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There was an incident, it was curious (and also at night) and then things really started to get interesting.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman

April 28, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

One of the benefits of dragooning your friends into doing the Cannonball Read with you is that they are another great source of book recommendations. I’m not sure when exactly Ale suggested The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time to me, but I have a feeling it was sometime around when she read Marcelo in the Real World last year. Both books feature protagonists with Asperger’s Syndrome, and Ale suggests Marcelo to people who enjoyed Curious Incident. Audible did me a favor […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Asperger's Syndrome, autism, banned book, banned books, challenged book, jeff woodman, Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman, read harder challenge, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Asperger's Syndrome, autism, banned book, banned books, challenged book, jeff woodman, Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman, read harder challenge, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time ·
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Two novellas and a short story.

June 17, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

I really, really like Diana Gabaldon’s Lord John Grey novels, but this collection of shorter stories fell a little bit flat for me. I think what I like most about these books is the character work she does alongside the various mysteries, and there really just wasn’t room for any of that in this short of a format. I think there’s a reason she normally gravitates toward longer books as a writer. (Sidenote: I’m currently reading the second LJG novel and I think it’s hilarious that it’s considered […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Mystery Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon, jeff woodman, lord john and the hand of devils, lord john and the haunted soldier, lord john and the hellfire club, lord john and the succubus, lord john grey, narfna, novellas

narfna's CBR7 Review No:89 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Mystery · Tags: Diana Gabaldon, jeff woodman, lord john and the hand of devils, lord john and the haunted soldier, lord john and the hellfire club, lord john and the succubus, lord john grey, narfna, novellas ·
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