Top 20 Books I Read in 2024
Review – The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction/Time Travel Length: 413 pages Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: February 13, 2024 ASIN: B0C592691B Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed ebook from Library Rating: 4/5 stars “Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and …
Audiobook Review – Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, Book 3) by John Scalzi, Narrated by Zachary Quinto (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 3 hours and 43 minutes Publisher: Audible Originals Release Date: September 01, 2022 ASIN: B0B8394JQS Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in The Dispatcher series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars “The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost …
Review – Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers (The Sorceror’s Grimoire, Book 2) by AJ Sherwood (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy/Steampunk/Romance Length: 213 pages Publisher: Independently published Release Date: March 8, 2024 ASIN: B0CSB1K44G Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in The Sorceror’s Grimoire series Source: Borrowed ebook from Kindle Unlimited Rating: 5/5 stars “As Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did …
Review – The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, Book 1) by Robert Jackson Bennett (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Fantasy Length: 410 pages Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: February 6, 2024 ASIN: B0C4JB56TJ Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Shadow of the Leviathan series Source: Ebook Borrowed from Library Rating: 5/5 stars “In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to …
Audiobook Review – Domestication (Battle Mage Farmer, Book 1) by Seth Ring (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Fantasy/Lit RPG Length: 12 hours and 1 minute Publisher: Recorded Books Release Date: May 31, 2022 ASIN: B09WRW57NW Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Battle Mage Farmer series Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars “A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A …
Audiobook Review – The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander, Narrated by Courtney Patterson (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction/Alternate History Length: 2 hours and 1 minute Publisher: Tantor Audio Release Date: October 18, 2019 ASIN: B07Z9KYMXL Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars “Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New …
DNF Review – The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (2/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 420 pages Publisher: MCD Release Date: October 4, 2022 ASIN: B09NTKMJ1K Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed ebook from Library Rating: 2/5 stars “The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus …
Audiobook Review – Passing by Nella Larson, Narrated by Robin Miles (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 4 hours and 5 minutes Publisher: Recorded Books Release Date: September 22, 2011 ASIN: B005OTU0SE Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 3/5 stars “First published in 1929, Passing is a remarkable exploration of the shifting racial and …
Audiobook Review – Sisters of the Vast Black (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, Book 1) by Lina Rather, Narrated by Adenrele Ojo (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 4 hours and 7 minutes Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Release Date: August 27, 2020 ASIN: B08GQG8QZB Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Our Lady of Endless Worlds series Source: Borrowed Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars “Years ago, Old Earth sent …