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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
- By: Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan - translator
- Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 89
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful, but all she feels is drained. Yet an abandoned dream nags at her, and in a leap of faith, she leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a small residential neighborhood outside the city, where she opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really resonated
- By Aebell on 04-18-24
- Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
- By: Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan - translator
- Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
Listened a few times
Reviewed: 04-05-24
This book has a sensibility and feel that is uncommon to Western novels. I really enjoyed listening to the story and the narrator.
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The Wizard's Butler
- The Wizard's Butler, Book 1
- By: Nathan Lowell
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,374
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,489
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,470
For five grand a month and a million-dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year. But they didn't tell him about the pixies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVED this book!
- By Kristin Butner on 04-24-21
- The Wizard's Butler
- The Wizard's Butler, Book 1
- By: Nathan Lowell
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
Worth listening to again and again
Reviewed: 02-24-23
I really like this book. Contrary to Audible’s categorization, I wouldn’t call it either Paranormal or Urban. It is a clever story, well written, with excellent narration … and it also happens to have a bit of magic. Recommended really for anyone (except for those who crave action and mystery, then no).
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Bella Bella
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,916
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,583
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,566
Four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein takes on New York City’s very own political firebrand, Bella Abzug, in his new raucous, heart-rending, and absurdly humorous solo show. Set in 1976, on the eve of her bid to become New York State’s first female senator, Bella Bella finds this larger-than-life, truth-slinging, groundbreaking, hat-wearing icon squirreled away in the bathroom of a midtown hotel awaiting that night’s election results while a coterie of family and celebs await her entrance. Directing is Kimberly Senior (The Niceties).
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved every minute!
- By John Kenny on 08-08-20
- Bella Bella
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
It’s all Harvey Fierstein
Reviewed: 11-03-20
Interesting account of Bella Abzug’s political life, but Harvey Fierstein is the star of the show!
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Mother Land
- A Novel
- By: Leah Franqui
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
When Rachel Meyer, a 30-something foodie from New York, agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband, Dhruv, she knows some culture shock is inevitable. Blessed with a curious mind and an independent spirit, Rachel is determined to learn her way around the hot, noisy, seemingly infinite metropolis she now calls home. But the expat American’s sense of adventure is sorely tested when her mother-in-law, Swati, suddenly arrives from Kolkata - 1,000 miles away - alone, with an even more shocking announcement: She’s left her husband of more than 40 years and moving in with them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This could have been so good...
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-20
- Mother Land
- A Novel
- By: Leah Franqui
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Try this author again
Reviewed: 11-03-20
I read this author’s first novel that is available on audible, but felt lukewarm about it. This book, on the other hand, is a solid 4 stars. I have listened to it a few times (between other selections) and like it more each time. Insight into Indian way of life, well imagined and constructed characters. Recommended.
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84, Charing Cross Road
- By: Helene Hanff
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, John Franklyn-Robbins
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 892
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 890
When Helene Hanff makes an innocent inquiry about the possibility of purchasing hard-to-find books through Marks and Co., Booksellers, she begins a 20-year love affair with Frank Doel, the proper English bookseller who answers her letter and sends along her first order in the fall of 1949. They are two very unlikely correspondents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet
- By Jody S on 12-02-17
- 84, Charing Cross Road
- By: Helene Hanff
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, John Franklyn-Robbins
A wonderful story
Reviewed: 08-18-20
First, you can’t go wrong with any book performed by Barbara Rosenblat. This book is charming and quirky, and a pleasure to listen to. Audible ... please arrange for the sequel!
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The Confession Club
- Mason, Book 3
- By: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 337
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4 out of 5 stars 299
When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than they bargained for. The plan for congenial evenings - talking, laughing, and sharing recipes, homemade food, and wine - abruptly changes course one night when one of the women reveals something startlingly intimate. The supper club then becomes Confession Club, and the women gather weekly to share not only dinners but embarrassing misdeeds, deep insecurities, and long-held regrets.
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2 out of 5 stars
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What a waste- author is narrator
- By Scarlettleigh on 11-30-19
- The Confession Club
- Mason, Book 3
- By: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg
Disappointing
Reviewed: 11-30-19
Although the first book in the series was excellent, the sequels leave much to be desired. I do not recommend this one.
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The Giver of Stars
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,729
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 43,208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42,926
Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So, when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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About time!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-19
- The Giver of Stars
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Very interesting and inspiring part of our history
Reviewed: 10-24-19
Before reading this book I knew virtually nothing about the subject matter. It was a very interesting read from that perspective, and well written. Recommended!
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Rush
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Patton
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 981
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 879
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 872
Lilith Whitmore appoints recent empty-nester Wilda to the Rush Advisory Board and suggests their daughters, both incoming freshman, room together. It's all part of Lilith's plan to ensure her own daughter receives an Alpha Delt bid - no matter what. Cali Watkins possesses all the qualities sororities are looking for in a potential new member, but her resume lacks a vital ingredient: pedigree. And if anyone discovers the dark family secrets she's hiding, she'll be dropped from rush in an instant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHOA! I loved this book.
- By Carol Johnson on 03-05-19
- Rush
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Patton
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi, Bahni Turpin
Great narration, average story
Reviewed: 09-20-19
First, please don’t compare this book to The Help, since they are in different leagues. In my opinion, the storyline and writing were for a younger audience, and, since I am hardly part of that group, I thought this was an average listen. The narration kept me listening, and so I tip my hat to those ladies. 3 stars.
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,316
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,044
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,034
Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best audiobook ever
- By KayMac on 09-02-19
- The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
An engaging read, set in Minn.
Reviewed: 09-07-19
I’m a New Yorker, and it took me several chapters to take to the narrator. Once acclimated, though, I really enjoyed this book, and will give it another listen for sure.
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Nothing Ventured
- By: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,353
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,348
William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister, Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university, William begins a career that will define his life: from his early months on the beat under the watchful eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s arts and antiquities squad.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very pleasant surprise!!
- By Wayne on 09-05-19
- Nothing Ventured
- By: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: George Blagden
Another fun read by Jeffrey Archer
Reviewed: 09-07-19
This book is not too heavy, not too dramatic ... just fun in a well written and well narrated package. Can’t go wrong with a Jeffrey Archer book!
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