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Audiobook Review : What The Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

Rating: 4/5. This is a story about family, race, growing up In an unfamiliar world and finding your footing. And learning to be whole again in spite of all the brokenness inside of you.

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Audiobook Review: The Maid by Nita Prose

Rating: 4.5/5 . An interesting thriller with brave, quirky heroine!

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Audiobook Review : Clockdance by Anne Tyler

Clockdance with large stretches of seeming nothingness and short bursts of activity, is a relative disappointment, but still showcases a master at her craft.

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Audiobook Review : Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman

Title : Britt-Marie Was HereAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Joan WalkerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Simon & Schuster AudioListening Length : 9 hours 18 minutesRating : 4.5/5Narrator Rating : 5/5 Frederik Backman’s books are always nice and often moving. However they can be a little “glib” overdong the sweetness of some scenarios – so I kind […]

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Audiobook Review : A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

Title : A Single Thread Author : Tracy Chevalier Narrators : Fenella Woolgar Genre : Historical Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 51 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I’ve read two of Tracy Chevalier’s books before – Remarkable Creatures about young fossil hunter Mary Anning, and Girl With a […]

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