As you’ll see in the reviews this is a wide range of books, including a memoir, a couple debuts, favorite authors, and more. I hope you find a book or two that piques your interest!…

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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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In my post last week I mentioned that I’d have audiobook reviews to share this week and I made it! Things are crazy in my life right now. In my work life, about half of the students in my school are headed into a hybrid model and the other half will be staying online for the rest of the year. That means the make up of ALL our classes are changing. Monday will be like a first day of school…in March. It’s crazy, but I’m happy to be one of the teachers who will continue teaching online. On the home front, I’m in the early stages of a remodel and am spending ridiculous lengths of time checking out things online, ordering samples, getting estimates. Needless to say, my reading/listening time has been impacted, but these three audiobooks were each so good that I flew through them. Even better, they’re ALL debuts, so there are three new authors to keep an eye out for!…

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It’s been a really crazy month with family occupying much of my time, so that writing reviews has fallen a little by the wayside. I managed to get in three full length reviews, all of books I loved.  October has actually been a really top-notch reading month for me, so among the six titles I’m sharing with you today are several more that really worked (and maybe one or two that didn’t). I’ll start with two I read in print and then move on to the many audiobooks I listened to this month….

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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date: October 6, 2020
Length: 256 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Something bizarre is happening out there, forcing two very different couples to face their fears and themselves….

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With the start of school I knew my reading time would not be quite what it was in the summer, but I still manage to read eight (or maybe nine) books this month. Writing posts, however, has been difficult. Truly, school is all consuming right now, so as much as I’d like to spotlight some of these in their very own book reviews, I just can’t find the time or energy right now. I also know that your time is probably limited, too, so maybe these shorter reviews will work for all of us!…

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Over the last month I’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks. In June almost half my reading (7 out of 15 books) was on audio. I had a couple of long drives in there which added to my listening time, and honestly, I just plain love listening to a great book. So, today I’m sharing four audiobooks, including three backlist books and one upcoming release. Happy listening! …

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The last couple months have been a weird time. A very weird time. As I write this post, most of us are starting our seventh week of social distancing and largely staying at home. The first couple of weeks my mind was bouncing around all over the place and reading was HARD. As April began, I settled in and reading came back to me as a comfort. Writing, however has remained difficult. Part of it is time, since teaching from home is so much harder than I’d ever imagined, but most of it is just mental head space. So now, at the end of April, I have six books I’ve yet to review, and am going to take care of them all in a series of very short reviews!

As I do so, I want to clear something up. I’ve had comments about books that I give a grade in the B range to as not being a book I liked. That’s far from true. A grade in the B range is a book I gave 4 stars to on Goodreads. It’s probably not a book that’s going to end up on my Best Books of the Year list, but it is still a book well worth reading. An A book has to completely blow me away and leave me with a book hangover, but a B book did its job. It entertained me and I think they’ll do the same for many others!…

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Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (debut)
Publisher: Celadon Books
Release Date: February 18, 2020
Length: 352 pages
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{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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We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Release Date: January 14, 2020
Length: 320 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

Students in an MFA program watch with interest and delight as two of its most interesting students lay out a plot of revenge against one of their professors….

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