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Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia
- Zoey Ashe, Book 3
- By: Jason Pargin
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she’s trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a criminal empire is navigating a futuristic world of high-tech liars and cutthroats, forced to learn the rules of a devious game she never asked to play. Now she’s facing a crisis that is both bigger and stranger than all that came before: The gleaming new city of Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival, which every year precedes the equally massive annual drunken riot.
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I really hope there’s an next installment 
- By DangerMouse on 03-10-24
- Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia
- Zoey Ashe, Book 3
- By: Jason Pargin
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
it's fun, but not great.
Reviewed: 11-14-23
this is the seventh book I've read by Jason, and it's the first that I would have had a hard time offering a blank recommendation. Jason remains clever and creative enough to keep me coming back, but his tendency to overuse tropes and story structure is becoming more apparent. Like, how many times is he planning on using ticking time bomb? John 2 had the air strike countdown, John 4 used the rods from the gods, and now Zoey 3 has the election. The book is still a lot of fun, but going forward, I hope Jason starts to mix up the format a bit.
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Dread Nation
- By: Justina Ireland
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new America, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.
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The Dead Are Never Lonely
- By Cynthia on 05-15-18
- Dread Nation
- By: Justina Ireland
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
another entry in well worn YA territory.
Reviewed: 09-12-22
Whether you're a candidate at the citadel, an attendant at the combat school, a tribute for the games, or a wizard at magic college, the plot beats are largely the same.
If you've got a strong attachment to the setting, or if this is your first YA novel, you'll probably enjoy it a lot, but if you're a regular reader, you've probably already read this book before.
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The Three-Body Problem
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
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They create a computer using a 30 million man Army
- By Josh P on 12-07-14
- The Three-Body Problem
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Why is this book so hyped?
Reviewed: 12-18-21
Unbelievably dull. Two-thirds of this novel reads like a wikipedia page dedicated to radio astronomy. The characters all flatter than a pancake, and never develop. Seriously, why both having more than one character if the only difference between them is their names?
Boring, poorly plotted, dense, unimaginative and inaccessible.
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The Calculating Stars
- A Lady Astronaut Novel
- By: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space and requires a much-larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York’s drive to become the first lady astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.
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Never achieves lift off
- By Richard Bruno on 10-01-18
- The Calculating Stars
- A Lady Astronaut Novel
- By: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
A strong start, but slows quickly.
Reviewed: 05-26-20
the first three or so chapters are very compelling, but the plot really begins to slow down toward the second act. The whole novel could have used a few rewrites, for example there are fourteen chapters dealing with the protagonists anexity when two or three would have done fine, and there isn't legal requirement to end every chapter with a awkward sex scene.
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Storm World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 10
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best. Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.
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THIS SERIES NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD!
- By Andre L. Gray on 01-14-19
- Storm World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 10
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
you've read this far ... and heres another one.
Reviewed: 11-12-19
I don't even know what keeps me coming back to these novels, they're all laughably similar, nothing really progresses or changing book to book except some military rank shuffling. I always laugh out of loud every time the characters just spill their guts out, pontificating out loud about their plans and motivations and then James McGill will opine "I was starting to understand."
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Dark World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 9
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Two expanding interstellar powers are about to meet in battle. After the collapse of the Cephalopod Kingdom, Humanity claimed the 300 rebellious worlds it left behind. But light years away on the far side of a disputed region, a rival power has begun to move. They're stealing our planets, one at a time. Earth Command decides to invade the center of the frontier to set up an advanced base. The mission to DARK WORLD is highly classified and deadly. Legion Varus spearheads the effort, and James McGill journeys to the stars again. How many ships do they have? How advanced is their tech?
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The “Juice Box” Gambit
- By Don Gilbert on 07-02-18
- Dark World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 9
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
you always know what you're getting.
Reviewed: 11-09-19
a smirking hillbilly bumbles and bullshits his way through a couple of disjointed plot segments, beds a couple of one dimensional prop female characters, and then everyone's rank shifts.
BV Larson's writing is ... problematic at times. I wish he would give up on writing about sex because he isn't good at it. But there enough creative and humorous ideas here to keep me reading. So, I dont know. Mission accomplished?
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Blood World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 8
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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A dirty deal was struck. Humanity was allowed to keep 300 rebellious worlds. In return, we declared war on a powerful enemy from beyond the frontier. A frantic build-up of forces has begun, but the task is hopeless. Seeking allies, Earth's legions are sent to Blood World. A planet on the fringe of known space, where the people only respect masters of combat. Earth's Legions must impress them, but other alien powers have been invited to join the contest. The prize consists of billions of loyal troops - Earth must win.
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The last one of these I'll listen to
- By Helen Foster-Turner on 02-20-18
- Blood World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 8
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
entertaining, could use some variety tho.
Reviewed: 11-07-19
you always know what you're going to get with a BV Larson, a smirking hillbilly stumbling his way through a high falooting space adventure. I just wish the author could find a new way to introduce skulduggery into the series without Claver. He's tired, one-note, and preposterous. It's time to retire that character and mixed up the narrative a bit.
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A Day for Damnation
- The War Against the Chtorr, Book 2
- By: David Gerrold
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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McCarthy was drafted from his college biology studies and became a member of the Special Forces. Then he is given the opportunity to contact the Chtorr, but when a helicopter crash leaves him and his companions stranded in enemy territory, he must decide whether to communicate with the Chtorr--or kill them!
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EPIC STORY
- By Create it! on 03-05-15
- A Day for Damnation
- The War Against the Chtorr, Book 2
- By: David Gerrold
- Narrated by: John Pruden
a book containing thirds.
Reviewed: 11-05-19
one third high minded science fiction, one third confused protagonist, one third awkward sex stuff.
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You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News
- Shocking but Utterly True Facts
- By: Cracked.com
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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You're going to wish you never got this audiobook. Some facts are too terrifying to teach in school. Unfortunately, Cracked.com is more than happy to fill you in. Think you're going to choose whether or not to buy this book? Scientists say your brain secretly makes all your decisions 10 seconds before you even know what they are.
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Buenas fabulas de humor
- By Cynthia on 10-27-14
- You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News
- Shocking but Utterly True Facts
- By: Cracked.com
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
missing the old place
Reviewed: 08-22-19
I miss the old place. I wish I could get more content like this. banana.
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Free: Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff
- By: Pappy Pariah
- Narrated by: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Ari Fliakos, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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By turns tender and terrifying, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff captures America on the verge of political upheaval in 2016 and introduces us to a man who just might be able to save us from the oncoming horror. Yes, Bob Honey - carnival carny, sewage specialist, and government operative, among other occupations - has spent years in preparation, crisscrossing the world in the employ of a mysterious government program that pays in small bills.
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A simulation of profundity, disguising emptiness.
- By Colin P. Dalton on 10-18-16
- Free: Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff
- By: Pappy Pariah
- Narrated by: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Ari Fliakos, Leila George
Yeah... it's alright.
Reviewed: 10-19-16
it's definitely worth its asking price and it's not terrible, but I'm glad I didn't pay for it.
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