So far a great little mystery with sheep as the investigators in the case of the murdered Shepard. It is fun and refreshing because the sheep only know what you would imagine a real sheep to know about, not like in a lot of books with an animal POV where the animal just sounds like a smarter human with a better sense of smell and no hands.

Love the adventure, the pacing and the dragons. Great adventure writing. Unfortunately Rebecca Yarros can‘t write romance. You are mostly in the female protagonist head, and the portions of story where Violet thinks about the male protagonist were like being in the head of a twelve year old with her first crush. Because Violet comes across like a little girl, the sex scenes feel just wrong

Sorry to say this romance did not work for me. The main couple was bland and weirdly (because I like nice in romance)too nice for me and frankly boring. Some of the side characters were much more interesting and convincing. I almost didn‘t finish the book, glad I borrowed it from the library

Carlo Rovelli is just a great science writer. It is an enjoyable argument about Anaximader role as the first real scientist and how he has not been given his due as a major figure in science, not philosophy. More importantly Rovelli discusses and explains what is science and scientific thought. It‘s limits and its strengths. Very enjoyable

Loved the set up and the magical puppet, but some of the stories didn‘t work for me. Also, the group of stories didn‘t work well as a cohesive unit the way you expect in a short story collection, but I liked the book enough that would read a Full-size novel in this world.

The title is a bit too cute for me, but the blurb by Tom Holland clinched the deal and I got my next non-fiction read. Anyway I am a big fan of ancient Rome, and a big fan of murder as well.

Great fun read. The audiobook narrator is really good and the love story is very sweet

Perfect read for a lazy labor day weekend.
My backyard is not quite as beautiful as the cape, like MA natives call Cape Cod, but it feels wonderful to lounge in my hammock and hear the buzzing of happy critters

I am sure there will be some book by Hilary Mantel I don't enjoy, but I have not found it yet. I got the audiobook of this little gem from librofm and I highly recommend it. The ending is not fully resolved with a bow but still satisfying whichis hard to accomplish.
The picture shows why I have not been reading for the last couple of weeks while back home with beautiful weather.

Finally finished! It took me a year. Yes, it was that slow of a read, but what kept me reading was the window into a way to see the world so different from ours. Four courtiers and a duchess and her ladies dicuss the properties and character of the perfect courtier. There was a truly misogynistic character and it was excellent how the other characters challenged him and called out his hatred of women.

Got the new book in the imperial radch universe. I ALSO got the audiobook. I just love Adjoa Andoh's voice and interpretation in this series. She is one of my favorite narrators. It is a wonderful treat to read the words while Adjoa wisperes in your ear

The magic of the series rubbed off. The world building is a great as ever but the very slow pacing and pointless melancholy of the characters and setting just didn‘t work for me. The writing of course, is great and the audiobook narrator excellent, but it doesn‘t save the book for me.

Deep, inspiring and amazing. A short book that will take you days/months to digest. Wether you are religious or not, Jewish or not, you should read it. It will make you think

This is such fun send off of Anne of Green gable. I love the pet crow.

So sad that Stephen King Hates me!! 😭😈. Still, I can not help myself so I will carry the Goblin Reader tag with pride.

The audiobook was not my speed. I had to bail out after the first couple of chapters because the protagonist sounds the same killing a rapist and consoling a girl that is a victim of domestic violence. I should have loved the story, but the narrator just didn‘t work for me. I might try the paperback later on

Went to Barnes & Noble and couldn't help myself.
This book is going to really expand my TBR list, I can tell!Our cat is more of a TV enthusiast than a litterary cat but I had to take the picture.

I don't think this will book will really help me to win an argument, but so far it is a great guide on organizing and understanding my own thoughts and arguments clearly, and therefore to think better.

Lately I am in the mood for non fiction. The bookstore book is really a philosophy book in disguise. Loving it so far

This audiobook has convinced me: all of us without Chinese moms are missing out! Hilarious audiobook so far. I just wish Vera‘s son had more of a sense of humor although I understand your mom phoning you at 4:30 am to make sure you “seize the day” might be a bit much

Kingfisher is beginning to look like an auto-buy for me. This novella was creepy and fun in equal measure. Loved the retelling of the house of usher and the surprise at the ending of who the villain of the story is.

Great little essay book about detective fiction by a master of the genre. Love the sketches introducing each chapter

If you are totally clueless this book might do. If you are already a responsible adult and have some modicum of manners and self-awareness it will teach you nothing new. An example is the advice not to take and/or post on line pictures of children without the parents permission. I would have thought unless you are a total weird scum bag you would never do this. I was hoping for more useful information for nice travelers that want to do better.

Here is my book hoard from beacon hill books and cafe. Great book selection and one of the prettiest bookstore I've ever been to. It has a great local Boston history collection and an amazing children section.

Got this slim book yesterday and read it in one sitting. Funny, true and practical but hard to follow advice. I recommend it. Great reminder that cats (and people) are not persuaded with logic not matter what we tell ourselves 👍

I normally don‘t like pastiches but this collection of stories is great, especially the stories by Alicia Cole and Leigh Bardugo. The narrators are also excellent

This series is my go-to relaxing fantasy fix. I love the world building and the fun love stories and there is a crazy tyrant empress that likes to eat people, but has a heart of gold. This was this year‘s new addition to the innkeeper series and I couldn‘t stop listening.

I was ready to love the story, but the "trying to kill myself and all this people keep interrupting'" gag went on too long for me.( Also, not to be a downer, but suicide is too serious an issue for this kind of treatment in my opinion) Of course the neatly tied happy ending works for me, because I am a romance fan but I imagine some people might find it too sugary.Still, the Ove character is one of my favorite guys in recent books so it is a pick

The audiobook of the latest mystery in the series is finally out. I must visit Brittany, this love letters to northwestern France are getting to me and the mysteries are fun too.

New fun commute audiobook. I first got a copy from the library, and it was so good I decided to buy the audiobook with one of my Libro.fm credits to enjoy the book slowly while driving.

Pretty good book so far. Part memoir, but mostly an essay and meditation on literature as a force for freedom and openness in the full sense of the word. Don‘t agree with all she writes but interesting all the same.

Great book. The audiobook narrator was not too much to my taste so I ended up reading a hardcover from the library. The novel has some exciting action, and some thrills, but a lot of the book is slow paced and deals with the English political history of the republic and of the restauration of the monarchy in England. American history of the period is explored in less detail but I still enjoyed it.

I dragged myself to finish this book but I should have bailed. The problem is that the set up is so great and mysterious that there is no good way to resolve it. If you like ambiguous non endings tinged with melancholy you are the audience for this trilogy. I, unfortunately, am not.

The audiobook is pretty 👍 I might just get the hardcover. Slow burn kind of historical novel but I love it so far

I couldn‘t stop listening. Great story and appealing protagonist and extremely bloody and scary story. I am not sure if I have the guts to finish the series (two more books).

I am bailing out on this book. Rayburn is one of my favorite authors and the narrators are great but somehow this book is neither corky and funny enough, which would make it interesting, nor a dark and scary thriller, which would make it exciting. I love the ladies in the story but I couldn't buy the whole we are very serious assassins.

A cat and book combo. What could be better?
I have been thinking to read this for a while and my library had it available today!

My TBR pile from Spain. This year I exercised self-control and got fewer and smaller books 📚😎

I am starting this cozy, fun book. So far pretty enjoyable. I Love the narrator

An excellent ending to the trilogy. The middle book flagged a bit but the ending is a beautiful love song to story, reading and books. The audiobook is an excellent choice but you might want an actual book to underline all the beautiful sentences about stories, and libraries, and life.

Not too good. The language and ironic look at Mexican society is great but the ghoulish images and sexualization of little girls at the end is disturbing and seems to have no purpose but to shock. The end is not convincing and the portrayal of the wife in the story is shallow and follows the stereotype of “women can‘t be fathomed “ also, according to the wife, Mexican ladies prefer men that can hurt them. Disappointing

Great creepy ghost story. The narrator is very good so I recommend the audiobook highly. The next book in the story is the suffering and it is only a so-so for me (it also has a different narrator) the main reason is in the girl from the well the ghost is the narrator and she‘s interesting and in the next book the teenage boy is the narrator and it is hard to make a teenager interesting to anyone but another teen.

Excellent fairy tale with a sweet love story and satisfying revenge tale. I love the fairy godmother, Agnes, which is a great take on the traditional one showing up at prince/sses christenings. Loved it

Great adventure fantasy. The different POV chapters from different characters got a bit old for me after a while but I usually don't enjoy switches in POV in a story. Even with that and seeing who the traitor is almost from the beginning there were plenty of thrills and surprises to delight a reader. I enjoyed the meditations about stories
and the power of imagination but I am a sucker for that kind of thing. Pic is of Kiwi and a shrew

The book was really great . I disliked the narrator a lot and I almost quit because of it. I found him monotonous. Get the book, skip the audiobook. The story is a great mystery/science fiction combo

Somehow I could not get into the story. Too bad because I really liked the previous book in the series. The narrator is still great, but unlike dial A for aunties I wasn‘t laughing non stop.

My next audio book after finishing the return of the king. I got the Spanish audio version so I will be even more scared!!! Also I figured the swearing will be more satisfying 😏.
The English version is available in the USA

Great cover, and a fun fizzy paranormal romance. It was nice and sweet but some of the side characters were more interesting and deep than the two main characters. It is the beginning of a series, so I hope the next stories in the series will be better.

Awesome audiobook so far. Hell, books, kick-ass librarians. What is not to love?💕

The conceit has run thin. I enjoyed the first book where we met our elderly serial killer but this second book in the series just couldn‘t grab me. I was bored and a bit annoyed by the lady, and so I bailed.