Audiobook Reviews

Set the Record Straight

20 January 2026

After spotting this during the recent sale for under two bucks and that it had Lori Prince as a narrator, I figured it was worth a shot. Set the Record Straight is a short, holiday-tinged romantic comedy with a fake […]

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The 22 Murders of Madison May

16 January 2026

I picked up The 22 Murders of Madison May mostly because the premise sounded intriguing and partly because it was very cheap during one of Audible’s site-wide sales. For the price (less than $2.50!), it felt like a low-risk gamble.

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Review RomCom

#CassiNova

13 January 2026

#CassiNova is a genuinely funny, warm and unexpectedly sweet romcom that had me laughing more often than I expected. I went in expecting something light and some chuckles and ended up with an almost non-stop laugh-out-loud funny story that’s also

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Review Science Fiction

Replay

9 January 2026

Jeff Winston dies while on the phone with his wife in October 1988 and wakes to find he’s back in the body of his 18-year-old self in his college dorm room. The do-over idea in science fiction is one I

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Review Fantasy

Beware of Chicken 5

6 January 2026

Beware of Chicken 5 is a smaller, slower entry in the series, but it still delivers the warmth and laughs I’ve come to expect. After the bigger events of Book 3 and the world‑building of Book 4, this volume pulls

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Review Contemporary

Gillian’s Island

2 January 2026

I went into Gillian’s Island expecting a light tropical escape, something easy on the brain with a bit of flirtation and a bit of adventure. A sapphic cruise heading for the Galapagos sounded perfect, especially with a title that winks

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Review Contemporary

Gods Behaving Badly

30 December 2025

I picked up Gods Behaving Badly partly because I remembered reading it ages ago, either on my Kindle or in a paperback that probably ended up in a charity shop. The memory was foggy enough that most of the plot

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Review Science Fiction

There Is No Antimemetics Division

26 December 2025

Everyone knows what a meme is; those (usually) funny images that go viral. Antimemes on the other hand are ideas or things that are the exact opposite. You can’t remember them even if your life depended on it. They actively

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Review RomCom

Whisk Me Away

23 December 2025

I finished Whisk Me Away last week and then promptly forgot to start the review, which seems to be my current hobby. Luckily the story is still fresh enough in my mind to talk about without squinting at half-formed memories.

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Review Historical Fiction

The Murmur of Bees

19 December 2025

The Murmur of Bees is one of those novels that left me unsure how I felt about it even after fourteen hours of listening. It is slow, meandering, and steeped in atmosphere, giving that almost stereotypical sense of rural Mexico

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Review Fantasy

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop

16 December 2025

I stumbled into The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop a bit like the characters do in the story, which felt fitting. I’d meant to listen when I first grabbed it, then forgot about it, then found it sitting in my library

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Review Memoir

Windswept & Interesting

12 December 2025

I have liked Billy Connolly for as far back as I can remember. My parents introduced me to him long before I was old enough to understand most of what he was saying. A lot of the jokes probably went

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