The Martian: A Novel Andy Weir (Facebook) Audiobook read by R.C. Bray Crown (February 2014), hardcover (ISBN 0804139024 / 9780804139021) Fiction (science fiction/suspense), 384 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Podium Publishing, March 2013; Audible ASIN B00B5HO5XA) The Martian is almost certainly one of those books that I wouldn’t have noticed in my pre-book-blogging life, and given that my pre-book-blogging reading life didn’t include audiobooks, I absolutely wouldn’t have read it by ear even if I had become aware of its existence. I […]

The Cuckoo’s Calling (A Cormoran Strike Novel) Robert Galbraith (pseudonym of J.K. Rowling) Audiobook read by Robert Glenister Mulholland Books (2014), Paperback (ISBN 1478980826 / 9781478980827) Fiction, 464 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Hachette Audio, May 2013, ISBN 9781611134933; Audible ASIN B00CTQ2ZS8) True confession time: I doubt I would have paid any attention to The Cuckoo’s Calling if I hadn’t learned that “Robert Galbraith” was a pseudonym, and that this detective novel was a no-longer-secret side project for […]

The Headmaster’s Wife Thomas Christopher Greene (Facebook) Audiobook read by Kevin T. Collins, Tavia Gilbert, and Stephen Hoye Thomas Dunne Books (February 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1250038944 / 9781250038944) Fiction, 288 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Audible Studios, February 2014; ASIN B00IMNIZK4) I decided to read Thomas Christopher Greene’s The Headmaster’s Wife because of solid recommendations from trusted bloggers and a lifelong weakness for boarding-school stories with New England settings, despite some misgivings that it might have some elements that cut a little too close for my taste. […]

Fangirl Rainbow Rowell (Twitter) (Facebook) (Tumblr) Audiobook read by Rebecca Lowman and Maxwell Caulfield St. Martins Griffin (September 2013), Hardcover (ISBN 1250030951 / 9781250030955) Fiction (YA), 448 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Random House Audio, 2013, ISBN 9780804121286; Audible ASIN B00E9YYT64) It doesn’t happen often–at least, not for me–but sometimes you go into a book just knowing it’s going to hit some of your sweet spots. Like so many other readers, I fell hard for Rainbow […]

Defending Jacob: A Novel William Landay (Facebook) (Twitter) Audiobook read by Grover Gardner Bantam (2013), Paperback (ISBN 0345533666 / 9780345533661) Fiction (genre: suspense/legal thriller), 448 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Blackstone Audio, 2012; Audible ASIN B0073OGZNM) SGW at The Cue Card neatly summed up this novel very much as I would have, so I’m just going to quote her: “Defending Jacob has all the elements of a riveting Presumed Innocent courtroom crime drama. It reminded me a […]

Fin and Lady Cathleen Schine Audiobook read by Anne Twomey FSG/Sarah Crichton Books (2013), Hardcover (ISBN 1427231540 / 9780374154905) Fiction, 288 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Macmillan Audio, 2013, ISBN 9781427231550; Audible ASIN B00CTNXS0A) When I first encountered reviews of Cathleen Schine’s Fin and Lady last year, the fact that there was a character in it actually named “Lady” reminded me an exchange from one of my all-time favorite movies, Almost Famous: (William and Penny are […]