MONTHLY RE-CAP
MAY
Well, it looks like May is shaping up to be another month with no finished e-books for me...only Audiobooks. I'm still not feeling like actual reading. No biggie...I've listened to a bunch of Audios...and some were quite good. Three of which were 5 stars and added to my favorites. They include The Hardest Fall, The Ghostwriter, and The Last Time I Lied.
MY RECAP FOR THE MONTH OF MAY⤏
20 AUDIOBOOKS 2 OF WHICH WERE SHORT AUDIBLE ORIGINALS
( 11,623 MINUTES)
6,730 PAGES (CONVERTED TO PAGES BY PAGE # BY KINDLE VERSION)
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( 11,623 MINUTES)
AUDIOBOOK
ALL THE MISSING GIRLS
BY MEGAN MIRANDA
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ MYSTERY OF TWO MISSING GIRLS
⤏ TOLD IN REVERSE
⤏ GOING BACK HOME ISN'T ALWAYS EASY
⤏ TITLE SHOULD BE...BOTH THE MISSING GIRLS
⇢AUDIO PERFORMED BY REBEKKAH ROSS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ I was confused by the format of telling the story in reverse...and it wasn't until the last 20% or so that I figured out what was going on and had an a-ha moment, but honestly, after all the earlier confusion...it was an understated a-ha.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/01
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AUDIBLE ORIGINAL
ALONE WITH THE STARS
BY DAVID R. GILLHAM
NO LINK
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ AUDIO PERFORMED EXCELLENTLY BY HILARY HUBER & EMILY BAUER
⇢ INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS
⇢ FLY-HIGH
⇢ A REALLY INTERESTING GLIMPSE OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO AMELIA EARHART
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ If only men could've had the balls to listen to a mere girl back then...
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/04
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AUDIOBOOK
LONG BRIGHT RIVER
BY LIZ MOORE
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY ALLYSON RYAN
⤏ ONE SISTER IS A COP
⤏ ONE SISTER IS ADDICTED TO HEROIN/OPIOIDS
⤏ MURDER MYSTERY
⤏ A TOWN GRIPPED IN AN OPIOID CRISIS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This book deserves the high praise that it's getting...for how it deals with the struggles of loving someone who is addicted to drugs and the bond of sisters, in addition to how a town can be suppressed by the weight of addiction.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/04
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AUDIOBOOK
PROBLEM CHILD
BY VICTORIA HELEN STONE
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY NICOL ZANZARELLA
⤏ JANE DOE #2
⤏ THE SOCIOPATH IS BACK...WELL, SORT OF
⤏ OOH...A MINI ME JANE DOE, EXCEPT SHE IS A BRAT
⤏ A LITTLE WIND TURBINE OBSESSION
⤏ A LITTLE BIT OF REVENGE/SABOTAGE
⤏ AND A LITTLE BIT MYSTERY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ On one hand, I missed the revenge theme that Book #1 had going because it set up for what made for a highly satisfying ending...but on the other hand, if this had gone in the same vein, it would have lacked originality and basically would have felt like Jane was a one-trick pony.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/05
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AUDIOBOOK
DECEPTION AND CHAOS
BY S.M. SOTO
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⤏ CHAOS SERIES #1
⤏ GORGEOUS COVER
⤏ HUMAN TRAFFICKING
⤏ DARKISH ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
⤏ SEX-PLICIT
⤏ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 9 HOURS, 22 MINUTES
⤏ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This started out rather dark with subject matter that was difficult to read/listen at times...but quickly moved away from that...and then became kind of boring and left me thinking too much about whether it was believable or not.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/06
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LAST GIRLS
BY DEMETRA BRODSKY
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY KHRISTINE HVAM & DAN BITTNER
⤏ READ LIKE A PREPPERS HANDBOOK COMPLETE WITH ACRONYMS...LOTS OF ACRONYMS
⤏ SECRET COMPOUNDS/COMMUNES/CULT
⤏ NOT APOCALYPTIC...AT ALL
⤏ MORE CONTEMPORARY YA
⤏ CONSPIRACY THEORIES, FAMILY DYNAMICS, MISSING SISTERS, MURDEROUS PLOTS & MUCH MORE
⤏ A SPLASH OF ROMANCE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This is a story that tries to hard to be everything relevant and timely and ultimately suffers some from having too many elements at play.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/08
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SAWKILL GIRLS
BY CLAIRE LEGRAND
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY LAUREN EZZO
⤏ NEW ENGLAND ISLAND STEEPED IN LEGEND
⤏ MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
⤏ CREEPILY ATMOSPHERIC
⤏ GIRLS LOVING GIRLS --WITH A SAPHIC SEX SCENE
⤏ DIVERSE AND TIMELY
⤏ YA-ISH
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ The first half was atmospheric and amazingly weird, then the other half the weirdness got too weird and the action scenes went on for so long that I'm really glad I was listening...so I could kind of tune them out.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/10
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AUDIOBOOK
BEFORE FAMILIAR WOODS
BY IAN PISARCIK
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SUSAN C HUNTER, NEIL HELLEGERS & MICHAEL CROUCH
⤏ GRIT-LIT
⤏ VERMONT STYLE
⤏ FELT INCOMPLETE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This cover portrays exactly how I felt while listening to this...upside-down and lost in the woods...
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/11
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AUDIOBOOK
THE HARDEST FALL
BY ELLA MAISE
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY LIDIA DORNET & ALEXANDER CENDESE
⤏ NEW ADULT
⤏ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
⤏ FOOTBALL
⤏ SECRETS & SCANDALS
⤏ A NEW FAVORITE!!!
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ I loved this...the story, the characters...all of it.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/12
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THE SHADOWS BETWEEN US
BY TRICIA LEVENSELLER
LINK TO REVIEW
BOOK TAGS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY CAITLIN DAVIES
⤏ A SWEET ROMANCE
⤏ FANTASY THAT'S MORE WICKED FUN THAN INTRICATELY WOVEN
⤏ DELICIOUSLY DARKISH CHARACTERS
⤏ COURTLY-ISH INTRIGUE
⤏ LAUGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ I thought this was fun, quick, and just what I needed at the time and I didn't have to read between the lines to figure out what was going on.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/13
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A MAP FOR WRECKED GIRLS
BY JESSICA TAYLOR
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SHANNON MCMANUS
⤏ SURVIVAL ON A DESERTED ISLAND
⤏ SECRETS, LIES, & BETRAYALS
⤏ SISTERLY LOVE/HATE
⤏ TOLD IN PRESENT AND FLASHBACKS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ Overall, it was a good-ish kind of story in the three-ish range of star ratings with a boost from the easy-to-listen-to voice of Shannon McManus.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/16
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ROSES OF MAY
BY DOT HUTCHISON
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY WILL DAMRON & SIIRI SCOTT
⤏ THE COLLECTOR #2
⤏ CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT OF THE FBI
⤏ FEATURING AGENT EDDISON
⤏ SERIAL KILLER MYSTERY
⤏ WITH BRIEF UPDATES ON THE BUTTERFLIES
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This is your run-of-the-mill delusional serial killer mystery...one that makes young girls his target.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/18
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THE FORBIDDEN WISH
BY JESSICA KHOURY
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY CASSANDRA CAMPBELL
⤏ FAIRYTALE RETELLING
⤏ ALADDIN & THE JINNI
⤏ ROMANCE
⤏ LADY ASSASSINS
⤏ SECRETS, LIES & BETRAYALS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ I should have listened to this a long time ago...because I really enjoyed this reimagining of the tale of Aladdin and the Jinni, also the fantastic narration by Cassandra Campbell didn't hurt either.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/19
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ONLY ASHES REMAIN
BY REBECCA SCHAEFFER
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY ALMARIE GUERRA
⤏ MARKET OF MONSTERS #2
⤏ REALISTIC, SOMEWHAT HORROR-IF-IC MIXED WITH THE SUPERNATURAL
⤏ MORALLY GRAY CHARACTERS
⤏ TINY SPLASH OF OKAYISHLY AWKWARD ROMANCE
⤏ DARK VIOLENT THEMES WITH SOME BRUTAL DEATHS
⤏ LET'S NOT FORGET MOMMY DEAREST...SERIOUSLY, WTF IS UP WITH HER MOTHER?
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ While there were elements I struggled with, I, for the most part, found this engaging and was totally there for the supernatural-ish world that the author has created because it's so unlike anything I've ever read before.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/21
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BEYOND A DARKENED SHORE
BY JESSICA LEAKE
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY ALANA KERR COLLINS
⤏ MYTHOLOGY
⤏ CELTIC & NORSE
⤏ A MIX OF FANTASTICAL & HISTORICAL
⤏ YA-ISH ROMANCE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ A thoroughly entertaining medieval romance, steeped in the fantastical that has both Celtic and Norse Mythology throughout...even Loki makes an appearance.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/23
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THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES
BY SUZANNE COLLINS
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SANTINO FONTANA
⤏ HUNGER GAMES PREQUEL - 64 YEARS BEFORE
⤏ FEATURING CORIOLANUS SNOW AT 18 YEARS
⤏ AND THE 10TH HUNGER GAMES
⤏ WHERE THEY REALLY PUT THE HUNGER IN THE HUNGER GAMES
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE-ISH⇢ There is going to be a whole lot of reviews out there for this...and most everyone is going to read/listen to it regardless of what the reviews say...which they should because it has lots of little tidbits about the series overall, and makes reading/listening worthwhile...for me, personally...I would've liked it to be shorter, it was overly bland at times.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/27
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THE GHOSTWRITER
BY ALESSANDRA TORRE
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY ANDREA IZZY ANTHONY
⤏ MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER... WITH NO ROMANCE
⤏ NOT THIS AUTHORS USUAL KIND OF FARE
⤏ A JAW-DROPPING TWIST YOU WON'T SEE COMING
⤏ CONFESSIONS, HEARTBREAK, AND A BABY CALF BIRTHING
⤏ A NEW FAVORITE!!!
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ Why did I wait so long to read/listen to this? This is an amazing story...stunningly emotional.
FINISH DATE 05/28
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THE GETAWAY
BY GREER HENDRICKS & SARAH PEKKANEN
NO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY EMILY BAUER
⤏MYSTERY SUSPENSE
⤏TWISTY-ISH
⤏NOT REAL GOOD...NOT REAL BAD
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This was just kind of meh...and regrettably forgettable, but hey, it was free!
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/29
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THE LAST TIME I LIED
BY RILEY SAGER
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY NICOL ZANZARELLA
⤏ SUMMER CAMP MYSTERY
⤏ TWO TIMELINES
⤏ SUSPENSE THRILLER
⤏ OH-SO-TWISTY
⤏ A NEW FAVORITE!!!
⤏ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 12 HOURS, 13 MINUTES
⤏ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This story was shaping up to be a solid 4 stars, maybe a tad higher...and then it dipped to under 4 stars...and then bam...that exert at the very end...5 Stars all the way.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/30
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ONE NIGHT GONE
BY TARA LASKOWSKI
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣
⇢ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY BRITTANY PRESSLEY & NAN MCNAMARA
⤏ DUAL TIMELINES
⤏ A GIRL DISAPPEARS IN ONE TIMELINE
⤏ A WOMAN IN THE OTHER IS PUSHED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER
⤏ TWISTY...MAYBE ALMOST TOO TWISTY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ This is a decent mystery filled with twists & turns and told in dual timelines to keep you guessing as to what actually happened to this missing girl.
FINISH DATE⇢ 05/31
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