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Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts
- Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Mae West is getting settled into the RV lifestyle as the owner of a Happy Trails Campground in Normal, Kentucky. Betts Hager is desperate for help with her cleaning business, and Mae offers her services. Heiress Tammy Jo Bentley's mansion is the first one on her schedule, and Mae makes sure Tammy Jo's house is spotless because the Kentucky Kennel Association's annual meeting is going to be held at the mansion. Fifi, Tammy Jo's high pedigree, insured poodle, is going to be on display, but before the annual meeting, Camille Braun, Fifi's nanny, is stabbed to death.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Way too many continuity flaws!
- By Frog Lady on 04-12-19
- Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts
- Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Fun and exciting
Reviewed: 03-22-20
This one felt less predictable than the first. Audio narration was also less flat and more interestingly done.
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Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries
- Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 574
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 513
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Story4 out of 5 stars 512
Mae West, a far cry from the Hollywood actress, has been thrown for a loop. Her plush lifestyle in the big city of New York comes to a screeching halt after the FBI raids her mansion and arrests her husband, Paul West, for a Ponzi scheme that rips people out of millions of dollars. Mae finds herself homeless, friendless, and penniless. All hope isn't lost... the only thing Mae got to keep that the government didn't seize is a tourist camp ground, Happy Trails, in Normal, Kentucky.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very good start
- By S. on 04-14-19
- Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries
- Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Tonya Kappes
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Cute and heartfelt
Reviewed: 03-21-20
Love the story and the characters. Felt real and warm. The narrator did an ok job of things but her pacing was weird.
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The Queens of Animation
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
- By: Nathalia Holt
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Buy this book!! Truly Inspiring and fascinating!
- By Ellen on 02-05-20
- The Queens of Animation
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
- By: Nathalia Holt
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Great truthful retelling
Reviewed: 03-18-20
Saskia Maarleveld puts so much heart into Holt’s words that it was hard to turn this book off. I love knowing that many of the things I love most about Disney are because of these strong women, and more, who fought through so much adversity to succeed.
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The Science of Sci-Fi
- From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel
- By: Erin Macdonald, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Erin Macdonald
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,060
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,033
Science fiction allows us to go places we can only dream of seeing - other worlds, distant stars, entirely different galaxies. While not every story is concerned with the hard science behind space travel and other futuristic ventures, fiction can give us amazing insight into what we could be capable of and what we dream of doing. In these 10 lectures, Professor Erin Macdonald interweaves real science and the achievements of the imagination to reveal the truth that underlies our favorite stories and sheds light on what the future may hold.
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3 out of 5 stars
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surfing the surface
- By scarlet on 01-13-20
- The Science of Sci-Fi
- From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel
- By: Erin Macdonald, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Erin Macdonald
Very technical and repetitive
Reviewed: 03-11-20
I couldn’t get past the second one. It was very in depth and she’s very passionate about it, but this wasn’t for me.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,233
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it So Much I Bought it After Reading it Free
- By J. Mattox on 05-17-17
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
Interesting Personal Journey
Reviewed: 03-08-20
This book was a fun memoir about the cremation & funerary business in early 2000s California. It was joyous, sad, gruesome, and not-so-glamorous.
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Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40,376
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35,696
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35,514
Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s 20, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this book...
- By Stine on 03-17-19
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber
Parallels to Real Bands’ Stories
Reviewed: 03-07-20
If you took Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, and The Beach Boys and put them in a fiction blender, that’s where Daisy Jones & The Six lies. There’s a lot of truth in there, and a lot of heart. It felt real and plausible.
I recently heard there’s a television adaptation coming soon. Interested to see how it works.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24,895
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22,279
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22,175
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A strong story
- By Anita Kristensen on 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
Colorful, Momentous, Personal
Reviewed: 03-06-20
A letter from an old woman to the daughter of someone she loved, this is a tale of passion, growth, and life. A wide swath of personalities and characters light the Manhattan streets through decades of adventures and misadventures in and around New York.
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Alone with the Stars
- By: David R. Gillham
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Emily Bauer
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11,438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,090
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,048
In the summer of 1937, Amelia Earhart is the most famous woman in the world - a record-breaking pilot, a best-selling author, and a modern woman shattering the glass ceiling in the early days of aviation. And then she vanishes. In Tampa, Florida, 15-year-old Lizzie Friedlander spends her afternoons glued to her father’s radio, tapping into the enormity of a world she longs to travel. Lizzie can hardly believe her ears when she picks up a radio signal from a faraway source that sets her heart racing: “Amelia Earhart calling SOS!”
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1 out of 5 stars
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“Lizzy Friedlander” has a real name!!!
- By Sheryl McCallister on 02-02-20
- Alone with the Stars
- By: David R. Gillham
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Emily Bauer
Small Part of the Mystery
Reviewed: 02-08-20
When it comes to Earhart conspiracies, there’s thousands of options out there. This links the 2 most common & widespread stories.
While it is very interestingly done, it feels to me like it needed more fleshing out. The jumping between characters was nice, but I think with a wider story, it would not have felt so abrupt.
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Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,365
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,089
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not a fan
- By Chris Hedges on 02-18-20
- Lady Clementine
- A Novel
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
Fascinating & Personal
Reviewed: 01-27-20
I honestly knew nothing about Clementine Churchill before starting this book.
It’s a journal-style view of her life from Meeting Winston through the end of WWII. It encompasses their personal and political endeavors, while highlighting the friction and strife of being a woman, let alone a woman of power. Some of the best moments were the emotional family dynamics, layered in with a struggle to balance being a mother and serving her country. It goes to show that all families struggle with addiction, loss, and work-life balance.
Elizabeth Sastre does a great job carrying Clementine’s story, as well as all the family and interim characters. Her portrayals of the Roosevelts were my favorite.
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,057
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,047
Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best audiobook ever
- By KayMac on 09-02-19
- The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
Great story of passion & family
Reviewed: 01-22-20
I really enjoyed this layered generational tale of struggle, emotions, and strength. The characters are unique and warm, with lots of interesting connections. I love that it mixes actual true facts in with the fictional tale. Although some of the complexities of brewing may go over some readers’ heads, there’s a good balance, and the minutia of the process blends well with the story.
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