Most Ancient of Legacies

Written and Narrated By: Irving Finkel

Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins

My buddy will LOVE this!!! Me? ‘Tis m’ Gillian Is A Pathetic Boob Listen for 2023…

Series: Witching Hour,Book 1

By: Christine Zane Thomas / Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Insert Eye-Roll Here… and There… and There… and oh gosh…

Series: The Sixth World, Book 2

By: Rebecca Roanhorse / Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau

Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins

Wherein a Book 2 exceeeeds expectations…!!!

By: Douglas Ford / Narrated By: Jenn Lee

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Did I get this on sale? Ah jeez, I’m really hoping I did…

A Novel

By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: Julian Rhind-Tutt / End Notes By: Erik Larson

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Gotta give Larson the: Huzzah for Just Trying Award

Series: The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 1

By: James Lovegrove / Narrated By: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins

Dude! if this wasn’t entertaining enough?! Well then the bad reviews surely are! HA!

By: Simone St. James / Narrated By: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Oh PHEW! Got the bad taste outta m’ mouth from The Haunting of Maddy Clare…!

By: Laura Koerber / Narrated By: John Carter Aimone

Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins

A kind and heartwarming Listen

A Gothic Austen Mash-up

By: Jayne Bamber / Narrated By: Amanda S. Brown

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

Am I a bad person for not roundly enjoying a good old fashioned Gothic Mashup?

By: Grady Hendrix / Narrated By: Bahni Turpin

Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

Jiminy H. Freaking Crickets! I was expecting humor, sleuthing, some blood and whimsy! NOPE! Straight horror and characters who are weak until they absolutely HAD to do something.

Series: The Sixth World, Book 1

By: Rebecca Roanhorse / Narrated By: Tanis Parenteau

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

What a reFRESHing and fun jaunt, jam-packed with action, mythology, and characters to root for!

By: Stephen King / Narrated By: Sissy Spacek

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Seen the movie? Read the book? ForGET all that, and listen to this!

By: Simone St. James / Narrated By: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Actually? A fine piece of historical fiction without toooo much romance to spoil it

By: Jeremy P. Bushnell / Narrated By: RC Bray

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Either a genre mashup, or a story that tries tooo many things, sticks tooo much in there

Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 4

By: Gail Carriger / Narrated By: Emily Gray

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Four down, One to go? Say it ain’t so, cuz this book is to die for!!!

Series: Circles in Hell, Book 1

By: Mark Cain / Narrated By: Michael Gilboe

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Whazzis? Did I read the Publisher’s Summary? And did I get the first FOUR books in the series? Did I TOTALLY shoot m’self in the foot…?!

Series: The Demon Cycle, Book 1

By: Peter V. Brett / Narrated By: Pete Bradbury

Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins

Superb crafting… except for oooooone MAJOR character… who inspires wishes to throttle most soundly…!

Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 3

By: Gail Carriger / Narrated By: Emily Gray

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Now THIS is how you craft an engaging series…!!!

Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 2

By: Gail Carriger / Narrated By: Emily Gray

Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Book 2 Blues? Not on your life!!! SUCH FUN!

Series: Parasol Protectorate, Book 1

By: Gail Carriger / Narrated By: Emily Gray

Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins

Charmed! Absolutely smitten by this Series Opener!

By: Douglas Ford / Narrated By: Jenn Lee

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Did I get this on sale? Ah jeez, I’m really hoping I did…

Series: Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil, Book 2

By: John Connolly / Narrated By: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Sophomore efforts in a series are usually >meh< but this was HIGHLY disappointing

By: Hannah Lynn / Narrated By: Rafe Beckley

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Saw: Rafe Beckley and snatched it up… like, imMEDiately!

Series: Manners and Monsters, Book 2

By: Tilly Wallace / Narrated By: Marian Hussey

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Yesssss! The First in the Series WAS just a setup for BETTER to come, like, with THIS one! Huzzah!

A Novel

By: M Dressler / Narrated By: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Beautifully written with twists and turns… And whazzis? Sequels?!

A Novel

Series: Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil, Book 1

By: John Connolly / Narrated By: Jonathan Cake

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Jolly good fun! FANTASTIC!!!

By: Ahmed Saadawi / Narrated By: Edoardo Ballerini, Kaleo Griffith

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Join me in this review wherein I decide whether or not I liked this audiobook…

Series: Hollow Kingdom, Book 2

By: Kira Jane Buxton / Narrated By: Robert Petkoff

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Note to Author: Do NOT make your heroine a deSPICable being responsible for deaths of favorite characters. Dude, it’s soooo hard to get past!

Series: Dr. Greta Helsing, Book 1

By: Vivian Shaw / Narrated By: Susanna Hampton

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

A tad disappointing but with enough heart to have me looking forward to Book 2…

Vampire Hunter

By: Seth Grahame-Smith / Narrated By: Scott Holst

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

No seriously! The man was indeed a hunter of vampires! I kid you not!

Series: Midnight Gunn, Book 1

By: C.L. Monaghan / Narrated By: Helen Taylor

Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins

A creepy sorta Gothic, horror, mystery, with a bit o’ the occult!

By: Darcie Little Badger / Narrated By: Kinsale Hueston

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Would LOVE to say I loved it; alas, ‘twas only >MEH<

Series: Manners and Monsters, Book 1

By: Tilly Wallace / Narrated By: Marian Hussey

Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins

Hmmm… Nope, not much depth; nope, not much of a mystery; nope, not gory… Then why did I wind up enjoying this little ditty?!?

A Story About Music, Shoes, and Family

By: Diana López / Narrated By: Frankie Maria Corzo

Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins

A real charmer!

The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren

By: Gerald Brittle / Narrated By: Todd Haberkorn

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Walk, no RUN, awaaaay from that Ouija board…!

By: W. C. Ryan / Narrated By: Esther Wane

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Not as Gothic or as creep-ridden as I’d hoped, but a solid whodunnit instead

A Victorian Gothic

By: Jeff Chapman / Narrated By: Caprisha Page

Length: 1 hr and 32 mins

Kinda sorta: Meh, and I think that’s cuz o’ the narration…

A Novel

By: Lydia Kang / Narrated By: Bailey Carr

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

32 mins of Huzzah; 12 hrs of Meh…

By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu / Narrated By: Phoebe Fox, Rose Leslie, David Tennant, David Horovitch, James Wilby, Susan Wooldridge, Hannah Genesius

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Holy cow! Like nobody’s ever heard of “boundaries” before?!?

Series: Hollow Kingdom, Book 1

By: Kira Jane Buxton / Narrated By: Robert Petkoff

Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins

The Zombie Apocalypse… With Bird and Bloodhound!

A Study in Brimstone

Series: Warlock Holmes, Book 1

By: G. S. Denning / Narrated By: Robert Garson

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

A delightful series that adds to the whole Sherlock Holmes legacy… but with a twist!

By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett / Narrated By: Martin Jarvis

Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins

Heavenly writing. Wickedly funny!

Written and Narrated By: Neil Gaiman

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

A short masterpiece of fantasy and good old-fashioned horror!

Series: Prequel, Book 0

By: Keith C. Blackmore / Narrated By: RC Bray

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

My first zombie book! …and I’m so disappointed…