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The Journal of a Thousand Years
- The Glass Library, Book 6
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 425
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story5 out of 5 stars 401
An ancient family diary. A timely prophecy. An epic conclusion. As Sylvia prepares to meet Gabe’s parents for the first time, the last thing she needs is for her long-lost father to cause trouble. While his answers to her questions finally bring clarity, they also usher in danger. But that's not all her elusive father brings into Sylvia's life. His treasured gift of an ancient journal passed down through the generations, connects her to the past with its mystical spells and captivating stories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable
- By jda on 04-25-25
- The Journal of a Thousand Years
- The Glass Library, Book 6
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
Nice to meet up with old friends.
Reviewed: 03-16-25
As usual well told story but nothing really fresh about it. Parallels of generations too obvious and led in to more India and Matt also obvious.
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The Grey Wolf
- A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, Book 19)
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,424
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,286
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,285
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Authentic accent cannot compensate...
- By Mer on 11-01-24
- The Grey Wolf
- A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, Book 19)
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
Fast paced and worth reading or listening to if you are a Gamache fan.
Reviewed: 11-05-24
It took some time to get used to the new narrator. Personally, I think the old narrator was better at discriminating between the characters. By the time I was well through the book I did appreciate this new narrator, and I wish him well. Having read all of the Gamache books I appreciated the interweaving of the old stories with the new. I am wondering if perhaps it is time that this character be retired. It was an interesting story. very fast paced, and at times the accent was a little confusing. As always, I admire the authors, fine writing. It was an absorbing and interesting story but did not offer much in the way of new ideas.
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Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls
- By: Charles de Lint
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Juniper should have known better after her last foray into the otherworld. But when she’s asked to look into a mysterious box full of poltergeists she ends up making a promise to seven teenage ghosts that puts here directly in the crosshairs of a blood witch’s deadly ire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Bruce on 05-29-24
- Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls
- By: Charles de Lint
- Narrated by: Mia Barron
Good story
Reviewed: 08-30-23
This was a tidy and simply plotted story. It is not up to the standard that I think the author normally writes. It’s a fun listen and I always enjoy de Lint’s writing.
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The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,418
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,149
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142
Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary woman who loves books. She seeks answers from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun to be Back
- By Meg on 10-12-22
- The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
The Glass & Steele Lineage Continues!
Reviewed: 10-02-22
While it was pleasant to encounter some of the characters from the previous Glass & Steele Series, it also seems like a repeat of the original - I found that disappointing. The use of the character Willie once again does not enhance this new series. She is even more obnoxious than the first series and there seems no mellowing or growth of her character. Not certain that I will continue this second series.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- By: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,902
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,308
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,281
Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words discarded or neglected by the dictionary men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enchanted
- By Lulu Can on 04-07-21
- The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- By: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
A Completely Wonderful Use of Words!
Reviewed: 10-02-22
I found this book so very pleasing. It was relaxing to listen to and also extremely interesting. I love words and to read a book about how the Oxford Dictionary was created was fascinating, but at times annoying in its discrimination toward women that was common at the time. I appreciate the “real” and fictional characters and the author’s intent to retain historical accuracy. A very fine book indeed.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- By: V. E. Schwab
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40,299
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35,989
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,874
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Prose style not to my liking
- By C.V. Cox on 10-18-20
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- By: V. E. Schwab
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Wonderful!
Reviewed: 09-15-22
This is an excellent story! The narrator is fantastic. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys fantasy and loves to be riveted by a great story.
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Living Between Worlds
- Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times
- By: James Hollis PhD
- Narrated by: Michael Cover
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 66
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66
What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology and classical thought.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book, Woeful narration
- By Roger Morris on 07-01-20
- Living Between Worlds
- Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times
- By: James Hollis PhD
- Narrated by: Michael Cover
Full of Insight
Reviewed: 09-03-22
Hollis is a wonderful writer, speaker and contributor for anyone interested in understanding and improving their life.
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The Power of Shame
- By: Robert Bly
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
In this discussion, Bly talks of four sources of shame, including shame inherited from parents, grandparents, and ancestors, and shame over our bodily and creative instincts. It opens with a Russian fairy story on the Frog Princess and the shame we feel over our interior "Frog Bride." Bly and host Michael Toms discuss the new work in America on shame, most of it done during the last ten years.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to understand
- By Shane on 06-08-12
- The Power of Shame
- By: Robert Bly
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
Love Bly
Reviewed: 09-03-22
This is a wonderful introduction to shame! Bly is an effective storyteller. He makes you want more!
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Drink Down the Moon
- The Jack of Kinrowan Series, Book 2
- By: Charles de Lint
- Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Jacky Rowan once slew giants. In this thrilling sequel, she is tricked and then enslaved by a master of vicious Unseelie creatures. This cruel thief is bent on stealing his very sustenance—not only from Jacky—but from all of the Seelie faerie court. Only the Moon herself and a handsome young fiddler, unaware of Faerie and the power of his music, have the magic to set Jacky free.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Never quite came together
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 12-24-24
- Drink Down the Moon
- The Jack of Kinrowan Series, Book 2
- By: Charles de Lint
- Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
Excellent!
Reviewed: 07-17-22
I always appreciate a Charles DeLint book. I think I’ve read all of them overtime. Going back and listening to them is a treat! I value your imagination and your determination to produce such wonderful work that removes my mind from the troubles of the day. Narration was terrific.
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Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,040
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,681
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,653
Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By zozobraswife on 05-10-12
- Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Excellent!!
Reviewed: 01-07-22
… And all of its synonyms! I know I will listen to this over and over.
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