Rating: 4.5/5 Another superb Inspector Wexford mystery!
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Audiobook Review : End In Tears by Ruth Rendell
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, culture and society, favorites, must listen, must read, mystery, random_house, series, suspense |
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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
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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
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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 : Chances Are by Richard Russo
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Posted in 2_star_rating, 2020, audiobook, contemporary, random_house |
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Title : Chances Are Author : Richard Russo Narrators : Fred Sanders Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 17 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Three old friends meet up on Martha’s Vineyard where they’d spent many happy moments as college students. Lincoln is a real […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Educated by Tara Westover
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Posted in 2020, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, culture and society, memoir, must listen, must read, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : Educated Author : Tara Westover Narrators : Julia Whelan Genre : Non-fiction; Memoir Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 10 minutes Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 In this book, author Tara Westover describes her childhood with her parents and her siblings on a rural farm in Idaho. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Body Double by Emily Beyda
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Posted in 2020, audiobook, books, contemporary, random_house, slow-burn, suspense |
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Title : The Body Double Author : Emily Beyda Narrators : Emily Rankin Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 26 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 The book blurb for The Body Double compares it to Hitchcock’s Vertigo, a comparison this book does not deserve because […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Spark Of Light by Jodi Picoult
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Posted in 4_star_rating, books, contemporary, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : A Spark Of Light Author : Jodi Picoult Narrators : Bahni Turpin Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 3 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 A Spark Of Light is about the The Center in Mississippi, the only clinic that can provide abortions services […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Litigators by John Grisham
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Posted in 2_star_rating, 2020, books, ebooks, legal thriller, random_house |
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Title : The Litigators Author : John Grisham Genre : Legal Thriller Publisher : Random House Pages : 400 Rating : 2/5 I recently read The Rainmaker and loved it. So, in search of a change of pace and a better read after the disappointing “The Wife Between Us”, I picked up The Litigators. Unfortunately […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
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Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, dystopian, feminist, must listen, must read, random_house, recommended, sci-fi, suspense, women |
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Title : The Testaments Author : Margaret Atwood Narrators : Ann Dowd, Mae Whitman, Bryce Dallas Howard Genre : Dystopian/Sci-fi Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 The Testaments is a sequel to The Handmaids Tale, set 15 years after the events of […]
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