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Hailey's Haven
- Smoky Mountain Secrets, Book 1
- By: Laura Scott
- Narrated by: Brenda Scott Wlazlo
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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After escaping her abusive foster parents 13 years ago, Hailey Donovan thought her nightmare was over. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, had been a safe place to live—until she's nearly hit by gunfire while hiking the Smoky Mountains. Her instincts are to avoid law enforcement, especially handsome park ranger Rock Wilson, but when more gunfire echoes around them, they're forced to work together to escape. More attempts against Hailey convinces her to leave the city to start over someplace new.
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Book One
- By I Am Retired on 06-04-24
- Hailey's Haven
- Smoky Mountain Secrets, Book 1
- By: Laura Scott
- Narrated by: Brenda Scott Wlazlo
Fun but Not Realustic
Reviewed: 02-27-25
I struggle to really embrace a story full of unresearched guesses at how a police department or a paramedic would respond in situations. The story is sweet, but over and over, the author brought my attention to all the holes in the plot.
If you don't care about details, you'll enjoy the story. Especially if you're okay watching two adults with maturity and life experience "fall in love" in 72 hours
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Wish You Well
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Norma Lana, David Baldacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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It is 1940 and a tragedy sends Lou and her little brother, Oz, along with their invalid mother, from New York City to the rugged mountains of Southwest Virginia to live with their great-grandmother. The story is told with both heartbreaking elegance and large doses of touching humor as the lives of Lou and Oz are changed forever.
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Not your usual Baldacci
- By John on 06-07-07
- Wish You Well
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Norma Lana, David Baldacci
One to Remember
Reviewed: 02-22-25
I needed a feel-good story, but early on, I was concerned I hadn't picked an uplifting one. Yet there isn't much of a story without crisis and difficulty to move things forward. This is a beautiful coming-of-age story in an era and a remote land nearly forgotten. The characters in this well-paced novel come to life, and the reader feels they have known them for a long time. When the end came, I had that sense of both loss and completion, knowing we must give up dear things (loved ones, health, possessions) through our earthly toil. But beyond that loss, just an arms reach away, there is much beauty and growth that lies ahead.
This is a book I won't soon forget.
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Navajo Autumn
- Navajo Nation Mystery, Book 1
- By: R. Allen Chappell
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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Reservation "bad boy" Thomas Begay is found dead drunk under the La Plata Bridge, which is not unusual for him. What is unusual, however, is that beautiful BIA investigator Patsy Greyhorse is found lying beside him, not drunk or even a Navajo but very dead nonetheless. Charlie Yazzie, fresh from law school, risks his career and even his life to help his old friend. The answer seems to lie with the Yeenaaldiooshii...should one choose to believe in such things.
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Gripping
- By Jean on 03-31-16
- Navajo Autumn
- Navajo Nation Mystery, Book 1
- By: R. Allen Chappell
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Great Short Novel
Reviewed: 06-30-24
The story was great, with an interesting plot, unique characters and a nice flow of description, dialog and suspense. Once in a while I particularly enjoy a shorter novel, and this was an outstanding one. Listened to it yesterday during some hours of gardening, and continued on during a three mile run this afternoon, and have just finished it up back in the garden
. I look forward to more in this series, and to getting to know the major players better.
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Elsa must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 02-03-21
- The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Like The Grapes of Wrath
Reviewed: 02-07-24
The writing was beautiful, tight, clearly portrayed a horrible historical era that ruined the lives of many as they stayed and slowly starved to death on the land that betrayed them or gave up and moved on with hope of a better future. They found ugly prejudice at the end of the highway.. Surely there were more kind people who offered friendship and help than portrayed in this book, but the story conveys such meanness of spirit of almost every minor character. I wanted to find some hope, some light, a takeaway which would make the long and depressing book worth my time. I don't need happily-ever-after, but I prefer not to be left completely hopeless
Layer upon layer of awful days, years of despair and injustice for these characters who could not get a break despite their never-ending fight to survive. The story ended so sadly, with just the faintest ray of hope for the next generation. I am not sure I'll read another Kristin Hannah book. Her writing is very good, but I won't spend so many hours again in a story that offers only darkness and pain.
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You Only Die Twice
- By: Brynn Kelly
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson, Stacia Newcomb
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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When high school English teacher Alice Thornton helps her dying Russian neighbor write a spy thriller, she thinks she’s just doing a good deed. But when a sexy mystery man shows up in her classroom, claiming to be the novel’s dashing antihero, Alice is swept into a lethal conspiracy. Enigmatic former CIA operative Carter Beck warns her that the sensational murder plot wasn’t fiction. And because she knows too much, the killer wants her silenced—making Carter her only hope of survival.
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"Survive the day!"
- By Lacey Jane on 08-08-22
- You Only Die Twice
- By: Brynn Kelly
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson, Stacia Newcomb
Why has swearing become the new speaking?
Reviewed: 09-18-22
I listened to the first two minutes. Won't get those two minutes back! Returning it.
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The Music of Bees
- A Novel
- By: Eileen Garvin
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Forty-four-year-old Alice Holtzman is stuck in a dead-end job, bereft of family, and now reeling from the unexpected death of her husband. Alice has begun having panic attacks whenever she thinks about how her life hasn't turned out the way she dreamed. Even the beloved honeybees she raises in her spare time aren't helping her feel better these days.
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A little too many political agendas
- By Mike Thompson on 05-26-21
- The Music of Bees
- A Novel
- By: Eileen Garvin
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
The Music of Bees
Reviewed: 09-01-22
I was fed up with the offensive language fairly early. Yes, I realize many teenagers speak unapologetically this way. Did the main character, raised in a strong, intact family and well-educated, need to rely on profanities to express herself? The storyline was interesting and believable, with some good tension, character growth, application to real life. But when it felt the story was halfway complete, all was quickly wrapped up. Even though loose ends all came together, it became more a summary than story completion.
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Spark
- The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
- By: John J. Ratey MD, Eric Hagerman - contributor
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance. In Spark, John J. Ratey, MD, embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's.
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I wish to give it 5 stars but…
- By Anonymous User on 06-24-22
- Spark
- The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
- By: John J. Ratey MD, Eric Hagerman - contributor
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
We Should All Read This
Reviewed: 06-19-22
Really revealing information about scientific findings on how physical exercise affects mental health and emotional outlook as well as our physical health. Though occasionally the author goes a bit further than the average reader/listener may follow with brain chemistry and hormonal responses, there is so much good to gain. Case studies and anecdotes tell the story. Almost every human can gain unbelievably by making changes in how they spend time and energy. Dementia can often be avoided or long postponed , depression, isolation, the blahs may be turned around by lifestyle changes most anyone can make by becoming physically active.
What is the best exercise to accomplish your health goals? Whatever one you can learn to like/love/make a habit of.
I especially appreciated his amazing descriptions of radical health gains in the lives of 19,000 students through changes made in Illinois's Naperville School District.
This book has all the potential to be life-changing for those who take the time to read it -- and then act
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The Fortnight in September
- By: R.C. Sherriff
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Meet the Stevens family as they prepare to embark on their yearly holiday to the coast of England. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens first made the trip to Bognor Regis on their honeymoon, and the tradition has continued ever since. They stay in the same guesthouse and follow the same carefully honed schedule - now accompanied by their three children, 20-year-old Mary, 17-year-old Dick, and little brother Ernie.
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life-affirming and magical
- By Victoria on 11-23-21
- The Fortnight in September
- By: R.C. Sherriff
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
British Family on Holiday
Reviewed: 03-24-22
A sweet, slow-moving tale of a middle-class British family's very routine holiday at the seashore.
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- By: R. A. Dick
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.
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Bias Review Warning
- By Michael on 09-22-19
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- By: R. A. Dick
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
Mrs. Muir
Reviewed: 02-25-22
A pretty good story. Initially, Mrs. Muir pulled me in, and I felt I could relate. She forgot who she was for a while, as I suppose we all do on occasion. Her housemate, a deceased sea captain, proved a good foil when she went off the rails. Though he could be a buffoon at times, he provided humor and showed her a glimpse of what her future might become. Nicely pulled together as the story closes.
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Alice Johnson
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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Orphaned into the authority of her Aunt Reed and subjected to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre still manages to hold on to her integrity. She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield and falls in love with the brooding and mysterious Mr. Rochester; but there will be quite a few complications in the way of their happiness. This is a classic and enduring masterpiece, multilayered in meaning and showing the listener many of the challenges facing women during the Victorian era.
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Sounds like a ripped off Librivox recording
- By #LoriAnn on 03-20-20
- Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Alice Johnson
There's a reason it's a Classic
Reviewed: 01-08-22
Classic English literature. Describes the culture of the time and tells a story of angst, struggle,losses and gains. I found little if anything predictable the first time through. Subsequent reads/listenings of the story are, if not surprising in the storyline, still entertaining enough to hold my interest. Charlotte is the Bronte sister who gave us characters we came to know and love and care about.
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