Forest Brooder
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The Greenlanders
- By: Jane Smiley
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 27 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Set in the 14th century in Europe's most farflung outpost, a land of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains, The Greenlanders is the story of one family - proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable audiobook.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First-rate! You will be transported
- By Michon Matthiesen on 06-12-18
- The Greenlanders
- By: Jane Smiley
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
A heartfelt & human examination of lost history
Reviewed: 04-10-23
Written masterfully with the cadence and matter-of-fact stanzas of old Norse sagas, yet endearing of its characters and their small, bleak lives. Their struggles and victories brighten and humanize what’s largely a blind spot in history.
These norsemen colonized Greenland before the arrival of the Inuit, discovered America long before Columbus, and lived hard lives in Greenland for centuries only to disappear from history with hardly a trace.
Jane Smiley is a gifted storyteller to have written so finely researched and stylized saga of these lost people.
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A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 48 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59,515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52,502
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52,392
Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A tale of two publishers:
- By J. Cano on 07-31-11
- A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
riveting
Reviewed: 09-06-17
I had heard this was the most boring volume published yet in the series, but I found it engrossing.
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Children of the Night
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: George Ralph
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 394
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 312
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Story4 out of 5 stars 310
In a desolate orphanage in what remains of post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion - and flourishes when he's supposed to die. The discovery of his unique immune system may hold the key to the long-awaited cure for cancer and AIDS - and a link to a clan of vampires.
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3 out of 5 stars
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needs a different reader
- By Kelly Howard on 09-12-08
- Children of the Night
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: George Ralph
quiet volume levels hinder this excellent story
Reviewed: 06-02-17
Dan Simmons cements himself as both a horror author of singular vision and 'the thinking man's Stephen King' in this lean, historical and culturallly-informed iteration of a vampire tale that has its origins in real world conflict. Very highly recommended as a book, as an audio book I found it mastered at too low a volume level, but the performance was otherwise stellar.
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It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62,599
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56,789
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56,607
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic with a Top-Notch Performance!
- By Nicole - Audible on 06-19-17
- It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
sappy, hacky stuff
Reviewed: 05-25-17
I'd like to say I enjoyed the truly great concept of this story, but the juvenile humor, YA fiction prose that was often embarrassing and the endless exposition of the banal hindered this. Also, the adolescent awkwardness of budding sexuality was clearly written to titillate adult men, particularly at the end, which cheapens the tale considerably. worst of all, it was predictable and overlong. Try the superior Summer of Night by Dan Simmons instead, it's smarter.
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A Winter Haunting
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,997
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,743
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,740
A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage - and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween, he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptionally Well Done
- By Jan on 01-05-16
- A Winter Haunting
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Best enjoyed after 'Summer of Night'
Reviewed: 05-15-17
Sometimes chilling and often profound in its exploration of depression, a darker sequel that could stand alone.
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The Fireman
- A Novel
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,379
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,739
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,718
No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it's Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies - before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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GOD'S WAITING ROOM; AKA FLORIDA
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-25-17
- The Fireman
- A Novel
- By: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
overlong, predictable and sappy
Reviewed: 04-20-17
Easily Joe's worst novel, I'd compare it to a Y A fiction derivitive of The Stand (easily enough) with a saccharine heroine that overtly references Mary Poppins with annoyingl consistency.
The titular Fireman character is a fun implausible fungal fire wizard, but the 'rag tag' group of backing characters were intolerable and I was sad any of the characters lived to the end.
I love Joe's other novels, all but Horns anyway, but on this one I got burned.
I'll be more cautious to pick up any of his future novels, unless they're 300 pages or less.
still looking forward to his upcoming short story collection though.
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