Format: Digital Audiobook

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games is such a happy re-read for me. I mean, come on. This book has everything. A realistically devised dystopian future. Interesting characters with hidden depths! There’s so much at stake and the balance of action and romance is just A++ good. I love this trilogy. The Hunger Games was the dystopia that pushed YA dystopia into the spotlight, and there’s a prequel coming! What’s not to love? This marks my fifth time reading this book. I am the type of reader who may remember the format, but will often forget details as I read. I feel like every time […]

Posted September 14, 2019 in Reviews // 4 Comments //

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

At first, I was hesitant going into Illuminae for two reasons: it is a very hyped book, and it was mixed media, which may/may not work in audiobook format. I kept my expectations pretty low, because a lot of the super hyped books don’t really work for me. Going into the early chapters of Illuminae, I was glad I protected myself with low expectations. The world was interesting, and the action started right away, but the characters? Meh. Especially in the early chapters, they’re all quite vague and flirtatious. There are moments that are good mixed in, like the initial battle between the […]

Posted September 9, 2019 in Reviews // 2 Comments //

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe

The story being told in The Librarian of Auschwitz is fascinating, but the way it is being told doesn’t do it justice. I found myself zoning out a lot during this book because of the lack of rising action. I’ve thought long and hard about this, because the partially-fictionalized stories of the real people in this novel have a lot of potential, and I think these stories should be told, but the experience was challenging for me as a reader. To put it frankly, I was bored. Although I enjoy history, my main interest leans toward stories older than WWII. That […]

Posted September 7, 2019 in Reviews // 2 Comments //

You’re Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

I think I can safely say that You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is my favorite memoir to date. Felicia Day is very accessible at all times, and this feels more like reading someone’s personal journals than a celebrity memoir. For example, her name drops? Almost zero. I think these days, most people who know Felicia have watched Supernatural. Her character, Charlie Bradbury, is very popular on the show. I will fully and happily admit that I’m a fan myself. But I was aware of Felicia Day long before she appeared as Charlie. I am familiar with her largely because she was […]

Posted September 5, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

This book came at me so unexpectedly, and I absolutely loved it. Honestly, I was expecting something a lot darker after reading A Great and Terrible Beauty, but Beauty Queens is downright laugh-out-loud funny! This book is highly satirical, so I think if it doesn’t tickle your sense of humor early on, you probably won’t like it. For me, I understood where Libba Bray was going with a lot of her regional stereotypes. And honestly? This is one of the best narrated books I’ve ever listened to. Libba Bray reads this audiobook herself, and she’s got all the regional accents down pat to […]

Posted September 2, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

Hunger by Roxane Gay

I feel like rubbish when I don’t enjoy a book that everyone else loves. Okay. So. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Hunger. In fact, it’s a very raw, honest memoir about a topic that is so deeply personal. The stories Roxane Gay shares are intense and difficult to read. You’re not supposed to love this book, but you are supposed to respect and support it. I still didn’t like it. And not in that “this makes me uncomfortable, so I dislike it” way. It’s the writing style. Roxane Gay tells her stories in such a way that unapologetically calls out the types […]

Posted August 25, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //