JAK
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Sugarland
- By: Tom Fontana
- Narrated by: Dean Winters, Mark Ryder, Fern Cozine, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
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Sometimes the darkest mysteries are homegrown. When Zephyr Nelson returns home to look after her ailing mother, she discovers that her younger brother, Cotter, has become obsessed with a malevolent influencer on a mysterious voice app. Just as a series of puzzling deaths begin plaguing their small town of Sugarland. With the help of her college best friend and occasional lover, Teddy, Zephyr unravels truths about Sugarland that are impossible for her to accept ...
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Decent thriller, but too much weird sexual stuff
- By Aimee Safford on 04-03-25
- Sugarland
- By: Tom Fontana
- Narrated by: Dean Winters, Mark Ryder, Fern Cozine, Diarmuid Noyes, full cast
Good acting
Reviewed: 04-30-25
Entertaining overall. There were some pretty twisted characters in this story. Ending was a bit weak but not horrible.
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The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery
- By: John Mankiewicz, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne, and others
- Narrated by: Jon Hamm, Ana de la Reguera, Alia Shawkat, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Jon Hamm returns as intrepid private eye Jack Bergin in this thrilling, hard-boiled Audible Original series. Set against the backdrop of the real-life battle to bring the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles, Bergin investigates a brutal murder at the request of an old flame (Ana de la Reguera), and uncovers a deadly conspiracy to forcefully evict a Mexican-American community.
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All star cast! Twisty whodunnit with a wink of true story.
- By Christian C. on 04-26-25
Great performance!
Reviewed: 04-28-25
This was a very enjoyable 1950s noir detective story. The story line was good but seemed like a view of the 50s by someone who hasn't been there and was trying to recreate the feeling and not quite hitting it. The background music was great and added to the story. The dialog seemed a little modern especially with all the "f bombs" and other words I wouldn't have expected to hear in a vintage production. If you're going to emulate a style, stick with an authentic type of dialog. Overall audio production was of high quality. This was a fun story.
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The Corinthian Prophecy | Episode 9
- Length: 27 mins
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Just before the Fox Sisters’ debut performance... a key member disappears. This episode contains Adult Language. ~~~ All 9 episodes will be available for free, but QCODE+ subscribers get early, uninterrupted access to new episodes. Learn more at https://qcodemedia.com/qcodeplus. ~~~ Produced by Criminal Content and distributed by QCODE. Starring Carey Mulligan, Phoebe Tonkin, Mckenna Grace, and Christina Brucato. Directed by Shawn Christensen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interesting but flawed.
- By JAK on 08-12-23
Interesting but flawed.
Reviewed: 08-12-23
Placing l the story in the late nineteenth century is ruined by the very conventional and crude dialog. How many “f-bombs” were required to tell this story really? There were so many places n these stories that seemed out of the character of the times that it destroyed my enjoyment of the narrative. I have no problem with 4 letter words but they seemed out of place here.
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Powersat
- The Grand Tour Series
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong. An experimental low-orbit spaceplane breaks up on reentry, falling to earth over a trail hundreds of miles long. And in its wake is the beginning of the most important mission in the history of spaceflight.
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Great book but substandard recording
- By Greg on 11-25-11
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- The Grand Tour Series
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Rather shallow caricatures.
Reviewed: 07-13-23
I got through this one by holding my nose and hoping it would get better. Th lead character, Dan, is a narcissistic rich boy. He’s just not that nice a person. I don’t care if he is successful at what he has done I his fictional life - he’s a jerk. Hard to care about what happens to him.
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Privateers
- The Grand Tour Series, Book 2
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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The US has abandoned its quest for the stars, and an old enemy has moved in to fill the void. The potential wealth of the universe is now in malevolent hands. Rebel billionaire Dan Randolph - possessor of the largest privately owned company in space - intends to weaken the stranglehold the new despotic masters of the solar system have on the lucrative ore industry. But when the mineral-rich asteroid he sets in orbit around the Earth is commandeered by the enemy, and his unarmed workers are slaughtered in cold blood, the course of Randolph’s life is changed forever.
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Naive Madame President
- By Jimmie C on 01-09-22
- Privateers
- The Grand Tour Series, Book 2
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
What a disappointment. Couldn’t get through it.
Reviewed: 07-13-23
The first book in this series was all right but this one is pitiful. Aside from being sadly outdated politically it’s also sadly outdated socially. The “Soviet Union” is the main set of bad guys. Of course, the USSR collapsed in real life. It makes the story seem that much more dated. Dan, the main character is disgusting. Super wealthy but so very shallow. He views women as possessions, entertainment for his desires but little else of value. He’s like a spoiled toddler but grown up and with lots of money. Reminds me somewhat of what I know about a current electric car and rocket manufacturing company owner.
I am quitting this book and will not bother with the remaining books in the series.
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To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
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In this Hugo-winner from Connie Willis, when too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful - to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.
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A fun read
- By Sara on 07-23-08
- To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
What a romp!
Reviewed: 03-11-23
If you like absurdity and time travel, give this one a shot! The eccentricity of British society is played up and at times there a nearly Monty Python flavor to the story. Quite enjoyable!
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Dig Your Own Well
- By: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 39 mins
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My arms hurt, my shoulders hurt, but I’m here to do a job, and by god I’ll get it done.
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Soooo good!
- By Nutmeg on 02-16-23
- Dig Your Own Well
- By: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
- Narrated by: full cast
Wow!
Reviewed: 02-26-23
I didn’t know what to expect when I started this story but was caught up in it pretty quickly. The writing was great, the characters were quirky - a good thing, and the story just convoluted enough to be interesting without it being hard to follow. I hope there is a follow on to this podcast because I’d really like to know what happens to the main characters.
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The Spirit Ring
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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In an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, fiery Fiametta Beneforte wants to be more than her goldsmith-mage father's unpaid apprentice. But when the Duchy of Montefoglia is laid under military and magical siege, she unexpectedly must join with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss miner and foundryman, to tap their skills in both metalwork and necromancy to rescue her father's soul and combat an evil sorcerer.
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Well written Supernatural-Fantasy
- By IreneMBBT on 07-29-19
- The Spirit Ring
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
A bit of sword and sorcery.
Reviewed: 02-13-23
I’ve always enjoyed Bujold’s style. Although I’m not a big S&S fan, she tells a good story with her usual humorous phrasing and situations.
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More Than Human
- By: Theodore Sturgeon
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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In this genre-bending novel, among the first to have launched sci fi into literature, a group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover that their combined powers render them superhuman. Together, they may represent the next step in evolution - or the final chapter in the history of the human race. As they struggle to find whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging.
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Must listen
- By Dion on 01-16-10
- More Than Human
- By: Theodore Sturgeon
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison
A little dated but still good.
Reviewed: 12-17-22
I read this book several times as a teenager decades ago. It’s still an interesting concept although socially a little bit dated. The gestalt mind of the various characters works well as a concept. Some of the descriptions of various characters are cringeworthy but recalling that the book was written in 1953 I think we can let that slide.
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The Trials of Blackbriar Academy
- Blackbriar Academy, Book 1
- By: Olivia Ash
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Blackbriar Academy is an enchanted school on a magical island, and everyone wants in. It’s a home away from home for the most advanced mages in the world - and only the absolute best of the best are given an invitation. By some freak accident, I managed to get one. If I pass the trials, I get to stay. With nowhere else to go, Blackbriar is my one shot at having a real life, and I won’t let anyone take this from me. But there’s a catch. It turns out the people on this island are being trained to hunt the darkness - basically, they’re being trained to hunt me.
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meh
- By Lorn on 02-03-20
- The Trials of Blackbriar Academy
- Blackbriar Academy, Book 1
- By: Olivia Ash
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
Hogwarts with Hormones.
Reviewed: 10-28-22
Geez! This story was like Harry Potter and friends with raging hormones. The story needed some editing too. There were some bad grammar and awkward or incorrect word usages. Otherwise it was somewhat entertaining. The plot was a bit strange and had a lot of holes in it. But if you like romance novels with magic, you’d probably like this book.
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