Category Archives: Mood Music – Audiobook reviews

Mood Music: Wickett’s Remedy by Myla Goldberg – Audiobook Review

I was pretty excited about getting into this book after reading the description.  It was a random library pickup, but the author sounded familiar, along with her previous book (Bee Season), and it sounded like a different kind of story.  … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Out by Natsuo Kirino – Audiobook Review

This is a really difficult review to write.  From the description and some reviews of this book, I expected a thriller about four Japanese women, touching on their rebellion against their still patriarchal society.  For a large part of the … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber – Audiobook Review

At first glance, I thought Origin would be a run of the mill police procedural thriller.  I’m happy with those, and I was excited by the prospect of a female protagonist.  When I got into it, there were a couple … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen – Audiobook Review

I’m sure by now, most of our readers have heard the buzz, or at least the gist of it, on Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants.  Released three years ago, it shot to #1 on the New York Times Best Seller … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Invisible by Paul Auster – an Audiobook Review

I’m not sure what I was really expecting out of Invisible, by Paul Auster.  The description billed it as a dark, sexy, almost thriller-y book.  Well, there was a lot of sex, that was for sure. The book begins with … Continue reading

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Mood Music: What is the What by Dave Eggers – Audiobook Review

I admit, my last review was a much needed break from the intensity of this fictionalized account of the civil war in Sudan.  What is the What is labeled a novel, but in the introduction, we find out that the … Continue reading

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Mood Music: Echo Park by Michael Connelly – Audiobook Review

I wouldn’t call crime suspense one of my favorite genres, but I’ve always enjoyed quick, compelling reads like those from James Patterson.  With Patterson’s books in mind, I picked up Echo Park by Michael Connelly, not knowing it was 12th … Continue reading

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