A Novel
By: Seishu Hase / Translated By: Alison Watts / Narrated By: Akie Kotabe
Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
Okaaaay… What. The. HECK! did I just listen to…?
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
A Man
By: Keiichiro Hirano / Translator: Eli K. P. William / Narrated By: Brian Nishii
Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
OUCH! -and- OY!!! -but- Oh the END! Tissue please?
When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East
Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay / Narrated By: Ramón de Ocampo
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
Kinda a surprise, but wholly delighted!
An Arrow to the Moon
By: Emily X.R. Pan / Narrated By: Natalie Naudus, Shawn K. Jain, David Shih
Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
The most unbearably HOT MESS I’ve had the misfortune to have screeched in m’ ears…
Strange Weather in Tokyo
The Samurai's Garden
A Novel
By: Gail Tsukiyama / Narrated By: David Shih
Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
P’raps it has its flaws, but I dunno—a gentle, quiet unfolding… PHEW!!!
The Color of Air
A Novel
By: Gail Tsukiyama / Narrated By: Brian Nishii, Natalie Naudus
Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
Maybe…? Had this been m’ First Gail Tsukiyama novel…?
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
A Novel
By: Jamie Ford / Foreword and Afterword By: Jamie Ford / Narrated By: Jennifer Lim, Mirai, Cindy Kay, Natalie Naudus, Sura Siu, Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu
Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
5-stars for Stunning Imagery… but… the “Jamie Ford 2-by-4” of sublimely-written agony is just too much here
How Do You Live
By: Genzaburo Yoshino / Afterword and Translation By: Bruno Navasky / Foreword By: Neil Gaiman / Narrated By: Brian Nishii
Length: 6 hrs and 13 min
Ya know what? Didn’t like it until I started talking about it…
Unfamiliar Fishes
By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Catherine Keener, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, John Slattery
Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
“Caustic rhetoric”?!? Yesssss!!!
The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Nine Adventures from the Lost Years
Series: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
By: Ted Riccardi / Narrated By: Simon Prebble
Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
Oh gosh, I LOVED the premise, the writing, Simon Prebble… -But-
A House for Happy Mothers
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
By: Jonathan Kaufman / Narrated By: Joel Richards
Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
Engaging, a real treat!
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
And Other Tales
By: Zen Cho / Narrated By: Nancy Wu
Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
Somewhat shallow and then WHAM! A most satisfying conclusion
The Cat Who Saved Books
Land of Big Numbers
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
A Novel
Series: The Rajes Series, Book 1
By: Sonali Dev / Narrated By: Soneela Nankani
Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
Yikes! Like, 8 hours of wanting to throttle our heroine, but SAVED by remaining portion of book. Do I wanna continue with series…?
