Title: The Blade Itself (The First Law Trilogy #1) Author: Joe Abercrombie Published: 2006 Publisher: Gollancz Audiobook Narrator: Steven Pacey — I don’t often find myself reaching for an adult fantasy novel, but this dark fantasy trilogy has gotten so much love on Booktube that I had to pick it up during an Audible sale…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen
Title: Chase Darkness with Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders Author: Billy Jensen Published: 2019 Publisher: Sourcebooks Audiobook Narrator: Billy Jensen — Billy Jensen set out to make his hero proud, and he has done just that. Jensen tells stories about how his father would show him the latest crime stories in…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on In a Dark Place by Ray Garton
Title: In a Dark Place Author: Ray Garton Published: 1992 Publisher: Villard Audiobook Narrator: Todd Haberkorn — Ed and Lorraine Warren have gained a lot of fame thanks to the Conjuring film universe, which is one of the better horror franchises going today. These demonologists claim to have helped many different families, including the family featured…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on Bentley Little’s The Handyman
Title: The Handyman Author: Bentley Little Published: 2017 Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications Audiobook Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla — The Handyman is the fourth Bentley Little novel I’ve finished in the past month, and I’ve officially completed all of his novels that are currently available on Hoopla. Clearly I enjoy Little’s writing, or I wouldn’t be…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on The Consultant by Bentley Little
Title: The Consultant Author: Bentley Little Published: 2015 Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications Audiobook Narrator: Ramiz Monsef — Have you ever had the experience that the creator of that book or movie you’re consuming doesn’t quite “get” what they’re talking about because they happen to be referencing something you’re intimately familiar with? That’s the feeling that…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on The Haunted by Bentley Little
Title: The Haunted Author: Bentley Little Published: 2012 Publisher: Penguin Putnam Audiobook Narrator: Dan Butler — It’s odd to think that I started collecting books before I was a movie collector because, until a couple years ago, one of my defining characteristics was my movie collection. When I was in grad school, though, I happened…
Book Review – Branden Chowen on Awakened by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
Title: Awakened Authors: James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth Published: 2018 Publisher: Harper Voyager Audiobook Narrator: James S. Murray — My sister sent me a text message sometime during the summer of 2018, and it contained a link to an article about one of her favorite reality star’s new horror book. She hates horror, but…
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