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“His poor judgment is further evidenced by his continued denial of his obvious guilt.”

Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

October 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Midnight Son – 4 stars An upcoming native Alaskan actor, Teddy Kyle Smith, vanishes into the wilderness after his mother’s death and, attacking the first men who come across him, leaves them for dead. But when he is finally captured, he has a bizarre story to tell – that of encountering the Iñukuns, a mythic lost tribe. An Audible original, this audiobook is executed in an interesting documentary format, incorporating interviews and clips from police interrogations and court testimony alongside narration. The case is not […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Alaska, audiobook, crime, David Grann, James Dommek Jr., Native American, oklahoma, true crime, United States

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:78 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Alaska, audiobook, crime, David Grann, James Dommek Jr., Native American, oklahoma, true crime, United States ·
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A twisting tale

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

October 12, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

I chose to listen to Piranesi purely because it was the 2021 Audie Awards Audiobook of the Year, and was read by none other than the velvet voiced Chiwetel Ejiofor. Piranesi is about a man navigating his life living in a maze, and likewise presents itself to the reader as a puzzle that must be navigated. I’ve seen this book described as ‘beautiful and profound’, ‘spectacularly moving’, ‘stunning’, and ‘a masterful work of weird fiction’. I’m glad to see that it has had the effect […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: susanna clarke

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: susanna clarke ·
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Let it go

Good, Great, Perfect by Dr Rebecca Ray

October 12, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

I read a Tweet recently that said: “Have you felt perpetually guilty every day of your life since you were 6, or are you normal?” Never have I felt so seen. I am a goal-setting, anxiety-having, Type-A, perfectionist. It’s something that was bred into me and carefully cultivated over too many decades to deny. It’s part of my DNA. Or, is it? This free audiobook was suggested to me by Audible (am I so transparent??) and so I gave it a go. Dr Rebecca Ray […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Health Tagged With: Dr Rebecca Ray

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Audiobooks, Health · Tags: Dr Rebecca Ray ·
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I don’t know if you’ve heard of this Jane Austen person, but she’s pretty good. She’s going places.

Persuasion by Jane Austin

October 8, 2023 by ingres77 20 Comments

At the risk of sounding melodramatic, there is a feeling that I love, but don’t get to experience that often. It’s a kind of melancholic beauty, piercing in its intensity, with a haunted mien and nebulous structure that can be hard to pin down. It is the beauty of autumn rain, dark chocolate, and sad songs. The beauty of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars. The beauty of Joy Williams singing “Don’t Let Me Down”. The beauty of unrequited love, and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: Florence Pugh, Jane Austin, Persuasion

ingres77's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: Florence Pugh, Jane Austin, Persuasion ·
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“This is the man.”

The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation by Dennis L. Breo , William J. Martin

October 8, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

On a hot summer night in 1966, unemployed seaman Richard Speck broke into a Chicago townhouse and murdered eight nurses who lived there – but a ninth, Corazon Amurao, survived to testify against him. I’ve known about the Speck case for several years, and it’s really quite a horrific yet bizarre story that made a great impact on the judicial system in Illinois. I was excited to get into a book that would cover it in depth, but I found myself startled and pleased with […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 1960s, america, audiobook, Chicago, Dennis L. Breo , William J. Martin, legal system, murder, true crime

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:74 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 1960s, america, audiobook, Chicago, Dennis L. Breo , William J. Martin, legal system, murder, true crime ·
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The Winter of Our Discontent

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

October 8, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In Bliss Montage, a woman and her family live in the same house as her one hundred ex-boyfriends, women trapped in a toxic friendship take a drug that makes themselves invisible, and a pregnant woman must caretake the protruding arm of her fetus as she awaits giving birth to the rest of it. The distance from everyday life that fantasy brings us can be used to magnify reality, and Ling Ma takes takes ample advantage of this in Bliss Montage, a short story collection that examines […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, audiobook, family, Immigration, Ling Ma, magic realism, NetGalley, short stories, surrealism

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:73 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, audiobook, family, Immigration, Ling Ma, magic realism, NetGalley, short stories, surrealism ·
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