Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Collective by Alison Gaylin – Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney – Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight

Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Collective by Alison Gaylin – Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney – Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight

The first week of January, I ended up working on a very repetitive project that required almost no brain power. In order to remain somewhat sane and awake, I listened to 3 full audiobooks while working. Here are some quick thoughts about them : * * * The Collective by Alison Gaylin Narration : Vivienne Leheny Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Camille Gardner is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s...

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Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier – A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight – The Swap by Robyn Harding

Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier – A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight – The Swap by Robyn Harding

  Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier Narration : Kirsten Potter Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Marin has the perfect life – up until the day her son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. She and her husband rarely speak. The only thing keeping her going is the unlikely chance that one day Sebastian reappears. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but...

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Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Better Liar by Tanen Jones – The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth – The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Better Liar by Tanen Jones – The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth – The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

I’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks this year so far – I always have one (or a few!) on the go. Most have been really good, but some have left me disappointed. Here are a few thoughts about the books that didn’t quite work for me as I had hoped (but hey, they might work for you!) * * * The Better Liar by Tanen Jones Narration : Lisa Flanagan, Karissa Vacker, Kristen Sieh Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book...

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Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Wife by Alafair Burke – Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond – The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

Thoughts on 3 audiobooks : The Wife by Alafair Burke – Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond – The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

The Wife by Alafair Burke Narration : Xe Sands Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : When Angela met Jason Powell, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother’s home...

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Thoughts on : The Favorite Sister / Bring Me Back / A Noise Downstairs

Thoughts on : The Favorite Sister / Bring Me Back / A Noise Downstairs

There were many thrillers I was interested in reading this summer, but mixed reviews and a limited budget meant I had to make some tough decisions. Lucky for me, my library had many of them on audio. Though life, right? 🙂 I’m briefly reviewing 3 of these books today, because two of them didn’t work for me and I don’t really enjoy writing negative reviews. Let’s go! * The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll Narration...

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Review : Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

Review : Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer Pages : 264 Genre : YA Stand alone My Rating : 2/5 About the Book  : If life were fair, Jam Gallahue would still be  at home in New Jersey with her sweet British  boyfriend, Reeve Maxfield. She’d be watching  old comedy sketches with him. She’d be kissing  him in the library stacks. She certainly wouldn’t be at The Wooden Barn, a therapeutic boarding school in rural Vermont, living with a weird...

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Review : The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel & Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti

Review : The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel & Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti

The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel Pages : 319 Genre : YA, Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : Some sixteen-year-olds babysit for extra cash. Some work at the mall. Becca Williamson breaks up couples. Becca knows from experience the damage that love can do. After all, it was so-called love that turned Huxley from her childhood best friend into a social-world dictator, and love that left Becca’s older sister...

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Review : Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes

Review : Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes

Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes Pages : 400 Genre : Psychological Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 2/5 About the Book  : Genevieve has finally escaped the stressful demands of her sales job and achieved her dream: to leave London behind and begin a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent. Not many people know that she financed her fresh start by working weekends as a dancer at a less-than-reputable gentlemen’s club called the Barclay,...

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