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Every Tom, Dick & Harry
- A Novel
- By: Elinor Lipman
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking over her parents’ estate-sale business is not the life’s work that Emma Lewis bargained for. Yes, she grew up helping them empty people’s nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest “get”—the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B. Should Emma turn down potential clients in need of decluttering just because they are shady, escort-y, and proud of it?
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Cute but predictable
- By Betsy H. on 03-07-25
- Every Tom, Dick & Harry
- A Novel
- By: Elinor Lipman
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
Reads like a 75 year old man imagined what a 35 year old woman’s life might be like
Reviewed: 03-16-25
Performance: I liked the readers voice and the voices she did for the various characters. But she played much of the text with excessive melodrama.
Story: The general setup and hook is cute. Woman moves back to small town, becomes plucky business owner, develops inter generational friendship with lovable former teacher. Basic plot with the big estate sale is interesting. But so much of the characterization of the protagonist feels really off.
It’s like my elderly dad sat down and tried to imagine what a young woman thinks and feels. The main character’s reactions to developments with her work, her potential love interest, and her housemate often seem odd, like she Freaky Friday’d with Walter Matthau.
For a book that often references people having sex, the protagonist is quite judgmental and prudish about it. The women her age that she encounters are all written as hostile or judged by her to be spoiled and whiny. At some point she goes so far as to wish that one of these women seek advice from her elderly male friend, because teaching high school math basically makes his a psychologist. At which point said man tells said young woman that she is being a “brat”, that she should smile more, and that she should give her father a hug.
There’s almost no discernible buildup or chemistry with the main love interest. I wanted to care about them, but it was hard to develop interested in such wooden, one dimensional interaction.
Overall promising plot setup with disappointing character delivery.
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A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
- By: Manda Collins
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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England, 1865: Newspaper columnist Lady Katherine Bascomb finds herself the subject of speculation when her latest article leads to an arrest in the murders plaguing London. The English believe women ought not to write about such vulgar things as crime, and a particularly attractive detective inspector is incensed that she's interfered with his investigation. To escape her sudden notoriety, Katherine heads to the country - only to witness a murder upon her arrival.
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Adult Romance +18 read
- By CuteAsADaisy on 02-07-22
- A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
- By: Manda Collins
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
Love Mary Jane Wells voice
Reviewed: 02-11-24
Mary Jane Wells has the most lovely voice and gives another great performance across all characters. Manda Collins has written another solid escape novel featuring highly likable characters,
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The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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Loved the book but needed better audio production
- By Anne Rivers on 10-29-20
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Delightful in every way!
Reviewed: 11-05-23
Great characters, compelling plot, strong beginning, middle and end. I went on to enjoy the other 3 books in the series!
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Sea of Tranquility
- A Novel
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.
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An excellent listen.
- By Mark on 04-11-22
- Sea of Tranquility
- A Novel
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey, Kirsten Potter
Just lovely storytelling
Reviewed: 08-10-23
I can’t put my finger on what exactly I enjoyed most about this book. Nothing about it was particularly showy. Maybe it’s that I liked all of the characters, which is so rare for me in books. Everyone is relatable and likable. There decisions make sense. The storytelling is taught - nothing drags. And for an epic that spans centuries and multiple narrators, it flows together and makes sense, which is no easy feat. Strong recommend.
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Sorrow and Bliss
- A Novel
- By: Meg Mason
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Martha Friel just turned forty. Once, she worked at Vogue and planned to write a novel. Now, she creates internet content. She used to live in a pied-à-terre in Paris. Now she lives in a gated community in Oxford, the only person she knows without a PhD, a baby or both, in a house she hates but cannot bear to leave. But she must leave, now that her husband Patrick—the kind who cooks, throws her birthday parties, who loves her and has only ever wanted her to be happy—has just moved out.
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Very Disappointed -- 2.75 Stars
- By Sharlotte on 06-07-21
- Sorrow and Bliss
- A Novel
- By: Meg Mason
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
The writing is so good
Reviewed: 07-31-22
I’ve actually went back and registered to this book a year after I’d initially read it - a rarely for me - because I just missed this with. The characters make some decisions that were hard to swallow at times. But they grew throughout the book, and in retrospect they make sense. It’s like life - it can be rough sometimes. As a therapist, I appreciate it when people bring stories including mental illness into the light, because the they usually just surround us in silence.
What absolutely shines about this book is the protagonist’s razor sharp wit, which makes me long to live next door to her. She can bag on the executive homes any time she likes. Her Fleabag-style rapport with her sister is so compelling. If you can deal with the regular bursts of sadness and trauma, the characters will win you over and wit will make it all worth it.
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Apples Never Fall
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
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The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after 50 years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?
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I wanted to love this BUT.....
- By Mary on 09-27-21
- Apples Never Fall
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
One of Liane’s best
Reviewed: 01-17-22
Liane Moriarty is consistently one of my favorite writers. I found this book really satisfying - interesting, relatable characters and an interesting story that stuck the landing. I think Liane’s writing has continued to build strength and depth over the years, and this book shows it. Reader Caroline Lee is wonderful as ever. This book was a treat to read.
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The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision.
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Exceptional.
- By Richard B. on 10-05-20
- The Midnight Library
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Incredible performance & strong story
Reviewed: 11-24-20
Carey Mulligan is the best reader I’ve ever heard. Would have been a wholly different book to read without her. A surprisingly thought provoking story - a light and easy touch on the multiverse that has left me contemplating my own life. I’ve recommended this book and performance to many friends. A satisfying beginning, middle & end.
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