Audiobook Reviews 4 of 5 stars: The Haunting of Blackwater Cottage by Clay Wise

Audiobook Reviews 4 of 5 stars: The Haunting of Blackwater Cottage by Clay Wise

Narrated by Jess Trepanier Run time: 7 hrs and 37 min Summary: Ally (Alicia Hawkins) loses her husband to a car accident. This sends her into a tailspin. She decides to sell her house and move to a quaint cottage she bought without visiting. (Mistake number one) She needs to do a lot of work…

Title: Jase Dauphin and the Island in the Swamp – A Comedic Middle Grade Ghost Adventure by Kendra Griffin

Title: Jase Dauphin and the Island in the Swamp – A Comedic Middle Grade Ghost Adventure by Kendra Griffin

Author: Kendra Griffin Genre: middle grade, ghost adventure Keywords: #middlegrade #ghosts #comedy #family #monster Blurb: Twelve-year old Jase Dauphin is thrilled to spend summer vacation exploring his grandfather’s spooky, swampy island. There he discovers a hidden cave, a disappearing haunted house that moves around, and his father’s old ghost-hunting notebooks. Oh. Right. He ALSO finds…

Audiobook Reviews: 4/5 Stars Spirit Talker (Native Warrior Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Anne Porter

Audiobook Reviews: 4/5 Stars Spirit Talker (Native Warrior Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Anne Porter

Narrated by Christy Sassmen Summary: Clementine Monroe’s imaginary friend, Wihanbla, is more than a figment of her imagination. Additional Comments: Very interesting premise, but it didn’t feel like much was happening. A lot of the beginning consisted of her sitting in a special spot talking to her friend who somehow crosses time and space to…

Audiobook Reviews 4/5: Broken Branches by Brenda M. Spalding

Audiobook Reviews 4/5: Broken Branches by Brenda M. Spalding

  Narrated by Eliza Wethers 4/5 Romance Mystery with Hints of Paranormal *mild spoilers possible Summary: Megan Calloway loses her grandmother in a tragic accident. After going to her gran’s house to hold the funeral and close out her affairs, Megan’s not entirely convinced it was an accident. Mysterious things are still happening around the…

Movie Reviews 4/5 stars: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Movie Reviews 4/5 stars: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

*mild spoilers possible in discussion Summary: I had no expectations going into the movie, except that if Tim Burton directed it, you’re bound to be in for some brand of weird. Additional Comments: I never read the books, so I can’t compare how that story lines up/lives up to this one. Casting department did a…

Audiobook Reviews 3/5: Short Story Collection by Charlie Chitty Narrated by Petrina Kingham

3/5 stars Mixed Bag Short Story Collection Summary: The stories range a bit in genre from zombie apocalypse to family drama to futuristic scifi to suspense to flat out horror. It’s a little hard to judge something like this on the whole. There are stories in here I absolutely loved, like the one with the…

Awesome Audiobooks: The Automaton’s Wife by Vered Ehsani

Awesome Audiobooks: The Automaton’s Wife by Vered Ehsani

Introduction: This story picks up roughly where The Ghosts of Tsavo left off. The series is pretty cool if you’re into strange characters. The narrator’s perfect for the part. Review: 5/5 Charming, Witty, Weird Summary: Bee’s back and she’s got her hands full. There’s murder and mayhem afoot and bigger crises like warding off would-be…