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#12 The Baby Dragon Café by Aamna Qureshi, Ash Raju (narrator), Hunter Johns (narrator)

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:12:51 GMT

In a world where some families in this valley have and ride dragons there is a coffee shop where you can bring your baby dragon. Saphira is alone in the world and opened a café with the funds provided by grandmother’s will. Aiden is a bit of a recluse from an important local dragon owning family who is grieving his brother’s death and now trying to raise the dragon that his brother left to him when it was still an egg. When he meets Saphira and sees how well Sparky responds to her he begs her to train him, the money is a boon to the café since it is barley scraping by due to the damage the little dragons do to the café. This is a cute cozy romance the the dragons give a nice little fantasy touch to.

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#75 The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly, Peter Giles [Narrator]

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:09:28 GMT

After the events of the previous book Mickey is now doing civil work and is representing a grieving mother, whose teen daughter was killed by a former boyfriend that the case says did this at the motivation of his AI girlfriend. The story also crosses paths with Jack McEvoy who approaches Mickey because he wants to write a book about the case and the risks of AI. Mickey uses all his tricks from working criminal defense cases to try and bring some accountability of the AI’s company on their actions. A timely story about the dangers of AI and its effects on people.

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#74 The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo, John Picacio (Author And Illustrator)

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:56:57 GMT

Cala’s family is prepping for Día de Muertos celebration but she is missing her recently departed grandfather to much to enjoy or help with the preparations. As she goes to the cemetery with her family ghosts approach her and help her with realizing that this is the way to celebrate her grandfather and remember him with her family. The art is amazing in the book and really helps with the storytelling.

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#68 Adulthood Is a Gift! By Sarah Andersen

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 02:36:13 GMT

Another great collection of comics by this writer. The afterward has a lots of information about how the artist has changed up her style since she first started posting her comics online when she was still in art school.

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#66 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, Jeff Woodman (Narrator)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:50:09 GMT

I watched the movie but hadn’t read the book until now. The audio was great and the author’s note on the 30^th anniversary of the book explained the reasons on how and why the author set the story the way he did. The story introduces the reader to various people and characters of Savanah and also goes into great detail about a murder and all about the trial.

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#65 Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Em Eldridge (Narrator)

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:30:45 GMT

The story was cute as long as I didn’t spend too much time looking behind the curtain at the overall worldbuilding. Evie finds an injured man in the woods being hunted and it turns out he is the famous Villian. After helping him, he offers her a job as his assistant. She needs work and takes him up on the offer and works at his castle and walks home every night. Of course, there is a spy in the Villian’s crew and trying to figure out who it is makes for a good way to get backstories on the supporting characters. The story has a cliffhanger ending to pull you right into the next book.

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#59 Molly on the Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:50:15 GMT

This is a cute kid story that has Molly moving with her parents and younger brother on the moon and how she needs to use her imagination to play since she could only take one toy with her. There is lesson on sharing since they only have the two twos between them. And there is a lesson in the story about gravity on the moon as well. A nice book for any kid that is interested in space.

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#58 Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts , January LaVoy (Narrator)

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 18:56:44 GMT

Sloan Cooper is a Natural Resources office working in Maryland when she is shot during a gas station robbery. She moves in with her parents while she is on leave recovering and is slowly going stir crazy. There is an abduction in her area that grabs her attention, and she looks into it and realizes that it is actually a serial killer. Now she has to convince other law enforcement that there is a pattern and to allow her to keep working on it. A good mystery with a nice love interest as well that doesn’t get in the way of the mystery.

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#57 Warriorborn by Jim Butcher, Euan Morton (Narrator)

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:53:31 GMT

Spire Albion requires warriorborn Benedict to take 3 criminal warriorborn to a colony that has gone silent to recover a bag of documents. The colony is abandoned except for a small group of cats that can communicate with the warriorborn. As they figure out what attacked the colony there is a ship from a rival spire that will do everything they can to stop them from getting word back to their spire. A good story an you honestly don’t’ need to be familiar with the first book to enjoy this one.

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#46 Fair Warning by Michael Connelly, Peter Giles (Narrator)

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:05:20 GMT

Jack is now working at a consumer protection website doing stories that matter. When two cops come knocking to talk to him about a one night stand he had a year prior he immediately starts a deep dive into the case of Tina’s murder. When consumer DNA analysis comes up into looking into the story, Jack has way to hook it into consumer protection and build a story around it. But some people don’t want him looking into what they are doing and it may not go well for Jack and his coworkers. A good mystery and the bonus interview at the end of the audio with Connelly and the editor of the real Fair Warning is wonderful.

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#45 Paranormal Bromance by Carrie Vaughn, Neil Hellegers (Narrator)

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:06:30 GMT

Set in the Kitty Norvell universe but can be read as a stand alone story. Three average guys have been living together as vampire roommates since they were turned in the same week 15 years prior. Sam plays and reviews video games and doesn’t go out much except to the club to help his roomie meet women for meals. Rick, the Master of Denver has pretty much left the three of them on their own since they were turned. When a reporter approaches them for a story but is really using it as a way to get info on Rick, Sam and his buddies now have to deal with older vamps coming after them and hope that Rick can get to them in time.

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#44 Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José And

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:56:44 GMT

Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés, Richard Wolffe

This is a bunch of anecdotes from Jose’s life and businesses. He is honest in the mistakes and the choices in his life. There is talk about food but this isn’t a cookbook, it more like listening to a friend tell you about times in his life. The book also discusses how he started World Central Kitchen. This is a great small book that is perfect for either reading in one sitting or dipping in and out of as time permits.

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#41 The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Christine Lakin (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Madison

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 02:12:57 GMT

The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Christine Lakin (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Madison Lintz (Narrator)

This book covers three cases, two cold cases and one case that Renee can’t make an official case since it deals with her badge and gun being stolen while she was surfing. The first cold case is an old series of rapes that gets a familial hit that send then trying to solve an even older rape case. The second cold case is one that Maddie brings to the unit when she gets flagged on her personal time at her storage unit when they owner finds an abandoned unit with graphic evidence of a very old serial killer. Renee reaches out the Harry to help her with getting her badge and gun back and that leads to a trail of breadcrumbs to a bigger case that she has to decide what to do about.

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#39 Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, John Pirhalla (Narrator), Katharine Chin (Narrator)

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:33:18 GMT

Mickey made some bad bets on a friend’s game and now he is more than desperate to sign up as an Expendable on a colony ship. 200 people with specialized skills and then there is Mickey, his job is to do things that will get him killed but are necessary for the colony. When he dies he is resurrected and keeps doing jobs until he must do something lethal. When the 6^th version of him is presumed dead his 7^th version is decanted. Six makes it back to camp and finds Seven in his bed and neither of them want to die even though only one of them should be alive. With a colony leader having a religious hate about him he needs to keep out of trouble, but it doesn't happen. The story was interesting and the ending fixes a lot of what is going on for Mickey.

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#38 Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly, Peter Giles (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Chris

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:21:27 GMT

Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly, Peter Giles (Narrator), Titus Welliver (Narrator), Christine Lakin (Narrator)

This is a Lincoln Lawyer book with Bosch also appearing since he is working for Mickey in order to keep health insurance since he is fighting cancer from radiation exposure from an old case. Harry is sorting through all the letters Mickey gets looking for a needle in the haystack of people saying they are innocent but in jail. They find a case in a woman serving time for the murder of her ex-husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Once they start looking at the details, things don’t add up and Mickey does his magic in the courtroom. A good mystery and of course there is more than just a simple murder.

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#37 Desert Star by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver (Narrator), Christine Lakin (Narrator)

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:37:40 GMT

Renee is heading up a newly reformed cold case unit that has the political support of a councilman who’s sister is one of the cases. Renee gets Harry to volunteer on the unit with the carrot that he can also work on one of his old cases that has always nagged him. Ballard’s case turns up to be a serial murderer and Bosch closes his in a way that could cost him his life.

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#36 The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator), Sadao Ueda (Narrator),

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:18:56 GMT

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator), Sadao Ueda (Narrator), Tomoko Komura (Narrator), Yuriri Naka (Narrator)

The book has three POV people that each find a magical coffee shop run by cats during the full moon. It isn’t where you would expect a coffee shop to be and but guidance the cats provide with coffee and snacks helps each person find their way. A nice low stakes read when you need a little pick me up of a read. I really enjoyed the audio version of this book.

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#35 Oberon’s Bathtime Stories by Kevin Hearne, Luke Daniels (Narrator)

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:55:35 GMT

A cute collection of stories from Atticus’ past that he shares with Oberon and Starbuck when they have to get baths for various reasons. Some of the stories highlight a time in history that he was adjacent to and others are when he was doing things to help the Earth. A good read for fans but not the place for someone new to jump in.

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#32 The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver (Narrator), Christine Lakin (Narrator)

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:20:01 GMT

Renee catches the first case of the year of a murder disguised as an accidental shooting of a gun fired as the midnight struck on the NYE. She drags her feet a bit getting info the the dayshift since they are working several horrific rape cases. When the casing from the shooting matches an old open case of Bosch’s and the file is missing, she reaches out to him and working off the books together they solve the murder. Ballard is also helping out with the rape cases task force on dayshift, and she solves that one as well. She catches flack for how she did things and it will be interesting to see how it comes up in the next book.

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#31 Constituent Service: A Third District Story by John Scalzi, Amber Benson (Narrator)

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:14:09 GMT

Ashley got a new job as the community liaison for a district in the city that has more aliens than humans and she gets tossed in the deep end quickly. Constituents come in to get their rep to take care of issues of the sewer and worries about damage from an upcoming parade. Ashley also ends up meeting with a local animal control officer that deals with more than just cats and dogs. A humorous story and I hope there will be more in this setting in the future.

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#30 A Blessing of Unicorns by Elizabeth Bear, Zehra Jane Naqvi (narrator)

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:06:00 GMT

Yea for more mysteries with Sub-Inspector Ferron. This time the victim knew she would die but now she is missing and the only clue in her apartment is a herd of tiny unicorns. This story gets into the details of social media in the future. The killer is clever, but Ferron wins in the end.

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#29 Rivers of London Vol. 12: Stray Cat Blues by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, José María Beroy

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:43:02 GMT

Rivers of London Vol. 12: Stray Cat Blues by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, José María Beroy (artist)

This story has Abigail and the foxes working on a case that brings back a villain from a previous comic story but this time she is on the side of good. A good story that builds on both comic and book mythos.

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#28 In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns by Elizabeth Bear, Zehra Jane Naqvi (narrator)

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:02:47 GMT

A good SF mystery set in a future India follows sub-inspector Ferron as she works on a murder where the victim was turned inside out. The details of setting and how things are really elevated this murder case. The audio was thoroughly enjoyable. Can’t wait to listen to the next one.

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#27 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 22:12:47 GMT

This is a sweet warm hug of a story about a boy and the animals he meets around his home. The audio is read by the author so I missed all the drawing in the print version but the audio was absolutely lovely.

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#26 Orbital by Samantha Harvey, Sarah Naudi (Narrator)

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 21:59:19 GMT

This slice of life story of astronauts living in the ISS is a lovely low stakes read. Each astronaut thinks day to day about what is going on down on Earth while they see it all at a remove. The reader gets an overall impression of how everything is connected to one another on the planet.

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