J. Webb
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Olive Kitteridge
- Fiction
- By: Elizabeth Strout
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,198
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,780
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,781
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Depressing! Watse of a credit!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-28-19
- Olive Kitteridge
- Fiction
- By: Elizabeth Strout
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Short stories
Reviewed: 04-17-25
Local characters in small town Maine… Olive is what weaves them all together in this book of short stories
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Southern Man
- A Novel
- By: Greg Iles
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 45 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 759
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 711
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Story4 out of 5 stars 711
Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone, and he carries a mortal secret that separates him from the world. But Penn’s exile comes to an end when a brawl at a Mississippi rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting—one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I could have done without all of the anti-Trump/MAGA rhetoric.
- By Tina C on 06-09-24
- Southern Man
- A Novel
- By: Greg Iles
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Amazing and relevant
Reviewed: 08-19-24
Greg Iles outdid himself, once again. While this is a LONG listen, it’s worth it… plot lines that are so relevant in today’s political world, as well as in the foundations of our beliefs and upbringings here in the South. More politically leaning left than all of the others in the series, for sure. Difficult subject matter handled well, if not violently, by the author.
A Must Read that brings back Penn Cage and many characters we’ve met before, both good and bad,
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Angel Falls
- By: Kathryn Casey
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
The jungle, 1949: Everyone said it was impossible, dangerous, and unwise. Three expeditions mounted by men had failed. How could one led by a woman succeed? “Don’t be a fool. You’ll die out there,” a friend whispered to Ruth. But a siren haunted her dreams, calling to her. She had no choice but to follow it into the deepest, darkest jungle in the world, a decision that would change her life forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring with no plot
- By Amazon Customer on 02-18-25
- Angel Falls
- By: Kathryn Casey
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
Another amazing woman to remember!
Reviewed: 10-24-23
Kathryn Casey’s “Angel Falls” actually follows the lives of two amazing women… one’s story from the 1940s… the other’s from the 1990s… and their coming together. Casey introduces us to Ruth Robertson in her 80s, an amazing woman with quite an adventurous background. Ruth was real… Gabby, who befriended her, is suffering great trauma. Coming together through store owner, Nick, their stories unfold and friendships develop. Gabby is strengthened through these two to try and reclaim her life. Two stories of great resilience… and characters you will grow to love. A beautiful book and very good narration. Highly recommend!
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The Girls in the Stilt House
- A Novel
- By: Kelly Mustian
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,222
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7,487
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,386
Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her unbearable life on the swamp, and to her harsh father in Mississippi. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals is an ongoing struggle, so she forms a plan to go north.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Long winded
- By Marnie on 04-15-21
- The Girls in the Stilt House
- A Novel
- By: Kelly Mustian
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Awful narration. Good story!
Reviewed: 06-18-23
I almost stopped listening because of the sing song voice of the narrator. So inappropriate for this story. If it had a decent narrator, it might have been 5 stars. I stuck with it and dreaded hearing that voice every time I turned it on… But the author has a good story here. Good Southern Gothic read… So, stick with it!
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Fade
- By: Tanya Saracho
- Narrated by: Karla Souza, Carlos Miranda
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 507
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 469
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Story4 out of 5 stars 467
When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Write Who You Know
- By clevergirldeb on 09-12-22
- Fade
- By: Tanya Saracho
- Narrated by: Karla Souza, Carlos Miranda
Boring and stupid
Reviewed: 05-02-23
Thought it might go somewhere. It did not. Maybe I just didn’t understand. Who knows.
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Cat & Vivian
- A Novella
- By: Amanda Eyre Ward
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Catherine Taber, Cynthia Darlow, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,947
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,537
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,538
Vivian, a former reporter and a newlywed, doesn’t know what to do with herself after an incident with her husband forces her to question their partnership and her future. Yearning for the ocean air and a sense of home, she retreats to Tybee Island to clear her head and visit her Nana, a retired PI who now struggles with dementia. The phone rings: Catherine Grant, a housewife living in a private development nearby, woke up to find her husband and their baby girl missing, and she is desperate for help.
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1 out of 5 stars
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dreadful, depressing story
- By Marcia Schoonover on 08-06-22
- Cat & Vivian
- A Novella
- By: Amanda Eyre Ward
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Catherine Taber, Cynthia Darlow, Matt Boren
How did it end??
Reviewed: 03-06-23
Really enjoyed the story. But the ending… too many different options… or did she just go out to sea? 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
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Local Woman Missing
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33,608
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30,210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30,166
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Kubica yet!!!
- By LA book lover on 05-18-21
- Local Woman Missing
- By: Mary Kubica
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, Jesse Vilinsky
Kept me guessing. It was good!
Reviewed: 02-12-23
Enjoyed this book. Lots of back and forth from today and 11 years ago, but it took some turns I wasn’t expecting and kept me right there to the end!!
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Complicity Island
- By: Nick Jones
- Narrated by: Mandi Masden, Richard Kind, Chris Myers, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 654
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 595
It’s the artist’s age-old dilemma: follow your conscience or follow the cash. So when a canceled movie star reaches out to up-and-coming writer Ivey Viola to discuss a mysterious project, she uses the opportunity to escape mid-pandemic New York for his private island with her roommate in tow. However, once on the island, she realizes that the cost of working with the toxic, closeted actor might be more than she’s willing to accept...or can refuse.
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1 out of 5 stars
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F word
- By Debbie on 12-15-22
- Complicity Island
- By: Nick Jones
- Narrated by: Mandi Masden, Richard Kind, Chris Myers, Marc Kudisch, Ato Blankson-Wood, Jeremy Shamos, Alan Ruck
Enjoyed this one!
Reviewed: 02-12-23
I liked this… it was fun listening to a “play,” and the narrators were all good. Interesting story line on the island but it worked. Not crazy about the ending but the whole thing kept me listening.
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The Water Keeper
- By: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Jonathan K. Riggs
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,080
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,804
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,795
Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he’s dedicated his life to rescuing those in peril. But as he mourns the loss of his mentor and friend, Murph himself may be more lost than he realizes. When he pulls a beautiful woman named Summer out of Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway, Murph’s mission to lay his mentor to rest at the end of the world takes a dangerous turn.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Narrator
- By SusieSunshine0945 on 05-17-20
- The Water Keeper
- By: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Jonathan K. Riggs
Very good book!
Reviewed: 01-31-23
As with every Charles Martin I’ve listened to, it was great! He is such a good story weaver…
Have already recommended it to several people. Now, I am looking forward to the next in the series! So Good!!!
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Looking for Eden
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Zindzi Okenyo, Ella Scott Lynch, Hazem Shammas
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 245
When a simple mix-up leaves their father Joe’s estate to Eden, their long-absent mother, Clare and Aaron decide it’s finally time to track Eden down. But it’s been over thirty years since she left their remote outback mining town, and they’ve never heard from her again. Aaron is dealing with a new marriage that’s currently trapped in immigration limbo, and his teenage daughter Cady is clearly going through a personal crisis of her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lots of twists
- By Ellen Pennington on 02-15-23
- Looking for Eden
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Zindzi Okenyo, Ella Scott Lynch, Hazem Shammas
Really enjoyed this story
Reviewed: 01-31-23
Story was very interesting to follow, good characters and narration was great. I do recommend this one!
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