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Things We Never Got Over
- By: Lucy Score
- Narrated by: Lila Winters, Sebastian York
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,344
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,842
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,821
Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her twin. Too bad for Naomi, her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with a niece she didn’t know she had. Now, she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no home - and an 11-year-old to take care of. Since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least Knox can do is help her out. And just as soon as she's out of trouble, he can get back to his peaceful, solitary life. That’s the plan, until the trouble turns to real danger.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
- By A B on 05-15-22
- Things We Never Got Over
- By: Lucy Score
- Narrated by: Lila Winters, Sebastian York
It was a fun book
Reviewed: 02-12-23
Super good romcom. The narration was good. The story line was fun and moved at a good pace.
It was a fun, we’ll written book.
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The Very Nice Box
- By: Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STÄDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. She’s hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It’s been years since she’s let anyone in. But when Ava’s new boss—the young and magnetic Mat Putnam—offers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open up—and, despite her instincts, she becomes enamored. But Mat isn’t who he claims to be, and the romance takes a sharp turn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a fun, quirky story
- By Barbara S on 09-02-21
- The Very Nice Box
- By: Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
It was good
Reviewed: 07-14-21
I like books that are realistic. This one is definitely not a run of the mill rom com that I thought it was. It got cringy at the end. It is very well written, the story flows nicely. The narrator does a good job. Again, just.. if you are looking for a feel good book, this is not that book.
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Cajun Justice
- By: James Patterson, Tucker Axum
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 897
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 801
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 791
The Bayou is a unique place to live and it provides a grit and passion to any who hail from it, including Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. Cain had the dream job he had always wanted, protecting the President, until a single night resulted in a scandal that lost him his post. Needing a new direction for his life and with help from his sister who works in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very successful and important CEO.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cajun? Maybe
- By Shannon M. Gross on 09-02-20
- Cajun Justice
- By: James Patterson, Tucker Axum
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
What a fun book!
Reviewed: 09-23-20
Kevin stillwell puts on a terrific performance. The story was entertaining, I am glad I took a chance on this one.
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An Unorthodox Match
- A Novel
- By: Naomi Ragen
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fiancé, fast track career, when suddenly, without warning, everything tragically implodes. After years fruitlessly searching for love, marriage, and children, she decides to seek spirituality and meaning far outside the parameters of modern life in the insular, ultraorthodox enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn. There, fate brings her to the dysfunctional home of newly-widowed Jacob, a devout Torah scholar, whose life is also in turmoil, and whose small children ache for the kindness of a womanly touch.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Many truths about Human nature
- By Carol Joyce on 09-12-21
- An Unorthodox Match
- A Novel
- By: Naomi Ragen
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
DNF
Reviewed: 10-29-19
Chapter 3 was as far as I got. I wanted to like this book, I am watching Mrs Maisel and have a good time. Unfortunately the characters felt forced. The female wants to be a wife in this life style. There is a man who’s wife passed away and cannot take care of himself. Not very much else to the recipe. I was hoping for like able characters and charming dialog but after 3 chapters I felt no desire to invest any more time into them.
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Beartown
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,552
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,509
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Miserable
- By Dee Garza on 06-12-17
- Beartown
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Oh my freaking god. Get on w it
Reviewed: 10-24-19
I really wanted to like this book. I love hockey. There is sooooo much introspective narrative that takes up this story. Most of the time there is not enough back story in character build up but this is the complete opposite of that problem.
For every actual action that happens there is a 30 minute dive back into the past to why the character feel the way he or she does. I get it they all have baggage they all have a past. It does not need to be brought up to move the story forward.
I found myself lost and drifting off even though I wanted to know what was going to happen. I thought is the narrator off somehow. Then I realized there was so much fluff stuffed into this story that I could not stay engaged.
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The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53,883
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 48,471
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48,309
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Long, Hard Slog Through Endless Despair and Heartache
- By Morro Schreiber on 04-11-18
- The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Extremely disappointing
Reviewed: 10-23-19
I could see where the author was going w the story. I was supposed to feel conflicting emotions for the father but he never had any redeeming qualities that made me feel that way. The author clearly wanted to portray the mother as a battered wife w codependent issues. I never felt sorry for her. The story was long winded.
The narrator has a pleasant voice over all. However, she can not do male voices at all.
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Permanent Record
- By: Mary H. K. Choi
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 82
On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. His graveyard shift at a 24-hour deli in Brooklyn is a struggle. Plus, he’s up to his eyeballs in credit card debt. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. The brand is unstoppable. Her life is a queasy blur of private planes, step-and-repeats, aspirational hotel rooms, and strangers screaming for her just to notice them. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m. at the bodega in the dead of winter it’s absurd to think they’d be A Thing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was drawn in right away.
- By Jessica Brooks on 12-02-20
- Permanent Record
- By: Mary H. K. Choi
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
I liked it
Reviewed: 10-09-19
I thought the book was good. Mary h k is becoming one of my favorite authors. She has really funny dialog. Super witty.
I thought this was going to be like a romance hybrid but it was more coming of age. I am finding out I like this genre bcz I did a lot of dumb stuff growing up and I can relate.
The only gripe I have is that I could not listen to the story without adjusting the volume. Vikas is a good narrator. When he changes characters the pitch of his voice goes higher than when he reads the storyline. He reads kind of soft anyway It would hurt my ears. Idk if that is something the audio Dept. Should smooth out or if the narrator needs to keep a constant volume.
Other than that I think it was a good book, I would imagine it was challenging to write this kind of book from the opposite sex’s point of view but I would say the author pulled it off.
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Front Lines
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Therese Plummer
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The unproven American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled: the armed forces of Nazi Germany. Three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, OK narration
- By Heather Darenberg on 05-17-16
- Front Lines
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Therese Plummer
So friggin awesome !!
Reviewed: 09-05-19
I loved the gender bender going on here!! Please please release the other two books in this series. This is a gold trinity!! Therese Plummer is such a talented narrator. Huge fan of both author and narrator!!
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Emergency Contact
- By: Mary H. K. Choi
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Jacques Roy
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 337
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 294
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Story4 out of 5 stars 293
For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn't actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it's 79 miles and a zillion light-years away from everything she can't wait to leave behind.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Messy Book With Really Bad Narration
- By Doha on 04-23-18
- Emergency Contact
- By: Mary H. K. Choi
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Jacques Roy
Ugh!! Missed a golden opportunity
Reviewed: 08-24-19
The dialog was amazing !! The male narrator had the opportunity to really shine with what the author wrote. I liked the female narration, she did good with the dry humor and sarcasm. I still really enjoyed the story, can not wait to hear the next one.
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The Border
- The Cartel Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 29 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,367
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,046
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,034
For over 40 years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: the War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world's most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin - the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adan Barrera - has left him bloody and scarred, cost him people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul. Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster, he has created 30 more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story-telling spoiled by partisanship
- By M & B on 04-25-19
- The Border
- The Cartel Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Don Winslow
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
If Ray Porter does not win an Audie for this series, then I just don’t know
Reviewed: 06-20-19
Beautifully written by Don Winslow. Again. More words are required to post this, but I have none.
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