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Gwendy's Final Task
- Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,744
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,735
When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its eight colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box reentered Gwendy’s life. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation the box represented. Now, malignant forces seek to possess the button box, and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs.
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2 out of 5 stars
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We get it!
- By Adam Hicks on 02-19-22
- Gwendy's Final Task
- Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Good Conclusion for Series
Reviewed: 02-22-22
Enjoyable conclusion to series, with many references to King's other works. Certainly worthy for those who are fans of the series or the authors.
One caveat.
I have been an Audible listener since the service started, and the engineering on this reading was not good.
The narrator's dramatic reading is fine, but the audio seems to be recorded without taking her volume into consideration. Good audio books often need to adjust audio of whispers, soft talking and other low-volume scenarios to blend seamlessly with louder modulation of shouts or excited dramatic action. This book seems to have set a central audio level and let it ride. There are portions where her asides are barely audible.
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Easy Street
- A Story of Redemption from Myself
- By: Maggie Rowe
- Narrated by: Maggie Rowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
To most, Maggie Rowe appears to live on Easy Street. Her stylish home is in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood. She has a kind husband who makes her laugh. And after years of struggle, she is finally making a name for herself in Hollywood. But the agreeable, confident persona she presents to the world often feels like a deception to Maggie, who’s long grappled with mental illness and feelings of inadequacy. Enter Joanna Hergert, a neurodiverse middle-aged woman who lives with her elderly mother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it!
- By SomervilleWhereElse on 07-10-23
- Easy Street
- A Story of Redemption from Myself
- By: Maggie Rowe
- Narrated by: Maggie Rowe
Portrait of Genuine Kindness
Reviewed: 01-30-22
The performance is aces, in this L.A. story of kindness as an an least somewhat soothing tonic when one's own struggles mount. Maggie Rowe on top of her game in this book.
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Shameless
- A Sexual Reformation
- By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Narrated by: Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 974
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 856
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 845
Raw, intimate, and timely, Bolz-Weber’s latest book offers a full-blown overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies. This is a journey of holy resistance. Along the way, as antidotes to shame, heresy, and all-too-familiar injustice, Bolz-Weber shares stories, poetry, and scripture, cultivating resilient hope and audacious love rooted in good news that is “powerful enough, transgressive enough, and beautiful enough to heal not only the ones who have been hurt but also those who have done the hurting.”
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By mountainfrog on 02-07-19
- Shameless
- A Sexual Reformation
- By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Narrated by: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Much Needed Words of Grace, Hope
Reviewed: 05-04-19
This book deals with so much more than the sexual disfunction which haunts the lives of almost everyone who grew up in church. It’s a drink of sweet, cool water for those thirsty to hear the truth that the divine loves and accepts all, without requiring a self-help program. Hope this gets a broad reading, because it offers hope and reasons not to live in struggle for those with the gnawing feeling that their lives were derailed because they believed in a god who is a hanging judge. Thanks, Nadia.
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Trustee from the Toolroom
- By: Nevil Shute
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,912
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,908
Keith Stewart, a retiring and ingenious engineer, could not have been happier in his little house in the shabby London suburb of Ealing. There he invented the mini-motor, the six-volt generator, and the tiny Congreve clock. Then a chain of events sweeps him into deep waters and leads him to his happiest discovery yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hologram of a Decent Man
- By Jim In Texas! on 05-28-12
- Trustee from the Toolroom
- By: Nevil Shute
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
Great Story, Exceptional Narration
Reviewed: 11-26-18
I bought this because I love the narrator and would listen to anything he reads. I was pleasantly surprised at how excellent this novel is, and how well written.
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Lullaby
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 21,801
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19,826
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19,829
A young married couple, Matt and Gillian, have just bought a gorgeous house located next to a lake in the Catskills. They want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city to raise their baby girl, Hope, in relative peace and quiet. When night falls, however, their dream home becomes a house of nightmares. Matt and Gillian soon learn that darkness takes many forms. And sometimes, darkness is hungry.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I guess there’s a reason it’s free
- By Katie Washington on 10-05-18
- Lullaby
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Unfinished
Reviewed: 10-09-18
This feels like a rough draft, with extra action verbs tossed in the mix. Characters are paper thin, and unsympathetic. Save your time.
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The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63,678
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57,645
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57,414
An 11-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Will Patton great - story so so
- By Randall on 06-19-18
- The Outsider
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Will Patton
King Brings it All Together
Reviewed: 06-22-18
Stephen King finally combines his new detective writing with his old-school horror writing in a clever and original novel. This book takes a great turn about a third of the way through and it is a fine read indeed. Narration is excellent as well.
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,723
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,308
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,298
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best of all Biographies
- By David C. Daggett on 12-14-13
- The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Exceptional.
Reviewed: 04-26-18
Among best political biographies ever written. Especially well researched. Narration spot on. Worthy of 40-plus hours.
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The Halloween Tree
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,389
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,271
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,277
On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious “spirit” Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An October Essential!
- By Dave on 10-12-12
- The Halloween Tree
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Great retelling of the old Ray Bradbury story..
Reviewed: 10-01-16
Just get it before Halloween and enjoy. Fun romp through the ages with a bunch of adveretous boys as they discover the meaning behind their holiday costumes.
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The Man Called Cash
- The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend
- By: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Kris Kristofferson
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash, not just his unforgettable music, but also his relationship with June Carter Cash and his faith in Christ.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Done Biography, but too short
- By Amazon Customer on 12-03-04
- The Man Called Cash
- The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend
- By: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Kris Kristofferson
Well Done Biography, but too short
Reviewed: 12-03-04
This is a fine biography of Johnny Cash, narrated by Kris Kristopherson (nice touch). It presents an honest, balanced telling of Cash's life and music and even points out discrepencies between the first two Cash autobiographies. Cash himself chose Turner to do the book but died before the interviews were complete. Turner filled in the blanks by interviewing those who knew Cash well. My only criticism is that I wish this were not an abridged version. It makes the telling a bit choppy at times.
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How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)
- The World According to Ann Coulter
- By: Ann Coulter
- Narrated by: Elizabeth White
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 695
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4 out of 5 stars 159
From the author of The New York Times best sellers Treason and Slander comes an updated Ann Coulter compendium, complete with reader responses and television and talk radio transcripts (Couric, Donahue, Franken). With titles like "Would Mohamed Atta Object to Armed Pilots?", "9 out of 10 Caribou Support Drilling", and "Liberal Pimps for Clintonism", How to Talk to a Liberal covers Coulter's waterfront on her favorite issues and targets, from national security to Hollywood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it!
- By Erik on 10-06-04
- How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)
- The World According to Ann Coulter
- By: Ann Coulter
- Narrated by: Elizabeth White
Fun, but why did Ann not read this one herself?
Reviewed: 10-08-04
The book is a fun listen, but I was not happy that unlike her other books, this one is not read by the author. The soundalike reader is ok, but misses some of Ann's wry inflection on certain topics.
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12 people found this helpful