Gayle Smoak Gibbs
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26,353
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,502
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23,420
Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Andy Serkis Was Sheer Perfection
- By Barbara on 09-22-20
- The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Review for the hobbit
Reviewed: 10-11-23
I loved this book. I particularly lije the way it’s presented as if a storyteller was telling the tale to you. I very much disliked the movie when I compared it to the book. I found one has to forget the book to enjoy the movie. The book is so rich and endearing, but I don’t like all the fighting.
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Crystal Singer
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 852
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 678
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 684
Experience the first Killashandra Ree adventure, in which the indomitable Killa overcomes disappointment in one career by diving into a much more exciting one. Filled with suspense, anguish, romance, and intrigue, this distinctive adventure is one of Anne McCaffrey's best.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible audio quality
- By Danielle on 10-18-07
- Crystal Singer
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
Review of crystal singer
Reviewed: 10-11-23
Why record a book just to ruin it? This version of the story is so awful that I couldn’t remember why I had liked it so when I read it. Then I learned that it’s abridged. Theres no warning either that they have cut chunks out of the book.
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Crystal Singer
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 880
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 704
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 710
Killashandra Ree has spent ten grueling years in musical training, anticipating interstellar celebrity as a vocal soloist. She is young, beautiful—and still without prospects. After learning that a flaw in her voice will prevent her from singing lead, she hears of the mysterious Heptite Guild on the planet Ballybran, where the fabled Black Crystal is found. Mining this strange form of crystal is a dangerous occupation but to Killa, the risks are acceptable. Remarkably, her adaptation to crystal mining is unusually easy. The problem is—few people who land on Ballybran ever leave.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horrible audio quality
- By Danielle on 10-18-07
- Crystal Singer
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
Review of crystal singer
Reviewed: 10-11-23
Why record a book just to ruin it? This version of the story is so awful that I couldn’t remember why I had liked it so when I read it. Then I learned that it’s abridged. Theres no warning either that they have cut chunks out of the book.
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The Beginning Place
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 43
Tembreabrezi is like Eden - a beginning place. There, Hugh and Irena assume they have merely discovered an escape from the dull monotony, even the terrors of their regular lives. But Tembreabrezi has a secret, a dark fear that is threatening the very life-blood of the kingdom. Hugh and Irena were led there for a purpose, selected for an impossibly hopeless mission. If they accept the challenge, they may lose everything - their new-found paradise, and possibly their lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really needed an editor and some clear point
- By starling01 on 03-09-21
- The Beginning Place
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
The beginning place review
Reviewed: 10-08-23
I love this story and although its not really typical of LeGuin, its a really good adventure story. I liked both the main characters, especially the boy, and I like the way the story ended. I would have liked a little more explanation of where the beginning place was and more details about the people. They’re not very nice to send two kids into danger without explaining anything to them. The atmosphere of the place is well established, the low light, the forests and the mountains.
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Footsteps in the Dark
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 311
Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their late uncle, and the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumours are true and they are not alone after all! With a killer on the loose, will they find themselves the next victims of a supernatural predator.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Story!
- By Becky Price on 01-28-15
- Footsteps in the Dark
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
Review
Reviewed: 05-19-23
This is a good book. Its sort of an adventure/mystery book with a little romance on the side.
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The Kith of the Elf Folk
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
This is a happy, feel-good tale by Lord Dunsany aka Edward Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany. Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, the wild things take you into their world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The kith of the elf folk
- By Gayle Smoak Gibbs on 03-25-23
- The Kith of the Elf Folk
- By: Lord Dunsany
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
The kith of the elf folk
Reviewed: 03-25-23
I find this a mystical, haunting tale. The descriptions of the marsh and the factory are both good, giving a strong feeling to the lovely, natural world vs the industrial word. I don’t see why the people who found her sent her to that soulless city job. Her longing to be back in the natural word is understandable. But just because a woman interrupts a concert wouldn’t mean she had no soul. Where did her soul go? And since she had only a wild thing’s little handmade soul would she as a human, get to paradise where the wild thing had wanted to go. It’s a sad tale, but very beautiful.
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The Tombs of Atuan
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle DeCuir, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 108
Compex, innovative, and deeply moral, the Earthsea Cycle fantasy sequence has been compared to the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Ursula LeGuin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not bad
- By Daniel on 11-08-03
- The Tombs of Atuan
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Gabrielle DeCuir, Ursula K. Le Guin
Atuan
Reviewed: 02-18-23
This is a great book. I found a great read here with her descriptions of the world of the enforced lives of the woman and Tenar’s release from that life. Too bad they couldn’t all get away.
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All Cats Are Gray
- By: Andre Norton
- Narrated by: Cindy Killavey
- Length: 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Andre Norton was one of the most popular and prolific authors of the Golden Age of Science fiction. In this story, a down on his luck spaceman and a mysterious woman and her pet take off to explore and bring back a derelict ship said to hold great treasure. But its been boarded before and none have not lived to tell just what it carries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All cats are grey review
- By Gayle Smoak Gibbs on 02-09-23
- All Cats Are Gray
- By: Andre Norton
- Narrated by: Cindy Killavey
All cats are grey review
Reviewed: 02-09-23
Lovely story. I have loved Andre Norton’s books since I was twelve and discovered her. She led me into many discoveries from the content of her stories. In those days, they wrote books for boys, thinking that only boys would like science fiction. But they were wrong!
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Midworld
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 206
From the rich imagination of science-fiction great Alan Dean Foster comes the story of Midworld, a Humanx Commonwealth planet that's equally fragile and hostile. Covered by a lush rainforest, Midworld is home to a primitive society that lives in harmony with the natural world. But the arrival of an exploitative human company, whose workers know nothing of Midworld's delicate ecosystem, sparks a conflict. Should Midworld's villagers aid the humans or stand against them?
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5 out of 5 stars
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This one will make you think.
- By John on 02-15-19
- Midworld
- By: Alan Dean Foster
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
Review for midworld
Reviewed: 02-09-23
This is a fine book. Lovely story, good characters and a pleasing ending. You do need a good vocabulary to follow him sometimes but I have a good vocabulary so it was fine with me. I love the way he uses words. I especially liked the theme of living with your planet instead of just on it.
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The Unknown Ajax
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353
Miles from anywhere, Darracott Place is presided over by irascible Lord Darracott. The recent drowning of his eldest son has done nothing to improve his temper. For now he must send for the unknown offspring of the uncle whom the family are never permitted to mention. Yet none of that beleaguered family are prepared for the arrival of the weaver’s brat and heir apparent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great Georgette Heyer romance
- By bebe on 06-04-10
- The Unknown Ajax
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
Review for “The unknown Ajax”
Reviewed: 06-21-22
This is a very good book, with a good dramatic plot with a love story added. It is not a bodice buster. It is in the best tradition of Georgette Heyer. One of her better ones. The character of Hugo is well drawn and the conversation between him and Anthea are funny and sweet. Lots of adventures with smugglers and excise men.
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