K. Peter
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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WOW. Just Wow
- By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
Discovering the Fabric of My Early Life
Reviewed: 09-12-24
Really felt absorbed by the fabric of the Vietnam War and its American Service Women and Men.
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Camino Ghosts
- A Novel (Camino, Book 3)
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Grisham
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Mercer Mann, a popular writer from Camino Island, is back on the beach, marrying her boyfriend, Thomas, in a seaside ceremony. Bruce Cable, infamous owner of Bay Books, performs the wedding. Afterward, Bruce tells Mercer that he has stumbled upon an incredible story. Mercer desperately needs an idea for her next novel, and Bruce now has one.
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Narration is hard to get through
- By John Kelly Lewis on 06-04-24
- Camino Ghosts
- A Novel (Camino, Book 3)
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Grisham
Interesting Story
Reviewed: 08-28-24
Liked revisiting Camino Island and its inhabitants; found Miss Lovely and the African contingent dogged, inexcusably abused and admirable. The enslavers were predictably despicable. Bruce, Mercer and Co. were privileged yet merciful, but never really compelling. Liked intro of Diane and Steven. Esp. enjoyed Whoopi’s reading.
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The Storyteller
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
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Jodi Picoult's poignant number one New York Times best-selling novels about family and love tackle hot-button issues head on. In The Storyteller, Sage Singer befriends Josef Weber, a beloved Little League coach and retired teacher. But then Josef asks Sage for a favor she never could have imagined - to kill him. After Josef reveals the heinous act he committed, Sage feels he may deserve that fate. But would his death be murder or justice?
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The Baker, The Nun, The Virgin and The Monster
- By Suzn F on 03-05-13
- The Storyteller
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman
Harrowing and Heartening
Reviewed: 07-13-24
This book informed and illuminated the best and worst of which humans are capable. Food for thought. Indeed.
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Nineteen Minutes
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
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Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes - or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show - destroying the closest of friendships and families.
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Juvenile perspective
- By Karen Brow on 04-23-17
- Nineteen Minutes
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
Relevant Storytelling
Reviewed: 02-26-24
Once again, Picoult does not disappoint, with careful, relevant, engrossing storytelling. I was swept away, not just by a relatable character, but by each character in turn. School shootings will not subside in this country until each of us cares about the shooters as well as the victims.
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The Exchange
- After The Firm
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is found in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller.
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Boring
- By Lori Roa on 10-18-23
- The Exchange
- After The Firm
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Fun to Be Reunited q/ McDeeres!
Reviewed: 10-25-23
Liked Abby’s role. Liked Mitch’s ethics. Enjoyed the twins. Intriguing international world of abduction. Grisham will always be a favorite.
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- By: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
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Made me question justice, peers and myself.
- By Kristy VL on 04-17-15
- Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- By: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
Real-Life Tear Jerker
Reviewed: 04-10-23
Bryan Stevenson wove a real-life tear jerker together in the best possible way. He made his readers smarter and challenged us to make a difference by our informed attitudes and actions.
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The Recovery Agent
- A Novel
- By: Janet Evanovich
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.
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Should be YA
- By Linnie Karnaugh on 03-23-22
- The Recovery Agent
- A Novel
- By: Janet Evanovich
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
Clever! Made Me Laugh!!
Reviewed: 12-22-22
Really enjoyed this. Entertaining. Thanks. I needed that—though the story could have stood on its own, humor made it so much better.
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The Boys from Biloxi
- A Legal Thriller
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia.
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Long and boring
- By ATM on 10-20-22
- The Boys from Biloxi
- A Legal Thriller
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
What a Saga!
Reviewed: 12-11-22
As ever, Grisham’s characters are captivating. Life’s issues on the Gulf Coast made for a riveting story.
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Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- By: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Nearly a half century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The octogenarian won the Internet. Across America, people who weren't even born when Ginsburg made her name are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute.
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"The Court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield"
- By Cynthia on 12-13-15
- Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- By: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
RBG Indeed!
Reviewed: 03-09-18
This is an obviously appreciative but understated and beautifully read book about the Supreme Court’s second female justice. It mirrors the firmly persuasive but inclusive manner of RBG. I very much liked its emphases on lesser known facts, its incisive quality and, especially, its subject Herself.
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Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
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King and Patton create a winning combo
- By David Shear on 06-04-14
- Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
A Haunting Pleasure to Read
Reviewed: 03-30-16
If you like popular culture and an intelligent take on the world stirred into your thrillers, Mr. Mercedes and Stephen King are a combo made for you. Gripping in its twisted simplicity, yet complex enough to be deftly intriguing, King makes his characters identifiable and relatable, his storyline plausible yet startling
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