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The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Blergh. I did not like this audiobook…. I might have to read it instead. It was very lackluster….

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.0

emotional funny informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced

Also- stop taking private jets if you’re so eco….

A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii

Vicky Alvear Shecter, Ben Kane, Michelle Moran, E. Knight, Kate Quinn, Sophie Perinot, Stephanie Dray

4.5

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Well that was completely engaging! Love how all the stories were connected but completely different points of view, at different points during the eruption.

Age of Myth

Michael J. Sullivan

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

Just not the right time maybe?

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.0

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

This was interesting! I loved jazz and learned a ton in high school, but this went deeper than anything I had learned, and it was eye opening.

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

Janice Hallett

4.0

mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good Omens meets cults.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Tragic memoir. His disease stole his life from him. His storytelling really brought me into his struggles. And so sad to know how much life he still wanted to have!

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Benjamin Stevenson

4.75

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was great, funny, cheeky, twisty, and just so interesting!

The Invisible Hour

Alice Hoffman

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fantastic. Magical realism with historical ties and strong women?! A short book that holds a lot.

The Word for World is Forest

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I listened to this simply because I went to school with the narrator and have enjoyed his theatrical performances for two decades. This was amazing. Felt like it could have been written today about what will happen in the future. Feels more real now than what I bet it seemed like when it was first published.

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