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A Slow Fire Burning
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrongs done to them.
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This book should have a DISCLAIMER!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-06-21
- A Slow Fire Burning
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
Paula has such a great intellect and beautiful pen
Reviewed: 03-18-23
I am not sure how she does it, but she is able to create insites into each of the various character's minds as if she herself is young, old, handicapped, hurt, vengeful, damaged, intellectual, mind slipping with age, caring, with limited horizons, etc. I felt each of those emotions from the characters without hesitatation.
She weaved together a fantastic story.
Spoiler below (don't read if that matters):
The reason I gave 4/5 on the story is there was no reason to bring back the bad guy at the end. That was not necessary to the story and it felt forced just for tying in the letters. Plus it was preposterous that this is the first time we hear that he was not killed in the opening event. Miriam would have been frightened throughout the book and would have said why.
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A Place Called Freedom
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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This lush novel, set in 1766 England and America, evokes an era ripe with riot and revolution, from the teeming streets of London to the sprawling grounds of a Virginia plantation. Mack McAsh burns with the desire to escape his life of slavery in Scottish coal mines while Lizzie Hallim is desperate to shed a life of sheltered subjugation to her spineless husband. United in America, their only chance for freedom lies beyond the Western frontier - if they're brave enough to take it.
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Expected better than a historical romance
- By Lynette Garet on 01-09-17
- A Place Called Freedom
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
liked, not loved it
Reviewed: 02-03-23
Highlight was learning about the huge gap between the classes in England and Scotland during the Colonial days of America and how/why so many of the early settlers came to America.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
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An outstanding story, highly recommended
- By S. Blakely on 06-22-17
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
Forgotten history
Reviewed: 05-24-21
Absolutely loved the history part. I will be traveling through that area in an RV this summer. How much more meaningful it will be now. Same area that the family in the Grapes of Wrath started out from, years later. Never knew this chapter in our country existed but am so glad that I was exposed to it.
Not as much into the details of the investigations. Not my cuppa tea.
Chronicle 3 could have been an epilogue.
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Retire Early
- How to Plan an Early Retirement and Start Living Your Life
- By: Richard Sodin
- Narrated by: Chad Shoppa
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Retire Early: How to Plan an Early Retirement and Start Living Your Life is your comprehensive, go-to guide for understanding how to escape the rat race and retire early whether you are in your 20s or 50s. Inside this audiobook, you will hear how you can set achievable long-term goals, eliminate debts, and quickly attain financial independence for early retirement.
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Confusing verbiage
- By C. Bates on 03-09-22
- Retire Early
- How to Plan an Early Retirement and Start Living Your Life
- By: Richard Sodin
- Narrated by: Chad Shoppa
Not for me
Reviewed: 08-30-20
First book that I am going to ask for a refund. Uninspired standard facts you could find in a Google search written in non-American English.
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Thrive in Retirement
- Simple Secrets for Being Happy for the Rest of Your Life
- By: Eric Thurman
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Discover the three secrets to happiness - and much more - in the later years of life.
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full of practical and thoughtful advice for life
- By Paul Luchtenburg on 03-05-19
- Thrive in Retirement
- Simple Secrets for Being Happy for the Rest of Your Life
- By: Eric Thurman
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
Thought starter
Reviewed: 08-20-20
Just beginning to take retirement seriously and this is a good first book to get me thinking about the subjects that matter. It was also helpful to see the author's opinions along with others on different topics while I develope my own opinion.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his 11th life, a little girl appears at his bedside. "I nearly missed you, Doctor August", she says. "I need to send a message". This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.
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Not what I'd feared
- By Isobel on 04-29-16
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Impressed by author's deep creativity
Reviewed: 07-31-20
The author told a very enjoyable story about an interesting, and could be any one of us, character while the complex concept of the book unfolded a little deeper each chapter.
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The Whistler
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens. Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct.
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It's John Grisham, right?
- By Elle on 10-30-16
- The Whistler
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Good but not great
Reviewed: 06-13-20
Good book, but it did not sparkle. I can see an interesting movie in it.
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These Is My Words
- The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
- By: Nancy E. Turner
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon - from child to determined young adult to loving mother.
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Worst Narration I've Encountered in a Long Time
- By jingles on 10-30-15
- These Is My Words
- The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
- By: Nancy E. Turner
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
Perfect for my quarantine in Phoenix
Reviewed: 04-21-20
Listened to this book while under stay-at-home rules for COVID-19. Took it on hikes to the mountain behind our subdivision and could feel the joys and sorrows of that time in our history and within that landscape. Stopped a different book just so I could start this one for the total Arizona experience and loved it.
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The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
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Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires, and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision.
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Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- By P. Minor on 07-18-14
- The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Waited too long.
Reviewed: 02-10-20
I waited too long to read this book that has been on my to-do list for so many years. I would recommend to anybody that has it on their top 100 list to put this one way up high.
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East of Eden
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
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Why have I avoided this Beautiful Book???
- By Kelly on 03-25-17
- East of Eden
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
I am not worthy to critique this book.
Reviewed: 08-11-19
The story and the plot are masterful. But what struck me about this book is how deep of a thinker Steinbeck was that he expressed through each of these characters his profound insights on life and the human condition.
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