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Ordinary Human Failings
- A Novel
- By: Megan Nolan
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and a brisk disregard for the "peasants"—ordinary people, his readers, easy tabloid fodder. His star seems set to rise when he stumbles across a sensational scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving parents beloved across the neighborhood, and the finger of suspicion pointing at one reclusive family of Irish immigrants and “bad apples”: the Greens. At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful, otherworldly, broken, and once destined for a future beyond her circumstances.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grim and luminous all at once.
- By M. Locher on 02-08-25
- Ordinary Human Failings
- A Novel
- By: Megan Nolan
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan
real but disturbing
Reviewed: 03-07-25
To say I enjoyed this novel would not be quite accurate... but it was very well written, the character development was excellent, and the tale heart-wrenching and all too believable. A good read, but not a feel-good read.
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Christmas at the Gingerbread Inn
- By: Michelle Stimpson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Wesleigh Siobhan
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 981
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 944
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 944
Ever since his mother passed away two years ago, Caleb Pine has been stuck while the rest of his family seem to have moved on. Alone at Christmas, he finds himself drawn back to Martha’s Vineyard and the Gingerbread Inn, where his family spent a wonderful Christmas holiday when he was a teen. To his surprise, the local girl he almost kissed under the mistletoe all those years ago is now grown up and running the Inn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story Anytime of the Year
- By NeoSoulHippie on 12-02-23
- Christmas at the Gingerbread Inn
- By: Michelle Stimpson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, Wesleigh Siobhan
A perfect feel good Christmas read!🎄
Reviewed: 12-27-24
highly recommended if you are looking for a nice Christmas story with wonderful family values and lots of smiles tears and love!💗
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Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,477
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,227
Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow.
- By Robert Bryant on 01-19-22
- Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Read this novel! It’s riveting!
Reviewed: 01-26-23
Another beautifully written tale by Thrity Umrigar … it immerses the reader into the colourful cauldron of humanity that is India simultaneously drawing out feelings of warmth, horror, friendship, revulsion, love, fear, and unexpectedly — hope!
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The Plight Before Christmas
- By: Kate Stewart
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,556
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,380
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,375
Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Gaslighting and games
- By FMC on 12-22-22
- The Plight Before Christmas
- By: Kate Stewart
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
A perfect holiday feel-good read
Reviewed: 12-31-22
Thanks for writing and producing such a wonderful listen! I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a sweet love story over the holidays!
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
- By: Jonas Jonasson
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,763
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,796
After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he's still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn't interested (and he'd like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). So he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey, involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dared to let the kids listen and they loved it...
- By Dennis on 02-12-14
I really disliked this book :(
Reviewed: 02-15-14
What disappointed you about The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared?
Perhaps I'm not politically savvy enough, but this book's apparent aim at a cross between a crime novel/comedy/political satire left me shaking my head at the beginning, numbly bored by the middle, and with regret having me make a decision I despair to do ... quitting! I had to stop the read shortly after mid-way realizing that it was unlikely to get any better, and that my reading time would be better spent on a more engaging tale.
Has The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared turned you off from other books in this genre?
no...in fact, I'm honestly not sure what the genre was!?
What aspect of Steven Crossley’s performance would you have changed?
The performance was fine - it was solely the content that lost my interest.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Boredom, and so disappointment. The title sounded so whimsical and entertaining...
Any additional comments?
I can't recommend this book - sorry :(
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