Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner with Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

Due to some issues with my audiobook app of choice, I did not have the audiobooks I wanted to listen to on my return flight. I had to look on Libby and CloudLibrary for options. This was the first of two for the journey. I have been getting motion sickness on long haul flights so I took some anti-nausea medication. The night flight and the medication made me very sleepy so I do not remember much from this book. I only listened to it because Juliet Stevenson is my favourite audiobook narrator and very soothing. The first book was fine. I am not interested in a lot World War II era historical novels. I barely remember anything other than one romance and the triumph over misogynistic workplace storyline.

Jan 19, 2026.

Queen Charlotte by Shonda Rhimes and Julia Quinn with Natalie Simpson (Narrator)

This was the second audiobook as I knew a romance would easy for the flight. I was asleep for some of this but not as much as I wanted to. The best part was the friendship between Charlotte and Danbury. The torture was awful to read and over the top. I was honestly bored for most of it so I’m not reading Julia Quinn again. The TV mini series was better than the book and gave Lady Danbury more depth and an interesting romantic subplot that was not in the novel.

Jan 19, 2026.

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (The Murderbot Diaries #2.5) by Martha Wells

My second flight was delayed so I had time to finish QC and read this at an airport lounge. It only took a few mins. It was fine albeit a bit boring. I prefer it when it’s centred around Murderbot and it was not in this novel at all.

Read on Kobo Clara BW on January 19, 2026.

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

I believe I started the first page of this in the airport lounge. I tried to read it more in the coming days but I did not really like it. It was too slow and I did not get a good sense of the characters. It was told in the fairytale style, but I still struggled to care about any of the characters or plot.

Read on Kobo Clara BW January 19-22, 2026.