Audiobooks & Haiku Reviews
So…ti’s been like a whole summer since I’ve posted! Is anyone still out there??? [echo, echo]
The summer has been pretty crazy. My boys’ activities kept us busy, plus I’ve visited the Asheville area twice this summer and been sick for an entire week. Some progress has been made on a few things though. First things first: all my books are now available in audiobook format, professionally narrated, and they all sound great! They are available on Audible.com, Amazon, or ITunes. Let me know what you think of the audiobook images–I’m quite taken with them.
Austensibly Ordinary on Audible
Austentatious on Audible
Unladylike Pursuits on Audible
I’ve been making some moderate progress on my novel-in-progress, and I hope to buckle down and finish it once my boys start back to school in TWO WEEKS!! (The countdown has absolutely started!) I have reached the point in the writing where I have a good feel for the characters and their behaviors, so it’s a lot of fun to write. Currently I get about five-ten minute blocks before someone comes to me with a question or complaint. Not good for the concentration, not good at all.
I’ve read some really good books this summer, and rather than do a lengthy review for each of them, I’m trying something new (for me anyways), a review haiku. Just to whet your appetites.
1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Survival Story
of Louie Zamperini
World War 2 hero.
2. Dark Triumph by R.L. LaFevers (second book in the His Fair Assassin series, which I love):
Handmaiden of Death
trying to forget the past
and find her future.
3. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (the start of a new series)
Heroes and villains
At Hogwarts-style school but two
friends buck the system.
4. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig (The Pink Carnation series)
Capable spinster
meets her match in merry romp.
Series continues.
5. Faking It by Cora Cormack (my first New Adult read)
Sexy romantic
story of two broken souls
Finding each other.
6. This is W.A.R. by Lisa and Laura Roecker
A horrible death.
Four girls’ make a pact to get
justice and revenge.
7. The Paris Affair by Theresa Grant (Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch Historical Mysteries)
A new adventure,
Napoleonic Europe,
crafty, married spies.
8. The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart
Old school, romantic
suspense on island of Crete
Incomparable.
08/13/2013 at 1:06 am
I totally get that being busy during the summer, it seems like if it’s one thing it’s another. And I’m single without kids, so I can’t image what you are going through. Good luck with the final weeks of summer.
Anyways, I like the haikus. I’ve added a couple of the books onto my to-be-read list.
Thanks!!
08/13/2013 at 7:06 pm
Glad you found some books, Liz! My efforts were not in vain. 😉
08/26/2013 at 9:51 pm
The Paris Affair. “Crafty, married spies.” that sounds like my kind of sin.
Good to have you back, Alyssa. I hope all is well with you and your family.
08/27/2013 at 7:21 pm
There’s a LOT of history wrapped up in that one, David. I bet you’d enjoy it.
Both boys started jr. high. It’s all good. 😉
Hope you are also well!