Eric Nakahara
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 182,115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161,820
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Story5 out of 5 stars 160,938
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Still so very relevant
Reviewed: 02-17-23
I finally listened to this for the first time in 2023, even though it was published in 2018. An amazing journey and story touching on topics as relevant today as they were then. Not enough has changed, listen to this book and it will encourage you about how far we had come, but how very far we still have to go as individuals and as a country.
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A Man Called Ove
- A Novel
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: J. K. Simmons
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,089
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,878
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17,808
Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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By Far the Best Narrator of a Book I've Had
- By WanderLaw on 04-05-20
- A Man Called Ove
- A Novel
- By: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: J. K. Simmons
Excellent story about the human spirit, friendship and love
Reviewed: 01-12-23
Very well written and performed. I found myself enjoying wonderful uncontrollable bursts of laughter. Highly recommend.
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The Woman in the White Kimono
- A Novel
- By: Ana Johns
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 294
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Naoko has fallen for another man - an American sailor, a gaijin - and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices with consequences that will ripple across generations.
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1 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT LISTEN! Decent story, HORRIBLE narration!!!
- By David Meier on 05-07-20
- The Woman in the White Kimono
- A Novel
- By: Ana Johns
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Lauren Ezzo
Good story, narration ?
Reviewed: 01-25-20
Good overall story, so I rated a 4. I rated performance low due to the narrator. There were actually times I hit fast forward to get through the overly emotional, high pitched and breathy reading. There were too many sections read like this that could have been read a little less dramatically. I would recommend this book to friends to read.
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Have a Nice Day
- By: Billy Crystal, Quinton Peeples
- Narrated by: Justin Bartha, Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,674
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,591
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23,462
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Midlife crisis in the white house
- By Kingsley on 11-02-18
Made me have a nice day!
Reviewed: 02-23-19
Made me laugh, made me cry. Does not disappoint! What a talented cast. When something that is just audio is this excellent, who needs pictures! Touched my imagination and my heart and I will definitely recommend it.
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The Immortalists
- By: Chloe Benjamin
- Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,320
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,699
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,707
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children - four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness - sneak out to hear their fortunes, A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Warning to animal lovers
- By Sarah on 02-02-18
- The Immortalists
- By: Chloe Benjamin
- Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
lackluster ending
Reviewed: 02-27-18
Overall this was a good story with an interesting twist on how we would choose to live life. What we can control and what part is fate (if that truely exists). However, the ending for Daniel was not satisfying, there wasn't enough story for Varya and it seemed to abruptly end. It almost felt like the author was being rushed to finish the book and Varya and the reader got short changed. But I would still recommend this effort. It makes you think, what would you do?
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The Shoemaker's Wife
- A Novel
- By: Adriana Trigiani
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,494
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,321
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,318
The fateful first meeting of Enza and Ciro takes place amid the haunting majesty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the last century. Still teenagers, they are separated when Ciro is banished from his village and sent to hide in New York's Little Italy, apprenticed to a shoemaker, leaving a bereft Enza behind. But when her own family faces disaster, she, too, is forced to emigrate to America. Though destiny will reunite the star-crossed lovers, it will, just as abruptly, separate them once again....
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1 out of 5 stars
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truly disappointing and unbelievable love story
- By Beth Anne on 01-04-14
- The Shoemaker's Wife
- A Novel
- By: Adriana Trigiani
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
Excellent narration. Nicely told story.
Reviewed: 12-24-17
Overall a good story. Found parts of it frustrating and story turns were taken that put me off at times, but I stuck with it and was glad that I did.
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