J. Adams
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Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted escapism, not a socio-political message.
- By Angie Key on 05-16-25
- Overgrowth
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
Excellent for listening while gardening
Reviewed: 05-17-25
Yet another fantastic book from Mira Grant. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and got a lot of weeding and planting done while listening to the audiobok.
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Doomsday Book
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,819
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,683
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,703
For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting
- By mudcelt on 11-02-09
- Doomsday Book
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Heartbreaking
Reviewed: 04-19-25
I don't know what I expected, but crying for 2 hours while listening to this is what I got. Give it a go for sure, but maybe don't be driving for the last couple chapters.
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Water Sky
- By: Jean Craighead George
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Young listeners learn about issues of conservation, endangered animals, and preservation of cultural traditions in this beautifully written tale of a Massachusetts teenager who travels to an Alaskan village to search for a missing relative - and ends up discovering his own Eskimo heritage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into eskimo way of life
- By Housewife on 04-12-25
- Water Sky
- By: Jean Craighead George
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
Good Story; Now Outdated Language
Reviewed: 11-28-24
An interesting story about learning from tradition, fitting in, wildlife conservation, and not freezing on the ice. As with all of this author's books, he respect and admiration for both the cultures and the animals featured are readily apparent but language has definitely shifted in the 40ish years since its writing, so be aware of that.
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A Tangled Road to Justice
- Paladins of Distant Suns, Book 1
- By: Olan Thorensen
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4 out of 5 stars 87
When former soldier Everett Cole signed on to help colony planets prepare for joining the Federation, his employers were disconcertingly vague about their identity and his duties. Yet, the pay was good, and it got him off Earth and on the way to a fresh start. More reservations arose when, 11 light-years from Earth, he met his partner, Edgar Millen, an enigmatic man with a penchant for violent solutions and a fetish for the mythology and language of the American Wild West.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Magnificent Two on Exoplanet Astrild
- By WLC on 05-02-24
- A Tangled Road to Justice
- Paladins of Distant Suns, Book 1
- By: Olan Thorensen
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
Did not finish
Reviewed: 10-05-24
Made it about half way through and just was not actually engaged with the story and didn't care about any of the characters. Picked up something else and didn't have the urge to come back, so I'm moving on instead of returning.
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A Sorceress Comes to Call
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 628
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 585
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him. But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t sorcerers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliantly creepy
- By Joella Berkner on 08-14-24
- A Sorceress Comes to Call
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Jennifer Pickens
Brilliant and creepy and fun.
Reviewed: 08-08-24
Brilliant and creepy and fun. T Kingfisher as usual provides us with an engaging cast of characters doing their best in an increasingly bizarre situation, and it was a wonderful journey.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- By: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,077
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,988
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,963
Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, Delightful, Engaging
- By Tom on 08-31-17
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- By: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
So good
Reviewed: 07-24-24
Amazing story of love, family, found family, and hope. With a bog monster and a simply enormous dragon.
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The Jewel and Her Lapidary
- By: Fran Wilde
- Narrated by: Mahvesh Murad
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 33
The kingdom in the Valley has long sheltered under the protection of its Jewels and Lapidaries, the people bound to singing gemstones with the power to reshape hills, move rivers, and warp minds. That power has kept the peace and tranquility, and the kingdom has flourished. Jewel Lin and her Lapidary, Sima, may be the last to enjoy that peace. The Jeweled Court has been betrayed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story Good - Editing Bad
- By Darby Walsh on 05-28-19
- The Jewel and Her Lapidary
- By: Fran Wilde
- Narrated by: Mahvesh Murad
Audio issues
Reviewed: 07-23-24
Fascinating world concept, well written. The narrator has a lively voice, unfortunately the editing of this audiobook was flawed and there are many repeated lines and glitches, which frequently interrupted the flow of the story. Maybe pass on the audio and read this one on paper if you can.
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Dragon Prince
- By: Melanie Rawn
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 21 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 653
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 582
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 579
In this unsettled world, the death of the ruler of the desert princedom becomes the catalyst for power games of magical treachery as rival factions - from the evil High Prince to the leader of the Sunrunners to the newly crowned Prince of the Desert - seek to alter the course of their world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AWESOME. ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY BOOKS !
- By Bunty on 01-05-18
- Dragon Prince
- By: Melanie Rawn
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
Slow start
Reviewed: 06-26-24
I took a while to really engage with the characters and story, and almost gave up. I'm glad I didn't though, as it was well worth the slow start to get to the complex and well developed story.
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Pegasus
- By: Robin McKinley
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho, Kristen Atherton
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
Princess Sylviianel has always known that on her 12th birthday she too would be bound to her own Pegasus. All members of the royal family have been thus bound since the Alliance was made almost a thousand years ago; the binding system was created to strengthen the Alliance, because humans and pegasi can only communicate formally, through specially trained Speaker magicians. Sylvi is accustomed to seeing pegasi every day at the palace, but she still finds the idea of her binding very daunting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cliff Hanger
- By Lana Arthur on 08-31-21
- Pegasus
- By: Robin McKinley
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho, Kristen Atherton
Cliff hanger
Reviewed: 06-18-24
Very engaging story, interesting characters, well described society with characters working toward common goal while not always getting along (the pegasi, not the humans). But it ends very suddenly on a dramatic point without resolution, and the expected sequel has apparently been delayed for at least a decade so unlikely to drop imminently.
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The Twisted Ones
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,351
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,089
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,083
When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more - Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants...until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful build to a chilling, exhilarating finale. Also, the dog lives.
- By selkie86 on 12-29-19
- The Twisted Ones
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Clever and weird
Reviewed: 01-09-24
This is a horror story, so you should expect things like mutilation, chasing, body horror, creepiness. It is also a T Kingfisher book so you should expect those things to be clever and weird.
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