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January 16, 2012 · 9:03 AM

Review: The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

The Devil of Nanking
by Mo Hayder
Published 2004 by Penguin
Audio downloaded from library website
Read January 2012
12 hours, 43 minutes
Narrated by Josephine Bailey and Simon Vance

Why I Read It: I am such a sucker. I decided to read The Devil of Nanking for two reasons: 1) I have a non-fiction book on my shelf titled The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang and I thought reading a novel about the same events would get me to read the one on my TBR list sooner and 2) Harlan Coben has a quote on the cover and I love that guy. Okay, not going to lie, it was mostly the Harlan Coben thing.

Note to self: DO NOT FALL FOR THE FAVORITE AUTHOR BLURBS A BOOK trick (unless it is Patrick Califia, in which case it’s totally cool to fall for that because, come on, it’s Patrick Califia).

Also, I just found this out, my favorite magazine Entertainment Weekly gave it an A. So while I didn’t know that before I read the book, it proves that it’s not just Harlan Coben’s fault that I read this book.

What It’s About: Grey is a college-age English woman in the mid 1990s who is obsessed with the brutal Rape of Nanking. She is so obsessed with it, in fact, that somehow it led to her being hospitalized. In a mysterious book she found in her house, she read about a movie made during the massacre and she is now on a quest to watch it and prove that it exists. This leads her to Japan, in order track down Professor Shi Chongming, the man who discussed the video in the book no one believes exists. If this sounds confusing, it’s because it is. There’s more: “Her quest will take her to a reclusive scholar and a wheelchair-bound gangster who clings to life with the aid of a mysterious elixir, and to a handsome American whose interest in Grey may be more sinister than romantic (via Goodreads).”

What I Really Liked: Part of the book is Grey’s journal entries, while the other part is Professor Shi Chongming’s journal entries from the years leading up to the 1937 massacre in Nanking. While the writing itself is impeccable, if very slowly paced, in both sections, Shi Chongming’s entries have a sense of urgency that makes for very engaging reading. If the entire book had focused on him instead of sharing the spotlight with Grey, I would have loved The Devil of Nanking.

What I Didn’t Like: I would classify this book as being a “literary thriller,” which to me means well written, but not at all thrilling. The entire plot hinges on coincidences: Grey meets Jason, the aforementioned “handsome American,” in a park, and through him she gets a job where she meets the “wheelchair-bound gangster.”

There’s also the moralizing. There’s a very obviously underoverlying message here, and that is that ignorance is not the same as evil. It’s repeated about a bajillion times.

Finally, the ultimate disappointment was that I guessed most of the plot twists at the very beginning. I am usually terrible at this, so it was rather frustrating.

Grade: C+

Recommended: If you like literary thrillers and/or you’re really, really bad at guessing plot twists

On the Narration: I’ve enjoying listening to quite a few books read by Simon Vance and he does not disappoint here as the haunted Professor Shi Chongming. Josephine Bailey was also pretty good, but I had to take points away for her absolutely awful voice for Jason. It’s a pretty bad attempt at an American accent.

Narration Grade: B+

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September 29, 2011 · 10:38 AM

BAND #3: Non-Fiction Audio Books

Bloggers’ Alliance of Non-Fiction Devotees (BAND) is a project to “advocate non-fiction as a non-chore,” and is a joint effort with Amy, Anastasia, Ash, Joy, Kim, Kit, and myself. Any and everyone is welcome (and encouraged) to participate!

My idea for this month’s BAND topic came from the basic impulse to share my love non-fiction audio books with everyone. They make me so happy that I was hopeful other folks would give them a chance and maybe find one they liked.

I’ve always been a huge ~~nerd~~ fan of documentaries and History Channel programming and the like. In the past few years I started enjoying radio (mostly thanks to Rachel Maddow’s now ended Air America show, but also NPR) and, at its best, non-fiction audio books are like extended, detailed radio programs or pictureless documentaries. I’m lucky enough to be able to listen to audio books at work, although I can’t watch television, so I’ve come to love non-fiction as a way to learn while crunching numbers. (I do, of course, listen to my audio books when I’m not at work as well.)

Gwen Ifil’s The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama is a great example of this style of audio book. Ifill is a journalist with PBS, and her narration of her book is like listening to a very thorough radio program. She reads with her made-for-tv anchor woman inflections and it makes it so easy to get involved with the information. (Also the book itself is really good, just saying.)

An audio book I’ve listened to that had a documentary-like feel is Columbine by Dave Cullen, read by Don Leslie. All the common wisdom or beltway knowledge abut the tragedy at Columbine is wrong, and with Leslie’s excellent narration you’re at once set right and brought into a heart wrenching, tragic story.

There’s another, slightly more embarrassing reason I like to listen to nonfiction audio books. Sometimes books are too long, or I’m just unable to focus on them, so instead of giving up I give them a try on audio. I would never have gotten through Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner in print, but I listened to and was completely engrossed in all 21 hours, 25 minutes of the audio book narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. I’ve never really been able to read books about war in print, but one of my very favorite books this year is The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam, clocking in at an impressive 33 hours, 42 minutes (narrated by Scott Brick). I would never have had the patience for such a massive book in print, but loaded on my ipod, listening to one of my favorite narrators (Brick frequently narrates Harlan Coben novels, so we go way back), I was able to learn about a war that barely gets any attention in American education.

Baaaasically I love non-fiction books on audio. I’ve listened to almost forty this year so far, and I can’t wait to increase that number.

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July 20, 2011 · 7:51 PM

Review: Secret Historian by Justin Spring

Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
by Justin Spring
Published 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Audio book borrowed from the library
Narrated by Sean Runnette
Winner of the 2011 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography
Read February 2011

Let’s start out with a totally true and undeniable statement: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade is one of the best titles ever. If you are awesome (which you obviously are on the basis of reading this blog), chances are you have been the tiniest bit tempted to pick up this book based on the title alone. Let me assure you that this is one of the rare occasions that an intriguing, over-the-top title correctly reflects the contents of the book.

Samuel Steward was indeed a professor (at a religious university, no less), a pioneering tattoo artist, a writer of erotica, and an obsessive record-keeper of his sexual trysts, which numbered in the thousands. He was friends with Gertrude Stein, Alice Toklas, Thornton Wilder, and Alfred Kinsey, to name a few. Steward had sex with Lord Alfred Douglas entirely because Douglas had had sex with Steward’s idol, Oscar Wilde. Steward even had an elevator-rendezvous with a young Rock Hudson! Basically, Steward was a fascinating man who did fascinating things, and his story was almost lost to time.

When Steward died in 1993 (of chronic pulmonary disease), he left all of his belongings, writing, and photographs to a GLBT library; however, because this was near the height of the AIDS epidemic and so many other gay men were dying at the time and leaving their estates to the library, it didn’t have the room. When Justin Spring began his research into Steward’s life, he found all of Steward’s belongings in a dusty attic. Thankfully, Spring was able to access these documents and write the fascinating biography that is The Secret Historian.

Grade: A-

On the Narration: Sean Runnette is perfect for this book; his narration is a complement to the text. Highly recommended in audio, especially if biographies are not usually your thing but audio books are.

Also recommended: Steward wrote a two book mystery series featuring Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas as the main characters. The first book, Murder Is Murder Is Murder, was available at my library and it is charming, funny, and a great read.

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December 13, 2010 · 11:46 PM

Review: Landing by Emma Donoghue

Landing
by Emma Donoghue
Published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Narrated by Laura Hicks
11 Hours, 30 Minutes

What would you do if you fell in love with someone who lived 3000 miles away? Would you be able to change your life in order to be with them? In Landing, airline passenger/country mouse Jude meets flight attendant/city mouse Sile (pronounced, for some unknown reason, like “Sheila”) on a flight to England. An unfortunate (but rather hilarious) tragedy on the plane brings the two women together, and over the next year they send emails and letters, talk on the phone, and spend all-too-short vacations together. Then it all comes down to One Very Big Question: who is willing to change so they can be together?

If the only books featuring gay or lesbian characters you’ve read are young adult coming out stories, you need to read this book. Often, when I contemplate the status of GLBTQ books in the book blogging world (which, duh, I do all the time*), I worry that reviewers who are not familiar with the GLBTQ community think gay folks are just constantly a) coming out/worried about being outed and b) facing violent homophobia at every turn. I’m not saying the books that discuss these events are distorting the truth, they’re more like SCARING THE CRAP OUT OF EVERYONE. “Pity the gays,” they seem to say. “They have it so rough!” Sure, yeah, sometimes. The nice thing about coming out to your family, though, is that usually you only have to do it once–and then you can go on with your life. I’m not saying it’s easy to come out to your family, I’m just saying that after you’ve done it, it’s over! Then you can deal with all the OTHER steps of grief your parents might go through until you reach acceptance. Some families take longer than others. The POINT, however, is that in Landing, both characters are out and comfortable with their sexuality. Jude, who is 25, doesn’t identify as a lesbian (or like labels for sexuality; I offer her ‘queer’) but is vocal about her relationships with both men and women, and Sile, who is 40 and does identify as a lesbian, has been out to her family since she was in her early 20s. Because both women are comfortable with who they are and who they are attracted to, the book is able to go beyond the usual tropes of gay novels and focus on the actual relationship. It’s nice. You’ll like it.

If you like fabulous female characters, you need to read this book. Sile is a dynamite character, witty and smart and extremely fashionable (with fabulous taste in shoes). She really came alive for me while listening to this book, and I found myself wishing, just a little, that she were real so we could be BFFs and she could bring me to bars in Dublin where we’d drink martinis and make fun of other people’s clothes. She is the more interesting character of the couple, that’s for sure, which brings me to the big question I had while reading the book: what the heck does Sile see in Jude? I just didn’t get it. Jude is basically the most boring person on the planet**. She barely knows how to use the internet, she doesn’t read books, and she’s not very funny. Unless she’s really super hot or something, which I didn’t gather from the descriptions of her appearance. Maybe Sile likes Jude because Jude makes her look better? I don’t know. If you read the book, explain it to me. Please.

Grade: B (But a great book to read if you don’t usually read GLBTQ books!)

On the Narrator: Overall Laura Hicks makes a fine narrator. I’m not familiar enough with Dublin or Canadian accents to truly judge the “realness” of the voices she affected for Sile and Jude, but they were both pleasing to the ear. My one real complaint is the voice she uses for Jude, who is described multiple times as having a husky voice, but whom Hicks makes sound like a ten year old. This probably added to my rather strong dislike of Jude, so I would recommend picking up the print copy of the book over the audio.

Bonus info: Emma Donoghue now lives in London, Ontario, in Canada (near where Jude is from), after moving there from Dublin, Ireland (where Sile is from). She lives with her partner. Is Donoghue’s partner as boring as Jude? Is Donoghue as fabulous as Sile? These are very important philosophical questions.

*Okay not really ALL THE TIME but you know what, just go with me here.

** Slight exaggeration

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November 2, 2010 · 10:41 PM

Review: Big Girls Don’t Cry by Rebecca Traister

Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women
by Rebecca Traister
Free Press, 2010
Audio narrated by Kristen Potter, 12 hours
Narrative Nonfiction (Feminism, Politics)

Flashback: Fall, 2004. I would turn 18 mere days before the presidential election, and I was tittering with the anticipation of voting. I was a political science major. I was the girl with the JFK poster in her dorm room. I’d been watching documentaries about the Civil Rights movement on the History channel since I was 10. I lived for this politics stuff. So I also wanted nothing more than to be inspired, galvanized, and lead rallying to the polls. I wanted to feel about a presidential candidate the way my grandmother had for Bobby Kennedy. And ultimately, I was only excited about the election experience (and the prospect of voting out Bush), and not at all about my Democratic candidate, John Kerry. I agreed with most of his politics, but let’s be honest, the man didn’t inspire loyalty in the voting masses in the way of great politicians like Franklin D. Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy, and fell short of my politico dreams.

Then, flash forward to 2007, I got my wish–the only problem was there wasn’t just one possible candidate to root for, there were three: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards. Three inspiring candidates, all of whom I liked and thought would make great Presidents, and two in particular who would make history if elected. How was a self-proclaimed feminist, anti-racist progressive politics geek to choose?!

In Big Girls Don’t Cry, Salon.com reporter Rebecca Traister examines her own journey of changing loyalties during the 2008 election, as well as examining the impact Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President had on Americans. By guiding the reader step-by-step through the big events during the Democratic primaries, Traister presents the election through a unique, feminist lens.

She spends time talking to influential feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Professor Melissa Harris-Perry (formerly Harris-Lacewell, as seen in the book), blogger Jessica Valenti, and cable news host Rachel Maddow, showcasing the divide between older and younger feminists during the election. Many second-wave feminists were frustrated with younger feminists, who they saw as going against feminist principles by supporting Obama. Robin Morgan, the much respected and revered second-waver and author of Sisterhood Is Powerful, wrote an article for Women’s Media Center decrying young women for supporting Obama in order to please their boyfriends. (Because, you know, young women clearly can’t think for themselves–and they all have boyfriends). Feminists are still discussing and analyzing this “age gap,” and Traister brings an excellent perspective on the controversy.

Although the author and I differed on our choice of primary candidate–she ended up voting for Clinton and I was indeed an Obama supporter from the beginning–she brings a very fair, rational perspective to her campaign coverage. While her support for Clinton is clear, she never succumbs to any of the bitterness or nastiness that so frequently occurs when one discusses an opponent. My only real criticism of this book is that Traister only briefly mentioned the racism that Obama was confronted with, despite discussing at length the sexism that was faced by Clinton and Palin. Racism is a feminist issue, too.

This book helped to rekindle my love for politics by reminding me of what is important–regular people joining together to fight for what they believe in. Big Girls Don’t Cry will be a great resource for the next generation interested in the 2008 Presidential election.

On the Narrator: Kristen Potter was a great narrator whose voice helped make the book addictive. Since it was narrative non-fiction, having a more immediate connection to the author (in a sense) added to the reading experience. My only quibble is that she pronounced “Utah” in a way I didn’t even think was humanly possible.

Grade: A

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July 18, 2010 · 5:10 PM

Review: Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

Suite Scarlett
by Maureen Johnson
Published 2008
Unabridged audio by Brilliance Audio

Fact: Maureen Johnson is hilarious. I know it, she knows it, John Green knows it, and, once you read this novel, you’ll know it too.* Unless you’ve heard her speak at a certain nerdy convention, then you already know. THE POINT IS, she is full of wit and snark and she makes me laugh, especially in Suite Scarlett.

When I found out she would be the keynote speaker at the Book Blogger Convention (BBC), I decided to read some of her books because I like to do my homework. I read Devilish and 13 Little Blue Envelopes, neither of which I really enjoyed. I actively avoided reading Suite Scarlett because of the cover, assuming it would be a middle-of-the-road “chick lit” novel. I was confused, then, when I met Maureen and she was so charismatic and entertaining. Why weren’t her books like that? At the BBC, we were given a copy of the audio book for Suite Scarlett, so I suspended my bias regarding the cover and decided to give her work another chance.

It’s tradition in Scarlett Martin’s hotel owning/running family that upon turning fifteen, one is given the responsibility of maintaining a suite and any possible guests that suite might have. Scarlett is a bit taken aback when she is given the Empire Suite, the most fancy and expensive in the entire hotel. She assumes her parents don’t think she can handle the assignment, which is quite possible since the hotel rarely has guests as it is, never mind in the most costly set of rooms. Then a tornado of a guest, Mrs. Amberson, arrives and rents the Empire suite, hires Scarlett as her assistant, and becomes deeply involved in Scarlett’s older brother Spencer’s acting career. Hijinks ensue. But smart ones!

Suite Scarlett is the book I was wishing Maureen had written. Although there’s a love story, it isn’t corny, and the book ends up being more about Scarlett and her family (with New York City an honorary member). And it passes the Bechdel Test**!

On the narration: She did all the voices, all the emotions, even fake coughs. One of the better narrations I’ve heard.

Grade: A-
Read this if: You enjoy YA, John Green, and MJ’s twitter feed.

*You are allowed to disagree, of course. Just don’t tell me, because it will make me frown.
** Although usually used in regard to movies, the Bechdel Test requires 1) at least two female charcters who 2) talk to each other 3) about something other than boys. You’d be surprised by just how many movies and books do not reach this simple goal.

Disclosure: The mp3 audio version of the book was included in the BBC swag bag.

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April 5, 2010 · 8:33 PM

Review: Dexter in the Dark (audio)

Dexter In the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay

Narrated by Nick Landrum

Published 2007

12.75 hours

Completed April 2, 2010

It’s difficult for me to admit, but the Dexter Morgan series is one of the rare adaptations that works better on screen. The credit for that goes to the writers from Showtime and the amazing ~~David Fisher~~Michael C. Hall, who skillfully brings Dexter to life–which is ironic, considering that Dexter would love nothing more than to put an end to other people’s lives. (Please excuse my weak attempt at mimicking Dex’s humor.)

This post, however, is not meant to be a place for me to rave about the TV show or Showtime or even my secret boyfriend. This post is to whine a bit about the direction Jeff Lindsay decided to take in the third installment of his series. Although Dexter In the Dark received mostly positive reviews, I was slightly outraged and not a little put off by the introduction of a surprise!paranormal element regarding the reasoning behind Dexter’s and other serial killers’ urges to kill. Why, oh, why?

Here is a brief summary of my mental response to the change of story:

Me: La dee da da dee daaah WHAAA? Really? Seriously? Boo! Hiss!

Here is an excellent artistically rendered image of what my face looked like at the time:

Can’t you just feel the disappointment?

Ahem.

On the Narration: Nick Landrum manages to give the literary Dexter Morgan a voice befitting everyone’s favorite alliteration-loving, cold-blooded serial killer. Dexter in the Dark would have been a real struggle to finish in print form, but with Landrum’s help I managed to get through the lengthy audio in two days. Thanks, Nick.

Grade: B-

Recommended: Unless you’re like me and have to read all the books in a series, no matter how painful some of them are, I suggest reading the first two, skipping this one, and going on to the fourth book.

Disclosure: I purchased this audio book through Audible.com

Review: Black Girl/White Girl (audio)

Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
BBC Audiobooks America, 2006
Nine hours
Finished Reading February 4, 2010

I don’t like to do this, but here’s the Indie Bound summary of this novel:

In 1975 Genna Hewett-Meade’s college roommate died a mysterious, violent death partway through their freshman year. Minette Swift had been assertive, fiercely individualistic, and one of the few black girls at their exclusive, “enlightened” college—and Genna, daughter of a prominent civil defense lawyer, felt duty-bound to protect her at all costs. But fifteen years later, while reconstructing Minette’s tragic death, Genna is forced to painfully confront her own past life and identity…and her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world.

The summary on Amazon is similar. I’m consistently amazed when the “official” summary of a book is so different from the actual story. In this case, it’s an instance of what’s implied v. what is real; a lie of omission. I’ve been thinking of how to synopsize Black Girl/White Girl and came up with only one word: obsession. Genna, as the “daughter of a prominent civil defense lawyer,” has been raised in a white Liberal bubble, which, combined with unchecked privilege, leads to a fetishistic obsession with black culture and African-American people. When she goes off to college, she goes out of her way to live in the Scholarship dorm (with the assumption there will be more people of color) and ask for a non-white roommate. She gets Minette Swift, the daughter of a prominent Washington D.C. preacher, as a roommate, and believes that they are going to be best friends, despite a) not having anything in common with Minette, b) Minette’s outright dismissal of any attempts on Genna’s part to become friends, and c) that Genna’s sole goal is to have “a black friend,” as opposed to, say, being friends with Minette for who she is.

It is clear to the reader that Minette has no desire whatsoever to become friends with Genna, but Genna thinks it’s only because of her whiteness, and therefore no fault of her own–even though Minette shows no interest in becoming friends with the other women in their dorm, no matter their race. This refusal of friendship leads the other women to give up on friendly overtures to Minette, but Genna doesn’t take it that way. She defends Minette at all costs. Once Minette begins to be the victim of racist attacks, Genna thinks it’s her duty to protect her.

This story line is thoroughly thought provoking, but the subplot between Genna and her parents seems like a last minute add-on. I think this book would be great for a book club or discussion because of all the questions it raises. Minette is a great if ultimately, unsympathetic character, because she is not at all what one would expect–she is not the saint that Genna, and perhaps the reader, expects her to be. She is multi-dimensional without falling back on stereotypes. I think it raises a lot of important questions about white privilege, white Liberalism (yes, with a capital L), and the enduring underlying racism in progressive circles.

In summary… Be prepared to be creeped out at the end. I suggest reading this if you have someone to discuss it with afterward because it will make the reading experience much fuller.

Grade: a solid B, mostly because of the weak subplot.

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September 24, 2009 · 3:43 PM

A Note on Audio Books

I have a new theory: my new-found enjoyment of audio books is in direct correlation with my new enjoyment of talk radio. It started like this: I love Rachel Maddow, but sometimes I miss her shows. Thus, I began downloading her podcasts. Thus, I was listening to something that wasn’t music but was still pleasant and enjoyable. So, I thought, perhaps I will try this mystical “book on CD” thing and see how it works.

The first audio book I ever tried to listen to was The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman (about whom I will not speak badly in case she attacks me on Twitter); however, despite it being about a librarian who gets struck by lightening (sounds awesome!), it was, in fact, not awesome. Annoying background piano music played throughout. I stopped listening around disc two.

Luckily for me, this did not affect my desire to find an enjoyable audio book. My first great success was The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. Despite a ridiculously boring first chapter, it ended up being one of my favorite books this year. I kept finding excuses to listen to it and giggled like a creeper whenever I listened (which was particularly fun when I was walking around, you know, in public).

And thus my love of audio books was born. Here’s a list of the books I’ve listened to so far and my brief thoughts on them:

Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris: I am really, really glad I listened to this one and not the third book in the series with all the gross SPOILERkind of incestuousSPOILER sex. I gave this one an A, so even if I don’t really remember it–I read it in May–I must have liked it. (I have a bad habit of purposely trying to forget Charlaine Harris books.)
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff: This one really deserves its own post. So, so good, but you do miss out on some graphics, like family trees and photographs.
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris: I think the audio made it a little more fun. Also, I had to get the audio book because I couldn’t bear to wait for it in hard copy at the library.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling: I liked this so much it really did get its own post. Love the McGonnagal and Uncle Vernon voices, kind of makes up for Hermoine’s squeal.
Girls Most Likely by Sheila Williams: The book is narrated by four different people, which works really well with the book format.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling: My favorite of the series, and I love Jim Dale’s Lupin voice almost as much as the actor from the movies.
Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge: The library branch I go to has a really bad selection of audio books. This one has all sorts of background noises and I had to stop it after the first track. I guess I’ll never read anything by James Patterson. Good thing the rest of America reads enough to make up for it.

Do you have any suggestions for audio books? Anything you really loved? I hate blindly picking them out, so any recommendations would be welcome!

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Review: The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

BAND #3: Non-Fiction Audio Books

Review: Secret Historian by Justin Spring

Review: Landing by Emma Donoghue

Review: Big Girls Don’t Cry by Rebecca Traister

Review: Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

Review: Dexter in the Dark (audio)

Review: Black Girl/White Girl (audio)

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