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March Audiobooks

3/29/2019

 
I can't believe the end of March is already here. Even with travel time I mostly finished 9 books this month. I say mostly because I didn't finish Fly Girls. It should have been a book that I would enjoy but it wasn't, and I didn't. Aside from that it was actually a very good month in books. I stated with a biography of Milton S Hershey that kept me on a constant chocolate craving and made me decide to go to Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, PA this year. I've been wanted to go for a while and this book made me want to see the city that Milton built.
The most riveting book of the month was The Nightingale. I was completely invested int he characters and their struggles in WWII France.

What good books have you read this month? I read many of your recommendations. I might not get to them right away but I do put them on my Audible wish list.
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Hershey
By Michael D'Antonio, Narrated by Jonathan Yen

I used to eat a ton of Hershey's Special Dark and then about 15 years ago they decided that adding dairy to it would improve it. As a dairy-allergic person I was incensed. I wrote all kinds of letters to them and even tried to put a hex on the company. None of those things worked and I haven't been able to eat a Hershey product since. But I do love biographies about interesting people so I let go of my hatred and animosity to read this book and I'm glad I did.

Milton S. Hershey was a fascinating and very driven person. D'Antonio tells the whole story of his life from childhood and through the ownership of his company after his death. I really enjoyed it. It's not only the story of Mr Hershey but also the story of the candy and chocolate industry.

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The Last Man
By Vince Flynn, Narrated by George Guidall

This is the 13th book in the Mitch Rapp series and might be the last one that Flynn wrote before his death. Kyle Mills is writing the series now and since he's one of my favorite authors I'm still enjoying the series.

I had not read them in order but with this one I'm caught up. In this one Mitch is investigating the kidnapping of another of the CIA's operatives. They must get Joe Rickman out before he is tortured into revealing clandestine operations.

It's fast paced and I couldn't put it down.

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Deeper Than The Dead
By Tami Hoag, Narrated By Kristen Potter

Last month Sylvia recommend The Boy by Tami Hoag. My library didn't have it but they do have the Oak Knoll series. I didn't love the last Hoag book that I read but it was time to give her a try again. I was pleasantly surprised.

The story is set in fictional Oak Knoll CA in 1894. 3 children running from a bully stumble over a dead body in the woods. Their 5th grade teacher, Ann Navarre, is right behind them.  The discovery sets off an investigation that points to several influential families of the community.

It's fast paced and riveting enough to have kept me awake until 2 am one night. The romance angle of the story would have been more believable of teenagers and the 5th graders are often portrayed as being more emotionally mature and insightful than 10 year olds really are. But none of that had much of an influence on the plot and action so it was only mildy annoying rather than a vehicle for lazy literary miracles. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next book in the series.

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The Nightingale
By Kristen Hannah, Narrated By Polly Stone

Set is WWII France, the book focuses on 2 sisters, Vianne and Isabelle and how they navigate the war. They come in with plenty of family baggage the creates a baseline of tension. Vianne is just trying to survive with her daughter until the war is over and her husband returns. She eventually has to billet a Nazi Army officer. Isabelle becomes part of the French Resistance. They each fight the war and resist the Nazis in their own way.

It's a moving and, sometimes, gut-wrenching story. The writing is so good that during some scenes in a concentration camp I was listening in bed under a pile of blankets and I got very cold from the placebo effect of the narration. It's moving, emotional and outstanding. It took me a couple of days to get beyond this book.

​I hadn't read Kristen Hannah is a while but I'm excited to find another.

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Order To Kill
By Kyle Mills, Narrated by George Guidall

This is the 15th in the Mitch Rapp series. I wasn't going to read another Rapp novel this month but I needed something reliable and less emotional after The Nightingale.

In this adventure Rapp is trying to keep Pakistani nukes from getting into the wrong hands, specifically the Russians.

​Another fast paced Rapp novel.

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Fly Girls
By Keith O'Brien, Narrated By Erein Bennett

I was excited to see this book as an Audible Deal of the Day. It's right up my alley combining history and biography. It's about pioneering female pilots in the 20's and 30's. I really tried to like this book but after 4 and a half hours I gave up. Honestly, it just wasn't that interesting.

If you are into aviation history you may love this book but it wasn't for me.

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The Terminal List
By Jack Carr, Narrated by Ray Porter

I don't care for science fiction because I can't accept ignoring the laws of physics. I'm also not a fan of mystery books that are completely implausible. However, this once, I'm making an exception.

In The Terminal List LCDR James Reece is leading his SEAL team unit on a mission when they are ambushed and everyone except him and one other man are killed. Blaming himself he sets out to find why they were ambushed. The answer leads to the highest levels of government and he sets off on a revenge tour.

The extent of the conspiracy is unbelievable because too many people are involved. In reality, it would have fallen apart way before the orchestrated ambush. The revenge tour is also implausible but it is supremely satisfying! 

​It's not the best book I've ever read but it was good enough for me to put the second installment on hold for it's release in September.

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She Lies in Wait
By Gytha Lodge, Multiple Narrators

This is another 1st in a series that I tried out this month and I was pleasantly surprised. In 1983 a teen out with 6 other teens disappears. 30 years later her body is found and Jonah Sheens is the detective in charge. 30 years ago he was a rookie cop and knew all 6 of the other kids.

The story switches back and forth between 1983 and preset day and it's told from the different perspectives of the participants with different narrators. I'm generally not a fan of that approach but it works in this book. 

This is a new book and series that just came out in January so I'll have to wait a while for the second in the series.

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Semper Fidelis
By Ruth Downie, Narrated by Simon Vance

This is the 5th in the Roman Empire series. I really enjoy this series it combines my two favorite genres in one book: mysteries and historical fiction. The central character of the series is Gaius Petrius Ruso, a Roman medicus who decides to serve in the Roman outpost of Britannia. In this installment he is back in his post in the 20th legion and starts investigating a series of mysterious accidents and deaths.He's helped by his wife Tilla who is a barbarian Britain herself. 
It's an interesting and well-written series.


Karen link
3/29/2019 03:03:50 pm

I read both of the Flynn books and Nightingale and liked them. Sometimes some books grab you from the first and others blah!
John Sandford has a new Prey book coming out April 23 - I have it pre-ordered like usual - if I try to get it from the library I will be on the wait list for months and months! I think I have all of his books in my library or on my kindle.

Carole link
3/30/2019 08:16:12 am

I loved The Nightingale too!! If you enjoyed Hershey, read the Emperors of Chocolate about the rivalry between Hershey and Mars. It is one of the best non-fiction books I've read.

Michelle M
3/30/2019 10:26:59 am

I had to put the nightingale in timeout for a while, one part made me so mad. I really enjoyed Hannah's The Great Alone also

Laceflower
3/31/2019 11:14:06 am

I started The Nightingale but decided I just can't any more with books that include Nazis. I am almost finished Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connelly, liked it except for the woman narrator's attempt at male voices. My girlfriend loved Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens, me not so much, found it somewhat contrived.

Mary Anne
4/1/2019 06:20:14 pm

I will be checking the library for a few of these - thank you Vicki.


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