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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,240
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,975
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,969
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
I very much enjoyed this story.
Reviewed: 10-30-23
This story was very tongue in cheek and enjoyable. It had a tone that was designed for Wil Wheaton to read. I look forward to reading others by Mr. Scalzi.
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Vanishing Fleece
- Adventures in American Wool
- By: Clara Parkes
- Narrated by: Clara Parkes
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 877
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 767
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 766
Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book.
- By Josemiguel Gomez on 03-02-20
- Vanishing Fleece
- Adventures in American Wool
- By: Clara Parkes
- Narrated by: Clara Parkes
not a knitter, but I loved this book
Reviewed: 10-20-21
First, I am NOT a knitter or a crochet person nor am I particularly crafty. I have a drop spindle and have made exactly 10 feet of very bumpy yarn before putting the spindle away for the past 20 years. I have no intention of picking it up again. I did knit one scarf because my best friend convinced me to take a class with her.
Despite not really caring about yarn, I loved this book. The writing is fabulous. The story is interesting. It has a plot line. It has a reason for being. It is a work of art.
I laughed, I cried and did it again. (no spoilers.) I was so glad that she updated the status and stories of those featured.
I could fully see myself doing just this. Buying a bale. With no idea of what I would do with it. I was envious of her bale of wool and was excited to see where the journey took her so I did not purchase my own bale.
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That Will Never Work
- The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
- By: Marc Randolph
- Narrated by: Marc Randolph
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,066
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,770
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,773
In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company—all revealed by cofounder and first CEO Marc Randolph. From idea generation to team building to knowing when it's time to let go, That Will Never Work is not only the ultimate follow-your-dreams parable, but also one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cut off at the end of chapter 18
- By Penny posey on 09-25-19
- That Will Never Work
- The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
- By: Marc Randolph
- Narrated by: Marc Randolph
This book is fantastic
Reviewed: 09-27-21
It was a binge worthy book. I was eagerly waiting to hear what came next.
Normally books read by the author are horrific and not properly narrated, that is not the case here.
I started with Netflix when it was just the red envelopes sent with discs. I upgraded to the discs and online shows. I was hooked on Netflix and I loved it. Great inside story of the rise of Netflix.
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Soulless
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,841
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,653
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse, apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire - and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good fun
- By I'dliketosay on 09-29-17
- Soulless
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
entertaining way to spend a few hours
Reviewed: 05-31-21
it is a good book, the performance is spot on. The topic is enough to keep me listening. Parts such as the family's disdain of her and the sex bits were all at once too much and mildly annoying. For what ever reason, both were eye rolling cliché.
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The Bookshop of Yesterdays
- By: Amy Meyerson
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 994
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 885
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Story4 out of 5 stars 884
Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda’s 12th birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda’s life. She doesn’t hear about him again until 16 years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy, and one final scavenger hunt.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great story ….BUT
- By Jean on 12-16-19
- The Bookshop of Yesterdays
- By: Amy Meyerson
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
predictable and dragged on
Reviewed: 03-27-21
I finished the book but it was painful. It was at least two hours too long. It is a sad story that has lots of hatred in it.
She dislikes her parents. She doesn't forgive easily. She is self centered and everyone around her is also. She has strife with everyone.
It has too much detail about things that don't matter and not enough of what does.
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I Am C-3PO
- The Inside Story
- By: Anthony Daniels, J.J. Abrams
- Narrated by: Anthony Daniels
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,194
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,088
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,076
When Star Wars burst on to the big screen in 1977, an unfailingly polite golden droid called C-3PO captured imaginations around the globe. But C-3PO wasn’t an amazing display of animatronics with a unique and unforgettable voice-over. Inside the metal costume was an actor named Anthony Daniels. In this deeply personal memoir, Anthony Daniels recounts his experiences of the epic cinematic adventure that has influenced pop culture for more than 40 years. For the very first time, he candidly describes his most intimate memories as the only actor to appear in every Star Wars film.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen before the final chapter
- By Chris G. Haring on 11-25-19
- I Am C-3PO
- The Inside Story
- By: Anthony Daniels, J.J. Abrams
- Narrated by: Anthony Daniels
Literally the BEST book
Reviewed: 09-27-20
Let me start by saying that I am not a hard core Star Wars fan. I enjoy watching them but they aren't my favorite movies. When my husband tries to explain one of them, I zone out.
This book, from the first few minutes, grabbed ahold of my soul and hung on. I couldn't stop listening. The performance is fantastic, the writing is from the heart but is not long winded, or self-aggrandizing. The story is written humbly.
He took C3po and brought him to life. I don't believe another actor could have accomplished as much.
Warning, there are movie magic spoilers in this book. There is discussion of how certain things were done. (how things were made to look real)
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The Five
- The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
- By: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,157
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. What they had in common was the year of their murders: 1888. The person responsible was never identified, but the character created by the press to fill that gap has become far more famous than any of these five women. For more than a century, newspapers have been keen to tell us that "the Ripper" preyed on prostitutes. Not only is this untrue, as historian Hallie Rubenhold has discovered, but it has prevented the real stories of these fascinating women from being told.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone needs to read/listen to this book
- By AAHickman on 12-05-19
- The Five
- The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
- By: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
look inside the lives of his victims
Reviewed: 04-11-20
This is a book that emphasizes who these women were. it discusses their daily lives, often their childhoods. This book is not gory, it is tastefully written.
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The Quiet Game
- By: Greg Iles
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,147
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,448
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,422
When former prosecutor Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he doesn't find the peace he desperately craves. He finds that his own father is being blackmailed by a corrupt ex-cop. And when Penn investigates, he uncovers a murderous secret - and the small town's violent past.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex and Good Courtroom Drama!
- By R. Pontiflet on 02-09-15
- The Quiet Game
- By: Greg Iles
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
fantastic, hard to stop listening
Reviewed: 04-19-18
This was one of those binge listens. The narrator reads in a nice even tone that is lulling and dramatic in the right spots.
The twists are tricky but not hard to follow if you pay attention. The story ended to my satisfaction, and I took my earphones off wirh a sigh of contentment.
The Quiet Game goes down in my top twenty listens.
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11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70,152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63,278
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63,132
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Owe Stephen King An Apology
- By Kelly - Write Well Academy on 04-16-12
- 11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
fantastic story. not what I expected.
Reviewed: 03-09-18
as always, a masterful piece of fiction, by the King himself. two or three plot twists that kept the story boiling.
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Fated
- Alex Verus Series, Book 1
- By: Benedict Jacka
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,957
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,322
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,324
Alex Verus is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London. And while Alex's own powers aren't as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future-allowing him to pull off operations that have a million-to-one-chance of success. But when Alex is approached by multiple factions to crack open a relic from a long-ago mage war, he knows that whatever's inside must be beyond powerful.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Harry Dresden meets the Temple of Doom
- By Jessica on 05-15-14
- Fated
- Alex Verus Series, Book 1
- By: Benedict Jacka
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
excellent book
Reviewed: 11-25-17
I am really unsure why the title interested me. It seemed like it wouldn't be my cup of tea. I ordered it and started listening.
5 minutes in and I was hooked. This book is excellent. The characters came to life with the narrator transforming words into them.
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