The Mystery of Alice by Lee Bacon

The Mystery of Alice by Lee Bacon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this Audible mystery; while it is an adult mystery and involves middle school kids, I view it as a crossover for middle school/adult. This unabridged audiobook involved lots of narrators Bryan Kennedy, Jessica Almasy, Josh Hurley, Cassandra Morris, Libby McKnight, Emily Bauer, Michael Crouch, contained a good story and an even better technology component with the apps tracking people's lives, etc. I liked Emily Poe's video diary of her life and was very surprised with the ending; a great whodunit thriller!

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The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read/listened to this audiobook as part of the Hub Challenge (Amelia Bllomer YA, Top 10 List) and oh was it good. I could not stop listening to actress, Linda Lavin's beautiful retelling of her life as Addie Baum to her granddaughter. I learned so much about the 1900's in Boston as Addie was born and raised by immigrant parents from Russia who argue incessantly, the turbulence of the times with illness, death & war and the strong personality of Addie and her sister while her oldest sister has a very sensitive constitution. Addie's view of the world is humorous, honest, and forward thinking. I so enjoyed this vibrant novel; highly recommended!

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Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a fantastic audiobook!!! I loved the narration by Jessica Almasy, Suzanne Toren; their voices were mesmerizing, honest, and their emotion (guarded and euphoric) made me root for Molly and Vivienne as characters, women, and down trodden individuals. What they do with their horrific lives is uplifting, made me cry, and want to rail at all those who treated them so deplorably. If you like historical fiction, multicultural fiction, a great study of women and friendship, listen to Orphan Train! You won't be able to stop listening!!!

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Jennifer Ikeda did a magnificent job of narrating this amazing audiobook! When I say I could not rip myself away from this 16 hour saga; I kept finding ways to keep listening because I just had to know what was happening to Feyre (human) wisked to a faerie court by the very scary wolf (Tamlin) who "imprisons" her in his world because she killed one of his huntsmen, Andris and "The Treaty" gave him the right to take her away from her human world to live in Prythia with the immortal faeries and fae. But this story is so so much more! There are lies, secrets, death, romance, magic, gore (and so much more) and it became so gripping to me to find out why Feyre who is a skilled huntress is constantly called a "stupid" human by Tamlin & those who live with him. It becomes very evident as the story progresses that the reader and Feyre must really listen and not believe everything said because all is as it seems. This definitely was a beauty and the beast type story for me but this is just a back drop to the violent world of the courts and the wicked female leader who is brutal, intent on killing and maiming faeries and fae. Sometimes I had to stop listening- what was happening to Feyre, Lucian, and Tamlin (and others) was pure hell so I would take a break - but then I couldn't stand it any more and I had to know!!! I definitely see this as a crossover book- adults will LOVE this as well as YA. All I can say is, I can't wait for the second book and I will listen to that as well. Just a little aside- this is my FIRST Sarah J. Maas book. Now I am going to begin the Throne of Glass series!

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