GUEST REVIEWER Jennifer Conner

Jennifer Conner has had her nose in a book for as long as she can remember. In an attempt to redefine her identity after motherhood, she began blogging at The Literate Housewife Review in January 2007. It was a difficult bedtime routine with her daughters that first prompted her to pursue audiobooks. After listening to Simon Vance narrate The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, she discovered that she is a true audiobook geek at heart.  Imported from Michigan, she currently lives in Southwest Virginia with her family. In addition to her blog, you can find Jennifer on Twitter as @lithousewife. So Cold the River Written by Michael Koryta, Narrated by …

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The Sherlockian

Written by Graham Moore, Narrated by James Langton -an audio book review- Jo Anna Perrin Sherlock Holmes, in both the enduring reality of the character and the ambivalent appreciation expressed towards him by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a rift that caused Doyle to actually kill Holmes off at one point, becomes the  stuff of fiction. Literally.  It is the jumping off  point in Graham Moore’s paean to Holmesiana, The Sherlockian. If you are addicted to Sherlock Holmes, and even if you just have a passing interest,  it would be hard not to be charmed by this clever and nimble romp through the annals of the great detective. The …

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An Object of Beauty: A Novel

Written by Steve Martin, Narrated by Campbell Scott -an audio book review- Jo Anna Perrin I have always been a Steve Martin fan, but like many, a Steve Martin Hollywood fan. I have to admit, I have a problem with the ease that celebrities seem to  have, deservedly or not, in  obtaining publishing contracts.  Consequently it has taken me a while to dip my ambivalent  toe into the Steve Martin as author category, regardless of how endearing I might find Steve Martin, the public icon. So it was with reservations that I picked up Martin’s An Object of Beauty as read by Campbell Scott. And now, you might ask?  Well, …

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