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SilverFin
- Young Bond, Book 1
- By: Charlie Higson
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
What does it take to become the greatest secret agent the world has ever known? In this thrilling prequel to the James Bond series, readers meet a 13-year-old schoolboy whose inquisitive mind and determination set him on a path that will one day take him all over the world, in pursuit of the most dangerous criminals known to man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Pleasant Surprise
- By Troy on 09-17-15
- SilverFin
- Young Bond, Book 1
- By: Charlie Higson
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
Good story and pace
Reviewed: 08-22-13
Would you consider the audio edition of SilverFin to be better than the print version?
I have not read the print version.
What was one of the most memorable moments of SilverFin?
Being fed to
mosquitos!
Have you listened to any of Nathaniel Parker’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Don't know
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No but it was entertaining for a long drive.
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So Yesterday
- By: Scott Westerfeld
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 31
Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Totally Cool
- By Maddy on 03-15-06
- So Yesterday
- By: Scott Westerfeld
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Fairly current. Nice to listen to with a teenager
Reviewed: 12-06-11
Would you listen to So Yesterday again? Why?
It was enjoyable but I wouldn't listen again.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. In fact, we had long periods between car trips when we did not listen and everyone was fine with just waiting.
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Spin
- By: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,796
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,350
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,358
One night when he was 10, Tyler stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They flared into brilliance, then disappeared, replaced by an empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen!
- By pems-integ-tests on 03-28-08
- Spin
- By: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
slow slow slow
Reviewed: 12-06-11
What disappointed you about Spin?
We are a couple and a 15 year old girl.
First I must confess that we all lost interest and after about 4 hours and agreed to give it up.
From the reviews it must get better later on but we just couldn't bear to listen anymore.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Bossypants by Tina Fey.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
too slow
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Spin?
Don't know but it needs more action sooner. Some severe editting is in order.
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The Ring of Solomon
- A Bartimaeus Novel
- By: Jonathan Stroud
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,403
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,965
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,959
Bartimaeus, everyones favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series. As alluded to in the footnotes throughout the series, Bartimaeus has served hundreds of magicians during his 5,010 year career. Now, for the first time, fans will go back in time with the djinni, to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon in 950s BC. Only in this adventure, it seems the great Bartimaeus has finally met his match.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Quirky and Fun
- By Alia on 12-26-10
- The Ring of Solomon
- A Bartimaeus Novel
- By: Jonathan Stroud
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
Great family listening.
Reviewed: 09-22-11
Would you consider the audio edition of The Ring of Solomon to be better than the print version?
I have not read the print version.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Ring of Solomon?
The image of a hippo in a skirt still brings a smile to my family.
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Ender in Exile
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,529
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,125
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,126
Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Change of Perspective
- By Joshua on 11-14-08
Nice if you're an Ender fan
Reviewed: 06-30-11
Nicely fills in the some blanks between other Ender stories. The pace is a little slow sometimes but worth listening to. If you're not an Ender fan, don't bother.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
- By: Johann David Wyss
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,012
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
"For many days we had been tempest-tossed...the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost." So begins this delightful adventure story. The Robinson family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, will emerge alive from this terrible storm, bringing to land two dogs and a shipload of livestock: hens, pigeons, and geese.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A review from my (10 year-old) son:
- By B. Junkin-Mills on 12-29-04
- The Swiss Family Robinson
- By: Johann David Wyss
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
slow oh so slow
Reviewed: 06-30-11
I read this as a child and have fond memories. But times have changed and compared to modern novels this is soooooo slow.
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Midnight for Charlie Bone
- By: Jenny Nimmo
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 757
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 506
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
Charlie doesn't want to believe it when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. But his horrible aunts are delighted: it means that he is one of the chosen and must attend Bloor's Academy for gifted children. Once there, Charlie realizes that some of his classmates have equally mysterious powers, and soon Charlie is involved in uncovering the mysterious past of one of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adults Take on Charlie Bone
- By Nicole on 12-07-05
- Midnight for Charlie Bone
- By: Jenny Nimmo
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
Excellent story
Reviewed: 08-19-07
Listened to this with my 10 year old daughter. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Lionboy
- By: Zizou Corder
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
What do you do when you come home one day and discover that your parents have been kidnapped? Well, if you're a brave young guy named Charlie Ashanti, you go off in search of them. And since you happen to know how to speak Cat, your feline friends (the stray cats of the city and the caged lions on a magnificent, astounding floating circus) rally around you, bringing help, advice, and occasional special deliveries. Little do you know that in this search of yours, the fate of the world is at stake.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing, But in the End, Unsatsfying
- By Morro on 03-21-04
- Lionboy
- By: Zizou Corder
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
Wonderful story
Reviewed: 08-19-07
Good pace, wonderful characters.
Heard it with our 10 year old daughter.
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Inkheart
- By: Cornelia Funke
- Narrated by: Lynn Redgrave
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,693
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,203
Imagine it were possible to bring the characters from a book to life. Not like when you listen to an audiobook with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump off the pages and into your bedroom...but for real. Imagine they could actually climb out of the pages and into our world. Then imagine if those characters brought their world into ours.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For ALL ages
- By A on 11-24-04
- Inkheart
- By: Cornelia Funke
- Narrated by: Lynn Redgrave
A good story
Reviewed: 08-19-07
Rather long but worth the time. The idea of characters coming to life out of storeies is just SO wonderful. We loved all the references to other books. My 9 year old daughter especially liked the fact that she had all the books that the character had.
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Down the Rabbit Hole
- An Echo Falls Mystery
- By: Peter Abrahams
- Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Down the Rabbit Hole (Unabridged)
- By Susan L. Jeffres on 05-22-05
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- An Echo Falls Mystery
- By: Peter Abrahams
- Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried
boring.
Reviewed: 08-19-07
We didn't even bother finishing it.
My 11 yeaer old daughter thought the protagonist incredibly stupid and the story boring.
I had to agree with her.
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