Rachel A. Toll
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All the Colors of the Dark
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
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Best book of 2024
- By Jmo930 on 07-04-24
- All the Colors of the Dark
- By: Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Speechless ❤️❤️❤️
Reviewed: 08-09-24
This might be my all time favorite book EVER!!! Unbelievably wonderful. Amazing story, great narrator. Heartfelt, bittersweet! These characters will stay with me❤️❤️❤️
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Did I Ever Tell You?
- A Memoir
- By: Genevieve Kingston
- Narrated by: Genevieve Kingston
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston was just eleven years old when her mother passed away, leaving behind a chest filled with gifts and letters to celebrate the milestones of Gwen’s life and each of her birthdays until age thirty.
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Beautiful
- By Paloma M. Lee on 05-25-24
- Did I Ever Tell You?
- A Memoir
- By: Genevieve Kingston
- Narrated by: Genevieve Kingston
A bittersweet work of love a wisdom
Reviewed: 05-03-24
No words suffice to describe this beautiful story of a mother’s love that transcends her death. Told authentically with love and grace by a daughter she would be, oh so proud of!!! Bravo, sweet Guinie!
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The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
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Good listen!
- By Lori K. on 12-14-15
- The Life We Bury
- By: Allen Eskens
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
Fantastic listen!!!!
Reviewed: 12-08-23
This was a totally engaging story, great narrator, fantastic and suspenseful story!!! Highly recommend this book!!!
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The Heart's Invisible Furies
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery - or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.
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Outstanding. A Must listen.
- By Keith G on 09-04-17
- The Heart's Invisible Furies
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
Beautiful and bittersweet
Reviewed: 11-26-23
Bravo, John Boyne!!! I don’t want to say goodbye to this wonderful caste of characters, but most of all to Cyril ❤️❤️❤️
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction." She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail.
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Unexpectedly poor narration
- By Blurryface on 08-10-22
- I'm Glad My Mom Died
- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Bravo Jennette McCurdy
Reviewed: 01-26-23
What a journey! Deprived of developing an identity of her own from childhood, Jennette delivers her story with a deadpan cynicism that feel completely honest! I have immense compassion for the little girl and huge respect young women who has found a way forward. Thank you for your bravery in telling your story!!!
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Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a horrific accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from that shed.
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A Boy and his Dog at the end of the World
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 09-06-22
- Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
Fantastic
Reviewed: 12-04-22
A completely wonderful listen! Totally compelling story with very satisfying ending. I absolutely loved the narrator!!!
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The Love of My Life
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Rosie Walsh
- Narrated by: Imogen Church, Theo Solomon
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. And she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. Leo is an obituary writer; Emma a well-known marine biologist. When she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best – researching and writing about his wife’s life. But as he starts to unravel the truth, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. Even her name isn’t real.
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My preference
- By Avid series reader on 03-03-22
- The Love of My Life
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Rosie Walsh
- Narrated by: Imogen Church, Theo Solomon
Bravo!!!
Reviewed: 07-29-22
An amazing listen on all levels! I inhaled this book, literally listened morning, noon and night! A story that was compelling from start to finish. The characters/narrators were superb in conveying vulnerability, their responses believable. The twists in the story caught me every time. I will seriously miss Emma and Theo! Bravo to all involved in this amazing product!!!!
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The Golden Couple
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in 10 sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal—she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault—and almost absorbs the emptiness she sometimes feels since her husband’s death. Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple—until Marissa cheats. She wants to repair things, both because she loves her husband and for the sake of their eight-year-old son. After a friend forwards an article about Avery, Marissa takes a chance on this maverick therapist.
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WOW, ..needs to be a series!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-22
- The Golden Couple
- A Novel
- By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
Compelling from start to finish!
Reviewed: 07-23-22
I powered through this book! Amazing on every level LISTEN to it NOW! You won’t regret!!!
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Watership Down
- By: Richard Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
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Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.
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Capaldi is FANTASTIC; tech editing, not as much
- By Becca on 05-19-19
- Watership Down
- By: Richard Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
So good!!!
Reviewed: 03-20-22
I have listened to this wonderful book, beautifully narrated by Michael Hordern as the war in Ukraine is going on. It was easy to imagine the brave rabbits of Hazel’s warren as Zelensky and the courageous Ukrainian people! I enjoyed this incredible audio production so much. I am so sad to leave these rabbits that I have journeyed with these past few weeks!!! Safe travels Havel Ra
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Evvie Drake Starts Over
- A Novel
- By: Linda Holmes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Linda Holmes
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them. Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out their worst nightmares call the "yips": he can’t throw straight anymore, and, even worse, he can’t figure out why.
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Something made me keep listening....
- By Carolina Girl on 10-12-19
- Evvie Drake Starts Over
- A Novel
- By: Linda Holmes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Linda Holmes
Wonderful!!!
Reviewed: 01-14-22
What an absolutely joy to tag along with Evvie on her journey! Bravo to Julia Whelan for us fantastic narration but most of all, thank you for a wonderful novel to Linda Holmes.
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