The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley Published by Audible Studios, Sourcebooks Landmark on Nov. 22, 2016 (Audible edition; book first published 1997) Genres: Fiction Pages: 421 Format: Audiobook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Named of the… July 26, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★
Posts Categorized: Audiobook
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming (audio review)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming Genres: MG Books Pages: 113 Format: Audiobook Source: gift Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Crackpot is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the… March 22, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race on Sept. 6, 2016 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in… June 9, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 8 ★★★★★
American English (and a whole lot else): Bill Bryson’s Made in America
Made in America Add to Goodreads In Made in America, Bill Bryson de–mythologizes his native land—explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say “lootenant” and “Toosday,” how Americans were eating junk food long before the word… April 19, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★½
Great World Religions: Christianity
Great World Religions: Christianity Series: Great World Religions Also in this series: Great World Religions: Judaism As the world’s largest religion, with more than two billion members, Christianity is “one of religion’s great success stories,” notes Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, himself a former Benedictine monk. But Christianity is more than… Read more »
Great World Religions: Judaism
Great World Religions: Judaism Series: Great World Religions Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Great World Religions: Christianity What is the essence of Judaism? Is it the Ten Commandments, given by God to Israel at Mount Sinai? Or is it the totality of teachings in the Hebrew Bible? Or… Read more »
One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 2013-10-01 Genres: History Pages: 528 Format: Audiobook Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Made in America The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the… Read more »
Striding Folly, by Dorothy L. Sayers (audiobook review)
Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers Narrator: Ian Carmichael Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Published by BBC Audio on 2002 (this audio recording; story collection first published 1972) Genres: Mystery Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Also in this series: Whose Body? Also… August 30, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm short stories, Striding Folly 6 ★★★★
The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (series review)
The Chronicles of Prydain Series: Chronicles of Prydain Add to Goodreads Millions of young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his lively companions as they journey through the magical land of Prydain. First published more than thirty years ago and translated into twenty… Read more »
His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik
His Majesty’s Dragon Series: Temeraire #1 on March 28, 2006 (paperback) Pages: 353 Add to Goodreads Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs… April 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★