Title : Commonwealth Author : Ann Patchett Narrators : Hope Davis Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 33 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Deputy District Attorney Bert Cousins gate-crashes Franny Keating’s christening party in Torrance, California,, with an inappropriate gift – a bottle of gin. Also, […]
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Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
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Posted in 2016, 2017, 4_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary |
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Book Review : Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, books, chick-lit, contemporary, women |
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Title : Big Little Lies Author : Liane Moriarty Pages : 512 Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Berkley Rating : 4/5 Big Little Lies is about Jane, Madeline and Celeste and their lives. All three have children going to Pirriwee Public School, and that is how they meet and become friends. Each of them has […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
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Posted in 2015, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, humor, lovely things |
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Title : A Man Called Ove Author : Frederik Backman Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Dreamscape Media Listening Length : 9 hours 9 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Ove (pronounced Oova) Lindahl is a 59 year old Swedish widower who has recently been laid off from work. He […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : 11.22.63 by Stephen King
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Posted in 2017, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, review, simon_schuster, time-travel |
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Title : 11.22.63 Author : Stephen King Narrators : Craig Wasson Genre : Sci-fi, Time-travel Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 30 hours 44 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I picked up this book because this was described as a time travel story (am a sucker for time-travel tales), which it […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Love May Fail by Matthew Quick
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Posted in 2015, 4_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, quirky, review |
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Title : Love May Fail Author : Matthew Quick Narrators : Cris Dukehart, Jim Meskimen, Lorna Raver, Timothy Fannon, Tonya Campos Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Harper Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 5 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Portia Kane is fed up with her false life. She leaves her wealthy, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi
By amodini
Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, fun stuff, must read, netgalley, recommended, review, sci-fi, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765375869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lock In Author : John Scalzi Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Tor Pages: 336 Publish Date : August 26, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Amazingly, I lover-of-all-that-is-hard-science-fiction hadn’t read John Scalzi before. I corrected that by reading “Lock In” who’s protagonist is a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, hachette |
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[amazon_link id=”0316055433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Goldfinch Author : Donna Tartt Genre : Contemporary Narrators : David Pittu Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 32 hours 24 minutes Source : Library Rating : 4/5 The Goldfinch in print is 775 pages long. In audiobook form this comes in at a whopping 32 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, recommended, review, wit |
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[amazon_link id=”0385337426″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Everything Changes Author : Jonathan Tropper Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Scott Brick Publisher : Books on Tape Listening Length : 10 hrs 8 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Everything Changes is told in the first person by our hero, Zachary King, a young executive in […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein
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Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, fun stuff, recommended, sci-fi |
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[amazon_link id=”B000JJRW7Q” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Door Into Summer Author : Robert Heinlein Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Patrick Lawlor Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 47 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Whenever I come across a tiresome book, a book I abandon midway, or stop listening to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
[amazon_link id=”0684852586″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Invasion of the Body Snatchers Author : Jack Finney Genre : Sci-fi Narrators : Kristoffer Tabori Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 6 hrs 39 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 I’ve been a fan of Jack Finney’s since reading his time-travel tale “Time and Again”. […]
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