 
| The Black Lion by Anthony Karakai Genre: Intrigue, Action Adventure |
A team of super-secret agents, that don't officially exist, come together to learn that what had originally seemed like a simple case of a missing civilian has incredibly dark roots as they investigate further into a young woman's disappearance. The story is told from the perspective of one of the agents who has gone undercover and infiltrated the band of thugs thought to be responsible for the girl's abduction.
 
| The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien First book in The Lord of The Rings trilogy Genres: Adventure, Classic, Fantasy, Young Adult Narrator: Rob Inglis |
I really should have written these reviews as I finished each book. At this point I have finished the series and must admit that the three books are getting a bit jumbled in my mind as to where one book ended and the next began.
Many years have passed since Bilbo has found the ring. He has never married to produce his own heir so has taken one of his young cousins under his wing. Little does young Frodo realize just how much this will change his life. Years pass. Frodo comes of age, which for hobbits takes many more years than for our own children. Bilbo decides it is now time to embark on another journey and hands the reins over to Frodo. Life becomes rather mundane for Frodo who misses his dear Bilbo greatly, until Gandolf shows up. Oh that Gandolf! He is good for stirring things up with all his darn quests.
Again I have to remark on how much I enjoy this particular narrator. Inglis really helps to make the story come alive. With this audiobook I found that I may have not been too far off the mark with my initial assumption that having seen the movie The Hobbit would help with my ability to visualize the story as I listened to it. While I have seen The Lord of the Rings movies, it has been many, many years since having done so.
The characters of the story are mostly lovable (aside from the Orcs and Black Riders of course) and the fantasy world that J.R.R. Tolkien has created for us has great reason to be such a cherished epic tales of so many generations of readers.
4 stars!
For this book I just randomly selected a color and went to town with slippers. I have made so many of these that I can almost make them in my sleep and figured that the crochet pattern was simple enough that it would not distract me from the audiobook, a statement that I cannot make with the doll blanket squares that I made during The Hobbit.
 
| Harlow Drown by N.G. Green Paranormal, Thriller |
Harlow Drown is an incredibly powerful witch and vampire hunter. She assumes the role as the head of the Vampire Division of the supernatural government after her mother's death. It is up to Harlow to hunt down and stop a vampirical monster who loves nothing more than killing and turning children, and creating illegal unstoppable sentry vampires. To add more fuel to the flame, Harlow discovers that the vampire she is after is the same monster which killed her mother.
 
| His Wrath, Her Honor E.M. Bryant Genre: Romance |
Usually level headed, Simone Silver finds herself at her wits' end whenever she is around Nick Bates. The guy just gets under her skin and rubs her the wrong way and she can't put her finger on just why. Nick is very similar to the playground bullies that prefer to get girls' attentions by punching them on the shoulder and running away and has yet to figure out that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
 
| The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Prequel to The Lord of The Rings trilogy Genres: Adventure, Classic, Fantasy, Young Adult Narrator: Rob Inglis |
I chose this as the first audiobook to listen to because I had hoped that the fact that I had just seen the movie would help me with visualization. This may have been a mistake. I didn't take into account how different movies can be from the books. I was constantly expecting for such and such to happen and was surprised with entirely different scenes.
 
| The Big Empty by Ritch Gaiti Genres: Suspense, Thriller |
Rick Wallace is just barely surviving. He's been drowning his sorrows with alcohol for years and is beyond caring if he drowns himself in the process. Just as things are looking bleak for his tottering law office, a wealthy client offers him what appears to be too much money for a seemingly easy job. But his client only gives him a few threads to grasp and as he attempts to unravel the clues he finds he just has a tangled mess that makes no sense. While Rick investigates this bizarre situation, the reader is also trying to fit together the pieces of Rick's past to get a clear picture of why he had fled from New York and spent the past 10 years pickled in a bottle in Tecumseh.
