Cynthia Deal
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Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,012
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,968
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good writing but...
- By Suzanna on 10-08-22
- Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finn
Didn’t love it
Reviewed: 02-07-23
I felt like there just wasn’t a lot going on, and they took way too long to tell it.
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The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,208
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,907
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,826
It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I was really waiting for this book!
- By Firebolt on 09-20-20
- The Evening and the Morning
- Kingsbridge, Book 4
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
My favorite of the series
Reviewed: 01-15-23
This was by far my favorite of the Kingsbridge series. It had everything! Looking forward to A Column of Fire!
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A Column of Fire
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,079
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,681
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,638
In 1558 the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty, and love. Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious divide sweeping across the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth. When she becomes queen, all Europe turns against England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL--As Good as Pillars of the Earth!
- By 070316 on 09-13-17
- A Column of Fire
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
Not the best in the series…
Reviewed: 01-15-23
I thoroughly enjoyed The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. This was was good also, but not as good as the first two. I loved hearing how Kingsbridge evolved into the place it became in the first 2 books (this is the prequel to the first two). I also really loved this narrator.
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The Attic Child
- A Novel
- By: Lola Jaye
- Narrated by: Lola Jaye, Lucian Msamati, Nneka Okoye
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 550
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 490
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Story5 out of 5 stars 490
Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . .
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read/ listen to this book!
- By KH on 10-01-22
- The Attic Child
- A Novel
- By: Lola Jaye
- Narrated by: Lola Jaye, Lucian Msamati, Nneka Okoye
Wow!
Reviewed: 11-02-22
What a great story! Being from the US, I know little about the history black peoples in Europe and the tens of millions of Africans that were killed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Congo region. It is a part of history that is never told in my country and may even include parts of my own story since the largest part of my DNA makeup is from that region. I am so glad I got to take this journey and highly recommend this book.
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The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,924
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,659
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,656
In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the unborn child. CeeCee Wilkes knows how Genevieve Russell died, because she was there. And she also knows what happened to the missing infant, because two decades ago she made the devastating choice to raise the baby as her own. Now Timothy Gleason is facing the death penalty, and she has another choice to make: tell the truth, and destroy her family, or let an innocent man die in order to protect a lifetime of lies....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just glad it's over
- By ROBIN on 11-15-14
- The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
Not her best work…
Reviewed: 10-07-22
I absolutely love this author, but this was my least favorite of hers. Yes, it’s well written, but as a 57yr old woman I found so much of it to be ridiculous. I think it’s a very good book for someone in their 20s maybe, but it just wasn’t for me.
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Lords of the North
- The Saxon Chronicles, Book 3
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,546
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,868
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,854
The year is 878, and the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity. Uhtred flees Wessex, going north to search for his stepsister in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm.
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4 out of 5 stars
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what happen to Jonathan Keeble,
- By TmarZ on 03-23-15
- Lords of the North
- The Saxon Chronicles, Book 3
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
Great Story, but…
Reviewed: 09-24-22
Painful to listen to. One of the worst audio recordings I’ve ever heard. Every character seems to have some version of a bad Irish accent. I couldn’t wait to get through it, and actually bought the ebook just so I didn’t have to be tortured all the time.
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The Yellow Wife
- A Novel
- By: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5,654
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,066
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,052
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother’s position as the estate’s medicine woman and cherished by the Master’s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. She’d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil’s Half Acre.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Real page turner
- By Elizabeth Early on 01-19-21
- The Yellow Wife
- A Novel
- By: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Brilliant and difficult to read
Reviewed: 04-27-22
This book will stay with me for years to come. The author’s intertwinement of fact and fiction is beautifully displayed in the telling of this work. I found myself in utter fear for the experiences of the characters, intense anger at the way slaves were treated, and deeply inspired by their strength and resilience. I have read many books this year, and so far, this one is my favorite, and the only one for which I have written a review. So, put on your “big girl” panties, grab a box of tissue, and hold on tight.
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Magic Hour
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,414
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11,351
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,311
In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest - nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narration
- By Howard Egan on 12-27-20
- Magic Hour
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Good book. Poor choice for narration.
Reviewed: 02-06-22
Like most of KH’s novels, I enjoyed this book. I had an issue with the narration, though. The voice of the narrator seemed much older than the main character, and I had a problem visualizing the character as a 30 something. I thought I would get over this as I listened, but discovered it was a bigger issue for me the longer I listened. Also, when another character entered the scene, he was supposed to have a New Orleans accent, but it sounded like a mixed of German and something else…definitely not New Orleans. Overall, I enjoyed the story and KH always brings it together beautifully at the end. It was worth the listen.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- By: V. E. Schwab
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39,807
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35,544
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,429
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
Loved It!
Reviewed: 08-18-21
This was one of my favorite listens. Schwab is a beautiful writer. Her descriptions of the various settings were so beautifully vivid. I really appreciated the jumps in time periods and how the author would place little nuggets in them, only to be discovered later. This book read like an adult, novel length fairy tale...and who doesn't love a great fairy tale?
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
- A Novel
- By: Abi Daré
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,027
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,424
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,385
The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must HEAR!
- By Michelle on 03-09-20
- The Girl with the Louding Voice
- A Novel
- By: Abi Daré
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
This may just be the best book I've listened to!
Reviewed: 04-26-21
I laughed. I cried...several times. I bit my nails in fear for the beautiful young girl whose story is so eloquently told. I just couldn't stop listening.
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