Toria
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The Poet X
- By: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,714
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,262
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,244
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers - especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, whom her family can never know about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better
- By KSS on 01-09-19
- The Poet X
- By: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
wow
Reviewed: 09-08-24
I truly loved this. I instantly want a physical copy so I can read it and experience it all over again. this was such a raw emotion book that truly showed the power of written word and poetry especially.
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A Matter of Happiness
- A Novel
- By: Tori Whitaker
- Narrated by: Kimberley Wong, Megan Tusing
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t mix. Until she makes a discovery while cleaning her Jordan MX car, a scarlet-red symbol of the Jazz Age’s independent women that she inherited from her great-great-great-aunt Violet. Its secret compartment holds Violet’s weathered journal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bad book read with bad accent
- By Ldoubled on 02-15-24
- A Matter of Happiness
- A Novel
- By: Tori Whitaker
- Narrated by: Kimberley Wong, Megan Tusing
Beautiful story
Reviewed: 01-27-24
I truly love Dual pov and timeline stories like this that come together so beautifully these are some of my favorite stories
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Winter Garden
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,552
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23,095
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23,009
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I thought I made a mistake
- By A. Musser on 11-29-17
- Winter Garden
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
wow
Reviewed: 01-18-24
Absolutely beautiful storytelling , it allows the reader to piece together both the story and the truth along with Nina and Meredith as they learn the truth about their mother and her beloved stories
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Chimes of a Lost Cathedral
- By: Janet Fitch
- Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
After the events of The Revolution of Marina M., the young Marina Makarova finds herself on her own amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War - pregnant and adrift in the Russian countryside, forced onto her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child. She finds new strength and self-reliance to fortify her in her sojourn, and to prepare her for the hardships and dilemmas still to come. She finally returns to Petrograd, the city almost unrecognizable after two years of revolution, the haunted, half-emptied, starving Capital of Once Had Been....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adventure, history, and choices
- By Amazon Customer on 08-09-19
- Chimes of a Lost Cathedral
- By: Janet Fitch
- Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson
So much trauma
Reviewed: 12-04-23
This story is so full. There is such a great journey we are taken on with Marina over these 2 books . We watch her grow over the years and see how all thr challenges she faces slowly change her. This book in particular provides alot of reflection on her past . She herself seeing how her choices lead her to the path she was on.
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If I Had Your Face
- A Novel
- By: Frances Cha
- Narrated by: Frances Cha, Sue Jean Kim, Ruthie Ann Miles, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 934
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Story4 out of 5 stars 810
If I Had Your Face is a riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, South Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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incredibly enlightening
- By Barbara S on 01-01-21
- If I Had Your Face
- A Novel
- By: Frances Cha
- Narrated by: Frances Cha, Sue Jean Kim, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jeena Yi
Interesting
Reviewed: 10-29-23
This was an interesting examination on the lives of four women with varying personal situations. While each woman's struggles are specific to them, their lives are intertwined. there is a discussion on a lot of pressures and expectations places on women and the worries that come along with it.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
- By: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,568
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5,880
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,865
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In a word, WOW
- By Kevin Potter on 03-09-19
- The Priory of the Orange Tree
- By: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
love the book but audio meh
Reviewed: 11-25-22
While i loved this story the narrator deviated from the text a bit and I found it quite annoying 😑. I recommend a physical read of the book first and use of the audio book for rereading purposes if desired.
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Living Well, Spending Less
- 12 Secrets of the Good Life
- By: Ruth Soukup
- Narrated by: Charity Spencer
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 986
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 856
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Story4 out of 5 stars 856
Have you ever felt that your life is spiraling out of control? Do you sometimes wish you could pull yourself together but wonder how to manage the increasing demands of home life, family, budgeting, and your own needs?
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1 out of 5 stars
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pray, pray, pray the mess away -- Yikes!
- By hank on 01-13-15
- Living Well, Spending Less
- 12 Secrets of the Good Life
- By: Ruth Soukup
- Narrated by: Charity Spencer
ugh stop
Reviewed: 07-03-22
I couldn't wven get through the first chapter too preachy , no actual guidance
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The Good Lie
- By: A. R. Torre
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,528
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,983
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,976
Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their motives - predators much like the notorious Bloody Heart serial killer, whose latest teenage victim escaped and then identified local high school teacher Randall Thompson as his captor. The case against Thompson as the Bloody Heart Killer is damning - and closed, as far as Gwen and the media are concerned. If not for one new development.
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5 out of 5 stars
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She did it again!
- By Wendy Mirka on 07-21-21
- The Good Lie
- By: A. R. Torre
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian
Psychological Analysis galore
Reviewed: 07-03-22
I enjoyed this read especially as someone with an interest in Criminal Psychology and Psychopathology
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