New Reviews by Title: 0-9

Narrators Jeff Cummings and Adenrele Ojo give refreshing energy to 14 wide-ranging essays about the global upheaval and social shifts of the year 1968. Both narrators provide a scholarly tone to the broad- reaching discussion of social movements like the Cultural Revolution and the Prague Spring. They strike an introspective tone for the more personal stories, one focusing on... Read More

Ali Nasser creates a vivid vocal portrait of this unusual coming-of-age story. Marwand returns to Afghanistan and is completely disoriented by the country he last visited six years ago. We follow along as Marwand searches for the missing family guard dog, Budabash, who runs away after biting him. We are swept us along this 12-year-old's search for meaning by Nasser's tender... Read More

Take a luscious dip into this novel with narrator Jayme Mattler. Her distinctive voice with its thick timbre and snarky Valley Girl tone is appropriate for edgy heroine Darcy Barrett. Darcy has a history of burning bridges--she missed her chance with childhood friend Tom Valeska and had a knock-down-drag-out fight with her twin, Jamie. Now her stars are realigning as Tom... Read More

Johnny Heller brings his usual high-quality narration to this light mystery set in the 1950s. In this third audiobook in Anspach's series involving private investigator Sam Rockwell, Heller shapes the characters with intonation and emotion. Sam is hired to determine who is sending death threats to a local ballplayer. Heller keeps the characters straight, offering a slightly... Read More