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Kate’s 2¢: “Light bringer: a Red Rising novel”
“Light bringer: a Red Rising novel”
by Pierce Brown
This was one of seven stories on a cartridge the NLS sent, so, I read it.
It took a while of listening to get into who was where and doing what in the universe.
I enjoyed listening to Tim Gerard Reynolds Read this lengthy story.
Pierce Brown – Wikipedia
Pierce Brown (born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018), Dark Age (2019), and Light Bringer (2023).
PIERCE BROWN
From #1 New York Times bestelling author Pierce Brown, the Red Rising Saga is the story of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. LEARN MORE “Brown writes layered, flawed characters… but plot is his most breathtaking strength.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Light bringer: a Red Rising novel DB116610
Brown, Pierce Reading time: 30 hours, 12 minutes.
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Science Fiction
Bestsellers
War Stories
“Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. “Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. His pacing is 100% him standing over it all with a lit match and a smile, waiting for us to dare him to drop it.” NPR, on Dark Age. “The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.” Virginia au Augustus. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Eat the document: a novel” by Dana Spiotta
“Eat the document: a novel” by Dana Spiotta
It is risky business to try to live a lie when you’re livingwith a computer savvy teen.
I found it interesting that the woman on the lam had such a hard time, but the gellow on the lam seemed to be rather casual about it all.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
danaspiotta.com
Dana Spiotta (born 1966) is an American author. She was a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature,[1] a Guggenheim Fellowship, the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.
She is the author of five novels. Innocents and Others (2016) won the St. Francis College Literary Prize. Stone Arabia (2011) was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.[2] Eat the Document (2006) was a National Book Award finalist[3] and won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[4] Lightning Field (2001) was a New York Times Notable Book of the year.[5]
In 2021, Spiotta published Wayward, which concerns four women: Sam Raymond, a perimenopausal woman; Ally Raymond, Sam’s daughter; Lily, Sam’s mother; and Clara Loomis, a fictitious 19th Century suffragette who ran away to the Oneida Community as a young woman. Wayward was a New York Times Critics’ Top Pick of 2021
Spiotta was born in 1966 in New Jersey. Her father, son of Italian immigrants, worked for Mobil Oil, and his constant moving made Spiotta a perennial “new-kid”. Her parents met at Hofstra University while acting in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by fellow student Francis Ford Coppola.[8] In 1979, her father began running Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios.[9] She attended Crossroads School and went on to Columbia University, but dropped out at the end of her sophomore year. She moved to Seattle and eventually enrolled at Evergreen State College and studied labor history and creative writing.[9]
She teaches in the Syracuse University MFA creative writing program along with George Saunders, Mary Karr.[10] Spiotta lives in Syracuse, New York with her daughter and her husband, writer Jonathan Dee.[11]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Eat the document: a novel DB64681
Spiotta, Dana. Reading time: 8 hours, 18 minutes.
Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Psychological Fiction
In 1972, radical war protestor Mary Whittaker and her lover Bobby Desoto become fugitives and separate after a bombing turns deadly. In Seattle in 2000, widow Mary’s teenage son Jason, an anticorporate activist, uncovers his mother’s deadly secret and finds Bobby for her. Strong language. National Book Award finalist. 2006.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Light bringer: a Red Rising novel” by Pierce Brown
“Light bringer: a Red Rising novel”
by Pierce Brown
This was one of seven stories on a cartridge the NLS sent, so, I read it.
It took a while of listening to get into who was where and doing what in the universe.
I enjoyed listening to Tim Gerard Reynolds Read this lengthy story.
Pierce Brown – Wikipedia
Pierce Brown (born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018), Dark Age (2019), and Light Bringer (2023).
PIERCE BROWN
From #1 New York Times bestelling author Pierce Brown, the Red Rising Saga is the story of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. LEARN MORE “Brown writes layered, flawed characters… but plot is his most breathtaking strength.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Light bringer: a Red Rising novel DB116610
Brown, Pierce Reading time: 30 hours, 12 minutes.
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Science Fiction
Bestsellers
War Stories
“Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. “Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. His pacing is 100% him standing over it all with a lit match and a smile, waiting for us to dare him to drop it.” NPR, on Dark Age. “The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.” Virginia au Augustus. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Best Friends Forever: A Novel” by Margot Hunt
“Best Friends Forever: A Novel” by Margot Hunt
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
Oh Dear Gussie! You’ll have to read this novel to believe the awesome story with a pivotal plot twist ending. Well done Margot Hunt.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Best friends forever: a novel DB88983
Hunt, Margot. Reading time: 10 hours, 39 minutes.
Read by MacKenzie Beyer.
Suspense Fiction
Psychological Fiction
Florida suburban mom Alice Campbell is surprised when detectives want to talk to her about the death of her wealthy friend Kat Grant’s husband, Howard, who fell off their balcony while drunk. And why isn’t Kat taking Alice’s calls? Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Breaking Lorca” by Giles Blunt
“Breaking Lorca” by Giles Blunt
Bruce Roney did a good job of reading this difficult narrative. It was hard enough to listen to it; it must have been hard to professionally read it without breaking down.
I thought the ending was dramatic and fitting.
From Wikipedia:
Giles Blunt (born 1952 in Windsor, Ontario ) is a Canadian poet, novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, Cold Eye, was a psychological thriller set in the New York art world, which was made into the French movie Les Couleurs du diable (Allain Jessua, 1997).
He grew up in North Bay, Ontario, a small city similar to the Algonquin Bay of his John Cardinal novels. He describes his parents as being “so English that the space on their passports for citizenship could only be filled in ‘British Beyond Belief.'”.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Breaking Lorca DBG06871
Blunt, Giles. Reading time: 6 hours, 29 minutes.
Read by Bruce Roney..
Historical Fiction
Human Relations
Psychological Fiction
War Stories
In 1980s El Salvador, a young woman is detained in a government torture squad’s head-quarters, suspected of supporting guerrilla forces. A new recruit, Victor Peña, is assigned to assist in her interrogation, but before they learn so much as her name–Lorca—the squad relentlessly break her, body and soul. Years later, this terrifying journey into human cruelty and courage still haunts the tormentor as dramatically as it does his victim. Explicit descriptions of violence, strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2009. Marrakesh title.
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