Author: Kiersten White Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Narrator: Emily Eiden Rating: 5/5 Stars
Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals’ glamours.
But Evie’s about to...
The Weird Sisters: Eleanor Brown
Title: The Weird Sisters Author: Eleanor Brown Rating: 4 Stars
About (Goodreads): The three Andreas sisters grew up in the cloistered household dominated by their Shakespearean professor father, a prominent, eccentric academic whose reverence for the Bard left its imprint on his daughters’ names: Rosalind (As You Like It), Bianca (The Taming of the Shrew), and Cordelia (King Lear). The...
