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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Daughter of Smoke and Bone in Books

Apr 27, 2018

Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone was highly addicting. I really should have studied more last week but instead I listened to a riveting audio book.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. The book pulled me into the story right away and kept me engaged the whole time. The characters were wonderful, real, imperfect, and believable. The plot never stopped and the pacing never slowed and the tension never dissolved. it got more and more interesting and complicated with every chapter, but all the ends were tied up at the end. Every detail mattered. The end was painful but perfect and I will be at the book store the day Book 2 comes out and hand over my hard earned cash to get that book in my hands because I can't wait to figure out what happens next!

This is the second book by Laini Taylor I've read (see my review for Lips Touch Three Times), and she is quickly becoming a favorite writer of mine. Her graceful lyric writing never ceases to impress me.

Audio: I listened to the audio book of DoSaB. I am very picky about audio books because I've listened to a lot of poorly recorded ones, and I've grown up having a very good reader read books out loud to me. But Khristine Hvam did an excellent job, so much so that I would seek out more books read by her. She gave distinct voices to each character, but it didn't feel corny and stupid like some readers do. She breathed and felt the characters and the dialogue, and it worked.

Content/Recommendation: Clean! Ages 14-Adult

*note, I love this book so much I'm currently re-reading(listening) so I can refresh before reading book 2!*

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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated The Classic Tales Podcast in Podcasts

Jan 26, 2018

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classic Stories are timeless

As good as an audio book delivered to your phone

This is a great podcast, classic literature has stood the test of time for a reason. I found Captain Blood because of him, and it's now one of my favorite books of all time. He tends to select toward the horror side of things, but you can always find something you are interested in listening to. From Sherlock Holmes to Peter Pan. Herland to Pride and Prejudice. and lots of small stories in between.

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In-flight Entertainment by Virgin Australia HD

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You can use your own phone, tablet or laptop to stream all entertainment, with our compliments. You...

In-flight Entertainment by Virgin Australia

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You can use your own phone, tablet or laptop to stream all entertainment, with our compliments. You...

The Vanishing of Margaret Small [Audiobook]

Neil Alexander

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Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her...

Haecity (2 KP) rated The Aeronaut's Windlass in Books

Feb 25, 2018

The Aeronaut's Windlass

Jim Butcher | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

8.6

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Disappointing from this author

I love Butcher, and this had all the marks of one of his series. But I found the story for the most part to be very dry. I listened to this on audio at 1.5x speed to get through it and still felt that it was sort of flat, I felt the same during the peaks as I did for the rest of the book.

I'm sure it will get better later in the series, all his first books have been sort of like that, but I am unlikely to continue with the story. The takes on the cats were pretty fun, but overall I'm disappointed.