Teri
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Island Queen
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Riley
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 547
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 497
Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent. Vanessa Riley’s novel brings Doll to vivid life as she rises above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism by working the system and leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life
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5 out of 5 stars
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BRILLIANT
- By PJMcGhee on 07-11-21
- Island Queen
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Riley
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Too long
Reviewed: 08-28-22
This book was Ok but it was too long for me, personal preference. I was disappointed to find the the main and almost every other character was mixed and not a black woman. I've found that they are over represented in media about the black experience. Overall the book was enjoyable. Thank you
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This Is Not the End
- By: Chandler Baker
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,066
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 967
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 962
A teenage girl faces an impossible choice in this high-concept contemporary YA tearjerker set in a world where resurrection is possible but strictly controlled.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very long story about a self-centered lucky girl
- By Steven Benson on 09-07-20
- This Is Not the End
- By: Chandler Baker
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer
good book but I only liked one of the characters
Reviewed: 07-31-22
this book was excellent but the characters bought my blood to a boil... including the main character
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Matilda Is Missing
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Leinad Walker
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,084
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,083
Garry Hartshorn and Softie Monaghan were never love's young dream. Not even on their wedding day. Softie was sophisticated, a career woman, who owned a nice apartment overlooking St Kilda Beach. Garry had a few rough edges, plus one failed marriage and an assortment of jobs under his belt. But Softie's body clock was ticking, and Garry wanted children....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ending is a terrible dodge.. don’t recommend...
- By Robert Baker on 11-19-21
- Matilda Is Missing
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Leinad Walker
Pat was disrespectful
Reviewed: 05-31-22
this book was good like every other book by this author. it was my last favorite because there was no closure.
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I Came to Say Goodbye
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Tai Hara, Jennifer Rani
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,022
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,525
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,490
It was four o'clock in the morning. A young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would later say they thought the woman was a new mother, returning to her child - and in a way, she was. She walked into the nursery, where a baby girl lay sleeping. The infant didn't wake when the woman placed her gently in the shopping bag she had brought with her. There is CCTV footage of what happened next, and most Australians would have seen it, either on the internet or the news.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Free and Fantastic!
- By Marilyn Welch on 02-07-22
- I Came to Say Goodbye
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Tai Hara, Jennifer Rani
Tearjerker
Reviewed: 05-03-22
this book was excellent. the performance was excellent and the characters were loveable. it was heartbreaking though but not enough to put down. loved it
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Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129,254
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114,249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114,116
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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4 out of 5 stars
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
- By Amazon Customer on 05-16-19
- Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
a soap opera
Reviewed: 04-20-22
I did not like the characters, the narration or the story. Too much sex and none of the characters were likeable or anyone I could empathize with. I was bored with this one. I thought I would like this since the ratings were high but I did not enjoy it at all
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Skin Folk
- Stories
- By: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
In Skin Folk, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best spinning tales like "Precious", in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she attempts to talk or sing. In "A Habit of Waste", a self-conscious woman undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later she's shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mindblowingly exquisite!!!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-23-20
- Skin Folk
- Stories
- By: Nalo Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
thoroughly enjoyed
Reviewed: 08-30-21
I loved this collection, it held my attention. I didn't expect so much sex but the stories were good.
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The Revisioners
- A Novel
- By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor, Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 514
In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now, her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine's family. Nearly 100 years later, Josephine's descendant, Ava, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother, Martha, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays her grandchild to be her companion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ending was odd
- By juice24 on 07-21-21
- The Revisioners
- A Novel
- By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor, Adenrele Ojo
The book was good
Reviewed: 08-05-21
The ending was too open for me. I liked Josephine's character, story and narrator while the other character was bland and the narrator's voice for that character was one that I didn't enjoy listening to. The book was good but so much was left open, I didn't enjoy leaving Josephine for the young lady at all.
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The Keepers of the House
- By: Shirley Ann Grau
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,883
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,539
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,529
Abigail was the last keeper of the house, the last to know the Howland family's secrets. Now, in the name of all her brothers and sisters, she must take her bitter revenge on the small-minded Southern town that shamed them, persecuted them, but could never destroy them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- By Pyewacket on 12-12-07
- The Keepers of the House
- By: Shirley Ann Grau
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
hated it
Reviewed: 12-03-20
Abigail was "bitter" and loved to call it with everyone else
I hated every character in this book. why did she hate her aunts and uncle for wanting to be acknowledged? meanwhile, she was nothing but granddaughter and felt entitled to her grandfather's things. she had no empathy for anyone else. everyone in this book was miserable. all racist except margaret's daughter who married a black man. hated everyone but margaret's daughter
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The Book of Lost Friends
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,000
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,506
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,443
From the best-selling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want more!!!
- By Mrstlg on 04-11-20
- The Book of Lost Friends
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Wingate, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman
Disappointed
Reviewed: 05-13-20
The teacher's half narration was hard to listen to. I love Bahni Turpin and thought I would like this based on the description but it was very stretched out and unnecessary. The teacher's narration sounded manic almost. This book was not for me
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The Other Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,676
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,502
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,450
Twenty years ago, Melanie Stokes was abandoned in a Boston hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Gifted with loving parents, a doting brother, and an indulgent uncle, Melanie has always considered herself lucky. Until the first cryptic, threatening note arrives: “You Get What You Deserve.” Melanie has no memory of her life before the adoption. Now someone wants her to remember it all - even the darkest nightmare the Stokes family ever faced: the murder of their first daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The absolute BEST & shocking book EVER!
- By Tosha Serritt on 01-23-19
- The Other Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
too soapy and dramatic
Reviewed: 01-13-20
struggled to finish. too unreal this book tried to be everything for everyone. hated it
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