Oh, how I wanted to like this book. The idea seemed liked something that would be perfect for me. Yet, when it was done, I just couldn’t say that I enjoyed it. The story started with Aza, who was very ill with a mysterious disease that attacked her respiratory system and the strange things she […]
Category: Ex Libris Audio
Ex Libris Audio: The Haters
There is a lot about music in this book, as you would expect, but it also takes on the classic road trip story, full of weird encounters and unusual characters. Also, it will make you laugh. I was listening to some of this at work and got few weird looks for laughing out loud […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Glittering Court
The story is a fantasy historical, in that it takes place in a fantasy version of England, eventually moving to a fantasy version of the US, all set in a fantasy 19th century, The problem is that I just didn’t really buy Adelaide’s desperation. At great risk to pretty much everyone around her, she pretends […]
Ex Libris Audio: Assassin’s Heart
Assassin’s Heart takes place in a fantasy world that has definite Italian overtones. Families live in secret compounds and perform assassinations, something that’s legal in this world, as a service to those who wish to hire them. There is a star-crossed lover element to this story that I thought might be interesting, but the story […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Witch Hunter
I saw a lot of people raving about The Witch Hunter, so I decided to try it as an audio book to see what all the fuss was about. Set in an alternate Elizabethan era, The Witch Hunter takes place in an England-like country where witches and wizards are hunted down and killed. Elizabeth’s […]
Ex Libris Audio: Lost Stars
I have never read any of the books that were written for the Star Wars universe, but being a fan and loving Claudia Gray’s writing made this an easy choice. Lost Stars is about two teens who both leave their small planet go into the Imperial Academy, which takes them in very different directions. […]
Ex Libris Audio: A Darker Shade Of Magic
I love this author’s books and I really don’t know why I waited to listen to this one. Magic and parallel worlds are right up my reading ally, so to speak. I was immediately intrigued by the idea of several Londons. (Let’s be honest, I was intrigued by everything. Also, I want Kell’s coat.) The […]
Ex Libris Audio: Salt To The Sea
I can relate pretty much everything I interact with to a Hamilton lyric, and when I was listening to Salt to the Sea, I kept thinking of this line: you have no control – who lives, who dies, who tells your story. Ruta Sepetys has established herself as a teller of hidden stories, writing about […]
Ex Libris Audio: Frozen Tides
I want to avoid spoilers, of course, so forgive my vague review. Frozen Tides is the aftermath of the chos that had been building in the first three books. Lucia knows the truth about who she is and has had her world shattered by betrayal and death, so her answer is to plow through each […]
Ex Libris Audio: Sway
Sway is a loose modernization of the Cyrano de Bergerac story, which is to say that the main character, Jesse, orchestrates a date between two people and ends up falling in love, himself. That sounds like a simple and often written idea, but Sway was saved from mediocrity by a cast of complicated and challenging […]