The Picture of Dorian GrayBy: Oscar WildeNarrated by: Steven CrossleyLength: 9 hrs and 4 mins What masks do you have in this life that allow you to hide your true self? For Dorian, it is a painting. I really enjoyed this novel. I plan on rereading it in the future.
Category: Recensio Libri
SpecOps: Cut Paste Repeat
SpecOpsExpeditionary Force, Book 2By: Craig AlansonNarrated by: R.C. BraySeries: Expeditionary Force, Book 2Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins I had hopes that this novel would at least continuing the world building beyond what book 1 did. It ended up being an episode of cut and paste adventure. It’s not worth my time.
Columbus Day: Action and Adventure Going Nowhere
Columbus DayExpeditionary Force, Book 1By: Craig AlansonNarrated by: R.C. BraySeries: Expeditionary Force, Book 1Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins I can say it kept my attention enough to finish and mildly enjoyed the process. If the sequel was better, I would say that it may have been a good book as it was laying the…
The Conquering Tide: Teeth of the Dragon
The Conquering TideWar in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944By: Ian W. TollNarrated by: P. J. OchlanSeries: The Pacific War Trilogy, Book 2Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins The mud and guts of a marine strewn on the shore. The Iron and shells of a sailor blasted to bits. Although Japan is no longer in ascendance, it’s…
Armada: Contemporary Nostalgia with a Side of Space Invaders
ArmadaA NovelBy: Ernest ClineNarrated by: Wil WheatonLength: 11 hrs and 50 mins As a master of contemporary nostalgia, I found Cline’s book to be a nice fresh divertimento in the midst of heavy history reading. Not sure the book is worth a relisten, but great light reading.
Pacific Crucible: The Paper Dragon
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942By: Ian W. TollNarrated by: Grover GardnerSeries: The Pacific War Trilogy, Book 1Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins After completing the American European War Trilogy I wanted to complete its counterpoint. The Pacific war while similar in that it is a war against an aggressor is very…
The Three-Body Problem: Sophos Ouroboros
The Three-Body ProblemBy: Cixin LiuNarrated by: Luke DanielsSeries: The Three-Body Problem Series, Book 1Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins In the 1960s the communist party’s fundamental physics projects form the foundation for our next cataclysm. Can humanity save itself from itself? I found this book enjoyably hard to get through. I recognize that this is…
Matterhorn: Soul Eater
MatterhornA Novel of the Vietnam WarBy: Karl MarlantesNarrated by: Bronson PinchotLength: 21 hrs and 11 mins In reading this book I was confronted with the ethereal face of a man in pain from fear of losing his soul. After traversing the mud-sucking pages of chapters encased in sodden boots while steeped in the fetid rot…
The Guns at Last Light: Nostalgia for a Great Tragedy
The Guns at Last LightThe War in Western Europe, 1944-1945By: Rick AtkinsonNarrated by: L. J. GanserSeries: The Liberation Trilogy, Book 3Length: 32 hrs and 18 mins The Phoenix is trained and ready for its final engagement with the foe. From the invasion of Normandy to liberating concentration camps. This concluding volume covers an episode of…
The Dead Drink First: Remembering the Cost
The Dead Drink FirstBy: Dale MaharidgeNarrated by: Dale MaharidgeLength: 3 hrs and 31 mins When you consider the lives lost it is upon the living to remember the sacrifice of the dead. In the ages of men, there have been few times where the bodies of the fallen have received such nearly universal remembrance as…
The Day of Battle: Arise Phoenix and Conquer Romulus
The Day of BattleThe War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944By: Rick AtkinsonNarrated by: Jonathan DavisSeries: The Liberation Trilogy, Book 2Length: 32 hrs and 41 mins Victorious in the crimson gore of North Africa, the Allied Army moves on to the “Soft Underbelly” of the Third Reich. The campaigns in Sicily and Italy were the sensible…
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August: Years Forgetting
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustBy: Claire NorthNarrated by: Peter KennyLength: 12 hrs and 10 mins Death and reincarnation of the same life. What mechanics does it bring about? The inability to forget and living for eternity. In the shadow of eternity in this mortal cycle, death appears to become a peaceful end but…