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Audiobook Review : Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, humor, must listen, penguin_books, quirky, recommended, suspense, women |
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Audiobook Review : Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
By amodini
Posted in 2022, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, macmillan, romance, women |
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Title : Things You Save In a FireAuthor : Katherine CenterNarrators : Therese PlummerGenre : RomancePublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 10 hours 26 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cassie has been brought up by her father, since the age of 16. Her mother left them both when she fell in love […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
By amodini
Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2021, audiobook, books, contemporary, mystery, women |
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Title : Apples Never FallAuthor : Liane MoriartyNarrators : Caroline LeeGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 18 hours 3 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I’ve been a fan of Moriarty’s writing ever since I listened to The Husband’s Secret. So I anticipated a good read/listen when I started Apples Never […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
By amodini
Posted in 2018, 2022, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, recommended, romance, women |
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Title : How To Walk AwayAuthor : Katherine CenterNarrators : Therese PlummerGenre : RomancePublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 11 hours 28 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Margaret Jacobsen has everything she could have ever wished for – a great new job and a fiancé she is so in love with. Chip, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 2022, 5_star_rating, adventure, books, favorites, fun stuff, humor, must listen, must read, penguin_books, recommended, sci-fi, suspense, wit |
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Title : Project Hail MaryAuthor : Andy WeirGenre : Science fictionPublisher : PenguinRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Andy Weir’s first book The Martian is one of my favorite books of all time. I loved the book and I loved the film that was based on the book. Well, after that Weir wrote Artemis, which I tried reading […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
By amodini
Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2021, audiobook, books, culture and society, feminist, historical, literature, romance, social issues, women |
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The Age Of Innocence, almost a social commentary of the 1920s, starts off well, but grew tiresome and stretched towards the end.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Clockdance by Anne Tyler
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, feminist, great narrators, random_house, women |
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Clockdance with large stretches of seeming nothingness and short bursts of activity, is a relative disappointment, but still showcases a master at her craft.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Exhalation by Ted Chiang
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, imaginative, philosophical, random_house, sci-fi |
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Title : ExhalationAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Ted Chiang, Eduardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy LandonGenre : Sci-fiPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 11 hours 22 minutesRating : 3/5Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 I picked this audiobook of 9 separate tales because they were rooted in sci-fi. And they are, but they also attempt to answer […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Wild by Cheryl Strayed
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, California, celebration, challenge, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : WildAuthor : Cheryl StrayedNarrators : Bernadette DunneGenre : Non-fictionPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 13 hours 2 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cheryl loses her mother to cancer and the loss hits her hard. When she tries to keep her siblings together as a family, it doesn’t work and they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, culture and society, imaginative, penguin_books, war |
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Title : Exit WestAuthor : Mohsin HamidNarrator : Mohsin HamidGenre : Contemporary/FantasyPublisher : Penguin AudioListening Length : 4 hours 42 minutesRating : 3.5/5Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 Exit West is about Nadia and Saeed, two people who live in a city which is soon to be overrun by violence and unrest. When they fall in love, […]
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