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This review has been inspired by the Thug Notes “Pride and Prejudice” episode. Also, spoilers.

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

October 16, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

So we have our girl Catherine Morland, one of ten Morland siblings.  She’s the son of a preacher man, so that’s cool. She starts out life as a tomboy, but gets over that by the time she turns fifteen.  Now seventeen, she gets to go on a sweet vacation to Bath with her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Mr. Allen is going for his gout, and Mrs. Allen wants Catherine to go for company.  I suppose Mrs. Allen also knows that going on a six-week vacation would be boring as hell with no one but her husband to talk to, […]

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10/16/2019 | crystalclear's CBR11 Review No: 63 |
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| Tags: Audible Original, audiobook, cbr11, cbr11bingo, classics, Jane Austen, Thug Notes | Category: Fiction | 1 Comment

Neat.

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod

October 16, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Ok, so I just finished listening to this today (when I wrote this review, which is actually being posted months later).  These are the things I remember from the audiobook. To be fair, I was listening on my commute to work, so some distraction from listening is to be expected, you know, because I was driving a vehicle.    Thing 1: Part of what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur has to do with the hips.  Dinosaurs evolved to have their hips configured in a way that the legs go down instead of out like a crocodile or a lizard. Neat. […]

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10/16/2019 | crystalclear's CBR11 Review No: 60 |
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| Tags: Audible Original, audiobook, Ben Garrod, cbr11, cbr11bingo, dinosaurs, science | Category: Non-Fiction | 0 Comments

“The mind has a mind of its own.” (CBR11 Bingo)

A Mind of Her Own by Paula McLain, Hillary Huber (narrator)

September 10, 2019 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

This one was okay and therefore 2 stars. I don’t often rate books 1 or 2 stars, at this point in my Cannonball history my to read list is pretty well-honed in on books that I’m going to have a good response to (making them 3 stars or higher). But, back in the spring when I still had an Audible subscription this was one of their free Originals so I scooped it up. I’m not sad I chose it, I just wish it knew what it wanted to be. In 75 minutes of audiobook Paula McLain goes about telling the […]

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9/10/2019 | faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No: 45 |
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| Tags: A Mind of Her Own, Audible Original, audiobook, cbr11bingo, faintingviolet, Hillary Huber, history/schmistory, Paula McLain, read women, short story | Category: Fiction, History | 2 Comments

I was expecting something different

Twain's Feast by Andrew Beahrs

November 7, 2018 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I did not like this.  It’s not even the material, but the production that I was not on board for.  After listening to the masterful rendition of Emma and weird but well put-together I’m From the Sun, I was expecting good quality from an Audible Original.  It immediately said “podcast” to me, which is fine if you want a podcast, but I was expecting a book.  And this is a book, or at least based on one. The production quality just wasn’t there. There are weird gaps and changes in sound quality, and it’s very obvious when one person is […]

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| Tags: #CBR10, Andrew Beahrs, Audible Original, audiobook, Mark Twain | Category: Cooking/Food, History | 0 Comments


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