Publisher: HarperCollins

Audiobook Review: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 22, 2023 | 0 Comments

I have very mixed feelings about this book. For one, it gets pretty fucking weird at one point (actually, it reminded me of the strange and trippy end of Interstellar, but like…on steroids) and I feel like there was too much going on. This book was a very ambitious attempt at a broad opera spanning timelines, a la Cloud Atlas and Sea of Tranquility. Actually, I’d just listened to the latter only about a month before I picked this one […]

ARC Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

“Survival is bravery, too.” I had sky high hopes for this book going in, and while it sadly didn’t meet my expectations, I did still enjoy it for the most part. It was actually quite hard for me to rate this book because I had such mixed feelings over it. While I adored certain aspects of this book, I found others to be rather dull and dragging. My absolute favorite thing about this book is how atmospheric it is! The […]

Audiobook Review: Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was one of those that I enjoy while reading and then never think about it again. Mostly I just enjoyed the murder mystery aspect and the setting. The vibe of this book was by far my favorite part! I loved the bayou/backwoods southern gothic atmosphere of this book. The fiddle that brought ghosts back was awesome, too! I wish there had been a lot more of that, because those parts are where this book really shines. Sadly, the […]

Audiobook Reviews: Episode Thirteen, Cultish

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 7, 2023 | 0 Comments

Well, that was certainly an ending. For the most part this book was pretty dull. It’s a lot of buildup for a rather disappointing climax. First, I do want to say: The audiobook is fantastic! All my stars are for the narration. I am 100% certain I never would have made it through this book if I hadn’t been listening. It’s in epistolary format (if you want a good epistolary, just read Illuminae instead), and I did see that some […]

Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 23, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’m going to be completely honest: I never would have looked twice at this book. I didn’t even really know about its existence (or anything about it, for that matter). But, it was my book club’s pick for the month, so I checked out a sample of the audio…and realized that an octopus was a narrator. I was instantly intrigued! I went in with little to no expectations, and the result is that this book absolutely broadsided me. I did […]

Mini Audio Reviews: Off Planet, Disasters, Escaping Eleven

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on May 5, 2023 | 0 Comments

I expected so, so much more from this. Here I am again, the black sheep – the ratings for this book on Goodreads are fantastic (seriously, WHERE are the 1 and 2 star reviews?!), and with it being a space book? I was sure I’d love it. Womp, womp. I remember exactly nothing about the plot or what happened in this book. I remember that the writing was super bland and the story was generic AF, like a million other […]