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Lucy
- By: Erica Schmidt
- Narrated by: Brooke Bloom, Lynn Collins, Charlotte Surak
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 1,070
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 1,010
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 1,008
Ashling is every busy parent’s dream: a professional nanny with experience and a warm, sunny attitude. But from the moment Mary hires her to look after her young children, things start to feel just a little...off. Are Mary’s stressful work schedule and lack of sleep playing games with her own sanity, or has she welcomed an unstable troublemaker into her home?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not sure what the point was
- By Kari on 09-21-23
- Lucy
- By: Erica Schmidt
- Narrated by: Brooke Bloom, Lynn Collins, Charlotte Surak
Huh?
Reviewed: 10-03-23
The performance was great and the story had potential but it ends abruptly. I don't get it.
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The King's Pleasure
- A Novel of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and violent reign in this extraordinary historical novel. Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his rule, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love this author
- By Amanda on 06-17-23
- The King's Pleasure
- A Novel of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Humanizes Harry
Reviewed: 07-24-23
It was great to get the story from the King's perspective after hearing from his 6 wives. He doesn't seem as creepy or crazy from his side of the story. I kind of wanted more details on some things. It felt like a brief summary in done areas but definitely worth a listen.
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On the Savage Side
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany McDaniel
- Narrated by: Catherine Taber
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
Arcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother’s stories. Together, they disappear into their imaginations and forge a world all their own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Struggled to finish
- By CMV on 04-19-23
- On the Savage Side
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany McDaniel
- Narrated by: Catherine Taber
This author is amazing
Reviewed: 02-21-23
I only hope Tiffany McDaniel keeps writing books! I love her prose and characters.
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Betty
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany McDaniel
- Narrated by: Dale Dickey
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 670
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 602
Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty Carpenter is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and violence—both from outside the family and, devastatingly, from within. But despite the hardships she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father’s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Well
- By Becky Lake on 03-07-21
- Betty
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany McDaniel
- Narrated by: Dale Dickey
Beautiful ugliness
Reviewed: 11-21-22
I read some of the reviews before listening. This is an incredibly sad and disturbing story filled with violence and hate but what stood out to me the most was the love intertwined with all of the misery. Someone mentioned it makes sex out to be bad or ugly. Well sometimes it is. This book is filled with beautiful language and imagery. It's thought provoking. I myself will be moving on to Tiffany McDaniel's other works.
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
- By: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 49 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 795
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 602
This novel allows the unscrupulous and proud Queen of the Nile to recount her own tale. A masterful recreation of history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I felt like I was there
- By Michael A. Vasquez on 03-05-07
- The Memoirs of Cleopatra
- By: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
Long but worthy
Reviewed: 09-07-22
At first I thought the heavy English accent of the narrator was ridiculous to portray these characters but the narration isn't bad and the story is worth it in my opinion. I very much enjoy this author's ability to put herself in the mindset of Cleopatra and others I have read by her. She is excellent at setting the stage for the period and I really get carried away by her story telling. She also throws in subtle humor that I love.
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The Song and the Silence
- A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright
- By: Yvette Johnson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 189
"Have to keep that smile", said Booker Wright in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time Wright was a waiter in a Whites-only restaurant and a local business owner who would become an unwitting icon of the civil rights movement. For he did the unthinkable: Before a national audience, he described what life was truly like for the Black people of Greenwood, Mississippi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceeded every expectation
- By ZeeJ84 on 05-23-21
- The Song and the Silence
- A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright
- By: Yvette Johnson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Unforgettable
Reviewed: 01-18-22
Get this book if you want to learn something about race relations in America and also about the human soul.
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Strangers on a Train
- By: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,078
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,075
In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world - where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not my cup of tea
- By jesshway on 11-25-15
- Strangers on a Train
- By: Patricia Highsmith
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Wonderfully fiendish
Reviewed: 12-19-20
I love the characters in Patricia Highsmiths' novels. She really goes inside their minds and lets the reader in on sone twisted and often funny thinking. I was hesitant to try something out of the Mr. Ripley series but I am glad that I did! Bronson Pinchot does a very good and entertaining narration.
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The Constant Princess
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 713
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 638
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 634
Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young lovers revel in each other’s company and plan the England they will make together. But tragically, aged only 15, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his 16-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry; become queen; and fulfill their dreams and her destiny.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration, bad book
- By Amanda on 04-09-19
- The Constant Princess
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
Catherine of Aragon sounds like Charo!
Reviewed: 06-09-20
It seemed like some parts didn't coincide with Margaret Pole's story in The King's Curse. Catalina seemed to be a total different person in this account. I like her though. I know these novels are not 100% historically accurate. If they were they'd be much shorter. I enjoy them for what they are and find myself looking up facts. The narration sounds a little silly at times but I remember thinking during the King's Curse that Catherine should have had a Spanish accent. All I all if you enjoy this writer's series you won't be dissapointed.
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Never Broken
- Songs Are Only Half the Story
- By: Jewel
- Narrated by: Jewel
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,121
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,628
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,619
New York Times best-selling poet and multiplatinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood, rise to fame, marriage, and motherhood. She writes beautifully about growing up amid the natural wonders of Alaska, about pain and childhood trauma, and about discovering her own identity years after the entire world had discovered the beauty of her songs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am never broken.
- By G. Brooks on 09-23-15
- Never Broken
- Songs Are Only Half the Story
- By: Jewel
- Narrated by: Jewel
Way better than I expected
Reviewed: 03-02-20
I would not consider myself a listener of Jewel's music but I do enjoy these kind of stories so I gave it a shot. I was not disappointed. She amazed me with her insightful words and strength throughout her story. As a person who also came from a broken and abusive family I could relate to her and admire her will to rise above her past. It is well written and she does an excellent job with the narration and even sings a bit.
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A Place to Stand
- The Making of a Poet
- By: Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Narrated by: Jackson Gutierrez
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 276
A Place to Stand is Jimmy Santiago Baca's memoir of childhood on the small farms of New Mexico, his adolescence spent in orphanages and detention centers, his years as a drug dealer in San Diego and Arizona, and his extraordinary personal transformation under the harrowing conditions behind bars. Life in prison was often brutal, and Baca describes the extreme measures he had to take to survive, which endowed him with an indomitable will to resist the dehumanization of prison life. The act of writing offered a powerful means of transcending his surroundings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By veronica aguilar on 08-08-18
- A Place to Stand
- The Making of a Poet
- By: Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Narrated by: Jackson Gutierrez
Humbling and Amazing
Reviewed: 10-23-19
This story is one that proves what ours souls are capable of even after being stomped on repeatedly. This brought me insight into my life and my relationships with others. In fact I plan to listen again so that I can better process the the thought and feelings Jimmy's story invoked.
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