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Title: Ballad of the Beanstalk

Author: Amy McNulty

Narrator: Kaitlin Descutner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-17

Publisher: Patchwork Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

As her fingers move across the strings of her family's heirloom harp, 16-year-old Clarion can forget. She doesn't dwell on the recent passing of her beloved father or the fact that her mother has just sold everything they owned, including that very same instrument that gives Clarion life. She doesn't think about how her friends treat her like a feeble, brittle thing to be protected. She doesn't worry about how to tell the elegant Elena, her best friend and first love, that she doesn't want to be her sweetheart anymore. She becomes the melody and loses herself in the song.

When Mack, a lord's dashing young son, rides into town so his father and Elena's can arrange a marriage between the two youth, Clarion finds herself falling in love with a boy for the first time. Drawn to Clarion's music, Mack puts Clarion and Elena's relationship to the test, but he soon vanishes by climbing up a giant beanstalk that only Clarion has seen. When even the town witch won't help, Clarion is determined to rescue Mack herself and prove once and for all that she doesn't need protecting. But while she fancied herself a savior, she couldn't have imagined the enormous world of danger that awaits her in the kingdom of the clouds.

A prequel to the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk that reveals the true story behind the magical singing harp.

Members Reviews:

Imaginative Fairy Tale Retelling

This fairy tale retelling tells the story of the magical golden harp in Jack and the Beanstalk. Clarion is the daughter of a pig farmer, one of a trio of friends, and a harpist that can capture listeners' hearts. After her father's death, her mother resorts to selling all of their possessions, including Clarion's beloved harp. While playing her harp for the last time at the Mayor's ball, Clarion and a visiting lord's son discover a giant beanstalk growing in a witch's garden and the adventure begins!

I love fairy tale retellings, and I've never read a Jack and the Beanstalk story before. The author created an interesting world and characters. I liked that the sexuality of the characters was presented as matter of fact without labels. I actually preferred Elena to the main character, and sympathized with her when she realized that Clarion had feelings for a man, and she was alone.

The plot was interesting, but every new reveal had to be explained to Clarion in detail, so every twist consisted of another character telling Clarion, 'No, THIS is why that happened'. Clarion asked all the right questions, but instead of being addressed, they were ignored. I'd love to hear more about why the little people didn't know about the giants, and where Jacosa's magic came from.

The narrator read dramatically and with feeling. Instead of reciting songs, she sang them, and it was really well done. I was provided a copy of the audiobook, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review.

A fun LBGTQ friendly fracture fairytale

Clarion is our quiet, determined hero of this story. Shes on the cusp of adulthood and this adventure will catapult her into life with several decisive actions. I really liked her character. Shes had a pretty stable if downward spiraling life up until recently. She and her mom are facing poverty. With her dad deceased, its up to her and her mom to make ends meet.

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Titel: Mitternacht (Warrior Cats: Die neue Prophezeiung 1)

Autor:: Erin Hunter

Erzähler: Marlen Diekhoff

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-17-17

Herausgeber: Verlagsgruppe Beltz

Kategorien: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"In Tagen, die kommen, braucht einer den anderen. Eure Reise endet nicht hier, kleiner Krieger, sie fängt gerade an." Vier junge Katzen aus den vier Clans des Waldes empfangen mysteriöse Träume vom SternenClan: Sie sind auserwählt, ihre Clans vor einem großen Unheil zu bewahren. Doch worin besteht dieses Unheil? Und wie können sie es verhindern? Die Lösung des Rätsels erwartet sie jenseits des Waldes, beim Wassernest der Sonne. Die vier Katzen begeben sich auf eine gefährliche Reise.

©2011 Erin Hunter. Übersetzung von Klaus Weimann (P)2011 Beltz & Gelberg

Kritik Bewertungen:

Man kann sich der spannenden Geschichten um die Clan-Katzen nicht entziehen: Jeder Roman fesselt und lässt den Leser nicht mehr los.

--Abenteuer & Phantastik

Lesern von All-Age-Fantasy-Abenteuern wird dringend empfohlen, in das Universum der Warrior Cats einzutauchen.

--Multimania

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Warrior Cats - Die neue Prophezeiung .Mitternacht

Mir hat dieses Buch sehr gut gefallen. Deswegen habe ich auch diese rezensierug gewelt.Ich würde das Buch weiter empfehlen.

Mir hat alles gut gefallen

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Title: The Sisters Arcana

Author: Ken Janssens

Narrator: Zidge Gray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-17

Publisher: RadioArchives.com

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Children from the town of Patterson, Oregon are disappearing. And it does not appear to be ending anytime soon. Until two sisters rise to the challenge of the bizarre mystery.

Pro Se Productions presents The Sisters Arcana by Ken Janssens. The latest entry in Pro Se's YoungPulp! imprint is an eerie adventure novel about the ties that bind and bend in a family of passionate people, and the mysteries a person can uncover if they just choose to believe.

A friendless science geek and a feisty sci-fi fanatic, Rowan and Nova are cut from a different bit of cloth. They don't always get along, but they may be the only ones with enough guts and smarts to save their missing classmates from something straight out of Nova's imagination. All they need is the right motivation. And to not disappear themselves.

Equal parts adventure and mystery, The Sisters Arcana invites listeners into a world where nothing is as it seems at first glance and strength is found when and where least expected. An adventure for all ages - The Sisters Arcana by Ken Janssens from Pro Se Productions.

Members Reviews:

Action and Suspense

Two sisters Rowan and Nora are attempting to find their classmates who have disappeared. They are facing a real mystery. There is lots of action and suspense and surprises at the end. The narrator did a great job changing voices.

A delightful story

it is probably best to start by saying this book was probably not for me. But I listened to it to the end and am glad I did. the payouts were awesome!

While I think the narratir did a good job, and much better than I ecet could, there was one thing that bothered me. she paced her naration a bit slow and slowed it down more so for certain characters and while ai understand why she did, it still didnt work for me. I listened to most of the book at 2x the speed to overcome this.

I do recomend this book for those who it was intended for and I will be checking out the next one.

I was given a free copy of the book in exchange forna fair and honest review via audiobookboom dot com.

Story drags on, too slowly

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Faster narration, for starters. The narration is so slow in this book that I had to listen to this book at 1.7x speed. And even then, the story seemed to go on and on and on and I was bored to death.

I feel like there wasn't enough content to make it as large a book as it is. There are quite a few repetitive elements.

The PoV jump from person to person in every chapter makes it worse. Right when I'm starting to understand and connect with a character, a different character's PoV starts and I'm thrown off balance. This happens throughout the book.

All in all, the book needs better editing to trim unnecessary parts, better organization of the story flow and faster narration.

Has The Sisters Arcana turned you off from other books in this genre?

I should save this paragraph in my text-expander app and paste it every time Audible asks me this stupid question -

No. No one book can turn off the reader from an entire genre.

What three words best describe Zidge Grays voice?

Slow. Clear. Sleep-inducing.

Any additional comments?

I received this audiobook for free from the author / narrator / publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.

Um, yeah ... It was okay ...

What did you like best about The Sisters Arcana? What did you like least?

Nothig pops out as a peak or valley.

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Title: A Walk with Purpose

Subtitle: Memoir of a Bioentrepreneur

Author: Michael D. Becker

Narrator: Sonny Dufault

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-17

Publisher: Michael Becker

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A Walk with Purpose chronicles Becker's career path from an investment advisor to chief executive officer of an oncology-focused biotechnology company, and finally into a terminal cancer patient confronting his own mortality. It is a memoir about both his life and illness, battling stage 4 head and neck cancer. He was diagnosed in late 2015.

Members Reviews:

An honest and brave account of a life that had purpose and a man who's life mattered.

To say I was enlightened by this book, is an understatement. Michael Becker is an amazing person on so many levels. The details he shares about his career illuminate his intuitive, entrepreneurial spirit. Against the backdrop of his courageous battle with cancer, a story emerges about a man who defied odds and is still fighting the good fight. Is his writing style perfect, without any editing errors? No, but it is honest and brave. Writing a memoir was on his bucket list, and, along with his other accomplishments, he has succeeded in adding yet another achievement to his life and legacy. All of us hope our lives had purpose, that we mattered, and the title of this book couldn't be more perfect. His life had purpose, his life mattered, and he gave his family and friends a gift by writing this book. Thank you Michael D. Becker!

A courageous and inspiring book!

A courageous and inspiring book! Michael Becker speaks with a bracing directness about his career as a biotech executive, about his family and his business relationships and about his unexpected battle with cancer. Having known him through business dealings I see in this book the whole picture of the man. The book's lessons will surely resonate with a broader group of readers beyond just those who know him.Thank you Michael for writing this book. It's a great read.

Great reading

I found Michaelâs story both inspirational and educationalâand very easy to read without too much technical overload.Don't let the 480+ pages scare you away. It shows me that an individual with self-motivation can accomplish almost anything. It also can help friends and family understand what a cancer patient is going through. Contrary to one review, I found the story extremely well written â and I am a college graduate.

I do not recommend it at all

If I could, I would give this book 1/2 star. I do not recommend it at all. The writing and editing are poor. It's filled with run-on sentences and grammatical errors.

Also, I believe one of our parental responsibilities is to protect our children. Michael clearly did not do this by exposing his daughter's unresolved mental illness. Talking about mental health is important, but I feel that he exposed too much personal information.

It seems that he has more negative things to say about the people involved in his life's journey. That's sad and I wonder how much of it is true or just his subjective view.

I am very sorry for his diagnosis and wish him and his family the best.

So Impressed by this man I have had the pleasure to meet!

Michael is a solid individual with great character! What I appreciate so much about him in his journey with cancer is his ability to be so transparent in his fears, hopes, & dreams for he & his family. I read the book twice as I enjoyed learning about his love for biotech when it was not as widely followed as it is now.

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Title: The Prince's Rogue

Subtitle: Golden Guard Trilogy, Book 2

Author: Elise Kova

Narrator: Vanessa Moyen, Zachary Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-17

Publisher: Silver Wing Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

The second book in an Air Awakens prequel trilogy about the Golden Guard.

The Empire has declared war against its neighbor to the north, the country of Shaldan. Prince Baldair is summoned to lead, but the untested royal harbors secret reservations about his ability to inspire confidence in troops his senior in both age and experience. The memory of his first kills the summer prior still weigh heavy on his shoulders, and he flees to his friend Erion's home near the Crossroads to wait for the army before marching north.

Raylynn Westwind had never held a responsibility in her life. After losing her mother years ago, she wanders from town to town in search of a challenge, honoring the sacred song of the sword her mother taught her. She never backs down from a fight, not when her opponents are the deadly Knights of Jadar, mysteriously insistent upon her death. And certainly not when the opponent is the Empire's young playboy prince.

Baldair has never met another person as gifted with the sword as he, and is insistent on seeing a golden bracer grace Raylynn's forearm. But the woman lives a mercenary's life, and Baldair quickly learns that her loyalty comes at a high price. When he discovers the bounty on her head, the prince must choose between his responsibilities to his father's Empire and the woman who has captured his heart as a soldier, and as a man.

Members Reviews:

Good, if a little stunted

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It was fun, quick, action-packed, and romantic. The only drawbacks for me are that the beginning felt a little forced (though believable considering Baldair's proclivity for skirt-chasing) and some of their interactions felt a bit scripted. The ending was great and breathtaking even though this was a prequel. Knowing certain characters survive because they appear in Air Awakens did not rob the story of its drama, it jus morphed it from "Are they going to get through this?" to "How will they get through this?" Good book. Enjoyed it. Just didn't love it.

Loved getting to know Raylynn!

I enjoyed this latest installment in the Golden Guard series and the further development of Baldair's character and, of course, the first real introduction we have to Raylynn's character. I thought it was well woven into the rest of the GG series as well as the Air Awakens series and (as a fan of both) I finished it in a day (I had to work or it would have been faster...), so there you go.

I particularly enjoyed Baldair getting to know a secretive person like Raylynn and how this was a foil for Vhalla getting to know Aldrick and drawing comparisons between the two. I would have enjoyed knowing Raylynn's POV of some of the Air Awakens events now knowing her back story.

One caveat though (not taking off a star for this because this comment is for the editors, not the author): one uses "reins" for horses, not "reigns". That error popped up several times. Yikes!

Woohoot!!! Loved it!

Woohoot!!! This next installment in the Golden Guard prequel trilogy is even better than the first. In this one we get a glimpse of Baldair's relationship with Raylynn and what a great read it is.

I loved how Elise allows us to watch Baldair grow in a way different than the first book in this series. In that installment, Baldair is young and impulsive.

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Title: The Mighty Franks

Subtitle: A Memoir

Author: Michael Frank

Narrator: Michael Frank

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-17

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

This program is read by the author.

A psychologically acute memoir about an unusual Hollywood family by Michael Frank, who "brings Proustian acuity and razor-sharp prose to family dramas as primal, and eccentrically insular, as they come" (The Atlantic)

"My feeling for Mike is something out of the ordi - nary," Michael Frank overhears his aunt telling his mother when he is a boy of eight. "It's stronger than I am. I cannot explain it . . . I love him beyond life itself." With this indelible bit of eavesdropping, we fall into the spellbinding world of The Mighty Franks.

The family is uncommonly close: Michael's childless Auntie Hankie and Uncle Irving, glamorous Hollywood screenwriters, are doubly related Hankie is his father's sister, and Irving is his mother's brother. The two families live near each other in Laurel Canyon. In this strangely intertwined world, even the author's grandmotherswho dislike each othershare a nearby apartment.

Strangest of all is the way Auntie Hankie, with her extravagant personality, comes to bend the wider family to her will. Talented, mercurial, and lavish with her love, she divides Michael from his parents and his two younger brothers as she takes charge of his education, guiding him to the right books to read (Proust, not Zola), the right painters to admire (Matisse, not Pollock), the right architectural styles to embrace (period, not modernor mo-derne, as she pronounces the word, with palpable disdain). She trains his mind and his eyeuntil that eye begins to see on its own. When this "son" Hankie longs for grows up and begins to turn away from her, her moods darken, and a series of shattering scenes compel Michael to reconstruct both himself and his family narrative as he tries to reconcile the woman he once adored with the troubled figure he discovers her to be.

In its portrayal of this fascinating, singularly polarizing figure, the boy in her thrall, and the man that boy becomes, The Mighty Franks will speak to any listener who has ever struggled to find an independent voice amid the turbulence of family life.

Members Reviews:

A Memorable Delight

A compelling tale and incisive character study. Beautifully read by the author. Rich with time and place. I always looked forward to the next unfolding of the story.

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Title: Fairest: Levana's Story

Subtitle: The Lunar Chronicles, Book 3.5

Author: Marissa Meyer

Narrator: Rebecca Soler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-17

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publisher's Summary:

Fans of The Lunar Chronicles will not want to miss this never-before-told short story of the evil Queen Levana....

Mirror, mirror, on the wall.

Who is the Fairest of them all?

Pure evil has a name, hides behind a mask of deceit, and uses her 'glamour' to gain power. But who is Queen Levana? Long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet and Cress in The Lunar Chronicles, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told...until now. New York Times best-selling author Marissa Meyer reveals the story behind her fascinating villain in Fairest, an unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death.

Critic Reviews:

"In this prequel, Meyer explains how [Queen Levana] went from lonely, shy second daughter to the most feared and relentless woman in the universe.... Thorough world-building and fascinating character development will thrill fans and entice new ones." (School Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Interesting expansion to the series

Fairest - Levanaâs Story by Marissa Meyer is a prequel to her fairytale reimagining series The Lunar Chronicles. It provides the backstory to series antagonist Queen Levana Blackburn of Luna. If you are new to The Lunar Chronicles, PLEASE donât start with this book - go read Cinder, Scarlet and Cress and then come back to it. It will be more engaging in that way.

This book is a very focussed character study of Queen Levana and how she turned from a naive, self absorbed young girl into the tyrant our heroines are trying to depose. There is little in the way of worldbuilding or major plot development. It remains mostly confined to the Lunar Royal Palace.

What I liked

Character development. This is the focus of the book and is excellently done. We follow Levanaâs progression from a self absorbed, naive young girl to the vicious despot of the later books. I appreciated how each step and decision she took along that path was small and logical at the time but each developed her character as it turned out to be. I found her an interesting character, and at many points she gained my sympathy for what she went through.

Character cameos. Many of the characters from the later books made cameo appearances as their younger selves. Even if they werenât specifically named as such it was great fun to spot Cinder, Cress, Kai and other characters.

Audiobook narration. Once again narration is provided by Rebecca Soler who did the narration for the other books in the series. She does a brilliant job of capturing the charactersâ voices and I hope she continues for Winter, the final book in the series.

What I didnât like

Very expensive for such a short book. This book is really a novella - barely 272 pages or 6 hours and 36 minutes of audiobook - and yet is was priced comparatively expensively. I paid the price but a bit more resentfully than for other books.

No chapter breaks. The book is written in one long narrative unbroken into chapters. Now, I am a working woman and I donât have the luxury of settling down to long chunks of several hoursâ reading. For me, the chapter breaks are valuable to give me a good place to stop.

Not Whispersync for Voice compatible. In other words, the ebook and the audiobook didnât sync. Combined with the lack of chapter breaks, it made switching between ebook and audiobook a very frustrating experience.

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Title: Keeping Kyrie

Subtitle: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Foster Care

Author: Emily Christensen

Narrator: Emily Christensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-17

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

How much can a life change in just five years? For Emily Christensen, that span began with her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and ended with the adoption of six children with special needs. But the highs and lows between those two points are almost too hard to believe: enduring cochlear implant surgeries, meeting and marrying the man of her dreams, grieving the death of both of her parents, becoming a chaplain, and fostering more than 70 children. At the core of the story is an account of her ongoing efforts to save the life of her youngest daughter, Kyrie (pronounced keer-ree-ay). Born with captivating eyes and a full head of curly hair, Kyrie also came into the world with Pierre Robin Sequence, a disorder where her lower face and airway were not properly formed. First as a foster mom and then as an adoptive mother, Christensen has fought her way just to help her daughter breathe.

Members Reviews:

I was not impressed

I thought the writing of the story was choppy it bounces around from one thing to another and it's hard to follow back-and-forth. Also the reading was terrible difficult to pay attention to, and often mispronounced words. I feel that the author should've used a professional professional reader. However the stories about the children and the author strength as a mother we're heartwarming

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Title: Bogeys and Bandits

Subtitle: The Making of a Fighter Pilot

Author: Robert Gandt

Narrator: Thomas Block

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-17

Publisher: Robert Gandt

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Americans are fascinated by the undeniable mystique of the elite world of Navy fighter pilots. In Bogeys and Bandits, Robert Gandt takes listeners on a thrilling ride in the FA-18 Hornet, one of the fastest, sleekest, and deadliest aircraft in the world.

Gandt lived and worked with several pilots learning to fly the Hornet: the identical twins from Middle America; the computer nerd with a penchant for speed; the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman, trying to live up to a proud legacy; and two women dealing with the post-Tailhook world of the Navy.

Gandt weaves superb technological details of the Hornet and an insider's look at the highly demanding training program with portraits of the day-to-day lives of these very real people aspiring to fulfill a dream. Bogeys and Bandits will hold listeners breathless as they soar through the skies in the cockpit of the fastest and deadliest fighter plane in the world.

Members Reviews:

Great book but the narrator...

The descriptions of each individual progressing through fighter training was great. The narration made listening difficult though.

Fighter Pilot Insight

Where does Bogeys and Bandits rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This was a decent book, worth reading if the subject of military combat is your thing. The parts where characters actually developed and either flew or failed were great, but there was a lot of telling rather than revealing, so this book felt more informative than entertaining.

Would you be willing to try another book from Robert Gandt? Why or why not?

I would, but I'd read the reviews first.

Which scene was your favorite?

The night carrier landings were exciting, and the camaraderie, competition, and politics within the squadron were entertaining.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reaction.

Any additional comments?

Kudos to the author's choice of narration. I have listened to many books told by Thomas Block.

Interesting Story

Good story but in my personal opinion Thomas Block sucks as a narrator. He sounds like he slurs his words and loses interest in reading the story. The voiced he uses for certain characters are cringe-worthy. I did not enjoy this book because of this.

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Title: When I Turned Nineteen

Subtitle: A Vietnam War Memoir

Author: Glyn Haynie

Narrator: Kelly Klaas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-17

Publisher: Glyn Haynie

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

It's the year 1969. I was serving in the US Army with my brothers of First Platoon Company A 3/1 11th Bde Americal (23rd Infantry) Division. We were average American sons, fathers, husbands, or brothers who'd enlisted or been drafted from all over the United States and who'd all come from different backgrounds. We came together and formed a brotherhood that will last through time. I share my experiences about weeks of boredom and minutes to hours of terror and surviving the heat, carrying a 60-pound rucksack, monsoons, a forest fire, a typhoon, building a firebase, fear, death, and fighting the enemy while mentally, physically, and morally exhausted.

Members Reviews:

Excellent account of a year in Viet Nam

Very moving account of a young soldier's year in Vietnam and the bond of brotherhood that forms in combat. Thank you to all the men who served in Vietnam and to Glyn Haynie for telling the story of his time in Vietnam and the first platoon soldiers that served with him. I highly recommend this book.