TheGreatJC
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The Housemaid's Secret
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,018
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,982
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,974
It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.
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2 out of 5 stars
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IDK…
- By C. L. Wells on 03-09-23
- The Housemaid's Secret
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
Always Love Frieda
Reviewed: 02-22-23
I am addicted to
Freida books. Housemade’s Secret was great and Frieda satisfied her readers need for a book to follow original story. I was a little disappointed with the lack of creativity she normally writes. It felt rushed & I would have rather waited longer to experience the “wow” factor Freida normally delivers.
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American Dirt
- A Novel
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34,297
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30,015
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,830
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier, the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city, is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Completely unrealistic
- By Marlene L Marquez on 02-12-20
- American Dirt
- A Novel
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
Absolutely Awesome
Reviewed: 05-11-20
What a great book. I’m a huge advocate of tightening up our borders to keep Americans safe but if I were in these peoples shoes I would flee to America too. Anyway... great book and very eye opening.
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We Were the Lucky Ones
- By: Georgia Hunter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati, Robert Fass
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,270
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,047
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,996
The New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies sold worldwide. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite - We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love it but...
- By Roz on 07-19-17
- We Were the Lucky Ones
- By: Georgia Hunter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati, Robert Fass
Truly Humbling
Reviewed: 12-02-18
I am a 45 year old female business owner of two very successful companies, I have 4 sons and I am constantly on the go. The chaos of my life suits my untreated ADD. This book was so well written and read it kept my attention from the time the first word was spoken until the very end. I feel like I know these people personally and sincerely wish I did. They are brave and honorable.
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened
- A Mostly True Memoir
- By: Jenny Lawson
- Narrated by: Jenny Lawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8,321
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,559
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,553
For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Actually, not for fans of Sedaris and Fey
- By BostonMom on 04-29-12
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened
- A Mostly True Memoir
- By: Jenny Lawson
- Narrated by: Jenny Lawson
I gave it as much as I could....
Reviewed: 11-21-18
I saw all the high reviews this book received and I believe it was on Oprah's list so I was convinced this was going to be a great book.
There was some humor that I enjoyed but I kept waiting for it to get better but it didn't. I even downloaded another book and came back to this one thinking it was just me but it still wasn't catching my attention as I had hoped, then... As she is describing her fears during her pregnancy and mentions in a negative tone "what if my baby is born a republican", I just couldn't stomach it any longer. Regardless of political views, it's all we hear anymore and the country is already so divided and this just solidified my feeling that this book just isn't for me.
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Robin
- By: Dave Itzkoff
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,820
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,547
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,530
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations - all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed. But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’ comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing but worth a read
- By Joe Moore on 05-18-18
- Robin
- By: Dave Itzkoff
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
I couldn't stop listening to it...
Reviewed: 11-21-18
I didn't realize there were so many layers to Robin Williams. This book is really well written, the author reveals so many intimate areas of RW's life that most people could probably identify with. The story doesn't focus on his death but rather his ambition to continue to please others and the sacrifices and consequences he made along the way in doing so. I was stunned to hear at the end of the book what they found during his autopsy and hope others can learn from it and perhaps medicine can advance as well.
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Christopher Wilder: The True Story of The Beauty Queen Killer
- True Crime by Evil Killers Book 16
- By: Jack Rosewood
- Narrated by: Herschel J. Grangent Jr.
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
Of all the many psychopaths and sociopaths that have hunted for human victims throughout history, few have been more disturbing or mysterious than Christopher Bernard Wilder - the Beauty Queen Killer. From the middle of the 1960s until 1984, Wilder sexually assaulted countless women and murdered at least nine in Australia and the United States. The Beauty Queen Killer was not only a true psychopath, but also a hunter, as he carefully chose attractive girls and young women to victimize.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By TheGreatJC on 09-27-18
- Christopher Wilder: The True Story of The Beauty Queen Killer
- True Crime by Evil Killers Book 16
- By: Jack Rosewood
- Narrated by: Herschel J. Grangent Jr.
Disappointed
Reviewed: 09-27-18
I was terribly disappointed not only in the lack of detail (where in Florida for example where crimes were committed etc) and how fast the narrator spoke. I couldn't even finish the book. This could be a podcast at best. I think the author did a much better job with the Jeffery Dahmer story than this one.
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