By: Eric Flint – EditorNarrated by: George GuidallSeries: 1632: Ring of Fire, Book 2Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins A decent anthology, and probably better than merely okay, but it was not really what I was looking for. I wanted to fill in some gaps in the world, but I think I will enjoy the…
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Speaker for the Dead
By: Orson Scott CardNarrated by: David Birney, Stefan RudnickiSeries: The Ender Saga, Book 2, The Enderverse, Book 12Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins An excellent and fascinating book. I enjoyed where Card took the story, though I think my expectations were a little too high. I still preferred Ender’s Game. I am not continuing the…
Ender’s Game
By: Orson Scott CardNarrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de CuirSeries: The Ender Saga, Book 1, The Enderverse, Book 6Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins This seems to be a year of rereading books. I wanted to continue with the next book in the series, so I returned to Ender’s Game first. It was…
Patriot Games
By: Tom ClancyNarrated by: Michael PrichardSeries: Jack RyanLength: 20 hrs and 6 minutes Restarting the Jack Ryan series from the beginning and reading it in order. I have read many of these books before, and Patriot Games was a great place to begin again. Classic Clancy. Mentally engaging, geopolitically interesting, and simply enjoyable. It did…
The Ghost Brigades
Old Man’s War, Book 2By: John ScalziNarrated by: William DufrisSeries: Old Man’s War, Book 2Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins Previously read. Just a nice little divertimente. Glad I read it again.
Old Man’s War
By: John ScalziNarrated by: William DufrisSeries: Old Man’s War, Book 1Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins Previously read. Just a nice little divertimente. Glad I read it again.
Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron ChernowNarrated by: Scott BrickLength: 35 hrs and 58 minsRelease date: 12-26-04Language: English Chernow’s prose is beautiful, and he makes an enormous amount of history remarkably easy to follow. I have read numerous books about this era, with Hamilton appearing significantly in many of them, so this biography did not overturn my understanding of…
Kill Shot
An American Assassin ThrillerBy: Vince FlynnNarrated by: George GuidallSeries: Mitch Rapp, Book 2Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins I was mostly looking for a divertimente, something with some shooting and action, and this did the job. I had read it before, so see my previous review for more. A nice, enjoyable read and exactly what…
Lock In
By: John ScalziNarrated by: Wil WheatonSeries: Lock In Series, Book 1Length: 9 hrs and 56 minsRelease date: 08-26-14 I tend to enjoy Scalzi, and this was another good one. He has a fun way of letting you see the world from a different angle without really demanding that you rethink everything you believe about it….
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1
By: Arthur Conan DoyleNarrated by: Charlton GriffinSeries: Complete Holmes, Book ILength: 20 hrs and 17 mins Went back and listened to this one again. Familiar, relaxing reading, and just easy to settle into. I do not have much new to add, but it was a good read and something I could enjoy while still being…
The Strength of the Few
The Strength of the FewHierarchy, Book 2By: James IslingtonNarrated by: Euan MortonSeries: Hierarchy, Book 2Length: 31 hrs and 10 mins Another beautiful entry in the series. I loved the direction Islington took this one and the way he twisted things away from where I thought they were going. I do not have a lot more…
Unseen Realm
By: Michael S. HeiserNarrated by: Tim H. DixonLength: 17 hrs and 10 mins This book reshaped the way I understand Scripture by inviting the reader to see the biblical story through the lens of the divine council, the heavenly court that surrounds the triune God. Heiser’s central argument, that much of the Bible assumes a…