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Sparring Partners
- Novellas
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,061
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,363
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,310
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Poor Jeff Daniels
- By Linda Wingrove on 05-31-22
- Sparring Partners
- Novellas
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, John Grisham
too intense
Reviewed: 08-07-22
the writing and the narrators are very good. just couldn't bear the listening. too intense. maybe it's the heat this summer.
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The Lost Vintage
- A Novel
- By: Ann Mah
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,058
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,800
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,796
Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this pause-resisting novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II. To become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine examination. She’s failed twice before; her third attempt will be her last chance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Returned due to narration
- By Yvonne on 12-16-18
- The Lost Vintage
- A Novel
- By: Ann Mah
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
there's a book here somewhere
Reviewed: 08-02-22
The narration was great. It was the only reason I kept listening. The book needed a much better editor. As it stands it is a mish-mash of several stories which aren't well presented.
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Bruno's Challenge
- And Other Stories of the French Countryside
- By: Martin Walker
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Martin Walker presents his first collection of Bruno stories featuring all the familiar characters from the novels, the glories of the Périgord, and ample helpings of food and wine.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Outtakes and Ephemera
- By SW Clemens on 03-23-22
- Bruno's Challenge
- And Other Stories of the French Countryside
- By: Martin Walker
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
didn't care for narration
Reviewed: 07-03-22
not at all how i imagined Bruno's voice, also very slow, even when i speeded it up.
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Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82,998
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73,899
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73,671
Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SO GOOD
- By Ashleigh on 05-24-18
- Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
creepy
Reviewed: 05-24-22
This is the creepiest book i have ever read/listened to. It is also over long and the narrator reads too slowly. Speeding up helped the narration, but the book needs to be heavily edited. Any way, if I had known how creepy it would be i would never have read it.
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An Irish Hostage
- A Novel (Bess Crawford Mysteries, Book 12)
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 571
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 571
The Great War is over - but in Ireland, in the wake of the bloody 1916 Easter Rising, anyone who served in France is now considered a traitor, including Nurse Eileen Flynn and former soldier Michael Sullivan, who only want to be married in the small, isolated village where she grew up. Even her grandmother is against it, and Eileen’s only protection is her cousin Terrence, who was a hero of the Rising and is still being hunted by the British.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better but still disappointing
- By Maine Knitter on 07-17-21
- An Irish Hostage
- A Novel (Bess Crawford Mysteries, Book 12)
- By: Charles Todd
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Disappointed
Reviewed: 07-20-21
For the first time I did not like this Bess Crawford story. The historical background was interesting but the story was very formulaic and thus the history didn’t add much to the story.
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The Historians
- A Thrilling Novel of Conspiracy and Intrigue During World War II
- By: Cecilia Ekbäck
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 129
It is 1943 and Sweden’s neutrality in the war is under pressure. Laura Dahlgren, the bright, young right-hand of the chief negotiator to Germany, is privy to these tensions, even as she tries to keep her head down in the mounting fray. However, when Laura’s best friend from university, Britta, is discovered murdered in cold blood, Laura is determined to find the killer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Misleading "history"
- By Catherine on 03-30-21
- The Historians
- A Thrilling Novel of Conspiracy and Intrigue During World War II
- By: Cecilia Ekbäck
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Scandinavia in WWll
Reviewed: 07-03-21
Interesting information about Sweden during the WWll era. For some people it will be very surprising and worth learning. Do listen to the author’s notes at the end of the book.
I didn’t like the structure of the book, the alternating narrators. This seems to be a popular technique right now. I prefer a more seamless style.
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The Gilded Hour
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 31 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,496
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,264
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,256
The year is 1883, and in New York City it's a time of dizzying splendor, crushing poverty, and tremendous change. With the gravity-defying Brooklyn Bridge nearly complete and New York in the grips of antivice crusader Anthony Comstock, Anna Savard and her cousin, Sophie - both graduates of the Woman's Medical School - treat the city's most vulnerable, even if doing so may put everything they've strived for in jeopardy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Historical romance, surgical implements too!
- By Annie M. on 09-06-15
- The Gilded Hour
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Women, medicine and New York
Reviewed: 06-24-21
The story is very good with many themes going on simultaneously, many of which are still very relevant. The narrator whose voice is not irritating will however put you to sleep.
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Queen of Swords
- A Novel
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,289
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,991
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,976
It is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke's wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet's rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they'd hoped for. In the spring she had given birth to Luke's son, and in the summer Jennet had found herself compelled to surrender the infant to a stranger in the hope of keeping him safe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series
- By Linda on 09-21-07
- Queen of Swords
- A Novel
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Highly recommended
Reviewed: 06-21-21
Very interesting. The author’s writing has improved which is very pleasing. The story told is fast paced and deals with issues still relevant to today.
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Into the Wilderness
- A Novel
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 30 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,915
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,215
Weaving a vibrant tapestry of fact and fiction, Into the Wilderness sweeps us into another time and place...and into the heart of a forbidden, incandescent affair between a spinster Englishwoman and an American frontiersman. Here is an epic of romance and history that will captivate readers from the start.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So much for "if you like Gabaldon"
- By randomactsofpunctuation on 11-24-15
- Into the Wilderness
- A Novel
- By: Sara Donati
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Outlander redux
Reviewed: 06-14-21
This book does owe a lot to Outlander but it’s good escapism and will keep you occupied for a while.
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The Queen's Fool
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 21 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 673
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 583
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 581
Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight”, the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A narrator to remember
- By R. L. Carter on 12-30-20
- The Queen's Fool
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
Phillappa Gregory vs Alison Weir
Reviewed: 05-22-21
Alison Weir is more scholarly and I believe she does more research and is more accurate. However PG’s novels are more lively. So I chose them according to my mood. Sometimes I read both!
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