Sarah Stubbs
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The Christmas Appeal
- A Novella
- By: Janice Hallett
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 22
The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes. Of course, there’s also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A funny holiday mystery…
- By Sarah Stubbs on 12-18-23
- The Christmas Appeal
- A Novella
- By: Janice Hallett
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Daniel Philpott, Rachel Adedeji, Sid Sagar
A funny holiday mystery…
Reviewed: 12-18-23
I thought this was a fun read with an interesting style. I listened to the audio while I read with the book and I can say it definitely lends itself more to reading than listening but is still a good read for the holiday season.
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The Christmas Guest
- A Novella
- By: Peter Swanson
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4 out of 5 stars 143
New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family’s Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village’s grim history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent story, annoying performance
- By K. G. Bates on 12-23-23
- The Christmas Guest
- A Novella
- By: Peter Swanson
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
A Holiday Thrillers Minus the Thrills
Reviewed: 11-25-23
Not terrible but not good enough that I’d want to recommend it. I wish this had been a fleshed out a bit more. It needed more tension.
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Dark Harvest
- By: Norman Partridge
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 469
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Story4 out of 5 stars 411
Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol' Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book
- By Jimmy on 01-06-22
- Dark Harvest
- By: Norman Partridge
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Solid little novella
Reviewed: 04-03-23
Actual rating: 3.5/5.
I liked the story of this one a lot but didn’t love the way it was written. Still worth checking out though!
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Into the Forest
- Tales of the Baba Yaga
- By: various, Lindy Ryan - editor
- Narrated by: Betsy Foldes-Meiman, Rachel Jacobs, Kimberly M. Wetherell, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch—and these are her tales.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great anthology for Baba Yaga fans
- By Sarah Stubbs on 02-22-23
- Into the Forest
- Tales of the Baba Yaga
- By: various, Lindy Ryan - editor
- Narrated by: Betsy Foldes-Meiman, Rachel Jacobs, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Mikhaila Aaseng, Zura Johnson, Angela Lin, Chanté McCormick
Great anthology for Baba Yaga fans
Reviewed: 02-22-23
This anthology has a really good selection of stories featuring Baba Yaga. I think my only complaint is that a few stories took a few too many liberties with her mythos. Overall though it is a really solid read especially for horror fans who are interested in folk horror.
My rating 4.5/5
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