TyCent
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Technically Speaking
- By: Michael Elliot
- Narrated by: Coco Jones, Keith Powers, Queen Latifah, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Oakland-bred LaVeesha “Vee” Gilliam (Coco Jones) is a determined single mother of an autistic son and a gifted aspiring coder. When Vee loses her job as a food-services worker at the onsite restaurant at Grapengine, a large Silicon Valley tech company, she’s unable to pay for her son’s much-needed specialized education. By a twist of fate, mistaken identity, and her tech skills, Vee meets Troy Wilson (Keith Powers), the company’s wealthy founder and CEO and a wunderkind in the tech industry, who believes that Vee is a college-educated techie who works at his company.
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Overdue Diverse Representation in Tech!
- By Jatai Pollock on 09-26-24
- Technically Speaking
- By: Michael Elliot
- Narrated by: Coco Jones, Keith Powers, Queen Latifah, full cast
The hero gets her happy ending!
Reviewed: 12-17-24
This was so cute and I love how the hard working woman got her happy ending. I did want the child’s dad to get punched but I guess her glow up was the better revenge.
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Mistletoe Murders 3
- By: Ken Cuperus
- Narrated by: Cobie Smulders, Raymond Ablack, Anna Cathcart, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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When Emily Lane isn’t busy running her charming Christmas-themed store, ‘’Under the Mistletoe,‘’ located in the quaint tourist town of Fletcher’s Grove, she finds herself compelled to investigate not so quaint local murders. On the surface, Emily is a perfectly lovely, good-natured puzzle-solver and mystery lover. But she is hiding a secret past that has finally begun to catch up with her, as an old acquaintance arrives to throw a wedge between Emily and Sam’s burgeoning relationship, and worse, threatens to destroy the new life Emily has built for herself.
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MISTLE TOE MURDERS
- By Danny Harr on 11-07-24
- Mistletoe Murders 3
- By: Ken Cuperus
- Narrated by: Cobie Smulders, Raymond Ablack, Anna Cathcart, full cast
Entertaining
Reviewed: 12-17-24
This series kept me engaged during the holiday’s and all the business of running errands and work. I like that there were multiple cases to be solved and the performance was good.
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The Wonder of Stevie
- By: Wesley Morris
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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The year 1972 saw the beginning of a five-year span in which Stevie Wonder released five groundbreaking, critically acclaimed albums, garnering him more than half a dozen Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold, securing his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history. For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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Good but not great
- By Anonymous User on 09-14-24
Award winning podcast
Reviewed: 10-13-24
This was such a fun, entertaining, educational, and feel good story telling series. Being a beneficiary of Stevie Wonders’ musical journey, it hadn’t dawned on me the many challenges that he endured and the ground breaking path he carved with his genius. Thank you so much for this!!
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Blacktop Wasteland
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Beauregard "Bug" Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hardworking dad. Bug knows there's no future in the man he used to be: Known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best wheelman on the East Coast. He thought he'd left all that behind him, but as his carefully built new life begins to crumble, he finds himself drawn inexorably back into a world of blood and bullets. When a smooth-talking former associate comes calling with a can't-miss jewelry store heist, Bug feels he has no choice but to get back in the driver's seat.
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Fantastic All Around
- By stuartjash on 07-16-20
- Blacktop Wasteland
- A Novel
- By: S. A. Cosby
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Engaging crime drama (great narration)
Reviewed: 04-04-23
This story was compelling and intricate. The man character was so sharp witted and devastatingly stubborn. It was a good tale of what you see for yourself is what you become because as smart as Bug was he could only see himself as a criminal. Each of the other characters had complete stories and their personalities meshed well. I loved the revenge chapters. Also the narrator of this book did an EXCELLENT job!!
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Hold You Down
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Brown
- Narrated by: Patryce Williams
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of them.
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Horrible Narrating
- By Kingdom Faith Services on 02-28-23
- Hold You Down
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Brown
- Narrated by: Patryce Williams
Haunting portrayal of unrequited loyalty
Reviewed: 03-14-23
Where to begin? This story guts you in unexpected ways. Several times I yelled aloud NOOOOOO because I just of the heartbreaking twists and turns. At its core it’s a story about how putting your life on hold for others never pays dividends. I wanted more for every character I wanted them live their potential, but as in real life most of them didn’t. Just a haunting portrayal of unrequited loyalty and trauma bonds. PS. The narrator on this book made it was hard to get through at some points.
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Before I Let Go
- By: Kennedy Ryan
- Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan, Jakobi Diem
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything. It couldn’t save their marriage. Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she’s finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had.
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Didn't Give What Everyone Said It Gave!!!
- By Annette Williams on 11-23-22
- Before I Let Go
- By: Kennedy Ryan
- Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan, Jakobi Diem
Exciting and exhausting
Reviewed: 02-28-23
This book was exciting and exhausting at the same time. With all the nuances of a relationship that grows from youth to adulthood, it covered a lot of topics. The ending was a bit cheesy and predictable but that’s ok.
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Monday's Not Coming
- By: Tiffany D. Jackson
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable - more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
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Suspenseful with twists!
- By Teresa on 12-18-18
- Monday's Not Coming
- By: Tiffany D. Jackson
- Narrated by: Imani Parks
Hauntingly Tragic
Reviewed: 02-27-23
At its core it’s a story of a clandestine friendship that collides with all the pains of the world. It’s shows how you can live a person and not have a clue of what they are going through. From abuse in plain sight, coming of age, fear, economic disparity, unequal justice for Black people that go missing, educational insecurity, and mental health. It’s all woven into a hauntingly tragic series of events. The fact that it is inspired by true events makes it more gut-wrenching. I will say Claudia’s character was insufferable at times but the heroin doesn’t always lead with strength. Where she failed to boldly demand action or even use her voice she made up in perseverance. Even in her flaws she fought for Monday tooth and nail. This is one story that will stick with you for a while.
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Look Closer
- By: David Ellis
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Hillary Huber, Elizabeth Garrett, and others
- Length: 13 hrs
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Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure: absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a killer. When the body of a beautiful socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb, Simon and Vicky’s secrets begin to unravel. A secret whirlwind affair. A twenty-million-dollar trust fund about to come due.
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Disappointing
- By SB on 07-06-22
- Look Closer
- By: David Ellis
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Hillary Huber, Elizabeth Garrett, Steve West
Lots of twists
Reviewed: 01-09-23
The author did a good job of weaving in so many twists and turns. Truly didn’t see the ending coming.
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Kindred
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Kim Staunton
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning White boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes she's been given a challenge.
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The Past of Slavery Still Moves and Wounds Us
- By Jefferson on 12-05-10
- Kindred
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Decent storyline
Reviewed: 01-02-23
To begin, for me Wild Seed is my favorite Octavia Butler book. This one was also good but there were times the story lagged a bit. If I had read this one first my opinion could be different. Also I was looking for an explanation to the connection of Rufus and Dana that never seemed to come. Why was she constantly saving him, likely the design was so he could create her ancestors…but there wasn’t a linear line to that conclusion. Looking forward to watching the series to see what creative liberties were taken.
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Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- By: Michelle Zauner
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian-American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
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Broken Korean
- By Tim on 04-21-21
- Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- By: Michelle Zauner
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Beautiful tribute
Reviewed: 01-02-23
Losing a parent is at times indescribable and although it is supposed to be the natural order of things, it’s also unnerving. Michelle did a great job of describing all the new things you discover about your loved one and yourself after their death.
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