With another week left to go in October, I’m finding that I’m severely behind on writing reviews. I usually wait until the very end of the month, but thought it was time to shine a light on these October releases. Each of the four books is unique and a little unsettling, but all in very different ways. Some I enjoyed, one I decidedly did not! So, let’s get to my October mini-reviews for all the gritty details….

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Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (debut)
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Random House Audio)
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Length: 304 pages (9 hrs. 6 min.)
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

A charming little story of a young widow and a down-and-out Major League pitcher struggling to find paths toward a new normal….

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I’ve had a lot of success with audio books recently, especially when it comes to nonfiction. One thing I’ve learned is that the narrator can make or break the book. I recently started (and quit on) an audio book where the narrator was just so flat that it made the book dull. That definitely is not the case with either of these audio versions!…

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