{"id":25176,"date":"2025-09-30T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25176"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:52:48","slug":"swordheart-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25176","title":{"rendered":"Swordheart, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swordheart<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2018) T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Jesse Vilinsky<\/p>\n

\"Swordheart\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the grimmer realizations of Sarkis\u2019s youth had been the discovery that knowing you were being an ass did not actually stop you from continuing to be an ass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d she admitted, looking at the pile of potatoes, \u201cyou\u2019re good at that.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a great deal of experience skinning my enemies,\u201d he said, deadpan. <\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have many enemies among the potatoes?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNot any longer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhat would you say if I tortured you?\u201d asked the bandit leader conversationally. <\/p>\n

Halla blinked at him. \u201cErr\u2026\u2019ow,\u2019 probably? \u2018Stop, stop, stop,\u2019 something like that?\u201d What a bizarre question. What does he expect me to say<\/em>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Halla, Sarkis, Cousin Alver, Aunt Malva, Great-Uncle Silas, Bartholomew, Nolan, Bishop Beartongue, Zale, Brindle, Jorge, Mare, Angharad, The Dervish<\/p>\n

Publisher: Tantor Audio<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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