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The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- By: Paramount Pictures
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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With exclusive insights from the legendary cast, including Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, and Talia Shire, and commentary from a diverse array of film experts and ardent aficionados, we dissect the film’s magnetic allure and its pervasive influence across our culture. Journey alongside Rebecca Keegan, acclaimed senior film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, as she explores the heart of this cinematic masterpiece through a new lens.
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Deep dive into The Godfather
- By C.F. on 08-28-24
- The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- By: Paramount Pictures
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
Why are you still talking about it? Cinema
Reviewed: 09-17-24
The godfather is important cinema that should be viewed by all who study film. This is a great partner and eye opener to the behind the scenes and for those who still feel the need to take more in from the film or the show the offer
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction." She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail.
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Unexpectedly poor narration
- By Blurryface on 08-10-22
- I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
The bold and the brave Jannette
Reviewed: 04-13-24
I stumbled upon this book only after the quiet onset documentary, riveting is an understatement. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have a bad relationship with my mother, but I’m glad Jenette told her story as I do hope she keeps writing .
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The Breakup Lists
- By: Adib Khorram
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of things—a techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-maker—but one thing he’s not is a romantic. And why would he be? He’s already had a front row seat to his parents’ divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasmine’s broken heart one too many times.
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Scratch everything
- By Robert J on 04-13-24
- The Breakup Lists
- By: Adib Khorram
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal
Scratch everything
Reviewed: 04-13-24
The narrator makes it unbearable to listen to no matter how many times you speed it. Certain words spoken can really grit your teeth. The story is very juvenile. A lot of talk about kissing. And not much storyline, which is a shame because I love Adib Khorram.
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The Angel of Indian Lake
- The Indian Lake Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Stephen Graham Jones
- Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones’s finale.
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Incredible ending to this brilliant trilogy
- By MamaBear on 04-06-24
- The Angel of Indian Lake
- The Indian Lake Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Stephen Graham Jones
- Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King
I hate it when the trilogy ends
Reviewed: 04-03-24
Not many horror stories will introduce you to a final girl that has such beautiful depth but that’s not something Stephen Graham Jones. It’s final bow you want to tied properly, and it does.
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The Watchers
- By: A.M. Shine
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams. Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass, and an electric light that activates at nightfall, when the watchers come above ground. These creatures emerge to observe their captive humans and terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time.
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Surprising and original
- By Leia Schoeck on 10-08-22
- The Watchers
- By: A.M. Shine
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
A.M. Shines
Reviewed: 04-03-24
An uncharted Forrest, an unseen evil dwells, and a group of strangers trapped behind a bunker of glass. Survival is the key but how?
I’ve never read A.M. Shine until now, but this was definitely a book that made me want to read more of this author’s books.
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The Highway
- A Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell Novel
- By: C.J. Box
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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When teenagers Danielle and Gracie Sullivan take a clandestine car trip to visit their friend in Montana, little do they know it's the last time anyone will ever hear from them again. The girls and their car simply vanish. Cody Hoyt, who's just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety, is in no condition to investigate. But his son Justin, who the girls were going to visit, and his former partner, Cassie Dewell, convince him to drive south to their last known location.
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The dark side
- By Barbara Ganahl on 08-15-13
- The Highway
- A Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell Novel
- By: C.J. Box
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
Well, we saw it happening in Game of Thrones
Reviewed: 03-21-24
It’s not that it’s shocking anymore. The main character parishes before and then the other entries, George RR Martin sort of pay the way for it. I love that this paved way for Cassie. It’s very True Detective meets silence of the lambs. I loved it.
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Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
- By: Jeff Zentner
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Phoebe Strole
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature-feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six. But with the end of senior year quickly approaching, the girls face tough decisions about their futures. Josie has been dreading graduation, as she tries to decide whether to leave for a big university and chase her dream career in mainstream TV. And Lawson, one of the show's guest performers, is making her tough decision even harder.
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Loved it! Great narration too
- By Vern on 03-01-19
- Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
- By: Jeff Zentner
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Phoebe Strole
There’s a beating heart even in the undead
Reviewed: 03-21-24
Picture Rayne and Delilah in the place of Carly and Sam from Icarly but with realistic dialogue and running a horror show on a b grade network. Throw in some heart that only Jeff Zentner can deliver. I cannot believe I didn’t review this book sooner. This one has a lot of heart.
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Small Mercies
- A Novel
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the projects of “Southie,” the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to tradition and stands proudly apart. One night Mary Pat’s teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn’t come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched.
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Sadly these streets are my home…
- By shipyardjay on 05-10-23
- Small Mercies
- A Novel
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Gritty as only Lehane can deliver
Reviewed: 08-03-23
I took my time with this one. It’s slow burn for sure. A Boston crime thriller that is as relentless with racism, violence, and flawed human beings.
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Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever.
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Captivating!
- By CD9 on 06-05-18
- Shelter in Place
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
Shelter me
Reviewed: 01-19-23
The one book that I had to dip into one of the soiled utility room to cry, and that's just in the 8 minutes. Only think that fell flat for me was the ending seemed rushed. Love the characters.
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We Are the Light
- A Novel
- By: Matthew Quick
- Narrated by: Luke Kirby
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero—everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst Karl. It is only when Eli, an 18-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas’s backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two begin a journey to heal their neighbors and themselves.
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Moving and Believable
- By GBS on 12-30-22
- We Are the Light
- A Novel
- By: Matthew Quick
- Narrated by: Luke Kirby
Quick is back
Reviewed: 12-10-22
After six year hiatus that was the best fix I needed of quick’s work. Matthew really knows how to connect to the broken people. The way they’re lost and found, finding solace in people like them. Perfect read.
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