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I'd Rather Be Reading
- The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
- By: Anne Bogel
- Narrated by: Anne Bogel
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them. I'd Rather Be Reading is the perfect literary companion for everyone who feels that way. In this collection of charming and relatable reflections on the reading life, beloved blogger and author Anne Bogel leads people to remember the book that first hooked them, the place where they first fell in love with reading, and all of the moments afterward that helped make them who they are today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Touched my heart
- By AngCaiRan on 04-18-23
- I'd Rather Be Reading
- The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
- By: Anne Bogel
- Narrated by: Anne Bogel
Touched my heart
Reviewed: 04-18-23
Everything Anne wrote about as a reader I can relate so much. Even though I have only become a reader couple years ago, I have found myself enjoying reading so much that this has become the reason that I would rather be staying home than partying and socializing.
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,552
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,302
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,301
Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So far,surprisingly charming-OUTSTANDING narration
- By Christine T on 03-20-23
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Could not stop listening to it!
Reviewed: 04-18-23
The story and the narrative are amazing! If someone like me love watching documentaries of detectives uncovering mysterious cases, this would be a fun and entertaining to read/listen. And the title! Makes me laugh after finishing the book.
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Counterfeit
- A Novel
- By: Kirstin Chen
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,440
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,163
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,153
Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home—she’s built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years, and her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a great snapshot into toxic chinese upbringing
- By ruka on 07-12-22
- Counterfeit
- A Novel
- By: Kirstin Chen
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Unexpectedly good
Reviewed: 04-18-23
I started listening to this book because as someone who was bored in China and living in Los Angeles I am not unfamiliar with people who buy counterfeit luxury goods. But the twists in the story are really smart and surprised me. The narrative is also very good.
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Nothing Like I Imagined
- (Except for Sometimes)
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,362
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,927
In these fresh and hilarious personal essays, Mindy Kaling gives the inside scoop on her new role as single mom, the perks of being her own husband, and how she deals with social anxiety even at the most glamorous A-list parties. In between, the beloved actress, writer, and Hollywood power-bruncher gets Kanye West’d at her best friend’s birthday, thwarts an “only in LA” crime, and learns what it means to have it all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mindy is wonderful
- By Jen Kious on 10-12-20
- Nothing Like I Imagined
- (Except for Sometimes)
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
Love Mindy!
Reviewed: 04-18-23
Mindy’s book is just as amazing as her shows. She is just so talented. Can’t wait to watch her next shows and book.
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Our Missing Hearts
- A Novel
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Lucy Liu, Celeste Ng
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,010
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,998
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Listen to the sample
- By Sunny White on 10-11-22
- Our Missing Hearts
- A Novel
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Lucy Liu, Celeste Ng
Not my favorite from Celeste
Reviewed: 04-18-23
I remember how I felt about Celeste’s “Little fire everywhere”. So amazing that I could not stop listening to it and finished it in two days. But this book is giving me the opposite feeling that I just gave it up half way through. The story is dry plus the narrative is not so charming at all. Still got my faith in Celeste though. Look forward to her next book.
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