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Which Side Are You On
- A Novel
- By: Ryan Lee Wong
- Narrated by: Scott Takeda
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-one-year-old Reed is fed up. Angry about the killing of a Black man by an Asian American NYPD officer, he wants to drop out of college and devote himself to the Black Lives Matter movement. But would that truly bring him closer to the moral life he seeks? In a series of intimate, charged conversations, his mother—once the leader of a Korean-Black coalition—demands that he rethink his outrage, and what it means to be an organizer, a student, an ally, an American, and a son. As Reed zips around Los Angeles with his mother, he faces a revelation that will change everything.
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hilarious, dead serious, and insightful
- By Greg on 11-29-22
- Which Side Are You On
- A Novel
- By: Ryan Lee Wong
- Narrated by: Scott Takeda
Pleasant surprise
Reviewed: 01-20-23
I enjoyed this. I think it took a very nice look into some hard truths about advocacy and the toll it takes on a life. The main character did grow throughout, maybe not as much as I liked. But very worth the experience.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated.
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
Surprised
Reviewed: 08-18-22
This book has been all over for a while. And I was avoiding it. I am so glad I finally read it. Breathtaking, just as Evelyn herself was
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Less
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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You are a failed novelist about to turn 50. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: Your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes - it would be too awkward - and you can't say no - it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world. Question: How do you arrange to skip town? Answer: You accept them all.
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Endearing, funny, but sometimes overly clever
- By Lili on 07-30-17
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- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Interesting but not fully my taste
Reviewed: 11-03-21
The performance as great! The narrator did very well with infusing emotion into the words they read. As for the story, not really my taste. The main character is really annoying. Sure it’s a journey of him becoming himself in his older years, but he’s terribly annoying the entire time. Not a terrible listen but not a first choice.
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The Ballad of Black Tom
- By: Victor LaValle
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his black skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their trained cops. But when he delivers an occult page to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic.
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“I’ll take Cthulhu over you devils any day”
- By Jefferson on 11-16-19
- The Ballad of Black Tom
- By: Victor LaValle
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Amazing performance
Reviewed: 10-01-21
I loved everything about this. The narration pulled me in just as much as the plot did. A great short read for those who love the Lovecraftian lore
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