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Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alice Feeney wrote a most delicious thriller. It reminded me of scary ghost stories around the campfire, but much more detailed and realistic. Though not at all. You’ll understand once you read or listen to it.
If you choose to listen, Richard Armitage (Narrator) and Tuppence Middleton (Narrator) tell the story with great acting and characterization. I love their accents.
Once again, I found this book on Libby as an available audiobook. Now I’ve found a new author to enjoy.
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I can’t explain this properly. Even the blurb doesn’t. But this part of the blurb might help:
Joey Vasquezโs life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, sheโs a lawyer on the cusp of making partner, she owns her house in Los Angeles, and she almost keeps pace with her doctor sister in her parentsโ eyes.
When she reluctantly arrives at the very couple-y dinner party hosted by Elijah Aarons, the best friend sheโs secretly pined after for fourteen years, sheโs dismayed to find that the last person on earth sheโd ever want to see again is also Alex Aquino. Your basic rich Silicon Beach bro asshole. The night couldnโt possibly get worseโand then she dies.
When Joey is given a second chance at life, she finds herself eighteen again, the year she first met both Elijah and Alex. Armed with memories from her first life, Joey is certain sheโs come back to finally convince the one man she ever loved to love her backโso why does she find herself strangely drawn to the man she thought she hated?
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Natalie Messier’s book is very different. It isn’t really time travel. I love how she leads us through the thought processes we might go through should we have that after-life; choices we might face if we come back younger. Could we work our way through regrets and find a way to make the world better for us and others.
Alejandra Reynoso, Timothy Andrรฉs Pabon narrated the characters very well. I loved how authentic the languages sounded.
Libby recommended this in available audiobooks. It was fun and thought provoking.
I thought I’d show a motion picture to show what came to mind when I read the prompt. Okay, a video. It was the time when MTV played all day when my kids were teenagers.
this YouTube brought up emotions of my nieces, daughter and I had high note contest. I think Anna won back then. I miss those energetic times when we were all in perpetual motion .
Nightwork by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This audiobook was a surprise. At every turn, I found the shame of prejudging what I thought it was going to be.
I mostly read or listen to books written by women with women as the main character. And Nora Roberts seemed to meet that requirement for me. By the way, there is nothing against male authors or male main characters. But for most of my life, that was what seemed available. So a few years ago I made this my goal.
First surprise: instead of January LaVoy narrating, a male voice, Will Damron, told the story.
Second: the young male loves his mother and aunt so much that he took up robbery.
Third and beyond: oops, that would be spoilers.
I didn’t think I would be hoping for a thief. But I did.
May I suggest this as a diversion that still fits in Nora Roberts-land? I picked up this audiobook from Libby.
Legacy by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Nora Roberts is a genius writer; her characters are so well-developed that I feel I could call them friends. They even help inspire me to be better. Even her antagonists seem realistic enough that I hope I never meet anyone like them.
January LaVoy brings in even more personality and spirit to these books. I loved how she grew Adrian from a little girl to an adult through her voice acting.
There was something about this book that made me feel I was getting healthier and finding family and friends. I want to get busy with yoga.
Though there is some romance, as there seems to be in Ms. Roberts’s books, it is not the most important part. Living life to the fullest seems to be the main theme.
Again, I was lucky to find this audiobook on Libby.
What’s with the snow above 6k feet in Oregon Cascades tonight and 30ยฐ here tomorrow night?
In answer to Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt.
I have 5 book reviews to write. Just too tired to write them today. See you tomorrow!
Well, I’m back on antibiotics. At least it’s a less strong one. Guess I should be glad I didn’t camp on the night when it was unseasonally 36 degrees at night.
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