Here are a few thoughts on The Wardrobe Department by Elaine Garvey, a very enjoyable debut novel set in the London theatre scene and Ireland #BookReview #reading #audiobook @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f94ed17-cdcc-468c-b707-1eb5fb6829f4?redirect=true
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"Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny and Rene Auberjonois (1981) is a brilliant performance of one of Zelazny's sillier short stories. This post will be an indulgent one filled with nostalgia and rambling. If you prefer my usual short and concise posts, please come back tomorrow.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/unicorn_variation.html
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I’ve written a few thoughts on Heart the Lover by Lily King, 2025, an enjoyable read about college days and the impact those early relationships can have later in life. I liked it but didn’t love it as much as I’d hoped to #bookstodon #reading #audiobook #BookReview #WomensPrize @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bcf8606-6460-463a-a6c9-acafde143fec
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Currently on BBC Sounds: THE STATE OF THE ART by Iain M. Banks
In 1977, the Culture starship GCU ARBITRARY discovers Earth: a primitive society on the edge of self-destruction.
When Contact agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hv1dz
#Scottish #literature #sciencefiction #scifi #IainBanks #IainMBanks #TheCulture #audiobook
The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 7 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/09/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-7/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
Ebook: https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords
Audiobook: https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words
Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.
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Five stars:
The Plot and the Pendulum by Jenn McKinlay and Allyson Ryan (Narrator) (2022) is the thirteenth book in the Library Lover's mystery series. Lindsay Norris has been offered a priceless collection of rare first editions from the Dorchester family's vast collection. Unfortunately, tucked in with the books is the body of a long missing woman, last seen in the late 1980s.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/plot_and_the_pendulum.html
Five stars:
A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle by Darci Hannah and Charlie Albers (Narrator) (2026) is the second book in the Food & Spirits mystery series. Bunny and her male costars head to Scotland to investigate the Ghostly Piper. While there they discover the body of one of the piping competition, dead at the bottom of a cliff.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/spirited_supper_at_dundoon_castle.html
Want my audiobook but have commitment issues? It’s on sale at Chirp today!
https://www.chirpbooks.com/authors/katherine-villyard-audiobooks
#audiobook #bookstodon #vampirebooks @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 10 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/30/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-10/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch
Audiobook: https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch
The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…
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If you have never listened to my audiobooks before and don't know where to start, allow me to recommend The Giantess Slave by Amber Collins.
A female mad scientist kidnaps two party girls to create the ultimate instrument of her revenge: a 200-foot tall woman!
It's a scifi story with a light sapphic vibe that's the lowest heat of all my books -- it's far more suggestive than explicit and barely registers as PG-13.
*Friends sometimes say they'd like to check out my work but feel uncomfortable at the thought of listening to me narrate spicy sex scenes. I respect that! This might fit the bill.
It's also as campy as a 1950's drive-in movie.
And I had more fun than I know how to tell you doing the sexy mad scientist voice!
Bonus: for reasons I absolutely do not understand, several listeners have told me that they love to listen to this book to fall asleep to. Maybe my MILF-y Mad Scientist voice is soporific?
It's available through Amazon, Audible and Apple Books. You can hear a quick free sample in any of the listings!
#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon #LGBTQbookstodon #Scifi #SizeFantasy #Macrophilia #SapphicLit
Five stars:
March 12th was the eleventh anniversary of Terry Pratchett's death and that had me thinking of Going Postal (2004). I have seen the two part mini series adaptation of the book many times but wanted to listen again to Stephen Brigg's reading of it.
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https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_04/going_postal.html
The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 14 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/04/27/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-14/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
Five stars:
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow and Stephanie Sheh (Narrator) (2022) is the first mystery in the Night Market series. Yale Yee, working with her estranged cousin, Celine, discovers the body of one of their first customers at the end of the Night Market. Worried that Celine's extra ingredient (gold flakes) might have contributed to the woman's death, she decides to investigate.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_04/death_by_bubble_tea.html
Five stars:
Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay and Allyson Ryan (Narrator) (2024) is the 14th Library Lover's mystery. Although the mystery hinges on a rare copy of Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950), the mystery draws most heavily from Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934) and Hitchock's earlier film, The Lady Vanishes (1938).
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_04/fatal_first_edition.html
Here are a few thoughts on Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, 1971, by Elizabeth Taylor, a book I loved! It’s an unflinching and poignant portrayal of ageing, blending the harsh realities with darkly comedic observations and hopeful moments #bookstodon #BookReview #audiobook #reading #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ee819667-3e65-45f9-b9dd-e8b4458e328d
Five stars:
Stay For A Spell by Amy Coombe with Lottie Bourne (Narrator) (2026) is a cozy fantasy that plays with the notion of curses in a way I haven't seen since Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon (who now writes as T. Kingfisher). Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar has settled into a life of performing all the royal duties that the rest of her family are too busy to do. It means a lot of travel, a very tight schedule, and almost no downtime, save for the long hours in the carriage. All of that changes when she finds herself cursed to stay within the confines of bookstore.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/stay_for_a_spell.html
#bookstodon #AudioBook #fantasy #romance #BarnPirate
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First #Coros only day, #Running was great (the air was so clean after yesterday‘s rain), #JumpingRope was also good, my #audiobook was a bliss – what a start into this Wednesday. And, to make it even better, this is the last day of our written final examinations – normality is expected to return tomorrow… (And I found out that sharing Coros data to Apple Health works flawless, so I can see my progress in #FitnessTotals – yay!)
Four stars:
Home Is Where the Murder Is by Rosalie Spielman and Eleanor McCormick (Narrator) (2023) is the second book in the Hometown mystery series. During the New Oslo Pioneer Days festival, a woman claiming to be Deputy Freddie's cousin is murdered.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/home_is_where_the_murder_is.html
I discovered today that sighted people don't listen to audiobooks. They consume them. no wonder sighted people don't understand audiobooks. Sighted people can't just sit down and listen to something. They consume audiobooks while doing other things, and think I'm a genius when I can recall more of the book than they can with less effort. #Audible #Audiobook #Audiobooks
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Five stars:
Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay and Brittany Pressley (Narrator) (2020) is a novel about self love and grief. Chelsea Martin can't accept that her father is marrying a woman he's only known for two weeks. She can't move on from the gaping hole in her heart from her mother's death due to stage four cancer seven years earlier. She decides the only way to move on is to revisit her gap year boyfriends.
#bookstodon #romance #audiobook
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https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/paris_is_always_a_good_idea.html
Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch
Audiobook: https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch
The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…
@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books #audiobook
Baby’s first audiobook? https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/05/15/babys-first-audiobook/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook
Five stars:
A Poisonous Pour by Maddie Day with Linda Jones (Narrator) (2026) is the third Cece Barton mystery. It's Memorial Day weekend but unpopular Regan Greene, president of the local valley district organization has been murdered after Richard's unflattering article was published.
#bookstodon #audiobook #mystery
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https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/poisonous_pour.html
