Audiobooks at 2x speed help me get through books quickly. Sometimes too quickly.
Month: February 2018
Bound
My thoughts: I give it ♥♥♥♥ I’ve already read this series (both #1 and #2) twice. I’ve been in a book slump so I thought this would get me out of it. Maybe it has. I did not notice in my previous listening to the audiobook how petulant the narrator made the female character sound.…
Any Means Necessary
My thoughts: I give it ⊗ I’m at 50% and just can’t seem to go any further. It is just too predictable so I placed it in my ‘did not finish’ pile. Author’s Blurb: When nuclear waste is stolen by jihadists in the middle of the night from an unguarded New York City hospital, the…
From Afar
My thoughts: I give it ♥♥ After finishing “Red Sparrow” ****shudder at the incredible boredom and heaviness of the book**** I thought I would try something totally different. From Afar could not have been any different! It was light, implausible and not to be taken seriously. It allowed me to check out for an hour…
I’m Taking Tomorrow off. Any questions?
The Hunted
My thoughts: I give it ⊗ I have read this author’s first book “The Spy” and I liked it. I have to admit that it took me 4 months to get 50% into this one. Then I gave up on it. I did not like the secondary character ‘Squeeker’ and found her grating. I have placed…
Hong Kong Black
My thoughts: I give it ♥♥♥♥. I enjoyed the first book in this series so I was excited about the sequel. All the things that made the first so enjoyable are to be found in Hong Kong Black. The main character, Nick Foley, is wonderfully written. The authors have avoided all the pitfalls that are usually found…
My Brain Vacation 