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Ever Felt Like a Convention Wanted to Kill You? — Dave Reviews I Am Providence

I Am Providence By Nick Mamatas, Narrated by Joel Richards and Rachel Jacobs Length: 8 hours, 58 minutes [Audible] The first convention I ever went to was San Diego Comic Con, right around 1998. It was a huge deal, but … Continue reading

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“You Want Me to Blow Up the Afterlife?” Dave Reviews City of Blades

City of Blades (The Divine Cities, Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett, Narrated by Alma Cuervo Length: 20 hours, 27 minutes The gods have been destroyed. This isn’t myth or ancient history — it happened less than a lifetime ago. … Continue reading

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Why Are People Sending You Legs? — Dave Reviews Career of Evil

Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, Book 3) by Robert Galbraith, read by Robert Glenister Length: 17 hours, 58 minutes Buy: [ Downpour | Audible | IndieBound ] “How many people do you know would send you a severed leg in the … Continue reading

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For Those of Us Who Have Spent Way Too Much Time at IKEA! Dave Reviews Horrorstör

Horrorstör By Grady Hendrix, narrated Tai Sammons and Bronson Pinchot Length: 6 hours, 16 minutes Does anyone else out there have an aversion to IKEA? Like, someone suggests we pop over there real quick, maybe bribes you with coffee and … Continue reading

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It All Goes Around — Dave Reviews Ancillary Mercy!

Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, Book 3) [Downpour | Audible] by Ann Leckie, Read by Adjoa Andoh Length: 10 hours, 54 minutes “There is always more after the ending. Always the next morning, and the next. Always changes, losses and gains. … Continue reading

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This is Not a Woman To Be Underestimated! The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long

“Heavenly Bodies” (Tremontaine, Episode 3) by Joel Derfner, Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Nick Sullivan, and Katherine Kellgren Length: 2 hours Last week Sam told me he’d been able to get around to listening to the Pilot episode of Tremontaine, and … Continue reading

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“What is Necessary is Not Always Just!” The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long Continues!

“The North Side of the Sun” (Tremontaine, Episode 2) by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen and Nick Sullivan Length: 1 hour, 38 minutes While last week focused on the different introductions to Riverside and this cast of characters, … Continue reading

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Hot Chocolate and Sex! Dave Begins The Tremontaine Listen-A-Long!

“Arrivals” (Tremontaine, Episode 1) by Ellen Kushner, narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Nick Sullivan, and Katherine Kellgren Length: 1 hour, 52 minutes Finding out that there was a new story set in Ellen Kushner’s Riverside was kind of like waking up … Continue reading

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Good Monsters?

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, read by Christian Rummel Length: 9 hours, 8 minutes Cabal by Clive Barker, read by Chet Williamson Length: 6 hours, 44 minutes Nothing says Halloween quite like monsters. Over the last few … Continue reading

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There is No Redemption in the Sea — Dave Revisits THE SCAR!

The Scar by China Mieville, read by Gildart Jackson Length: 26 hours, 58 minutes Some books just leave a mark on you. In China Mieville’s The Scar, a character is told “Scars are not injuries…a scar is a healing. After … Continue reading

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