Tag: Post-apocalyptic

Audiobook Review: In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

Audiobook Review: In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on May 22, 2023 | 0 Comments

After Cerulean Sea, I would have picked this up regardless (even though I wasn’t a huge fan of Under the Whispering Door); but at YALLfest I saw him on a panel where he talked about the book and said it had a sentient Roomba with anxiety. And I KNEW I needed it asap! Said Roomba and the other sidekick robot, Nurse Ratched, were by far my favorite part about this book! Rambo the vacuum was adorably anxious and needy, which […]

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Mini Audio Reviews: Borne, Bravely, Shades of Rust & Ruin

Mini Audio Reviews: Borne, Bravely, Shades of Rust & Ruin
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

I hadn’t heard of this book before until I was searching for books narrated by Bahni Turpin (one of my fave narrators!) and this popped up. It sounded intriguing…and it was! It was a weird but fascinating read, unlike anything I’ve ever read before. I never read Annihilation, but I did see the movie, and it was also weird AF but also interesting and unusual. I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing style, but the premise is so unique […]

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Audiobook Review: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Audiobook Review: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

Disclaimer: I don’t usually swear in my reviews, but there’s some colorful language in this one. Welp, there’s a reason this took me three whole years to pick up. I just want to say: I despise when a series is “finished” and the author writes another book for it years down the road. They are always, always terrible, in my opinion. I cannot think of one single series where I haven’t hated it. (*side eyeing you, Tahereh Mafi*) To me […]

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Mini Reviews: Year One, House of the Scorpion, Ninth House

Mini Reviews: Year One, House of the Scorpion, Ninth House
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 16, 2022 | 0 Comments

This book was SO BLAND. There was really nothing special about the writing or the characters. The concept was interesting, and was about the only thing this book really had going for it. But honestly? It just felt like a straight rip off of Darkest Minds. An adult version, and not nearly as good of one. The characters are all flat with no personality to speak of, and I didn’t care about any of them or anything that was happening. Color […]

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Mini Audiobook Reviews: Trollslayer, Devils Unto Dust, Wraiths & Ruin

Mini Audiobook Reviews: Trollslayer, Devils Unto Dust, Wraiths & Ruin
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 18, 2022 | 0 Comments

This one was okay, not great. I don’t remember much about it, to be honest, because I was severely bored throughout the entire story. However, narration by Jonathan Keeble was absolutely fantastic and kept me going. Spot on voices for each character and brought the story to life! I’ll probably seek out more works by this narrator. He saved the book for me, because I probably would have DNFed if I’d physically read it. The world was interesting but the […]

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Review: Dustborn by Erin Bowman

Review: Dustborn by Erin Bowman
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 14, 2021 | 0 Comments

I was born of this dust, and I am never going to escape it. This is the book I’ve been waiting for and didn’t even know it! In the sea of 3 star books I’ve read in the past few months, it was refreshing to read something that sucked me in, and I needed that. The cover and synopsis drew me in when I first heard about this one, but I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy it because Bowman’s books […]

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