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Hollywood Park
- A Memoir
- By: Mikel Jollett
- Narrated by: Mikel Jollett
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,950
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,723
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,712
Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An honest and heartbreakingly beautiful memoir
- By Jeannete Coronel on 05-28-20
- Hollywood Park
- A Memoir
- By: Mikel Jollett
- Narrated by: Mikel Jollett
WHAT is with the music?????
Reviewed: 06-07-21
Just willy nilly... at the beginning... or end... or middle of a chapter, random music starts and then amps up. So when you're trying to hear about what a small child is thinking, rock music is blaring. It's so jarring. I wish people would stop trying to jazz up audiobooks.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,893
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,483
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,424
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry on 09-16-20
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
I Wish Everyone Would Read
Reviewed: 09-15-20
There's not a lot I think I can add here. I wanted to read this book for a long time, but didn't, because ... well, you know... great orators can be a bit daunting to take on in large doses. Listening to it read by Laurence Fishburne was divine. This book was simply amazing, and more down to earth than I imagined Malcolm X to be. We forget these big heroes weren't heroes at all; everyone is just people trying to figure out their way. He had so many insights into the human psyche.... Have you ever had conversations in your head with the people in your books? Every single thought I had, throughout the entire book, he ended up giving great insight, and a lot of times, a different view that I could understand and respect, even if I disagreed on this particular point or that. I wish everyone could read more books based on other people's lives. That's all a person needs to open his/her mind up.
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Fae and Fare
- The Wandering Inn, Book 2
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 61 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,018
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,208
Erin is running an inn outside the city of Liscor, but she’s no longer alone. Ryoka Griffin, the City Runner, has business in the south of Izril; she’s out on a dangerous delivery of her own. Yet while both young women have finally found their calling, more and more people are beginning to realize that these visitors from Earth don’t belong here.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Politics? Really?
- By Nani on 07-18-20
- Fae and Fare
- The Wandering Inn, Book 2
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
Politics? Really?
Reviewed: 08-11-20
I'm only on chapter 7, and there's been already been too many conversations about Donald Trump. WHY?!?! Why anyone would think that ANYONE wants to escape to a fantasy world where we still all sit around and gripe about American politics is beyond my wildest comprehension.
Edited....
Sadly I had to stop. When I heard the first book, I was delighted. I loved the descriptions of everything, loved most of the characters, though the two main characters had a lot of development to do.
From the start of listening to this one, I was put off. First, the obnoxious 30 minute chat conversation was so annoying that I had to skip through it. (I skipped through a book?!)
I don't know why females have to be written as so boringly dull. The whole "simple girl is actually an amazing hero who is meant to save the world" trope is now the new formula for female power. Ick. It is clear now that Erin is some sort of clueless amazing genius who is going to stumble onto saving everyone. She whines her way through her days, and can't figure out the basic necessities of life, but everyone eventually loves her because.... I don't know. She hasn't even figured out she has multiple bedrooms to sleep in, yet she's being built up as some kind of secret master strategist.
Rioka is an equally clueless b**** who believes she's better than every single entity she comes across. Every thought she has is either condescending towards someone she believes is below her... OR berating herself for being so condescending, when she's only going to do it again in a minute.
They repeat the same conversations over and over again, but never seem to accomplish much in the telling. There is a ridiculous amount of whining done from both main characters, which becomes grating after awhile. Also, the telling so far seems only balanced towards Rioka, and we haven't even heard Erin's POV yet. And the jarring and cringeworthy political diatribe was embarrassing to listen to.
I'm so bummed. I haven't been this excited/disappointed for a book in a long time.
Oh and Andrea Parsneau is AMAZING.
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The New One
- Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
- By: Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein
- Narrated by: Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,313
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,149
With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times best-selling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one. Along with hilarious and poignant stories he has never shared before, this audiobook is sprinkled with poetry Jen wrote as she navigated the same rocky shores of new parenthood.
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1 out of 5 stars
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5 whining hours from formerly-uproarious comedian
- By Thomas Cook on 06-20-20
- The New One
- Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
- By: Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein
- Narrated by: Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein
So touching
Reviewed: 06-21-20
It's been a long time since I read it listened to a book that was so intimate and touching. I love Mike Birbilglia, and so as soon as I saw the title, I just got it without even looking at what it was about. It was lovely. I laughed and cried ...sometimes at the same time. I'm not the greatest wordsmith, but the whole time listening I was acutely aware of how personal this story was and I felt ...I don't know what the right word is... but almost grateful to be allowed to share in this little family's life story(so corny ugh but I don't have another way to put it).
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The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,350
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,844
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,692
More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It does what a sequel should do.
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-10-19
- The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
Disappointed
Reviewed: 11-12-19
I'm so out of the loop, I didn't even realize this was coming out until it was here, so I was super pumped. Sadly, to me, it felt like a forced, formulaic ending to a story I have loved for decades for being anything but. I remember the first time ever reading The Handmaid's Tale. I was in high school (in a very poor, rural, backwoods town). I don't even know how I found such a thing in the first place. But when I read it, I was blown away by both the content, and they way that it left you with 2 thousand more questions than answers. This book made sure everything was tied up in a nice, shiny bow... which was extremely jarring to me.
Having said that... Ann Dowd... Oh I need to see/hear so much more of you!
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The Wandering Inn
- The Wandering Inn, Book 1
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 48 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,008
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,894
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,878
"No killing Goblins." So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young woman named Erin Solstice. She serves pasta with sausage, blue fruit juice, and dead acid flies on request. And she comes from another world. Ours. It's a bad day when Erin finds herself transported to a fantastical world and nearly gets eaten by a Dragon. She doesn't belong in a place where monster attacks are a fact of life, and where Humans are one species among many. But she must adapt to her new life. Or die.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Endless whining and painfully slow
- By Kindle Customer on 01-04-20
- The Wandering Inn
- The Wandering Inn, Book 1
- By: pirateaba
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
FUN!
Reviewed: 11-12-19
Not going to give away anything, because I really was surprised at the way things ended, but I thought the whole thing was a fun adventure. This was the first time I actually stretched out the listen, because I knew I was going to be bummed once it was over. I liked that the characters had dimensions to them... they weren't all likable, and everyone had flaws. I can't wait for the next volume!
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 296,441
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 262,020
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Story5 out of 5 stars 261,108
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Overrated
Reviewed: 09-08-19
Not sure where all of the hyper crane from. It was a book. Like a million others. Hallmark and predictable, which is fine. But it's nothing spectacular.
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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
- By: Jessica Townsend
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,750
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,476
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There's no excuse for how much I enjoyed this book
- By Susan Tunis on 08-07-18
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
- By: Jessica Townsend
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
Neat story, annoying narrator
Reviewed: 06-23-19
I liked the story however the narrator could not do other voices for anything in the world.
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After Anna
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,614
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,149
Dr. Noah Alderman, a widower and single father, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie Ippolitti, and for the first time in a long time, he and his young son are happy. Despite her longing for the daughter she hasn’t seen since she was a baby, Maggie is happy too, and she’s even more overjoyed when she unexpectedly gets another chance to be a mother to the child she thought she'd lost forever, her only daughter Anna.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So Terrible.......
- By Pam on 06-07-18
- After Anna
- By: Lisa Scottoline
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jeremy Bobb
Just not a fan
Reviewed: 05-06-18
Story was okay for awhile, then fell apart. The writing just wasn't there. Some of the dialogue made me cringe with awkwardness. The female narrator never had any real emotion in her telling, so it didn't help.
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Thérèse Raquin
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Kate Winslet
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,444
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,432
Once upon a time, a teenaged Kate Winslet (The Reader, Titanic, Revolutionary Road) received a gift that would leave a lasting impression: a copy of Emile Zola’s classic Thérèse Raquin. Six Academy Award nominations and one Best Actress award later, she steps behind the microphone to perform this haunting classic of passion and disaster.
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4 out of 5 stars
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worth a listen
- By Kindle Customer on 03-18-12
- Thérèse Raquin
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Kate Winslet
Ok Story
Reviewed: 04-26-18
Listening to Kate Winslet read to you for seven hours is delicious. I just wish it was a different story. This one was okay. I think it would have been better as a quick read. It seemed to drag on.
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