Recently I reviewed Stephen King’s latest novel, 11/22/63, and tried to convey that this fantastic story is not King’s typical horror fare. The same definitely cannot be said for Mile 81, a novella recently released on audio that highlights King’s penchant for vehicles and heroic kids. Along the Maine Turnpike, there’s a rest stop at…
Category Archives: Audiobooks
The 10 p.m. Question
The 10 p.m. Question by Kate De Goldi features 12-year-old Frankie Parsons. Each night he lies awake in bed, worrying. By 10 p.m., he’s usually searched out his mom to ply her for answers or to simply receive some comfort. But other then having an overactive worrying imagination, he’s a perfectly normal kid. He and…
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a 5-Star Read/Listen
Steve Jobs is a fantastic biography by Walter Isaacson. He explores the growth of the personal computer industry (and of course the MP3 music player industry, cell phones, tablets and everything that Apple has had a part in) in a way that is interesting and completely readable. I have to make it a 5-Star Read,…
Issues-driven Historical Fiction for Kids
I learn history best through fiction. I love experiencing the effects of history on people’s lives through fictional characters’ lives. Any time I read something or watch something that deals with Civil Rights (or the lack thereof during our nation’s history), I’m changed. I am grateful for how far we’ve come, but I also am…
11/22/63
Stephen King has written over 50 books, all of them bestsellers, and most of them horror. But before you click off to the next review, let me try to persuade you that 11/22/63 is not typical Stephen King. King has a tendency to include too many characters, too much fluff in the middle, too much…
The Name of the Star
The Name of the Star is Maureen Johnson’s latest YA book. The ONLY reason I got this audiobook was because it was by Maureen Johnson, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed her Suite Scarlett books. The blurb of this book said it was funny, so I trusted that somehow Jack the Ripper and foggy ghostly looking covers…
Ellen Hopkins’ Novels in Verse
My sister was reading the Ellen Hopkins YA books about drug addiction (to crystal meth) last year. She said that they were riveting, but wouldn’t let her middle school daughter read them. They were not meant for that audience. Based on my sister’s experience, I accepted review copies of her first (I believe) adult novel…
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