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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,957
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,890
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,855
Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of 2021, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Academic Snobbery
- By TVR on 10-03-21
- Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
Incredible narration
Reviewed: 11-08-24
At first I had a hard time getting into this story but after a while I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
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We Are All the Same in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,688
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,186
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,126
It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru's brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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On the edge of my ladder
- By Deirdre Hoinoski on 08-27-20
- We Are All the Same in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Julia Heaberlin
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews, Kirby Heyborne
Excellent narration for a slow story
Reviewed: 09-21-24
This story is slow and at times boring. When I speed up narration and constantly look to see “how much longer?!” that implies I’m bored. But the narrators are excellent; they kept me from giving up. Parts of the ending were predictable.
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Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,882
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,882
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she’s generally happy with her life, even if she can’t figure out why she hooks up with a man she barely speaks to—but today is her twenty-eighth birthday. She can think of plenty of things she’d rather be doing than placating a bunch of grumpy passengers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting premise
- By RondaR on 09-16-24
- Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
Exceptional narration
Reviewed: 09-18-24
This was well worth a point. Great characters and a unique story. Touching. The way Cherry talks about her life, loves and loss is very real.
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Four Minutes
- By: Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,620
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,499
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,499
Special Operations Chief Tyler Brooks might not know quantum mechanics, or have an eidetic memory, but he is the very best in the world at one thing: leading covert ops. When an unpredictable enemy causes the catastrophic loss of his entire SEAL team, Brooks is recruited by Pat Moody to lead a new elite squad, Task Force Omega. Moody’s promise—access to mind-bending tech that grants a glimpse of the future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I Hate Cliffhangers
- By Nicole on 04-05-24
- Four Minutes
- By: Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Starts with a short-lived bang and ends with a fizzle.
Reviewed: 08-15-24
Spoiler alert — mixing Navy Seals and special Ops with time travel became boring. The kick-ass action we’ve come to expect from Andrews and Wilson was replaced with long drawn out conversations about time travel, physics and failed missions. Plus the ending wasn’t an ending; clearly there’s a part two. I prefer a story with at least a little resolution. The narration by Ray Porter is as always brilliant.
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Holly
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Justine Lupe, Stephen King
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10,799
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,934
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9,932
When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly Gibney is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just passed away. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny’s desperate voice makes it impossible to turn her down. Meanwhile, mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. But they are also harboring a shocking, unholy secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Investigations in the time of Covid
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 09-05-23
- Holly
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Justine Lupe, Stephen King
Worth the credit
Reviewed: 07-24-24
Prior reviews lament that this story leans pro-vaccine, pro-mask, etc. But isn't that the way it was during Covid? Mr. King captures this period in our history well. There were (still are) differing views about the vaccine, masks and Covid. For most of us vaccines and masks aren't a political statement. Some of us wear masks to protect someone we love, not because we are Red or Blue. So please appreciate how well the story captures what was going on at the time.
It's a great story, and Holly is a great character. Justine Lupe did a fine job of narrating but it was hard to not want to hear Will Patton narrating; changing the voice of the Character between books was not ideal. Regardless, this was well worth the point and I highly recommend it.
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Blowback
- Scot Harvath, Book 4
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,518
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,198
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,174
When a mysterious new weapon tips the balance against American and allied forces throughout the Middle East, the only person the president can call for help is the man the administration has just fired - Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative, Scot Harvath. Caught live on Al Jazeera in an off-the-books operation, Harvath is forced to go to ground, as a senator with presidential aspirations turns her sights on the White House and forces President Jack Rutledge to publicly end the career of America's number-one counter-terrorism operative.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- By Keith on 08-15-19
- Blowback
- Scot Harvath, Book 4
- By: Brad Thor
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Skip this one
Reviewed: 03-02-24
We’re big fans of Brad Thor’s Scott Harvath series. But this book is ridiculous. An ancient ‘weapon’ is resurrected by the bad guys. Sounds reasonable. It’s not. The story lacks any direction and it’s more unrealistic than even the most ‘out there’ Harvath story. The last eleven minutes of the book were the only time we didn’t roll our eyes.
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Wish You Were Here
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,976
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,659
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,605
Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She’s an associate specialist at Sotheby’s now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She’s not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos - days before her thirtieth birthday. Right on time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Jodi + excellent narration = 5+++
- By Susie Q on 12-03-21
- Wish You Were Here
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Poor editing detracted from the story
Reviewed: 07-22-23
This is a 4 star book, read by a wonderful narrator, but sadly it was edited (or read?) in such a way that the sentences, chapters, and timelines ran into each other. There was inadequate pausing between sentences, making the book hard to follow. Imagine reading a book with no punctuation to indicate where one sentence ended and another began. This seemed to get worse as the book progressed and it made it hard to know that the timeline had changed. If there had been identifiable breaks between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next, or the end of a paragraph or chapter, it would have made it a much more enjoyable listen. Great writing - the author captured the early days of the Covid pandemic well.
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Murder in Bermuda
- By: James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, Thaddeus McCants
- Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker, Ronald Peet, Kim Aria Peterson, and others
- Length: 4 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,492
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,493
When Beth moves to the beautiful island of Bermuda to set up a tax haven for her family, she never expects to be drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. As the body count on the island rises with blackmail, corruption, arson, catfishing, and sex tapes intertwined, Beth teams up with locals Tony Durant, a former attorney for the Ministry of Justice in London, and Serena Steede, a local investigator, to form a small law firm to defend the accused.
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1 out of 5 stars
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1st James Patterson book I didn't like
- By Sm on 06-16-23
- Murder in Bermuda
- By: James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, Thaddeus McCants
- Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker, Ronald Peet, Kim Aria Peterson, full cast
It was okay - average.
Reviewed: 07-15-23
This audiobook is like listening to a play. There are many different narrators which was both good and bad. Some of the accents were terrible and hard to understand. Add in occasional background noise to simulate traffic, etc. and the narration was at times hard to follow. Mary Louise Parker was the best narrator
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What Happened to the Bennetts
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,362
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,793
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,752
Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh my gosh! You have outdone yourself! 💚�
- By Kindle Customer on 03-30-22
- What Happened to the Bennetts
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Okay story and narration.
Reviewed: 07-13-23
I usually love anything narrated by Eduardo Ballerini. However this kind of story really didn’t lend itself to his somewhat breathy style of narration.
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 28,621
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25,866
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Story5 out of 5 stars 25,800
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Wonderful story
Reviewed: 07-04-23
An incredibly narrated story. Heartbreaking and hopeful. A Tragically accurate story about lives ruined by Oxy and other prescription drugs, and a bleak look into the world of foster care. But the hopefulness and the ending are great. I’m so glad I listened to this book. Exceptional narration.
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