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Annie Bot
- A Novel
- By: Sierra Greer
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard.
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Good, but not great
- By Katie Ramey on 03-25-24
- Annie Bot
- A Novel
- By: Sierra Greer
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
Makes one think.
Reviewed: 07-17-24
I liked that the thoughts of Annie Bot— a robot— made me examine my own relationship to those I feel I need to please. Good narrator as well.
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First Frost
- A Walt Longmire Mystery, Book 20
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Walt Longmire returns in this twentieth installment of the award-winning and bestselling series that has been a hit on both the page and the screen. Set in the unsoiled countryside of Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire has to navigate his own increasingly complicated personal life with the ever-changing and often violent underworld that encroaches on what was once referred to as the Old West. This time, he is up against a sinister plot that could hurt the people closest to him and forever change the way he sees his beloved Wyoming.
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Always a GREAT LISTEN!!!!
- By shelley on 05-29-24
- First Frost
- A Walt Longmire Mystery, Book 20
- By: Craig Johnson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
The idea of Japanese internment
Reviewed: 07-05-24
Disliked switching back and forth between time periods though it was the same distinct narrator.
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The Measure
- A Novel
- By: Nikki Erlick
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
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heavy content
- By Cherece on 09-12-22
- The Measure
- A Novel
- By: Nikki Erlick
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Repetitive theme
Reviewed: 04-18-24
Recommended by a friend so I felt I needed to keep listening, but the simple premise soon grew tiring and then resolution was rather common sense.
Narrator had a lot of different voices but there were so many entwined stories I grew weary following them. Cornball.
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Dead Man's Wake
- A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries, Book 14)
- By: Paul Doiron
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. When they arrive at the scene, their spotlight reveals a gruesome sight: a severed arm floating just beneath the surface. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses: a dismembered man and the married woman with whom he was having an affair. Mike begins to suspect the swimmers' deaths were not a senseless accident but a coldly calculated murder.
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Excellent Book!!!!
- By shelley on 07-03-23
- Dead Man's Wake
- A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries, Book 14)
- By: Paul Doiron
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Intricate plot but made sense in the end, and advanced Warden Bowditches character.
Reviewed: 03-26-24
Narrator is convincing as he has been in other books. The sense of being inMaine rings true.
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This Woven Kingdom
- By: Tahereh Mafi
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom—and the world.
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YA tropes, writing immature, wait for more books
- By Jatinder Singh on 03-13-22
- This Woven Kingdom
- By: Tahereh Mafi
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Abrupt ending
Reviewed: 02-19-24
Like the descriptions and characters, but felt let down when the end simply was a stop in the action, without much resolution.
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The Bear and the Nightingale
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Then Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vasya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring.
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Culture-Rich, Unusual, Captivating
- By Jan on 01-28-17
- The Bear and the Nightingale
- A Novel
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
Wonderful narrator and delicious storytelling.
Reviewed: 02-08-24
Escape to a Russian fairytale with style and traditional mythology. A great book for midwinter.
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The Wizard's Butler
- The Wizard's Butler, Book 1
- By: Nathan Lowell
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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For five grand a month and a million-dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year. But they didn't tell him about the pixies.
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I LOVED this book!
- By Kristin Butner on 04-24-21
- The Wizard's Butler
- The Wizard's Butler, Book 1
- By: Nathan Lowell
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
Nicely performed
Reviewed: 11-27-23
An improbable tale, described with such humor and interesting detail I forgot that it was fantasy and lost myself in the unfolding events. Great narrators and crisp writing.
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The Shell Seekers
- By: Rosamunde Pilcher
- Narrated by: Hayley Atwell
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
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At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.
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Narrator Speed
- By TB on 01-18-18
- The Shell Seekers
- By: Rosamunde Pilcher
- Narrated by: Hayley Atwell
A wonderful escape
Reviewed: 11-05-22
I read this book many years ago, but it was so fascinating to hear it read in Audible format. The hours flew by as I listened. Strongly recommended.
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The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
- By: Nathaniel Ian Miller
- Narrated by: Olafur Darri Olafsson
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year and he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night and be attacked by a polar bear the next. But his time as a miner ends when an avalanche nearly kills him, leaving him disfigured, and Sven flees even further, to an uninhabited fjord. There, with the company of a loyal dog, he builds a hut and lives alone, testing himself against the elements.
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Stick with it
- By Cathy Sumeracki on 01-10-22
- The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
- By: Nathaniel Ian Miller
- Narrated by: Olafur Darri Olafsson
Wonderful twisting Storey
Reviewed: 09-05-22
Written like a biography, and read with great skill, The Memoires of Stockholm Swen will engage you for hours. For anyone who has ever wished to travel life alone, and explore the boundaries of the far North.
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The Forsaken King
- By: Penelope Barsetti
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo, Ramona Master
- Length: 10 hrs
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He’s one of my father’s guards at the castle. Goes by the name Mastodon. There’s something about him I don’t like. He takes me into a cavern, and we descend deep underground - to the Bottom of the Cliffs. When I leave for the Capital, Mastodon escorts me. And just as I feared, he kills my guards and captures me. Then he tells me why he’s doing this. Because my family took everything from him - and now he’s about to do the same.
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Pathetic Attempt
- By dfvixen on 02-05-22
- The Forsaken King
- By: Penelope Barsetti
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo, Ramona Master
Too much violent sex
Reviewed: 05-14-22
Started out promisingly but when the two main characters become involved with each other the story begins to deteriorate. There are fascinating mythical elements that are revealed about the world in which the story takes place, but it’s not enough to make me want to buy the second book in the series and wade through repetitive sex.
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