Audiobook Reviews

Shooting Bogies

19 May 2024

“Shooting Bogies” by Ralph Monti is a short yet thoroughly entertaining read. The story follows the misadventures of Rocky Delmonico, a golf hustler who becomes entangled with Gino Lofaccio, a neighbourhood mafia boss. Rocky’s streak of bad luck begins when […]

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George Orwell’s 1984

13 May 2024

This isn’t going to be dreadfully long review as I suspect most people have either read the original or have at least a passing understanding of 1984 by George Orwell by this stage. The most current incarnation of the classic

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Review Suspense Thriller

Touch

3 May 2024

Another book that has been languishing on my wish list for far too long is “Touch” by Claire North. I had previously both read and listened to “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August” on multiple occasions and had been

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Review LitRPG

Dungeon Market

28 April 2024

Shady Greg, with a terminal case of the stupids, returns and manages to blunder his way through yet another troubled time for his business. Shady Greg is both the savviest entrepreneur in the world of Jadera and also the most

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Review Science Fiction

Isaac Steele and the Forever Man

25 April 2024

“Isaac Steele and the Forever Man,” written and narrated by Daniel Rigby, is a bonkers ride through a cosmos where bureaucratic chaos meets outlandish adventure. I read a few reviews before going into this one, and the one thing I

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Review Fantasy

No One Leaves the Castle

20 April 2024

I stumbled upon this one while looking to see what the narrator, Jessica Almasy, had done recently. A brief skim of the blurb later and it sounded fun, so I grabbed it. What I didn’t know was that it’s actually

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Review Memoir

Medical School: Stumbling Through with Amnesia

16 April 2024

Originally destined for something in the liberal arts, John Lawrence was dead against ever being a doctor. So, to the surprise of himself more than anyone, he applied for college and began his journey of becoming a doctor. Suffering multiple

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Review Fantasy

Vigor Mortis: Volume 4

15 April 2024

The fourth and final instalment of the Vigor Mortis series had me feeling excited to see the end while at the same time not wanting to leave the world. I also felt rather perturbed that Jessica Almasy wasn’t returning as

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Review Suspense Thriller

Silence of the Missing

11 April 2024

On the surface, “Silence of the Missing” by Rick R. Reed is a rather enthralling mystery/thriller involving murder, abduction, love and loss. Digging into it a little deeper though is where the cracks start to appear through some plot inconsistencies

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Review Science Fiction

Starlite

7 April 2024

If you’re looking for an easy science fiction tale that doesn’t take things too seriously, then Starlite by Jonathan Latt is for you. Set hundreds of years into humanity’s future, it has a charming kind of retro-futuristic vibe to it

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Review Science Fiction

Sci-Fi Shorts II

3 April 2024

Another great collection of short stories! I enjoyed the first a lot so was rather excited when the author reached out to let me know that the second volume was now available on Audible. Like the first, this is a

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Review Fantasy

Heretical Fishing

29 March 2024

Imagine, if you will, Jason Asano from He Who Fights with Monsters (HWFWM) landing in a Beware of Chicken cultivation style universe, without the self-hatred and anti-government rhetoric of Jason. Keep some self-leveling animal companions for good measure, and an

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