Alexander C. Kane is back with a new series focused on a new, but equally lovable main character. I previously reviewed Andrea Vernon and The Corporation for Ultrahuman Protection and was intrigued to learn that he had a new series out. Orlando People focuses on Gretch Wolgast who happens to have some curious powers and just so happens to witness a murder. This isn’t the first part of her life that has left her flipped upside down, but it might be the most extreme. Continue reading “Orlando People Audible Audio Book Review from @kleffnotes”

The beloved young adult series The Baby-Sitters Club is back in a brand new audio format. Audible is releasing all 131 books in new original formats, with the first five books being performed by Elle Fanning. The rest of the series will be performed by a variety of actors including Brittany Pressley, Ali Ahn, Emily Bauer, Lauren Fortgang, Bahni Turpin, Erin Moon, Stephany Einstein, and Vanessa Johansson. I grew up with this series and am delighted to have the opportunity to share details about the upcoming release of these titles on August 13th as well as my thoughts on two of the Audible Originals. Continue reading “The Baby-Sitters Club @audible_com Release and Teaser Review from @kleffnotes”

Outland is the first book in the Quantum Earth series by Dennis E. Taylor and today the Audible Original audiobook drops for eager listeners everywhere. Narrated by Ray Porter, the story follows six college students and their attempt to stop civilization from ending with their experimental physics project.. While studying quantum uncertainty Bill Rustad and his fellow students inadvertently open a portal to Outland, another world that appears identical to Earth. When their own world is threatened  by a cataclysmic event they will have to see if their accidental portal can keep humanity alive, even if it isn’t on our original Earth. Continue reading “Outland @audible_com Book Review from @kleffnotes”

In a world where magic is something only a select class have the capacity for, Sarah Smith is just a young girl who serves a higher class family with her mother and sister. In Changeling, she finds herself thrust into a new way of life that she had never thought was available to her. As the first book in the Sorcery and Secrets series listeners are introduced to a magical world set in an alternate past that is full of surprises. Continue reading “Changeling @audible_com Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Charles Dickens is rumored to have considered creating a sequel to his renowned classic, Oliver Twist, but such a work was never created in his lifetime. While Dickens might not have been able to create a story for an older Oliver, Tony Lee has taken the Dickensian characters from this work and made a story set ten years after the original ended. Oliver has returned to London to deal with the solicitors controlling his adopted father’s estate, but with this money held out of reach, he finds himself back in the world of pickpockets and thieves. Dodger has a plan that will make both men obscenely wealthy with just one big scheme. As the Audible Original Drama of Dodge & Twist unfolds listeners will find themselves transported into the dangerous streets of London and surrounded by the criminal characters Oliver thought he had escaped. Continue reading “Dodge & Twist @audible_com Review from @kleffnotes”