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The Ex Talk
- By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 725
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 649
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Story4 out of 5 stars 647
Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio. When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t finish -she’s so lame
- By Corynn S. on 05-08-21
- The Ex Talk
- By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
Great Book!
Reviewed: 03-12-21
Such a fun & great read! I read it in one day between the audiobook & physical copy.
I wish it had been a full cast but the narrator Emili Ellet was amazing. I will have to listen to all of the other books she has narrated!
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Help Is on the Way
- Nothing Like I Imagined
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,401
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,214
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,207
After a friend real-talks Mindy into hiring a baby nurse, she finds the help she needs--and so much more--in this soulful essay by the acclaimed writer, actress, producer, and director. Becoming a new mother after losing her own, Mindy Kaling needs help--like someone to answer the questions What is a baby, and why don’t they have kneecaps? Enter Rose. The in-demand, dedicated baby nurse alleviates Mindy’s fears, from the minor to the profound.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting.
- By Mb4pax on 06-08-25
- Help Is on the Way
- Nothing Like I Imagined
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
Another gem
Reviewed: 12-15-20
I love this essay! The entire collection is chef’s kiss perfection.
I love Mindy’s descriptions.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75,877
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69,391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69,332
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Ok book with too much hype
Reviewed: 09-10-20
This book & series has a crazy amount of hype around it. Everyone loves or hates it.
I feel pretty meh about it.
The main character is not my favorite, a love triangle is thrown in & its not necessary, and the world building was lacking.
The beginning was very cringey & best part was the last 3rd.
I do want to read the rest of the series to know if I like other books better hence the 3 instead of 2 stars.
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Dark and Deepest Red
- By: Anna-Marie McLemore
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Mia Barron, Almarie Guerra
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva’s feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever’s history better than anyone: Emil, whose family was blamed for the fever 500 years ago.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I got bored
- By Broke_beauty_ on 10-22-24
- Dark and Deepest Red
- By: Anna-Marie McLemore
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Mia Barron, Almarie Guerra
McLemore at their best
Reviewed: 07-24-20
All of Anna-Marie McLemore’s books are amazing magical realism, own voices, with latinx & queer characters. This work did not disappoint!
Set in dual timelines, Dark & Deepest red delves into identity, love, and sacrifice.
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Neoteny: Poems
- By: Emily K. Michael
- Narrated by: Emily K. Michael
- Length: 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
A lively and imaginative debut, Neoteny explores blindness, family, and birdsong. In these poems, Emily K. Michael meditates on literary and personal heroes like Jo March, her beloved grandmother, and her guide dog. This collection is rich with treasures from childhood - the honey-colored piano Michael played, the fig tree in her front yard, and the trays of fresh mint drying on her grandmother's table.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Poems Shed Light on Life
- By Author Abbie Johnson Taylor on 07-15-20
- Neoteny: Poems
- By: Emily K. Michael
- Narrated by: Emily K. Michael
Wonderful Poetry Collection 5 stars
Reviewed: 06-25-20
Neoteny: Poems was a 5 star read!
The 34 poems in this collection are all impressive, no duds or fillers! Emily covers daily life, shares anecdotes, features her guide dog York, and family tales.
I especially enjoyed the various poems about her love story. We can all relate to the beautiful moments & feelings her poems evoke.
I now NEED her to write a screenplay or fun sweet romantic comedy novel!
Neoteny: Poems is a wonderful collection of poems centering on ecology, disability, and music.
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92,804
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82,196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81,922
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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1 out of 5 stars
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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
Amazing book with old hollywood vibes
Reviewed: 11-23-19
I just LOVED this book! The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the kind of book I just couldn’t put down!
5 🌟 s
Monique Grant is a new journalist at her magazine when she is chosen to interview reclusive Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo! Evelyn shares her life story & it turns out she is more than just a Hollywood creation.
Evelyn Hugo is a fictional character but she reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Greta Garbo.
This book has diverse characters from various communities and does discuss some trauma Evelyn faced that many people do deal with. TW for domestic violence & abuse.
I honestly loved this book & am so glad I finally read it!!
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Carmilla
- By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Narrated by: Phoebe Fox, Rose Leslie, David Tennant, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23,979
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,711
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21,641
Audible Originals bring you a brand new audiobook adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic gothic novella, Carmilla - starring Rose Leslie ( Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey), David Tennant ( Doctor Who and Broadchurch) and Phoebe Fox ( Life in Squares and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death)
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too much breathing in my ear
- By Samantha on 10-09-19
- Carmilla
- By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Narrated by: Phoebe Fox, Rose Leslie, David Tennant, David Horovitch, James Wilby, Susan Wooldridge, Hannah Genesius
Vampire drama
Reviewed: 10-18-19
Such a good vampire drama! It is a gothic story that is well written & performed.
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,905
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,611
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,612
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian North. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Read, don't listen, to this book
- By Kaylee on 02-24-19
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- By: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
Interesting fantasy
Reviewed: 08-31-19
This book was on my radar but it disappointed me.
That said:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a good book. It introduces us to Yeine Darr, a member of the Darr & sky ruling families. She feels like an outcast as both a biracial member of both royal families and as a Darr woman in the Sky society. Our story starts when she is summoned to the main Kingdom of the hundred thousand kingdoms: sky and is made to compete to be the main heir of the throne (among 2 other heirs).
She makes unstable allies: the Enefadah gods who are enslaved by the Sky family & have been enslaved since losing the war against the main god.
TW for sexual violence, violence in general, use of the word "savage," suicidal thoughts, & more.
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