FOR THE MONTH OF
JUNE
MY MONTHLY RE-CAP IS AS FOLLOWS⇢
19 AUDIOBOOKS, 1 OF WHICH IS AN AUDIBLE SHORT
(11,204 MINUTES)
6,669 SOME PAGES (CONVERTED TO PAGES FROM KINDLE VERSION)
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THE BOOKS⤏
AUDIOBOOK 🔹 SIX OF CROWS 🔹 BY LEIGH BARDUGO
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ NARRATION PERFORMED BY A FULL-CAST⤏ BOOK #1 OF SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY⤏ YA-ISH FANTASY⤏ SET IN THE GRISHA-VERSE⤏ A HEIST...THINK OCEANS 11 MEETS A FANTASY WORLD⤏ WITH AN INTRIGUING CREW OF SIX⤏ SOME SUBTLE ROMANCEMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⇢ I liked this so much more than The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, which is due in part to the characters and the central plot differences and also the full-cast narration.
FINISH DATE⇢ 06/03
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THE ECHO ROOM 🔹 BY PARKER PEEVYHOUSE
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY MATT GODFREY⤏ MYSTERIOUS YA SCY-FY⤏ FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIAN WORLD WITH TIME-TRAVELING⤏ MY REVIEW IN ONE WORD: REPETITIVE⤏ LIKE GROUNDHOGS DAY...BUT NOT FUNNY⤏ WITH STARSHIP TROOPER-ESQUE BUGS AND SECRET BUNKERSMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The story is intriguing, the characters were likable...but I'm not sure that the plotline is something that could be pulled off in as many pages that this was.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/05
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THE DIRT: CONFESSIONS OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ROCK BAND 🔹 MOTLEY CRUE
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SEBASTIAN YORK, ROGER WAYNE, FRED BERMAN, MACLEOD ANDREWS & HILLARY HUBER⤏ SEX, DRUGS & ROCK N' ROLL⤏ MÖTLEY CRÃœE⤏ NIKKI SIXX⤏ TOMMY LEE⤏ VINCE NEIL⤏ MICK MARSMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This book is raunchy, decadent, self-absorbed, and raw at times...so, basically I loved it.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/06
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 PURGATORY DUOLOGY 🔹 AMY HARMON
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY EMILY WOO ZELLER⤏ TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE⤏ CONTEMPORARY MIXED WITH SUPERNATURAL⤏ CURRENT CENTURY VERSUS THE 50'S⤏ YOUNG ADULTMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ Slow Dance in Purgatory felt more like a ghost story...with dual timelines, while Prom Night in Purgatory had more of a time-travel/science fiction feel to it.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/08 & 06/09
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 SANCTUM 🔹 BY SARAH FINE
THE DETAILS⇣⤏WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY AMY MCFADDEN⤏ GUARDS OF THE SHADOWLANDS #1⤏ WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE⤏ A VERSION OF HELL...⤏ YA URBAN FANTASY⤏ WITH A SPLASH OF ROMANCEMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ Definitely, something different, I really liked this imaginative story, it's unlike anything I ever read before and in a good way...with a kick-ass heroine and a very likable hero.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/10
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 DOOKU: JEDI LOST 🔹 BY CAVAN SCOTT
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY A FULL-CAST⤏ FULL-CAST NARRATION⤏ WITH SOUND EFFECTS⤏ SHOULD ONLY BE EXPERIENCED THROUGH AUDIO⤏ OVERALL, THE STORY FELT LIKE IT WAS MISSING SOMETHING...MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ So, if you're going to read this, I suggest you rethink that and listen to the Audio...because it's definitely made for that medium...with a full-cast narration that is either dead on or comes really close to sounding just like the characters in the movies.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/15
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 HIDDEN BODIES 🔹 BY CAROLINE KEPNES
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ RATING 4½ ✰STARS✰⤏ NARRATION RATING4½ ✰STARS✰⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SANTINO FONTANA⤏ JOE IS BACK...WITH REVENGE IN MIND⤏ AND HE IS IN FULL-ON KILLER MODE⤏ HE EVEN DENYS BEING A SOCIOPATH⤏ WHAT'S "LOVE" GOT TO DO WITH IT...MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏Joe is back and he's really going off the rails this time.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/15
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 LOCK EVERY DOOR 🔹 BY RILEY SAGER
THE DETAILS⇣⤏WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY DYLAN MOORE⤏ MYSTERY-SUSPENSE-THRILLER⤏ FIRST-PERSON SINGLE POV⤏ APARTMENT HOUSE-SITTING GIG AT THE BARTHOLOMEW⤏ STRANGE LEGENDS & A SINISTER HISTORY⤏ A SET OF RULES NOT TO BE BROKEN⤏ MYSTERIOUS NOISES...LOST ITEMS IN THE HEATER GRATES⤏ DISAPPEARING HOUSE-SITTERS...WHAT IS HAPPENING???MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏The tension or the what-the-f*ck-ness set from the beginning is palpable throughout the story.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/16
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THIS IS HOW I LIED 🔹 BY HEATHER GUDENKAUF
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY BRITTANY PRESSLEY⤏ MYSTERY - THRILLER -SUSPENSE⤏ INTENSE PACING⤏ A TWIST...THAT'S NOT REALLY A TWIST⤏ THREE SEPARATE POINT OF VIEWS⤏ ALTERNATING TIMELINES WHERE THE TRUTH SLOWLY COMES ABOUT⤏ ONE PECULIAR CHARACTER WITH SOME MORBID CURIOSITIESMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ On the surface...this book was an intense ride with a little bit of possible insanity thrown into it...but, when you finish reading and start analyzing it...you're bound to find some fault within.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/17
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THE FIRE BETWEEN HIGH & LO 🔹 BY BRITTAINY C. CHERRY
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY GRAHAM HALSTED & EMILY WOO ZELLER⤏ ELEMENTS SERIES #2 (CAN BE READ AS STAND-ALONE)⤏ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE⤏ YA TRANSITIONING INTO NA⤏ FRIENDS TO LOVERS⤏ DRUG ADDICTION⤏ RECIPIENTS OF THE CRAPPIEST PARENT AWARDS⤏ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 9 HOURS, 3 MINUTES⤏ I LISTENED ON AUDIBLE THROUGH AUDIBLE ESCAPEMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ I think this book lost me with the weird, oft times cheesy banter between the two MC's and their inner dialogue...their decisions didn't always feel authentic and I just couldn't relate to them.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/18
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THE LOST 🔹 BY SARAH BETH DURST
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY CHARLOTTE NORTH⤏ THE LOST SERIES #1 OF NOTHING...SO FAR⤏ THE REST OF THE SERIES ISN'T GOING TO BE PUBLISHED⤏ WHY'D I LISTEN TO THIS...IF BOOK #2 & #3 ARE NOT BEING PUBLISHED⤏ AND YET IT'S A COMPLETELY UNIQUE CONCEPT⤏ FANTASY/MYSTERY⤏ FELT LIKE A MASH-UP OF SO MANY MOVIES/TV/BOOKSMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ My rating is heavily influenced by the fact that the next two books are not ever coming out...or don't seem to be...it has been six years after all...but if they do, that'd be cool.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/21
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 THE BEST LIES 🔹 BY SARAH LYU
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY NANCY WU⤏ THE PRANKS OF PAPER TOWNS MEETS THE TOXICITY OF DANGEROUS GIRLS⤏ THAT'S ULTIMATELY PREDICTABLE AF⤏ YA CONTEMPORARY⤏ A TOXIC FRIENDSHIP HEADED FOR DISASTER⤏ TINY SPLASH OF DOOMED ROMANCEMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ If you like a story about the inner workings that will lead to a tragic downfall...all while knowing how it turns out in the end...then this might be the story for you.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/22
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 OUR LAST NIGHT 🔹 BY TAYLOR ADAMS
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY SCOTT MERRIMAN⤏ SUPERNATURAL - GHOSTS, DEMONS & A CURSED FIREARM⤏ TIME-TRAVELING-ISH⤏ THRILLER W/INTENSE PACING⤏ HORROR-IF-IC & GORY⤏ DEALING WITH THE GRIEF OF A SPOUSE⤏ A PET SAVANNAH MONITOR (I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE)MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The pacing was so intense...it was almost too intense to keep up with at times.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/23
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 WHAT UNBREAKABLE LOOKS LIKE 🔹 BY KATE MCLAUGHLIN
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY JESSE VILINSKY⤏ SEX TRAFFICKING⤏ SURVIVOR STORY⤏ FINDING YOUR WORTH AFTER IT'S BEEN STOMPED ON & STOLEN FROM YOU⤏ GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF RAPE, DRUG USE, AND ABUSE⤏ SPLASH OF ROMANCEMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏This book is difficult to read at times, with graphic depictions of rape, forced drug use, and the degrading/warping of one's mind...but, it's so damn indelible, it will gut you.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/25
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 SAVAGED 🔹 BY MIA SHERIDAN
LILIN
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY CHRISTIAN FOX & CHELSEA HATFIELD⤏ CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE⤏ MONTANA WILDERNESS⤏ MYSTERIOUS BACKSTORY⤏ HERO RAISED HIMSELF ALONE⤏ SOME BELIEVABILITY ISSUESMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The ingenuousness of this story is remarkable but...sadly, I just wasn't feeling like it was always believable...but overall, I did enjoy seeing where she would take this...and although it was farfetched, I really liked the characters and their romance was sweet.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/26
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 AHSOKA 🔹 BY E.K. JOHNSTON
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY ASHLEY EKSTEIN⤏ STAR WARS DISNEY CANNON⤏ BACKSTORY FOR AHSOKA/ASHLA/FULCRUM (MORE LIKE MIDDLE-STORY)⤏ JEDI PADAWANMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ Ahsoka is fierce, loyal and a Jedi...what's not to love...
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/29
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 WHEN ASHES FALL 🔹 BY MARNI MANN
LINK TO REVIEW
THE DETAILS⇣⤏ WITH AUDIO PERFORMED BY AVA ERICKSON, AIDEN SNOW & TEDDY HAMILTON⤏ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE⤏ FICTIONAL STORY AMIDST A REAL-LIFE TRAGEDY⤏ PTSD⤏ TOLD IN DUAL TIMELINES WITH THREE ALTERNATING POINT OF VIEWS⤏ & CAKE...LOTS OF CAKE EATINGMY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The story that is set-up here could have been a really emotional one...only I could see where it was going easily...and I never really felt fully invested in it.
FINISH DATE⤏ 06/30
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AUDIOBOOK 🔹 LOAM 🔹 BY SCOTT HEIM
PART OF THE AMAZON ORIGINALS FROM THE DISORDER COLLECTION⤏
A very short, weird, and totally creepy little story that ends way too abruptly.
FINISH DATE⤏06/09
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SINCE I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS COVER...BEST COVER OF THE MONTH GOES TO...
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