Ericka Wilborn
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Sunrise on the Reaping
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Jefferson White
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.
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A Sad but Beautiful Tale
- By Anonymous User on 03-19-25
- Sunrise on the Reaping
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Jefferson White
So Good To Get Backstory On Key Hunger Games Characters!
Reviewed: 03-28-25
The story was excellent— told well and very engaging. It was great to get more info about the lives of some older characters from Catniss’ Hunger Games.
It seems too short, though. It would have been great to learn more than this book tells about Catniss’ father, more Covey culture/character development with less Covey music/poetry, and smoother transitions from crisis to crisis. It seems to have been over-edited to appease today’s younger readers’ need for constant ‘fast action’.
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The Bloodline
- By: C.S. Feldman
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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After years of questioning her sanity, Kat Delancey reluctantly returns to the old family manor as its legal owner, hoping desperately to silence the doubts in her mind and leave the home's tragic past behind her once and for all. But it turns out to be harder than she expected, and not just because of the estranged step-family waiting for her - because maybe Kat's mind was never playing tricks on her after all, and maybe the manor harbors a far more malevolent presence than she ever dreamed...
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I refused to DNF
- By CPR611 on 12-19-19
- The Bloodline
- By: C.S. Feldman
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
A Good Ghost Story…But More About The Ghost Needed
Reviewed: 04-30-24
I enjoyed this book. The character development and plot line exposition really would have benefited from a gripping historical preface— perhaps the experience of one of the previous haunted family members. Instead, there really wasn’t any action until the very end, which made for a slower, not-so-interesting story in the middle of the book.
The ending was good, though. I didn’t guess what was coming, and it’s always nice to be surprised. I just wish that more details of the ‘hidden truth’ and its supernatural resolution had been shared by the author before the story’s end.
All in all, it’s a good read. I just wish I wasn’t left feeling as though some parts were missing.
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Deja New
- By: MaryJanice Davidson
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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It's been less than two months since her mother was murdered, and already Insighter Leah Nazir is embroiled in more drama. While delighted that her relationship with Archer is being taken to the next level, this is not how she wanted to meet his family. An unexpected call from Naya, Archer's cousin and another Insighter, draws the couple to Brewster, Massachusetts, to investigate Naya's father's decades-old murder - by Archer's father no less! But every step of the way, Leah and Archer face new roadblocks from unpredictable quarters.
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The Drake Family Story Is A Dud
- By Ericka Wilborn on 01-14-24
- Deja New
- By: MaryJanice Davidson
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
The Drake Family Story Is A Dud
Reviewed: 01-14-24
The mystery ‘solve’ was lame. The characters were great, but the Drake family murder/parental drama story was uninspired.
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Real Ghost Stories
- By: William T. Stead
- Narrated by: Scott Woodside
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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It is an offence to some to take a ghost too seriously; to others it is a still greater offence not to take ghosts seriously enough. One set of objections can be played off against the other; neither objection has a very solid foundation. The time has surely come when the fair claim of ghosts to the impartial attention and careful observation of mankind should no longer be ignored.
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Not a collection of ghost stories at all
- By Jim Mastertone on 05-27-14
- Real Ghost Stories
- By: William T. Stead
- Narrated by: Scott Woodside
So Unbelievably Boring…
Reviewed: 03-15-22
This author has taken a scintillating subject and made it sound like a high school social studies text! Ugh!
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The Stand-In
- By: Lily Chu
- Narrated by: Phillipa Soo
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly “friendly” boss, and yes, she still hasn’t gotten her mother into the nursing home of their dreams, but she’s healthy, she’s (somewhat) happy, and she’s (mostly) holding it all together. But when a mysterious SUV pulls up beside her, revealing Chinese cinema's golden couple Wei Fangli and Sam Yao, Gracie’s world is turned on its head. The famous actress has a proposition: Due to their uncanny resemblance, Fangli wants Gracie to be her stand-in.
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Wow!
- By Heather85 on 07-16-21
- The Stand-In
- By: Lily Chu
- Narrated by: Phillipa Soo
I Can’t Believe This Was Free!
Reviewed: 01-19-22
This book was wonderful! The author’s style reminds me of a fantasy-free Mary Janice Davidson’s ‘Undead and——‘ novel. So engaging! Great, appropriately placed humor with real underlying family drama. This one is even politically & culturally sensitive. I’m looking forward to reading her next work! 👍
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Dragon Blood - Omnibus
- By: Lindsay Buroker
- Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
- Length: 27 hrs and 34 mins
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A thousand years have passed since a dragon has been seen in the world. Science and technology have replaced magic, which has dwindled until it has become little more than an element of myth and legend. There are those who still have dragon blood flowing through their veins, distant descendants of the mighty creatures of old. These rare humans have the power to cast magic, the power to heal, and the power to craft alchemical weapons capable of starting wars...or ending them.
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A YA romance story with a little magic thrown in.
- By Patrick Jaynes on 06-11-17
- Dragon Blood - Omnibus
- By: Lindsay Buroker
- Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
The Reader Was Awful—But The Books Prevailed
Reviewed: 05-20-21
This trio of short story sequels was interesting and compelling enough to to keep one interested in ‘what comes next’. However the reading performance was terrible. She sounded snarky, sneering, and/or sarcastic on every sentence! And, on cliffhanger chapter endings she was ridiculously over-dramatic! I honestly can’t believe she wasn’t fired before publishing. The only voice she did well was the sword— because the sword’s personality WAS always snarky!
Kudos to the author for writing a somewhat compelling short trilogy (obvious sequel to come), but get a new reader if you want your books to really sell! This was a freebie with membership, and I can see why.
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The Wife in the Attic
- By: Rose Lerner
- Narrated by: Elsa Lepecki Bean
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
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Goldengrove’s towers and twisted chimneys rose at the very edge of the peaceful Weald, a stone’s throw from the poisonous marshes and merciless waters of Rye Bay. Young Tabby Palethorp had been running wild there, ever since her mother grew too ill to leave her room. I was the perfect choice to give Tabby a good English education: thoroughly respectable and far too plain to tempt her lonely father, Sir Kit, to indiscretion. I knew better than to trust my new employer with the truth about my past. But knowing better couldn’t stop me from yearning for impossible things.
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MEH
- By Pamela Hepburn on 02-14-21
- The Wife in the Attic
- By: Rose Lerner
- Narrated by: Elsa Lepecki Bean
This Book Is An Immoral Mess
Reviewed: 04-30-21
This is an overly wordy story of a successful murder— which should be exciting, but it’s just NOT. The heroine is meant to sound Victorian, but actually sounds paranoid & pitiful throughout. I’m not sure how much of this is the author and how much is the narrator. The ample amount of lesbian erotica is very detailed, which is not indicated in the book’s summary. And, there is so much unnecessary repetition! The author also— with great repetition— speaks against the anti-Semitic persecution of Jews during the Inquisition. The lesbian, adulterous, angry wife and the lesbian, insecure, mailable governess are both Jewish (or half), and these factors are meant to help the reader rejoice for them at the end, which is not the case.
A very unsatisfying read. I am neither anti-Semitic nor insensitive to the LGBTQ community, but I can’t imagine either group would call this a great book. I see why it was free with membership.
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