RMFAO (Reading My Frigging A** Off) discussion

Fran wrote: "Heena, she is already on my tbr, but then eveerytime I go to the library I get sidetracked;)"

Hahaha... the story of our lives!

Dagny wrote: "Definitely have to add her to my list. Now, if I just won't be ..."

Lol... looking forward to seeing what you think of her books!

#9 Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
#10 Odd Thomas

44.) Things in Jars - Jess Kidd
45.) The Never Game - Jeffrey Deaver
46.) The Dark Sky - C.J. Box
47.) A Sudden Light - Garth Stein
48.) The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare
49.) The Darkling Child - Terry
50.) Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds
51.) Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

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52.) Death in the Afternoon - Ernest Hemingway
53.) A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
54.) Uncle Fred in the Springtime - P.G. Wodehouse
55.) Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
56.) Hold Me Closer, Necromancer - Lish McBride
57.) The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin
58.) Girls Made Of Snow and Glass - Melissa Bashardoust

59.) An Enchantment of Ravens - Margaret Rogerson
60.) Every Day in Tuscany: Season of an Italian Life - Frances Mayes
61.) Just as I Am - Cicely Tyson
62.) All Quiet on the Western Front - Enrich Maria Remarque
63.) Two Dark Reigns - Kendare Blake

64.) Dragon Girl - Todd McCaffrey
65.) Ruined - Amy Tintera
66.) Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter
67.) The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
68.) The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
69.) The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

Dagny, Dragon Girl is part of the Pern series. I really loved how Fiona was written as a main female character. She was a strong leader, humble, willing to compromise and listen to others opinions.

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#11 Forever Odd by Dean Koontz - 4/5
#12 A Dog of Many Names by Douglas Green - 5/5
#13 An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendrix - 3/5
#14 The Getaway by Greer Hendrix - 3/5
#15 The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley - 4/5
#16 Carrie by Stephen King - 2/5
#17 Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Fleecy - 4/5
#18 The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James - 4/5
#19 The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley - 4/5
#20 The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth - 4/5
#21 Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewel - 3/5

Great job Heena and Dagny!

Thanks Fran... You are a definitely a huge inspiration for us!!

I'm so glad to see you enjoying them. Audiobooks have been my secret to a clean house for decades ;)

70.) Quichotte - Salman Rushdie
71.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
72.) The Rainbow Trail - Zane Grey
73.) The Town - William Faulkner
74.) Otto of the Silver Hand - Howard Pyle
75.) Magic Lessons - Alice Hoffman
76.) The Art of War - Sun Tzu
77.) A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

Dagny, The Recovery Agent looked really good, but I didn't care much for Stephanie Plum so I was a bit hesitant.

78.) Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick - Zora Neale Hurston
79.) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
80.) The Wild Robot - Peter Brown
81.) As You Like It - William Shakespeare
82.) The Journals of Lewis & Clark - Merriweather Lewis
83.) A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
84.) Have Sword, Will Travel - Gareth Nix

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85.) Serafina & the Black Cloak - Robert Beatty
86.) Endymion Spring - Matthew Skelton
87.) A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
88.) The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3 - Dante Aligheri
89.) The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
90.) Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson
91.) Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers - Brian Kilmeade
92.) The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
93.) Touched By the Sun: My Friendship With Jackie - Carly Simon

Dagny wrote: "〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "I have a hard time finding narrators I can listen to for 6+ hours"

That can be difficult, Beth! I've gotten to the point where if I have to put an audio book on hold at Overdrive ..."

Susan Ericksen is one of my favorite narrators. Among many credits to her skills, she does an amazing job narrating the In Death series by J.D. Robb.

I love audiobooks and would probably read way less books every year if I didn't have an audiobook or two going as well. I'm probably at least a level 2.

So far this year, I have read the following.

1. 4/5
2. 1/5
3. 4/5
4. 1/5
5. 4/5
6. 4/5
7. 1/5
8. 3/5
9. 4/5
10. 4/5
11. 1/5
12. 4/5
13. 5/5
14. 5/5

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94.) The Prime Minister - Anthony Trollope
95.) The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow
96.) The Cottage in the Woods - Katherine Coville
97.) Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky - Kwame Mbalia
98.) Hold Fast - Blue Balliett

I'm updating after a long time it seems. Here goes...

#22 Brother Odd by Dean Koontz - 3/5
#23 Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu - 5/5
#24 A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham - 2/5
#25 The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft - 4/5
#26 Book of Night by Holly Black - 4/5
#27 The Shadow House by Anna Downes - 4/5
#28 My Evil Mother by Margaret Attwood - 4/5
#29 Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford - 4/5
#30 Talk Therapy (Alone) Is Not Enough: Creative Practices for Trauma Treatment by Dorothy Adamson Holley - 3/5
#31 Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - 5/5
#32 The Island by Adrian McKinty - 1/5 - DNF
#33 The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
#34 Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen - 3/5
#35 The Wives by Tarryn Fisher - 4/5

wow Heena! We'll make an audiobook junkie out of you yet...lol

Fran wrote: "wow Heena! We'll make an audiobook junkie out of you yet...lol"

Lol, yes... I guess that's what's happening! I am consuming audiobooks more than food these days and I am enjoying every second of it :D

Yippee! Glad you've discovered the joy of audiobooks;)

Dagny, how was this? It's a series that looked interesting. Do I have to read them in order?

99.) The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters
100.) Midnight Crossed - Charlaine Harris
101.) The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
102.) Queste - Angie Sage
103.) The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
104.) Aunt Dimity & the Summer King - Nancy Atherton
105.) Mad River - John Sandford
106.) Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
107.) The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer

15. The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison (The Hollows #13)

This was a second listen as I didn't feel so great about it the first time I listened in 2018. It was supposed to be the last book of the series, but since I have discovered there are currently three more after this one, I decided to give it another shot. Overall, it's a strong 3/5.

4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
5.The Nineties by [author:Chuck Klosterman|375

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I have to say Manhunt and the Color Purple were AWESOME audible listens!!

Thanks for the recommendations Lorraine, I'll be sure to check them out :)

16. Know No Evil by Graeme Hampton. 4/5
I will be looking for more of this series.

108.) Daughter of Deep Silence- Carrie Ryan
109.) Like a River Glorious - Rae Carson
110.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time - Mark Haddon
111.) The Labyrinth of the Spirits - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
112.) Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
113.) The Maze Runner - James Dashner

In this batch of audiobooks I was working through the challenge for July, as well as catch up with a lot of more popular books I've seen on goodreads,

17. Confessions of a First Time Mum by Poppy Dolan 5/5
First time reading this author and loved loved loved it!

Grandkids left, step son is staying, school started, and the 8 year old got sick...all that to say that I spent ALOT of time cooking, which means audiobooks :) So without further ado....

114.) The Shining - Stephen King
115.) Down the Hatch - M.C. Beaton
116.) Day Shift - Charlaine Harris
117.) Night Shift - Charlaine Harris
118.) The Broken Road - Ricard Paul Evans

Fran wrote: " 114.) The Shining - Stephen King "

Fran,

I thought that Horror wasn't a favorite of yours? Did you like this book? It's a favorite of mine.

Cheryl, I read a mystery set out west on a ranch next to the property this novel was written and I was a bit more intrigued. It wasn't bloody, gory, filled with stupid characters or terrifying. It was reminiscent of Poe's atmospheric Gothic novels of suspense. I was pleasantly surprised

Fran wrote: "Cheryl, I read a mystery set out west on a ranch next to the property this novel was written and I was a bit more intrigued. It wasn't bloody, gory, filled with stupid characters or terrifying. It ..."

Glad you liked it! I'm not a fan of bloody, gory horror, either.

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119.) Moriarty - Anthony Horowitz
120.) Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
121.) Eleventh Hour - Catherine Coulter
122.) Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
123.) Follow the River - James Alexander Thom

18. The List by Carys Jones 3/5
First time reading anything by this author and found it enjoyable.

124.) Gold Finger - Ian Fleming
125.) Moonflower Murders - Anthony Horowitz
126.) Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi
127.) Ricochet Joe - Dean Koontz

If you are a fan of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series I highly suggest Ricochet Joe. Joe and Odd are two peas in a pod and the paranormal/fantasy aspect is similar. My only critique is that it's under 100 pages and I would easily have read three times that!

19. Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich 4/5
Fun series that is actually better (for me) in audio format

20. New Teeth by Simon Rich 5/5
Never read anything by this author before and so glad I did. He's hilarious!

128.) The Bookshop on the Corner - Jenny Colgan
129.) The Bookshop on the Shore - Jenny Colgan

I enjoyed the narrator of the first book more than the second, but both were excellent stories.

21. 11th Hour by James Patterson 4/5

130.) Remembrances of Things Past - Marcel Proust
131.) The Man Called Noon - Louis L'Amour
132.) Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor

This dense work by Proust was over 1000 pages and not enjoyable at all. 2/5 stars
And I have solidified my love of Westerns.

22. The Night She Disappeared by Kevin O'Brien 4/5
First time reading this author. Lots of twists and turns!