Audiobook Reviews

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

21 June 2023

Yeah, I don’t know what inspired me to pick this up, but well here we are. I’ll admit I’ve not seen the movie this was based on, so I’ll assume it remains pretty faithful to the plot. I have seen […]

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I think the cover of this one grabbed my attention the most, because the blurb doesn’t quite capture the true strangeness that unfolds within its pages. Just something about that creepy-looking door made me want to know more. The story

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Review Science Fiction

The Cyberiad

14 June 2023

Have you ever had one of those moments where you have to step back and think, “What the hell did I just listen to?” Well, The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem is one of those books. First published in 1974, this

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Review Science Fiction

The Sky Road

11 June 2023

If I’ve got my timeline right, this is set after the events of book one – The Star Fraction, and before book two – The Stone Canal, and nicely fills in some gaps about what happened on Earth while the

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Review Horror

Something Wicked This Way Comes

9 June 2023

One that has been sitting on my wishlist for a while, and thanks to the recent site-wide sale at Audible, I grabbed Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury for about two bucks. Horror, dark fantasy, mystery, or coming-of-age

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Review Science Fiction

Sand

7 June 2023

Sand, by Hugh Howey, is a book I first read when it came out many years ago now on Kindle. I’d been a fan of Howey’s since stumbling on his Wool series just as the second book in the series

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Review LitRPG

Cinnamon Bun: Volume 5

3 June 2023

Another enjoyable (if slower) outing with the Broccoli Bunch. One of the larger story arcs seems to get wrapped up or at least partly solved. It’s hard to say since we pivot to a dungeon dive and start getting back

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Review Science Fiction

Space Academy Dropouts

31 May 2023

Space Academy Dropouts by C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus is a fun sci-fi adventure that combines high stakes and lowbrow humour all rounded off with a cast of diverse, mostly insane, characters. At the centre of the story is Vance

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Review Historical Fiction

How to Stop Time

18 May 2023

How to Stop Time, written by Matt Haig, is inspirational and mildly depressing at the same time. The story revolves around Tom Hazard, a man who appears to be in his 40s but is actually closer to 440 due to

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Review Fantasy

Tower of the Noobs

5 May 2023

Maybe it’s just me, but I had a hard time getting back into the story for the longest time. One problem I had was that there are so many distinct characters around that at some point, I lost track of

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Review Fantasy

He Who Fights with Monsters 7

23 April 2023

Let’s face it – if you’re at book seven of a series, you know what’s going on by now. I’m rather glad the whole Earth-centric story arc of the past three books is over and done with. While okay, it

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Review Fantasy

Beware of Chicken

19 April 2023

If you’re wondering what to get next. This. Get this. Beware of Chicken, written by “Casualfarmer” (a pseudonym, obviously!) is a seriously funny slice-of-life fantasy. A kind of isekai/reincarnation style where a modern-day Canadian (I assume, given the love of

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