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The Bird and the Blade
- By: Megan Bannen
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Enslaved in Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom...until the kingdom is conquered by enemy forces and she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks’ exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into an impossible love.
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Beautifully written retelling of a world renowned opera
- By TMF5 on 06-12-18
- The Bird and the Blade
- By: Megan Bannen
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Great story!
Reviewed: 04-02-23
Really awesome story that makes you feel invested in the characters and their fate. The only minus is the reader’s voice was extremely whining when she read the main character and it made it sound like the main character is this whiny person. I almost stopped listening because it was difficult to focus. Way too high pitched and, again, whiny. All other characters were read well.
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Under the Wave at Waimea
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his “stoke.” The younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still idolize the Shark, but his sponsors are looking elsewhere. One night, while driving home from a bar after one too many, Joe accidentally kills a stranger near Waimea, a tragedy that sends his life out of control. As the repercussions of the accident spiral ever wider, Joe's devoted girlfriend, Olive, throws herself into uncovering the dead man’s identity and helping Joe find vitality and refuge in the waves again.
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Really enjoyable and surprising novel.
- By kristina on 05-04-21
- Under the Wave at Waimea
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
Great book if you want to be depressed
Reviewed: 02-14-23
Depressing the whole time with some positivity in the end. As a surfer and Hawaii resident, I disagree with how Hawaii is portrayed- focusing on all negative, humans are trash, etc. Reader pronounces all Hawaiian words wrong. The book had some good moments and I did listen u til the end to see if there’s any redemption. There was a sort of positive ending, but not worth being depressed the whole way through.
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