Demon Magic and a Martini - Annette Marie (Audiobook)

Tantor, 2019, 7.3 hours

Read by Chris Dukehart

Listened to: September 2024, age 46

 

The Guild Codex: Spellbound, book 4 

I just like this series.  It's fun.  The series are starting to link up now, too, which is a good time.

 

Rating: 5

Stardust - Neil Gaiman (Audiobook)

Harper Audio, 2012, 6.6 hours

Read by: Neil Gaiman

Listened to: November 2024, age 46

 

The book has a sense of detachment, like someone was reading me a fairy tale.  This annoyed me during the read, but was a strength in the audiobook format.  I quite enjoyed this one.  It's too bad the author ... is this author.  He does have a nice reading voice.

 

Rating: 4

 

The Olympian Affair - Jim Butcher (Audiobook)

Penguin Audio, 2023, 20.4 hours

Read by: Euan Morton

Listened to:  October 2024, age 46

The Cinder Spires, book 2

A somewhat smaller story than book 1, it was perhaps stronger for that choice.  There were still duels, airship battles, and wonderful characters to hang out with.  A lot of fun.

 

Rating: 5
 

Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree (Audiobook)

Macmillan Audio, 2022, 7.3 hours

Read by: Travis Baldree

Listened to:  September 2024

 

This book is just a warm hug, and listening to was just as nice as reading it.

 

Rating: 5

 

 

Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb (Audiobook)

Tantor, 2010, 37.6 hours

Original copyright 1999

Read by Paul Boehmer

Listened to: September 2024, age 46

 

The Farseer, book 3

It took a bit of psyching myself up for this book - all these books are emotionally affecting, and I wasn't ready for it for a while - 8 months or so - after the second book.  This one was more satisfying, and somewhat less negative than the first couple.  It was good, and redeemed the first two to an extent. 

Rating: 4

Moonfall - Jack McDevitt

Harper Prism, 1998, 464 pages 

ISBN: 0-06-105036-9

Read: December 2024, age 46

 

I liked the prose, but the actual story was just a whole bunch of people that I didn't care about doing their thing and succeeding or dying as things went along.  I had enough fun to not write off the author, but I was left wanting more. 

 

The book was published in 1998, and set in 2024 - the setting was pretty ambitious and not so accurate with the way things are going today.

Rating: 3

Thirteen - Kelley Armstrong

Dutton / Penguin, 2012, 442 pages

ISBN: 978-0-525-95283-1

Read: November 2024, age 46

Women of the Otherworld, book 13

A reasonable end to the series, but I felt authorial intent a little too much - it ended this way because the author wanted it to, rather than it feeling inevitable.  Fun, but flawed - and that's pretty much how I felt about the whole series.

Rating: 4