Bryan Allison
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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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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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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
Feels like no resolution
Reviewed: 03-10-23
The story was interesting. Although the POV from the characters chosen was odd. The end felt rushed with almost no closure or insight into the children the story is focused around.
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The Measure
- A Novel
- By: Nikki Erlick
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
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heavy content
- By Cherece on 09-12-22
- The Measure
- A Novel
- By: Nikki Erlick
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
An interesting story but feels like an allegory
Reviewed: 07-11-22
It’s enjoyable and the performance is good. But all I can think of hearing the whole story is the strings are just an allegory for COVID-19. Arriving around the world in mid March of an election year and no one knows what to do. Makes people re-examine their lives and how they live. Maybe short strings being people at high risk for Covid and long ones people less likely to be really sick? Not sure there but really it feels like a Covid inspired tale. It’s interesting but very familiar with what everyone has been through the past few years.
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West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California’s first giraffes. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow.
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Gritty, sweet, amazing, sad, uplifting
- By FL Bird Woman on 02-19-21
- West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Touching but sad
Reviewed: 04-08-22
This was a great performance and a good story but so many people described it as heartwarming and feel good to me. I found it a bit sad and forlorn. I thought it was an interesting and engaging story. The giraffes really came to life, but overall felt rather lonely for all of the humans endings…
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Dear Mr. Knightley
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Samantha Moore is, to say the least, bookish. An English major of the highest order, her diet has always been Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare. The problem is, both her prose and conversation tend to be more Elizabeth Bennet than Samantha Moore. But life for the 23-year-old orphan is about to get stranger than fiction.
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Insipid
- By Holly Helscher on 06-26-16
- Dear Mr. Knightley
- By: Katherine Reay
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Not great. Not the worst.
Reviewed: 09-20-20
Dear Mr. Knightley is predictable and not terrible but not particularly great either. The main character has trauma but the way the author tries to address it is in a weird and unrealistic manner. Working in foster care so many ABSURB things said in this books about the way the system works makes it seem like even the smallest amount of googling was too much effort for the writer. Not about how some homes are abusive. That is an unfortunate reality at times. But the way her mom doesn’t see her for 6 year then is reunified because she passed a “exam”. Really some crazy things that I was super annoyed by. But the plot wasn’t bad just easy to see what was happening. Sam’s growth and journey go pretty much as one would expect when you see her in the first chapters by the end, with little surprise for the reader.
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The Woman in the Window
- A Novel
- By: A. J. Finn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Anna Fox lives alone - a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times...and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble. And its shocking secrets are laid bare.
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An excruciating listen.
- By Debra on 01-12-18
- The Woman in the Window
- A Novel
- By: A. J. Finn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Interesting story but Extremely slow narration
Reviewed: 03-19-19
The story was pretty good. Not so out of the blue but more twists than I expected in the end. But! The narrator speaks. At. The. Pace. Of. A. Snail. I had to listen on 1.5 and even then I didn’t realize I had sped it up at times. Increasing the speed did help and I got through. Overall enjoyable but not my new favorite book in the genre.
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