Gregg G. Seipp
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Half Way Home
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Max Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 551
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 492
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Story4 out of 5 stars 491
Less than 60 kids awaken on a distant planet. The colony ship they arrived on is aflame. The rest of their contingent is dead. They've only received half their training, and they are being asked to conquer an entire planet. Before they can, however, they must first survive each other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narration
- By Katya A on 10-12-13
- Half Way Home
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Max Miller
Not one of his better books
Reviewed: 12-18-20
I've read quite a few of Hugh Howie's books and, generally, love them. This one wasn't up to the quality of his later books like Dust and the Shell Collector. It had its moments and the ending was interesting, but some parts of the story I couldn't buy.
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Children of Ruin
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,510
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,478
Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it's been waiting for them.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not ideal for audiobook format
- By bogmonkey on 01-08-20
- Children of Ruin
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrated by: Mel Hudson
I tuned out a lot
Reviewed: 11-26-19
It's a fairly good book if you like a lot of details and lots of technical information. I found myself tuning out quite often.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126,446
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 111,442
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Story5 out of 5 stars 111,054
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Astonishingly well done.
Reviewed: 10-22-18
Tara Westover weaves a great story about growing up in surreal conditions. Absolutely excellent narration.
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Fourteen
- A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survival
- By: Leslie Johansen Nack
- Narrated by: Leslie Johansen Nack
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Winner of three independent book awards: NIEA, Readers' Favorites and Beverly Hills Book Awards. Obsessed with sailing, Leslie Nack's larger-than-life Norwegian father has a dream to live on a sailboat and show his three daughters the world. And although it takes years, in 1975 he finally completes his preparation and sets his sights on French Polynesia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Narrative!
- By Gabriela O. on 02-10-19
- Fourteen
- A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survival
- By: Leslie Johansen Nack
- Narrated by: Leslie Johansen Nack
A wonderful story
Reviewed: 09-11-18
I had my doubts about this book but turned out to be a great story.
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Beacon 23: The Complete Novel
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Ryan McCarthy
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 878
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 779
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Story4 out of 5 stars 779
For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It's a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part - until something goes wrong, until a ship is in distress. In the 23rd century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren't supposed to.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s dark and it is tragic
- By Midwestbonsai on 12-03-15
- Beacon 23: The Complete Novel
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Ryan McCarthy
Surprisingly good
Reviewed: 12-12-15
A well told story. I'm never much on the isolation in space kind of book but this one is better than most. The story has unusual twists and the pace keeps moving. Ryan McCarthy had some really good moments and I thought his performance was well done. I think I'm becoming a Hugh Howey fan.
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Breaking Seas
- An Overweight, Middle-Aged Computer Nerd Buys His First Boat, Quits His Job, and Sails Off to Adventure
- By: Glenn Damato
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 321
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 300
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Story4 out of 5 stars 302
Do you have a dream you must pursue, but everyone says it's unrealistic? Or that you're not qualified? Too old, too out of shape? Or you don't have the "right experience?" Glenn Damato was a 41-year-old software instructor who sought to exceed the bounds of his comfortable but humdrum existence. He embarked on an adventure for which he was miserably unprepared. Why did he do this? How did he answer the ancient human question: how do we jump-start growth in our lives? We become something we were not.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Bill S. on 07-18-15
- Breaking Seas
- An Overweight, Middle-Aged Computer Nerd Buys His First Boat, Quits His Job, and Sails Off to Adventure
- By: Glenn Damato
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
An honest and well told story
Reviewed: 11-06-15
Honestly, I don't give out 5 star reviews often. How many of us imagine a grand adventure and find out the reality of it is tough. That's what this book is about. He had the desire, he was organized...the only thing he lacked was experience. He went into the adventure with his eyes wide open, understanding his strengths and weaknesses. He overcame almost all of them. The story is well told...sometimes funny, sometimes cringe-worthy, always honest. It's not bloated at all...moving along at a good clip. To me, a great book is when it leaves you wanting to read more and that's where this book left me. Highly enjoyable...highly recommended.
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The Water Knife
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,021
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,616
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,608
In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The fight for water in a drought fueled apocalypse
- By Lore on 09-24-15
- The Water Knife
- By: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
The book really took off around the half-way point
Reviewed: 10-14-15
I really enjoyed the Water Knife but the first half, I really didn't connect much with the characters or where the book was going. Somewhere around the middle that changed. The book exploded and the story and characters really began to take shape. It's a tough book...well written about tough people in really tough times. It weaves between the characters and it left you guessing all the way until the end. The narration was very well done. Almarie's portrayal of voices was quite believable.
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Wild
- From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,095
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,870
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,915
At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad I Took the Trip
- By FanB14 on 04-08-13
- Wild
- From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
- By: Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
A troubled woman on a difficult path
Reviewed: 05-04-15
This story has haunted me more than I thought it would. I like these stories about people walking to find themselves. About her life, Cheryl doesn't pull any punches...at times extremely blunt, especially about how she thinks of love and relationships. At times I felt the back story was, at times, long winded. Here, at the end, I find myself thinking about it a lot, about Paul and all the people she met along the way, making me pause before starting the next book (which is unusual). I have a feeling that there's more to this story.
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The Shell Collector
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 630
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 561
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Story4 out of 5 stars 564
The ocean is dying. The sea is growing warmer and is gradually rising. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession. Flawless specimens sell like priceless works of art. Families hunt the tideline in the dark of night with flashlights. Crowds gather on beaches at the lowest of tides, hoping to get lucky.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Why Howey, why?!!!
- By Michale on 05-03-15
- The Shell Collector
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could
Reviewed: 04-21-15
It was a great book, well thought out and unusual...
(spoiler) until the end. I felt that the author rushed through the ending. There were so many possibilities and they chose the simple way out. Damn.
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Under the Never Sky
- By: Veronica Rossi
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne Flagler
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,302
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,141
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,138
Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beware of the Triology
- By Katherine on 09-23-12
- Under the Never Sky
- By: Veronica Rossi
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne Flagler
Thank goodness for the last 5 chapters
Reviewed: 04-21-15
I had a difficult time connecting to the characters. I thought their emotional interconnectedness was weak and, while the author tried to make the case that someone was devastated by the loss of someone, she barely made the case: you were just supposed to believe it, I guess. The story was believable but, mostly, thin except at the end where things got interesting. I'm glad I stuck it out...I had thought about putting the book down many times before I got there, though.
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