It’s been an interesting year for me and audiobooks. Typically, I have many audiobooks that I just love, but this year that hasn’t quite happened. Instead, I have lots of audiobooks that I really liked. It’s probably just me and my crazy life right now, making it a little harder for me to connect on audio. I’m still on the hunt for that “A” audiobook, but for today I’m sharing four audiobooks that did their job – they entertained me….

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The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Publisher: Tor Books (Macmillan Audio)
Release Date: October 6, 2020
Length: 448 pages (17 hrs. 10 min.)
Amazon

{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Addie makes a bargain to live a life of freedom, and 300 years later she’s still struggling with the deal she struck. …

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A Tender Thing by Emily Neuberger
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Release Date: April 7, 2020
Length: 320 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Set on Broadway in 1958, an innocent young starlet and a scandalous new musical collide in this debut novel….

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Late January and all of February has been a very up and down reading time for me. A lot of the the books I read were good, but not overwhelmingly so, and others just did nothing for me. I read a couple books I loved, but those won’t be released until next month. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on two books I enjoyed very much, but that fell just short of wowing me. On both, I think I’m something of an outlier, because many people are raving about these two lovely books. I’m starting to think it’s just me!…

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Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (debut)
Publisher: Celadon Books
Release Date: February 18, 2020
Length: 352 pages
Amazon

{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Years after Claire’s older sister was murdered on a small Caribbean island, she spots a man once suspected to have been involved and upends her entire life trying to uncover his guilt….

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Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Two friends, one rich, the other poor, one free-spirited and aimless, the other ambitious, so what happens when the girl who seems to have it all begins to want even more?…

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Akin by Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

A 79-year old man and the 11-year old great nephew he’s just agreed to temporarily care for travel to Nice, trying to understand the past and each other along their journey….

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The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames (debut)
Publisher: Viking
Release Date: August 27, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

The story of four women’s friendship forged from the day they met as college freshmen, through life’s joys, and especially, life’s hardships….

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The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (debut)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: August 13, 2019
Length: 352 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Four wildly different people must find a way to navigate marriages, friendships, and the rapidly changing world around them, all while struggling to find their own versions of faith….

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The Farm by Joanne Ramos (debut)
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Length: 336 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

In a desperate move to provide for her own baby, Jane signs on to be a surrogate for an unknown woman, conscribing her entire pregnancy to those running a luxurious maternity farm….

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