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The Mercy of Gods
- Captive's War, Book 1
- By: James S.A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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The Carryx—part empire, part hive—has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its conflict with an ancient and deathless enemy. When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered, and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species. Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team.
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Incredible
- By Davey Francis on 08-15-24
- The Mercy of Gods
- Captive's War, Book 1
- By: James S.A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Excellent start to a new series
Reviewed: 09-05-24
Listening to Jefferson Mays narrate a new James SA Corey feels like coming home. Fascinating world-building, wildly diverse alien species, and heart-wrenching decisions abound. Highly recommended.
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Douglas Adams
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.
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Sadly, it's abridged
- By George T. Crawford on 10-29-11
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Douglas Adams
Abridged
Reviewed: 06-20-19
Quote enjoyable, but be aware that this omits some things from the book. It's old enough that number of tapes/CDs was probably still a concern. when it was made Still enjoyable to hear it as read by Adams himself (he's not perfect, but he does quite a good job), but I was a bit disappointed by the omissions.
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Rise & Shine Yoga Flows: Part 1
- Audio-guided yoga classes, refreshed weekly starting March 2019
- By: MoveWith
- Narrated by: Amy Dannheim, Peter Walters, Mary Beth LaRue, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Join a select group of MoveWith yoga teachers in this uplifting yoga series designed to get you moving and energized at the start of each day.
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Not for all
- By Emjay on 03-09-19
- Rise & Shine Yoga Flows: Part 1
- Audio-guided yoga classes, refreshed weekly starting March 2019
- By: MoveWith
- Narrated by: Amy Dannheim, Peter Walters, Mary Beth LaRue, Danni Poplum, Pete Guinosso
Good for intermediate practitioners
Reviewed: 03-19-19
This one, like the other MoveWith title I've tried, assumes familiarity with basic yoga poses (downward-facing-dog, plank, upward-facing-dog/cobra, primarily). While there's some effort made to describe poses, I wouldn't recommend it to a raw beginner, but so long as you're familiar with the basic poses, you should be fine. I was happy that there was less pitching of the company/series in this one than there was in the first "sleep" set, and the narrator sounded more like she was actually running a class (reminded me of a few yoginis I've had classes from, in fact).
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Bedtime Yoga: Slow Down for Sleep: Part 1
- Audio-guided yoga classes, refreshed weekly starting in March 2019
- By: MoveWith
- Narrated by: Kilty Inalfuku, Alexa Silvaggio, Mary Beth LaRue, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Join MoveWith's top yoga teachers on a journey to restful sleep. This relaxing Restorative Yoga series will bring a new class each week to help you slow down, let go of the stress from your day, and get ready for a rejuvenating, nourishing night's sleep.
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Remember to Adapt for Your Own Body
- By Lisa Davidson on 02-21-19
- Bedtime Yoga: Slow Down for Sleep: Part 1
- Audio-guided yoga classes, refreshed weekly starting in March 2019
- By: MoveWith
- Narrated by: Kilty Inalfuku, Alexa Silvaggio, Mary Beth LaRue, Nat Kendall
Good Evening Wind Down
Reviewed: 03-19-19
This is a very good evening wind down (and my first experience using any of MoveWith's audio products). Be aware that it is not designed for extreme beginners. Knowledge of basic yoga poses is assumed (downward-facing-dog, tabletop, child's pose, and happy baby specifically came up). Modifications to those poses is described, and there's enough specificity there to help jog the memory if you can't remember a pose exactly (I had happy baby mixed up with something else, and was able to get to the correct posture based on the verbal reminders), but I doubt it would be enough for someone completely unfamiliar with the poses to figure them out. Recommended for people with enough yoga experience to follow, based on posture names, who are looking for an evening wind-down.
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Deep Roots
- Innsmouth Legacy, Book 2
- By: Ruthanna Emrys
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Ruthanna Emrys’ Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and continues with Deep Roots, confronts H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos head-on, boldly upturning his fear of the unknown with a heart-warming story of found family, acceptance, and perseverance in the face of human cruelty and the cosmic apathy of the universe. Emrys brings together a family of outsiders, bridging the gaps between the many people marginalized by the homogenizing pressure of 1940s America.
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a very good sequel
- By Anders on 08-09-18
- Deep Roots
- Innsmouth Legacy, Book 2
- By: Ruthanna Emrys
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Wonderful and Haunting
Reviewed: 11-14-18
Very enjoyable sequel. This time around, we have the "migo" (aka the Outer Ones), the trapezohedron, ghouls, and the Dreamlands threading their way through the plot. The Innsmouth books are more about connections between people (of whatever species), but sometimes those connections are forged through conflict. And sometimes people make choices that others do not understand. It's a beautiful exploration of free will, and understanding, and trying to figure out what the right thing actually is.
Highly recommended.
Gabra Zackman is an excellent narrator, and I wish she would read more things that interest me. She's quite good. I was surprised by her pronunciation of trapezohedron. I had mentally pronounced it trapeze-oh-hee-dron. She pronounces it tra-pez-oh-head-run. It's an uncommon enough word that I don't know that there's actually a definitive standard. :)
#LovecraftReborn #Migo #Trapezohedron #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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Somebody Killed His Editor
- Holmes & Moriarity, Book 1
- By: Josh Lanyon
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Thanks to an elderly spinster sleuth and her ingenious cat, Christopher Holmes has enjoyed a celebrated career as a bestselling mystery writer. Until now. Sales are down and his new editor is allergic to geriatric gumshoes. On the advice of his agent, he reinvents his fortyish, frumpy, recently dumped self into the sleek, sexy image of a literary lion, and heads for a Northern California writers conference to try and resurrect his career.
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And the killer is...
- By Donald on 07-07-13
- Somebody Killed His Editor
- Holmes & Moriarity, Book 1
- By: Josh Lanyon
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Entertaining little mystery
Reviewed: 11-14-18
Enjoyable little mystery saga, where a writer at a writer's retreat cut off by weather and a bridge collapse solves a murder, while reconnecting with an old lover. I liked the meta-aspect of it, where he keeps comparing how this plot is going to the ones in his own books. There were several nice redirects, where evidence seemed to point one way, then another, then another.
The romance subplot is amusing, and somewhat sweet, but either Lanyon is really bad at writing sex scenes, or Free is really bad at reading them. My guess is some of both, but I'd have to compare by reading the text to really decide, and I don't own the text version. I mostly found myself laughing through the sex scenes, as they felt ridiculous and overwrought. Mercifully, they were short. I think Lanyon would have been better off with a brief, non-graphic description for them, then cutting back in for the aftermath, but I'm aware that the book industry seems to think anything with a male-male relationship is expected to show the sex, so... * shrugs *
Since I'm more interested in the plot, I was just amused by the whole thing, though I did wonder how hard it would be to edit those scenes out for future listens....
#MM #Mystery #Meta #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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Ninefox Gambit
- By: Yoon Ha Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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To win an impossible war, Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general.
Captain Kel Cheris of the Hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris' career isn't the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the Hexarchate itself might be next.
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Just too confusing with enough context
- By Jose Alvarez on 04-02-17
- Ninefox Gambit
- By: Yoon Ha Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Hard to get into, but worth it once you do
Reviewed: 11-14-18
Slow beginning, but once it got going, I didn't want to put it down. Note that before it got going I put it down and it was 7 months until I got back to it, but I'm very glad I did. Once Cheris is given access to Jedao, the story really takes off. Jedao's motives and loyalties are unclear, though his ability is obvious early on. Impressively, Cheris is mostly able to hold her own against him. Her journey from Kel to ... something else ... is intense and believable.
I'm giving this four stars for the strength of the ending. I think it's a case of the author starting too soon. The story probably should have started with Cheris finding herself melded to Jedao, and given any necessary details from before that as flashbacks or thought-paragraphs. From that point on, I was hooked, but I nearly gave up on it before then. This is one that could even get away with starting at the very end, and telling all the rest through flashbacks. That might not be as good an idea, since it would spoil the ultimate outcome (which I will not do here).
As for the narration, Zeller is quite good. She puts a lot more emotion into character voices than most narrator's I've listened to. Part of me thinks it's a tad too much, but I often find myself thinking that other narrators don't put enough, so I'm probably just hard to please on that count.
#SF #magic #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
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In this Hugo-winner from Connie Willis, when too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful - to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.
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A fun read
- By Sara on 07-23-08
- To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Silly romp through the English countryside
Reviewed: 11-14-18
Much more lighthearted than the first book (and pretty much standalone; you don't need to read Doomsday Book for this one to make sense). Just as much fun as I'd remembered. And I managed to follow the plot better, as I remembered most of what was coming up.
One unexplained thing that seems problematic: In The Doomsday Book, it's a major plot point that they have to pick Kivrin up on the same date in her time as it currently is in their time. However, it is also implied that time travel has advanced since then, so possibly they've just gotten better at it. Only... that doesn't seem to have been the case for some very plot relevant drops ... but those were before they had the "safeties" in the net to prevent incongruities. * shrugs * It just doesn't quite feel right. Possibly Willis had forgotten about that detail, or possibly she ignored it because it didn't work with the story she wanted to tell.
Oh, also, "handhelds" (presumably cell phones) do now exist in the future.
The narration is quite good, but it's a bit odd that Mr. Dunworthy sounds vaguely Scottish here, whereas he sounded full-on British in Doomsday Book. Different narrators, but you'd think someone would check for things like that. Also, the name "Badri" (had to look up the spelling) is pronounced completely differently between the books. "buhDREE" in Doomsday Book, but "BAHD-ree" in this.
#TimeTravel #Pets #BirdStump #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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Doomsday Book
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
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For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong.
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Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting
- By mudcelt on 11-02-09
- Doomsday Book
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Impressive but Bleak
Reviewed: 11-14-18
Impressive, but not one to read for cheering up. There are attempts to lift the mood with keystone-cop-antics, and they help some, but a story set in one time in a flu pandemic, and in another during the plague, is still not particularly light. There's a sort of comedy of errors around the time machine (called simply "the net") and sending Kivrin, and getting her back, but there's an awful lot of bleakness as well. I'd read it once before in college, and knew what to expect. Definitely one to be prepared for before reading.
There are some oddities that show up because of when it was written. It's set around 2050, but no one has cell phones, and there's no reference to email or the internet. The same story could be woven with those element and a few adjustments, but it certainly feels rather strange for those to be missing.
As for the audio version, Jenny Sterlin is mostly a fine narrator, except that she cannot do a decent American accents. She kind of gets the vowels most of the time, but cannot seem to do a strong American 'r'; the best she manages is a New Yohk 'r'. As the Americans are mostly comic relief, this kind of works, but I really hope she got a dialect coach before doing any other American accents...
#TimeTravel #Plague #Bureaucracy #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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Good Omens
- By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
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At long last!!
- By Mike From Mesa on 11-21-09
- Good Omens
- By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
Old favorite, now on audio
Reviewed: 11-14-18
This one is an old favorite, but this is my first time listening to the audio-version. Very good narrator. Admittedly, I'm probably biased because he makes Crowley sound like David Tennant (who will be playing Crowley in the Amazon adaptation early next year). Recommended in both book and audio form (and hoping that the upcoming video form will be at least as good).
#Apocalypse #FourHorsemen #BookOfProphecy #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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