Tiny Navajo Listens: The Switch

The Switch by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Daisy Edgar-Jones and Alison Steadman

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*Published August 8, 2020 by Macmillan Audio*

I have read Beth O’Leary’s other book, The Flatshare and I really enjoyed that one, so I decided to give this one a go as well, especially as an audiobook.

The Switch by Beth O’Leary, narrated by Daisy Edgar-Jones and Alison Steadman

A grandmother and granddaughter swap lives in The Switch, a charming, romantic novel by Beth O’Leary.

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some long-overdue rest.

Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen.

So they decide to try a two-month swap.

Eileen will live in London and look for love. She’ll take Leena’s flat, and learn all about casual dating, swiping right, and city neighbors. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire: Eileen’s sweet cottage and garden, her idyllic, quiet village, and her little neighborhood projects.

But stepping into one another’s shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected. Will swapping lives help Eileen and Leena find themselves…and maybe even find true love? In Beth O’Leary’s The Switch, it’s never too late to change everything….or to find yourself.

Boy oh boy…there is only so much you can do before your body starts to shut down and you are forced to take care of yourself before anything else. For Leena though, this is something she doesn’t want to think about. She doesn’t want to have to rest, or take care of herself, or let herself think of anything but work because then she’ll have to think of her sister and the fact that she died a year ago. So, when Leena fails at a presentation for a big client, her boss forces her to take a two month sabbatical in order to rest, relax, and Not. Think. Of. Work. Leena is not right pleased, but there isn’t much she can do about it, so she takes the time. First thing she really does is go to visit her grandmother, who she hasn’t seen or visited in a while. It’s there that Leena discovers that Eileen is trying to find love once again, seeing as her husband up and left her after 50(?) years. It’s then that Leena and Eileen have a genius idea; they shall switch places and lives (as best they can) for the next two months.

This sounds like some of the craziest Freaky Friday mix ups there ever could be, but for Leena and Eileen, it makes sense. Leena needs a break not only from work, but from London. She needs to spend time recalibrating essentially in order to get her life back in some semblance of order. And Eileen isn’t going to find anyone for love and adventure in her small Yorkshire village, so why not try London? See how it goes?

This truly is a loveable book with characters that feel real. I can see some of Leena in myself, but I can also see bits of Eileen in me too, which I think is brilliant! We watch both women find out what it is they want in life, and see how much their lives are not what they want them to be. They both reach out and start to do what they want to do as well as what they need to do in order to figure out what will make them happiest.

Now, I don’t know if this is just something that Beth O’Leary is all about, but with both books that I’ve read so far, the female main characters have had really crappy relationships. They just…get caught up with the wrong men and it’s bad…granted, this is also real life. Men and women get caught up in bad relationships all the time. What I like though is that Beth O’Leary makes sure her characters start to recognize that the relationships they are in are crap, and that there are better people out there for them.

All in all, I would say that while I do enjoy The Flatshare more, I do love The Switch as well. It is cute, fluffy, and it does touch on some serious subjects without being too overbearing either. Beth O’Leary writes well, and I know that she has a new book out now called The Road Trip, but that one sounds like there would be sooooo much second hand embarrassment in it…but I’m also curious, so I may just need to check that one as well and let you all know what I think. Who are some authors that seem to be becoming your automatic must reads? Or, at least, automatic check them out? Comment below and let me know! I’m always looking for new books and authors to read!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Ghost Wall

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, narrated by Christine Hewitt

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*Published January 8, 2019*

This was an audiobook recommendation I read about about a month ago, in October, and it sounded just spooky enough and short enough that I thought I should give it a shot. And I was not disappointed.

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and her family are living as if they are ancient Britons, surviving by the tools and knowledge of the Iron Age.

For two weeks, the length of her father’s vacation, they join an anthropology course set to reenact life in simpler times. They are surrounded by forests of birch and rowan; they make stew from foraged roots and hunted rabbit. The students are fulfilling their coursework; Silvie’s father is fulfilling his lifelong obsession. He has raised her on stories of early man, taken her to witness rare artifacts, recounted time and again their rituals and beliefs—particularly their sacrifices to the bog. Mixing with the students, Silvie begins to see, hear, and imagine another kind of life, one that might include going to university, traveling beyond England, choosing her own clothes and food, speaking her mind.

The ancient Britons built ghost walls to ward off enemy invaders, rude barricades of stakes topped with ancestral skulls. When the group builds one of their own, they find a spiritual connection to the past. What comes next but human sacrifice?

A story at once mythic and strikingly timely, Sarah Moss’s Ghost Wall urges us to wonder how far we have come from the “primitive minds” of our ancestors.

Y’all…Y’ALL!!!! If you need the spookys, but can’t take being spooked for long, like me, then you should definitely try out listening to Ghost Wall. It starts out simply enough, a girl on vacation with her father and mother, with a group of experimental archaeology students doing coursework. For the students, and Silvie, it’s just about coursework and staying out of her parents’s way. For Silvie’s dad though, he is living his dream. He is obsessed with ancient Britons, seeking out a simpler way of life and he is one of the most self-taught survivalists of the area, making him a sought out person for some of the professors he’s made connections with. It’s when things start to get a little too real with the erection of the ghost wall around their encampment that Silvie starts to see that her father may have more in common with the ancient Britons they are emulating than she originally thought.

I’m not going going to give away the ending, this book was far too good for that, but it definitely gave me chills as I was listening to it and definitely a good book to add to your audio collection if you’re looking for a spooky read for a spooky time of year. And really, how different are we from our ancestors?

When it comes to spooky time of year, what do you do to celebrate? How do you get yourself into the spooky mood? Comment below and let me know your spooky traditions!

Tiny Navajo Listens: The Starless Sea

The Starless Seas by Erin Morgenstern

Narrated by Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Bahni Turpin, Fiona Hardingham, Allan Corduner, and Jorjeana Marie

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*Published November 5, 2019*

I don’t normally reread a book within a few months of reading it the first time. This is a special occasion, as I had to do a book talk for The Starless Sea for my library system. I did volunteer for it, but then I got a little behind and I decided to listen to it this time around to give myself more time to read it, such as the hour I have to and from work. And BOY! I am certainly glad I listened to it, because that was a whole other experience that deserves its own review!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

This was one of my favourite books before, but listening to it?! Oh. My. Goodness! I can’t believe I didn’t do this before, but I will say that listening to this book is fantastic! You get the nuance, the differences in tone, and the absolute storytelling this book gives off far better as you listen to it.

This is such a good book, and I love that it is a book about stories! Stories are what drive us in this world and they are what will continue to drive us on as well keep progressing as a world. But stories! And this is where Zachary Ezra Rawlings comes in because he is the catalyst to this story. His finding of a certain book at a certain time and the regret he keeps buried about not opening his door bring the story of the Starless Sea to its next chapter. He is the catalyst to his own story and the story of many many others, and while we may dream of being that catalyst, sometimes we have already become that catalyst and cannot yet see it. You cannot see the story you are in right now, only the story that you have already lived.

So, as you are living your life and living your story and you cannot see whether you are the protagonist or if you’re playing just a supporting role, remember that you cannot see your story while you are in the midst of it. It is only after you have completed a chapter that you will be able to see what impact there was.

What story are you writing for yourself right now? How will this story propel you forward? Comment below and let me know!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Gossip and Gorgons

Yes, I know that missed a post yesterday, it honestly had just slipped my mind and by the time I remembered, it honestly wasn’t really worth it to write up a Top Ten post real quick. But I’m back today and reviewing the third in a series that I’m truly enjoying!

Gossip and Gorgons (Manners and Monsters #3) by Tilly Wallace, narrated by Marian Hussey

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*Published February 28, 2020*

The third volume in the Manners and Monsters series by Tilly Wallace, we finally know just what secret that Wycliff had been hiding from Hannah all this time, and we know just a little bit more about this world where the supernatual and the natural intersect.

One look could turn you to stone…
The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invited to a house party–to be mocked and ridiculed as entertainment. Wycliff insists on attending to discuss business with the host, while Hannah longs to hide in the library with its rare volumes on the Fae.

Bound to Wycliff even beyond death, Hannah wonders how she will survive the week–when a guest unexpectedly expires. A notorious cad is discovered turned into a statue in the garden. The dead lord had many enemies, including Lord Wycliff.

Hannah’s accord with her husband is tested when a trail of footprints leads to their window. What secret is Wycliff hiding and does he know more about the magical death than he admits? Someone among the house guests has murder on their mind and the newlyweds need to determine who, before anyone else is immortalised as stone…

This is the latest audiobook, and you can bet your lucky stars that I was so so grateful to see that it was out and that I could listen to what was going to happen next with Hannah and Wycliff, especially as we truly found out Hannah’s secret, that she and her whole family have strove to keep hidden from all of society: Hannah is one of the Afflicted. Should what happened in the previous book ever happen again, her father ending up in jail and society not acknowledging the Afflicted as alive in any aspect which includes inheriting, then Hannah and her mother will be thrown out into the streets. Since Wycliff is the one who inadvertently brought about this mess in the first place, he offers a simple solution: he will offer for Hannah’s hand in marriage and keep her secret, thus preserving her and her mother should Dr. Miles no longer be able to.

This is irritating to Hannah, but she does it that it may be her and her mother’s only defense against losing their home, thus Hannah accepts and they are quickly married. And this is where this book picks up: Hannah and Wycliff have been married but a few weeks when they are invited to house party, where they are to be the entertainment in part. Yet, when they get there, guests start to disappear and statues of them start to appear in their place. Hannah and Wycliff start to investigate and prevent anymore statues from appearing.

I love when the supernatural intersect the natural, so to have supernatural elements at a typical houseparty along with the intrigue and goings on, it’s always fun to read that sort of mystery. I also like it when two characters that have gotten off on the wrong foot or to a rough start, use the time they are forced to be together in an environment they do not want to be in, to get to know each other and to get used to being with one another. This is precisely what happened with Hannah and Wycliff, being stuck into a room they actually have to share as husband and wife, and learning how to live with each other as husband and wife. It was nice to see both of their barriers break down and dissolve over the week and to see them become more comfortable in each other’s presence.

I love this series and when I saw that there was a fourth, I excitedly try to buy the next audiobook. That is when I realized that while the cover and title are decided, it’s not yet published which means there’s no audiobook just yet. Well, I know what I’ll be getting next, once it does come out!

What book series have you read where you saw the next one was out and you had to buy it immediately? Also, do you start a series knowing that it’s not all out yet, or do you wait till all the books are published before diving in? Comment below and let me know!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Galvanism and Ghouls

Galvanism and Ghouls (Manners and Monsters #2) by Tilly Wallace, narrated by Marian Hussey

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*Published September 12, 2019*

The first book was so good, that I had to buy the second book in order to keep listening and find out what happens next, now that Hannah and Viscount Wycliff have found who was eating the brains of those who are second and third generation mages.

Time reveals all secrets…

A new unnatural horror is about to rattle Hannah Miles’ quiet existence, and it’s not the short-tempered viscount prowling the hallways. Someone is creating a monster by stitching together pieces of different people. When a limb makes an escape attempt, Viscount Wycliff is called to investigate. All of London knows there is one mad scientist among them capable of creating such an ungodly monster… Sir Warren Miles.

Hannah’s father is suspected of a most heinous crime and she is determined to clear his name, even as Wycliff works to see the murderer hang. Buried secrets that touch all their lives will be brought to the surface. One such secret belongs to Hannah and could tear her world apart.

With Hannah and Wycliff on opposing sides, can they find the real monster and will it be the hand that wields the scalpel, or the creature hiding in the dark?

As we continue reading/listening to the lives of the Miles’, now that Lord Wycliff is in residence, we come to find that Lady Miles is capable of more than she might have let on previously. As Hannah gets used to have Lord Wycliff haunting her family house, another mystery starts to crawl around and they are both called to work with and examine the evidence of something nefarious happening.

When rumours of a Dr. Frankenstein-like monster is running around in Chelsea, things start to get a bit grimmer as Dr. Miles, Hannah’s father and one of the leading experts on creating a cure for the Afflicted, is accused of chopping up women and sewing their body parts together. Hannah vows to do whatever she can not only to free her father from prison and clear his name of these base accusations, but she’ll do it without Wycliff’s help as well.

I would tell you more, but that would involve delving into spoilers, but we’re not going there. This series is far too enjoyable for me to ruin it for you, so you can just get the books and read them or listen to them yourself. But if you like darker humour, mysteries, and a bit of supernatural fun all mixed in, then I highly recommend you listen to Galvanism and Ghouls.

What types of books do you look forward to? Do you always need to read the next in the series right away? Comment below and let me know!

Tiny Navajo Listens: The Martian

Yes, yes, I know. I have reviewed this audiobook so many times. Just let me LOVE this book!!!!

The Martian by Andy Weir, narrated by R.C. Bray

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*Published March 22, 2013*

I will never not listen to this book. Never. I love this audiobook! And I will always listen to this book when there’s nothing else.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first man to die there.

It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he’s stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive–and even if he could get word out, his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to get him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills–and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit–he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Okay, you guys have read my review multiple times. You know just how much I love this audiobook. But I shall tell you again. The ridiculousness of this story and the love of humanity that shows through in this story is my favourite! I love Mark Watney and how much we can see that he does want to live, that he will do all that he can to live, and everyone else is working from Earth and Hermes in order to bring Mark Watney home.

Please, just listen to this book! Please!!!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Stardust

Stardust by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron

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*Published February 2, 2017*

This was suprisingly better than I expected it to be. I seem to like some forms of audiobooks better than reading them. This was better listening to it, than reading it.

Matthew Beard and Sophie Rundle star in a brand-new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron.

Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite but a young woman, Yvaine.

When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star: there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. As he does so, Tristran will uncover the secret to his own identity and a fate beyond his wildest dreams.

Directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, and featuring over 35 minutes of unbroadcast material, this stunning new dramatisation boasts an extensive cast including Frances Barber, Maggie Steed, Nicholas Boulton, Blake Ritson, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Loftus, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Alex Macqueen, Matthew Beard and Sophie Rundle. There are also cameo appearances by Tori Amos and Neil Gaiman. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.

This is one of Neil Gaiman’s sweetest books, I love this small little love story between a man and a fallen star. I love the full cast audio in this one, it’s absolutely lovely. Tristrain ventures into the land Faerie to find and bring back a fallen star to impress a girl he wants to court. But what he finds in Faerie is not a piece of sky rock, but a young woman.

A wonderful story of magic, adventure, and figuring out who you truly are. I love that is a full cast audio, and it’s done by the BBC so that makes it really nice, like sound effects and background noise and everything. This is a great book to listen to, and while not what the movie makes it out to be, still something I would recommend to listen to.

Tiny Navajo Listens: Soulless

Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger, narrated by Emily Gray

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*Published June 22, 2010*

This is one of my favourites series that I have ever read, and it’s written by one of my favourite authors EVER! ALL HAIL QUEEN GAIL!!! Oh, so good! And I was needing something to listen to while driving home from work, and I had never listened to this books before so I decided to give this series a try on audiobooks.

Victorian romance mixes seamlessly with elegant prose and biting wit – and werewolves – in Gail Carriger’s delightful debut novel. Soulless introduces Alexia Tarabotti, a parasol-wielding Londoner getting dangerously close to spinster status. But there are more important things than finding a husband. For Alexia was born without a soul, giving her the ability to render any vampire or werewolf completely powerless.

Okay, I will admit, that before listening to this book, it has been several years since I’ve read Soulless. But! Soulless is a wonderful Victorian steampunk about a woman who would be considered a spinster, an Italian one at that, who doesn’t have a soul. She, being soulless, is able to render both vampires and werewolves, who are members of society, back to their human forms. Otherwise, she looks and acts like any other person of society.

I honestly find Alexia to be the best character throughout this book. She and Lord Akeldama, a rove vampire who is the sparkliest of sparkly vampires (as in actual jewels, no Tw/i/light vampires here!). She is a strong woman who knows what she wants, and will go after it with a will. She also stands up for herself and her smarts, seeing as she has no soul, Alexia decided to educate herself from a young age so that she would have some sort of moral code as she grew.

Steampunk Victorian England is also a wonderful world. The majority of us know what Victorian England looks like, or at least what it should look like, because of the whole steampunk genre that seems to have gained popularity in the past decade or so. I also love the small changes in vampire and werewolf lore that Gail Carriger brings to her series and her world with Alexia. It’s a world that fits the characters and these characters are a bit larger than life, so much so, that you just have to pay attention to what they are doing.

I do love this series, but there are a few things that haven’t aged quite as well, but this is still a wonderful book all around. I do look forward to continuing my dive back into the world of our Queen, Gail Carriger! What authors are your absolute favourite authors? What about their books have drawn you to them? Comment below and let me know!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Within the Sanctuary of Wings

Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #5) by Marie Brennan, narrated by Kate Reading

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*Published April 25, 2017*

This is the last of Lady Trent memoirs, we finally see the last bit of scientific discovery that gets Isabella Trent inducted into the scientific society that she had been striving for in the last two books.

The conclusion to the thrilling memoirs of Lady Isabella Trent and her legacy of dragon evolutionary research and anthropological adventures.

After nearly five decades (and, indeed, the same number of volumes), one might think they were well-acquainted with the Lady Isabella Trent–dragon naturalist, scandalous explorer, and perhaps as infamous for her company and feats of daring as she is famous for her discoveries and additions to the scientific field.

And yet–after her initial adventure in the mountains of Vystrana, and her exploits in the depths of war-torn Eriga, to the high seas aboard The Basilisk, and then to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia–the Lady Trent has captivated hearts along with fierce minds. This concluding volume will finally reveal the truths behind her most notorious adventure–scaling the tallest peak in the world, buried behind the territory of Scirland’s enemies–and what she discovered there, within the Sanctuary of Wings.

This was a strong end to a wonderfully strong series. It’s in this series that we see Lady Trent at her strongest, and at her most out-of-water. When she is called to examine and determine if there is a new species of dragon frozen in the mountains of Yelang, she can’t help but go. And she discovers much more than a new species of dragon…she discovers something that will change the way the whole world thinks of the past and the Draconians whose monuments are spotted all over the world.

To hear our aged Lady Trent, as she’s looking back on her life, explain to use what’s really happening, as it’s happening to her younger self, it’s a bit surreal to know that Isabella Trent was literally rescued by her biggest scientific discovery the world could ever have imagined. And her family believes her to be dead. What is a woman to do? Well, she is to live with a family of draconic sisters throughout the winter, learning not only their language, but learning more about the draconians and their lives and society in general.

This is honestly the best way for this series to end. And this is definitely one of the best worlds that have ever been built for a historical science fiction/fantasy series. I love the dragons, the world, the way the characters are portrayed, I love all of it. And having Kate Reading narrate the series was an EXCELLENT choice. She is the perfect person to have that dry voice of someone who is looking on their past to see just how far they have come. Wonderful choices all around! What series has become one of your favourites? Why is it your favourite series? Comment below and let me know!

Tiny Navajo Listens: Voyage of the Basilisk

Voyage of the Basilisk (The Memoirs of Lady Trent #3) by Marie Brennan, narrated by Kate Reading

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*Published April 7, 2015*

The third in our Lady Trent series, and we now get to see the truth of her voyage on the Basilisk, a truth that has not been known or seen since her voyage. But that’s what memoirs are about, uncovering the truth of what REALLY happened all those years ago.

Devoted readers of Lady Trent’s earlier memoirs, A Natural History of Dragons and The Tropic of Serpents, may believe themselves already acquainted with the particulars of her historic voyage aboard the Royal Survey Ship Basilisk, but the true story of that illuminating, harrowing, and scandalous journey has never been revealed—until now. Six years after her perilous exploits in Eriga, Isabella embarks on her most ambitious expedition yet: a two-year trip around the world to study all manner of dragons in every place they might be found. From feathered serpents sunning themselves in the ruins of a fallen civilization to the mighty sea serpents of the tropics, these creatures are a source of both endless fascination and frequent peril. Accompanying her is not only her young son, Jake, but a chivalrous foreign archaeologist whose interests converge with Isabella’s in ways both professional and personal.

Science is, of course, the primary objective of the voyage, but Isabella’s life is rarely so simple. She must cope with storms, shipwrecks, intrigue, and warfare, even as she makes a discovery that offers a revolutionary new insight into the ancient history of dragons.

As with all things Lady Trent, this is a continuation of her story of how she became a renowned dragon naturalist. Only this time, we are visiting a time in her life that was already well documented, her two years on the Basilisk. During her time on the ship, she sent out letters and documentation of her travels to magazines and such, but there was a point in her time where she didn’t write anything for several months and this memoir here is the reason why.

We also get the start of more scandal, both romantic and policital. It just seems to follow our protagonist everywhere, especially as Isabella must follow the dragons everywhere she can. What I enjoyed most about this particular “memoir” is that it truly felt like scientific journal of her two years aboard the Basilisk with her son, friends, and resources to continue her pursuit of the creatures she loves most. This is actually one of my favourites out of all the Lady Trent series because I can see Isabella at nearly her most natural, having her son and her friends with her as she studies dragons and multitudes of dragons as well, not just one or two specific types, but everything from the sea serpents to the Chinese inspired, to the feathered serpents. Just so many dragons and all are wonderful.

Kate Reading also did an amazing job, once again, bringing Lady Trent to life as she describes her own life and what it means to her to become a dragon naturalist.

If you could study dragons, what sort of dragon would you like to study? Or is there another fantastical creature you would wish to study? Comment below and let me know!