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All the Broken Places
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Helen Lloyd
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,907
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,755
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,752
Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn’t talk about the grim post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn’t talk about her father, who was the commandant of one of the Reich’s most notorious extermination camps. All The Broken Places moves between Gretel’s girlhood in Germany to present-day London as a woman haunted by the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good
- By Deborah Marcus on 05-30-23
- All the Broken Places
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Helen Lloyd
Unbroken in the broken places
Reviewed: 02-17-25
Wonderful follow up to the 1st book. The only thing I did not understand was Why the author blamed a child through out the whole book. Made no sense to me. Other than that, this book was as good as, if not better then the first book. 🙏🏾❤️👍🏾
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The Litigators
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,556
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,094
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,027
The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American justice system, always drawing us in with an irresistible hook, pulling the thread of tension tighter and tighter, and then knocking us out with a conclusion that's never "by the book". Maybe that's why, after more than 20 years of consecutive number-one New York Times best sellers, a new novel by America's favorite storyteller is still a major publishing event.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Totally Grisham
- By Pamela Harvey on 11-01-11
- The Litigators
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Great Story with a great ending.
Reviewed: 01-31-25
It was a good story which made it a good book. Didn't get boring so that was a major plus.
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Listen to Joe Madison, The Black Eagle on the SiriusXM App
- Length: 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
You can download the SiriusXM App, free with most subscriptions, and listen to the Joe Madison Show LIVE every weekday morning from 6-10 AM. Also check out the app to find Joe Madison's videos, best classic interviews, and special broadcasts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At times ...
- By Sevan77 on 11-02-24
At times ...
Reviewed: 11-02-24
Most of the time I'm pleased with his show. At times he goes off the deep end.
But, I still come back.
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Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,238
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26,253
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26,163
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his Black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly?
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Grisham we all loved from the 90's!
- By CBlox on 10-23-13
- Sycamore Row
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Outstanding
Reviewed: 03-02-24
Another Outstanding listen.
Thank you Mr. Grisham *******
Two thumbs up ,
If it was possible I’d give it 100
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Praise Song for the Butterflies
- A Novel
- By: Bernice L. McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 219
Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine, hoping that the sacrifice of his daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abeo for the 15 years she is held in the shrine. When she is finally rescued, broken and battered, she must struggle to overcome her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Searing!
- By Susie Bright on 09-05-18
- Praise Song for the Butterflies
- A Novel
- By: Bernice L. McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Very Good
Reviewed: 02-20-24
The book was well written, easy to comprehend, educational, and a very good story. I enjoyed how it flowed and moved like a river. At times it was as sweet as  sunshine on the sunshine and a cool breeze, at other times it was as ugly and cruel as a wild beast tearing at an infants bare skin. Through all the tears of laughter and pain came a story of true triumph.
Has the recipe to become a movie 👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻👍🏿👍🏼
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41,635
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38,150
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37,964
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely beautifully Written❤️
- By Love bug23 on 05-02-22
- Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
Loooong & Negative
Reviewed: 02-17-24
I doubt she ever found herself, and I don’t think she will ever truly deep down inside be a happy, female.…
I thought that, Overall, it was so long and so negative. I thought it would be a good book by a good actress who would tell the ups and downs of her life… the whole thing was drawn out and miserable. Even once she got out of her home of dread she started ll sounded muse able hating everything and everyone, including herself. 🥱
It was a miserable story about the miserable life. I think the book may have been a bit more ______, if someone else had narrated it. Her monotone, very blah voice made me want to delete it from my Audible library but I made myself complete it because all the hype I heard every time I turned the tv on or read a review it was on the up & up. I am hear to tell you in these descriptive words, all my feelings the whole time, page after page what kept coming to my thoughts about this book,
Boring, so similar to most other women’s bios, when they had a terrible childhood, long, I thought it would never end, never any positivity at all. She sounded like she had a miserable life, and like she will be miserable the rest of her life, no matter what she does. And that deep, gravelly voice, I feel bad for writing a negative review, but what can I say I thought it was a terrible story nothing out of the ordinary, and, even when the book was over I don’t think I got anything that made me feel good about this book. It was just slow and boring.😦🙄
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The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,627
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5,081
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,072
The year was 1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A simple way to improve the robotic narration
- By B. C. French on 06-07-17
- The Radium Girls
- The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
- By: Kate Moore
- Narrated by: Angela Brazil
Matches
Reviewed: 01-14-24
This book matches everything I’ve read prior to listening to Radium Girls. I can tell you, what I’ve researched about this awful period in history, it excellently tells what happened to these women. But nothing in history could ever give these women back their lives or dreams of having a life after this horrible period. The only misgiving I have is I feel it could have been narrated much better.
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Razorblade Tears
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,298
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,903
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,886
Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss. Derek’s father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING!!!!
- By shelley on 07-11-21
- Razorblade Tears
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Sh”tin’ in high cotton …
Reviewed: 01-06-24
So good, Cosby hasn’t written one book that wasn’t good.
I really don’t have the words that could make you know just how good this book was or words to honestly describe how well written or performed, but I can promise you, you won’t be disappointed.
Best one yet. I only have one of his books left and if you will excuse me I’m ready to get right into it.
Hemisphere what’s wrong bed right here and right here yeah OK that’s right here bud. I got you look at grandma. Yeah fuck you all right but I was right here.
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My Darkest Prayer
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 755
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 754
Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when all other avenues have been exhausted. When a beloved local minister is found dead, his parishioners ask Nathan to make sure the death isn’t swept under the rug.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing First Novel
- By Tod M. Clark on 12-12-22
- My Darkest Prayer
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Extreme
Reviewed: 01-02-24
Extremely outstanding and Extremely well written.
When an author can make you, not only visualize every move his characters make but where every spec of dust lays in a room,,,,
You need not worry if he’s created a good read.
As Mr. Cosby writes, he paints a picture.
THAT is why I have no problem when I have to wait for his next book. He’s an artist on many levels and his book glide across every canvas he puts his pen to.
Thank you.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,727
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,953
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,951
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- By Stephnsea on 08-12-23
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
I wrote a review six days ago
Reviewed: 08-13-23
I lost power, my phone died when I was trying to finish the review I will just say this it’s not only extremely moving, but I will never eat another piece of the sweet potato pie without having this book in mind to remind me to read it again, and again, and again. I never got to turn my review around from where I began to where I am now finishing… James McBride is one of the best authors I have ever read. His book, the color of water to the good Lord Bird right onto this one he’s a one of a kind author and he really is writing a masterpiece with this book and all the different characters and all the different storylines that all combined into one story I just cannot explain how masterfully this book was put together. Again I love sweet potato pie. 🥧🥧🥰
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