FOR THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER
September shaped up to be an excellent month of listening for me, and a phenomenal start to Halloween Bingo. I almost finished all 25 books for it. I am a listening machine these days. When I go back to 1st shift at work, I'll miss listening to Audiobooks, for sure.
MY MONTHLY RECAP IS AS FOLLOWS⇢
20 TOTAL AUDIOBOOKS
( 12,562 MINUTES)
6,856 PAGES (CONVERTED TO PAGES FROM KINDLE VERSION)
THE BOOKS⇣
CLICKING THE GRAPHIC TAKES YOU TO MY REVIEW
AUDIOBOOK ￮ HOME BEFORE DARK ￮ RILEY SAGER
THE DETAILS✎❐ HORROR/MYSTERY❐ TOLD FROM TWO POV'S (MAGGIE & HER FATHER)❐ CREEPY AF HAUNTED HOUSE STORY❐ WOODSY VERMONT SETTING
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ Home Before Dark is smartly written, perfectly paced, creepily spooky, outrageously crafty, and wickedly twisty.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/01
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE BRIGHT LANDS ￮ JOHN FRAM
THE DETAILS✎❐ MURDER/MYSTERY/HORROR❐ LITTLE PARTS VARSITY BLUES OR FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS❐ LITTLE PARTS STRANGER THINGS❐ LITTLE PARTS QUEER❐ LITTLE PARTS WTF!!!❐ TEXAS + FOOTBALL + SOMETHING REALLY DARK & TWISTED
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ What are the bright lands and what exactly goes down there...these are the elements to pay attention to when reading this...and I literally never saw IT coming...jaw-droppingly weird is what it is.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/02
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING ￮ ALEXIS HENDERSON
THE DETAILS✎❐ PURITANICAL SOCIETY❐ FEMINIST FANTASY❐ DYSTOPIAN-ISH❐ VIBING THE GRACE YEAR WITH THE SALEM WITCHES❐ TOLD FROM A SINGLE POV --IMMANUELLE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ If dystopian, historical, and fantasy got together and created a genre that is equal parts of each of them, that would be what this feels like to me...maybe, we could call it fandystorian.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/04
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER ￮ LOIS DUNCAN
THE DETAILS✎❐ THE BOOK CAME FIRST❐ THERE IS A MOVIE❐ DEFINITE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BOOK & MOVIE❐ YA/MIDDLE-GRADE HORROR
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ It was a quick listen and it was interesting to see how it differed from the movie...or what I remember of the movie, anyway.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/05
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE SEA OF LOST GIRLS ￮ CAROL GOODMAN
THE DETAILS✎❐ MURDER AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ I found this to be overall...uninspiring, unengaging, and predictable...and I'm basically unmotivated to say anything more about this.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/07
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ FRAMED ￮ S.L. MCINNIS
THE DETAILS✎❐ TWO PARTS PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER❐ ONE PART POLICE PROCEDURAL❐ ONE PART MARITAL HISTRIONICS❐ MIXED TOGETHER FOR A FIENDISHLY CLEVER STORY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ I was completely sucked in from the beginning and I was there for the ride that this book took me on.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/08
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE TWISTED ONES ￮ T. KINGFISHER
THE DETAILS✎❐ FOLKLORE-ISH, WEIRDLY HORROR-IF-IC AND ODDLY ENTERTAINING❐ BONGO...A GIRLS BEST FRIEND IS HER DOG❐ LAUGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS❐ DEER EFFIGIES, CREEPY DOLLS & DISAPPEARING HILLS
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ Deer effigies, creepy dolls, and disappearing hills are just a few of the elements you'll find within this story...if you're a fan of the weird and unexplained this might be perfect for you.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/09
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE GHOST TREE ￮ CHRISTINA HENRY
THE DETAILS✎❐ YA HORROR❐ WITCHES, CURSES, AND BLOODY SACRIFICES❐ EVIL LURKING IN THE WOODS❐ MULTIPLE POV'S❐ SET IN THE 80'S...WITH PLENTY OF REFERENCES
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ This isn't really a retelling but it almost feels like it could be...there's even a princess...but you know, she dies (not really a spoiler)...that's pretty much what this author does turns the fairytales on their ass, so to speak.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/10
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ BLOOD AND SALT ￮ KIM LIGGETT
THE DETAILS✎❐ BLOOD AND SALT #1 OF 2❐ GOTHIC HORROR ROMANCE❐ TOLD FROM ONE POV❐ A UTOPIA...OR IS IT A CULT❐ SECRETS, LIES, BETRAYALS & MYSTERIOUS DEATHS❐ WTF IS UP WITH THAT CORN
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ Since I'm woefully behind on my reviews lately...this is going to be super quick. Take some forbidden romance, a set of fraternal twins, one of which sees dead people or one dead person, a creepy cornfield in Kansas, a little bit of alchemy, and a bit of sketchy immortality mixed with one weird little "town" where everyone thinks they are living in some kind of utopia and that is Blood and Salt in a nutshell.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/11
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE LIAR'S GIRL ￮ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
THE DETAILS✎❐ SERIAL KILLER MURDER MYSTERY❐ THE GRAND CANAL IN DUBLIN, IRELAND❐ HER BOYFRIEND CONFESSES...BUT IS HE REALLY GUILTY?❐ FLASH-FORWARD TEN YEARS...THERE SEEMS TO BE A COPYCAT❐ ALTERNATES BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ This is my second book by this author, and while I didn't get sucked in as I did with The Nothing Man, I still found this to be a decent listen/read.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/13
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THICKER THAN BLOOD ￮ MADELINE SHEEHAN & CLAIR C RILEY
THE DETAILS✎❐ THICKER THAN BLOOD #1❐ ZOMBIE POST-APOCALYPTIC❐ SOME ROMANCE❐ UNSATISFYING ENDING...
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ This is a bleak zombie-infested world with not even a hint of happiness to be found unless you count some good sex as happiness.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/14
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE SEARCH PARTY ￮ SIMON LELIC
THE DETAILS✎❐ A GROUP OF "FRIENDS" SEARCHES FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN❐ I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMBODY'S WATCHING ME...❐ SOMEONE ENDS UP DEAD❐ TOLD IN PRESENT TENSE & PAST TENSE❐ MANY POV'S WITH A FULL-CAST❐ SECRETS, LIES & BETRAYALS...
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ This slowly insinuated itself under my skin without me even realizing it...making me contemplate the what-ifs and should-haves...it just goes to show, the truth really can set you free.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/15
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ DON'T LOOK FOR ME ￮ WENDY WALKER
THE DETAILS✎❐ MYSTERY⬦ SUSPENSE ⬦ THRILLER❐ FAMILY TRAGEDY❐ DUAL POV'S --BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER❐ FANTASTICALLY PACED❐ INTENSE & TWISTY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ This story will keep you guessing until the end...giving you just enough clues to keep you trying to put it together and work it out...and even then it will surprise you.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/16
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE NIGHT OLIVIA FELL ￮ CHRISTINA MCDONALD
THE DETAILS✎❐ IS IT...ACCIDENT, ATTEMPTED MURDER OR SUICIDE❐ DUAL POV'S BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER❐ SINGLE/HELICOPTER MOM TO THE EXTREME❐ A DAUGHTER WITH SECRETS --INCLUDING A PREGNANCY
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ With characters that I really cared about and a storyline that felt like every parent's worse nightmare, this one really got to me, both as a mystery and on an emotional level.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/17
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ DARK ISLAND ￮ MATT JAMES
THE DETAILS✎❐ PREHISTORIC BEASTS OF THE DINOSAUR VARIETY❐ JULES VERNE MEETS MICHAEL CRICHTON❐ THERE'S EVEN A SHOUT-OUT TO DR. GRANT & JURASSIC PARK❐ TINY SPLASH OF ROMANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ Dark Island is like Jurassic Park meets Journey to the Center of the Earth, and it is one heck of a ride.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/18
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ ROAD OUT OF WINTER ￮ ALISON STINE
THE DETAILS✎❐ A STAND-ALONE...BUT IT FELT LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE A SEQUEL❐ SINGLE POV❐ CLIMATE CHANGE --ENDLESS WINTER❐ APOCALYPTIC WORLD
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ While very well written, with characters who were likable and had real depth to them, I was still ultimately put off by the ending because it didn't really have one...as if it was reaching for something that never really happened.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/21
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ BIRD BOX ￮ JOSH MALERMAN
THE DETAILS✎❐ BIRD BOX #1❐ TOLD IN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT❐ AN UNSEEABLE MONSTER❐ ONCE YOU DO SEE IT...YOU DON'T LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT❐ APOCALYPTIC HORROR❐ A BIT OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDFUCK❐ THERE IS A MOVIE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ I'm thrilled that I gave in and listened to this because it is super intense and not to be missed because it is undoubtedly an experience although I might be too scared to watch the movie.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/22
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ BONE GAP ￮ LAURA RUBY
THE DETAILS✎❐ MAGICAL REALISM❐ PART CONTEMPORARY, PART FANTASY❐ YA- ISH❐ WHIMSICAL WITH A DARK EDGE❐ SPLASH OF ROMANCE
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ An unusual, fairytale-ish story with a mysteriously darkish lining to it, that ultimately lost me somewhere along the way...I think it was when the magical horse came about.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/23
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ AND NOW SHE'S GONE ￮ RACHEL HOWZELL HALL
THE DETAILS✎❐ SLOW-BURN MYSTERY❐ SOME THRILLS & SUSPENSE❐ DOMESTIC ABUSE❐ IDENTITY THEFT
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ The narrative was kept fresh by dealing with themes of domestic abuse, identity theft, and a stolen dog named Kenny G.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/26
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AUDIOBOOK ￮ THE NEED ￮ HELEN PHILLIPS
THE DETAILS✎❐ NOT THE STORY I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE❐ MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL THAN SCIENCE FICTION❐ DABBLES IN ALTERNATE/PARALLEL UNIVERSES❐ MOTHERHOOD BLUES
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE ➯ I was completely flipping lost with this book and if it wasn't for the Reader Q & A section on Goodreads...I would have gone on being totally confused.
FINISH DATE ➯ 09/30
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MY PICK FOR BEST COVER FOR THE MONTH IS
WHAT CAN I SAY...THE DINOSAURS GET ME EVERY TIME...
