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Publisher's summary
The follow-up novel to the blockbuster Sideways, the basis of a major motion picture, tracks the continuing story of Miles Raymond and his buddy Jack.
It’s seven years later. Miles has written a novel that has been made into a wildly successful movie, and the movie has changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced, has a kid, and is on the skids. Phyllis, Miles’ mom, has suffered a stroke that’s left her wheelchair-bound and wasting away in assisted living. She desperately wants to live with her sister in Wisconsin. When Miles gets invited to be master of ceremonies at the International Pinot Festival in Oregon, he hatches a harebrained road trip. With Jack as his copilot, he leases a handicapped-equipped van, hires a pot-smoking Filipina caretaker, and, with his mother’s rascally Yorkie in tow, they take off for Wisconsin via Oregon’s fabled Willamette Valley.
This is a road novel for the smart set and wine lovers, and it is anything but predictable.
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- By: Tess Wakefield
- Narrated by: Kyle Mason, Shayna Thibodeaux
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Cassie Salazar and Luke Morrow couldn't be more different. Sharp-witted Cassie works nights at a bar in Austin, Texas, to make ends meet while pursuing her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Luke is an army trainee, about to ship out for duty, who finds comfort in the unswerving discipline of service. But a chance encounter at Cassie's bar changes the course of both their lives.
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RATING PURPLE HEARTS BOOK VS PURPLE HEARTS MOVIE
- By Rozzy on 02-05-23
By: Tess Wakefield
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Finding the Grain
- By: Wynn Malone
- Narrated by: Amber Benson
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Kentucky was only ever going to be a summer job. Come fall, Blue Riley would be back in North Carolina, in college. But one job led to another, one town led to another, and one woman led to another. Now, after twenty years Blue faces the hardest question of all - is it time to go home?
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The Passage of Time feels undefined.
- By Delennish on 01-29-15
By: Wynn Malone
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The Archangel: An Azrael Story
- The Soul Summoner Companion Stories, Book 3
- By: Elicia Hyder
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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The Archangel of Death is the master of taking human life. But keeping mortals alive? Not exactly Azrael's forte. For thousands of years, Azrael’s greatest enemy has been silent. Leaving him in relative peace for the first time since the great angel war. Now that silence has been broken, and the Morning Star has returned with a dangerous ultimatum: Azrael can join, or watch everything he loves be destroyed. Two lives hang in the balance - Azrael’s beloved human wife, Nadine, and their unborn, part-angel son...Warren.
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Phenomenal!
- By Sam on 04-02-20
By: Elicia Hyder
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Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
- By: Jonathan Evison
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Benjamin Benjamin has lost virtually everything - his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. With few options, Ben enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving taught in the basement of a local church. There Ben is instructed in the art of inserting catheters and avoiding liability and how to keep physical and emotional distance between client and provider. But when Ben is assigned to 19-year-old Trev, he discovers that the endless mnemonics and service plan checklists have done little to prepare him.
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Unlike!
- By Pamela Harvey on 01-02-13
By: Jonathan Evison
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The Happy Man
- A Tale of Horror
- By: Eric C. Higgs
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Charles Ripley has a good job as an engineer, a pretty wife, and an expensive house in a fashionable San Diego suburb. But it isn't until Ruskin Marsh moves in next door that Ripley realizes how passionless his life really is. Marsh, a connoisseur of the arts, high-powered lawyer, model husband and father, and effortless seducer of women, is so supremely alive that Ripley finds himself irresistibly drawn to him. But after Marsh's arrival, local girls begin to vanish, marriages end violently, and horribly mutilated corpses are found.
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a neighborhood friend telling you a crazy story
- By Midwestbonsai on 04-15-18
By: Eric C. Higgs
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Inheriting Edith
- A Novel
- By: Zoe Fishman
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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For years Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in the glittering homes of wealthy New York City clients, scrubbing, dusting, mopping, and doing all she can to keep her head above water as a single mother. Everything changes when a former employer dies, leaving Maggie a staggering inheritance - a house in Sag Harbor. The catch? It comes with an inhabitant: the deceased's 82-year old mother, Edith.
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Narrator is distracting.
- By Onelove on 05-13-20
By: Zoe Fishman
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Beautiful Oblivion
- Maddox Brothers, Book 1
- By: Jamie McGuire
- Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt. Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red.
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Boring, Cliched, Annoying
- By Allison on 07-14-14
By: Jamie McGuire
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Double Feature
- A Novel
- By: Owen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan family’s friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everything - regret, resentment, ambition, dignity, moving pictures, the dead - and taking it again from the top. Combining propulsive storytelling and mordant wit against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, Double Feature brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.
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Worst book ever! Well maybe.
- By Randall on 08-11-17
By: Owen King
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The Real Animal House
- By: Chris Miller
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Animal House, the film adaptation of stories Chris Miller published in National Lampoon about his experiences at a Dartmouth fraternity, is among the most beloved and successful comedies of all time. In fact, its portrayal of college party life is still imitated on campuses across the country: toga party, anyone? Now Chris Miller can finally answer the fans who all want to know one thing: was it really like that? The answer: yes, but much, much more out of control!
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This book makes the movie look tame.
- By Arthur on 08-31-12
By: Chris Miller
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Let's Get Lost
- By: Adi Alsaid
- Narrated by: Amanda Cobb
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: A girl named Leila. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. There's Hudson, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And Bree, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday - and a few stolen goods along the way. Elliot believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And Sonia worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
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Great story!
- By Snigdha on 05-18-16
By: Adi Alsaid
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Where Sea Meets Sky
- By: Karina Halle
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Nelson Hobbs
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Joshua Miles has spent his early 20s spinning his wheels. Working dead-end jobs and living at home has left him exhausted and uninspired, with little energy to pursue his passion for graphic art. All that changes when he meets Gemma Henare, a vivacious out-of-towner from New Zealand. What begins as a one-night stand soon becomes a turning point for Josh. He can't get Gemma out of his head, even after she has left for home, and finds himself throwing caution to the wind for the first time in his life.
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Narration great, story boring
- By Desiree on 09-27-20
By: Karina Halle
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-30-22
Good story
Even though there are three books in the series, Vertical seems like a proper ending for Miles and Jack and his mom. The story had some great moments, and was quite the adventure from Los Angeles to Sheboygan Wisconsin.
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- G.Yoon
- 09-21-17
Excellent!!!
I loved this audiobook, sideways is one of my favorite movies and always wondered what happened to Miles. This was a great to ending to one of my favorite fictional characters. Thank you for writing this book!!
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- SChardonnay
- 03-22-17
Good but at times boring
First Brick was good at narrating. He reminded me of Giamatti.
Now the storyline I was mixed. The mom stuff made this sequel into a drama. The ending was good.
If they do make a movie omit mom stuff and he n jack do a wine road trip through Oregon after her funeral.
As a female I relate to Miles and Im abt to start Sideways Chile
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- marvin
- 07-12-13
Too much unrefined sex
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No, like every other sentence had talk of miles ejaculating it seemed like.
What do you think your next listen will be?
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Which character – as performed by Scott Brick – was your favorite?
In this book no favorite. Brick is good, but miles seems like a completely different person from the miles in "sideways". As does jack. But miles is particularly unlikeable. He's sex obsessed. Treats everyone badly. And especially says mean things to his mom.
Just wayyyyyy to much sex going on with super hot young chicks and miles. Seems like the author is living vicariously thru miles. And it's told in a way that comes off as creepy. Not sensual.
Or maybe I'm missing somethjg?
Do you think Vertical needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
I didn't think sideways did. But I welcomed a new novel with miles and jack. Ultimately I didn't like the direction the characters lives had taken.
Any additional comments?
A dissapointment. Seems a contrived plot to facilitate another road trip.
The characters aren't consistent with sideways and too much sex not portrayed very sexily.
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- Mark Adam Schaftel
- 03-16-16
Exquisite
I have been a fan of the first book and film for years and was always afraid to read the sequel. I feared that if it was not as good, my memory of the first would forever be tainted. I finally fought through my fears and am so pleased I did. What a wonderful story. So full of ups and downs, laughs and tears. Heart warming at its very core. Phenomenal book.
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- Chad
- 01-05-16
Now I know why it's titled, "Vertical..."
Similar aspects to Sideways, but this story takes on a life of its own down the line. Really respect the author's courage to go there.
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- Jawan
- 12-16-19
Love the road-trip!
I love the narration alongside beautiful writing! Vertical features excellent quirky comedy that sideways offered but it also touches raw emotions! Lovely book - I thoroughly enjoyed the full narration. Thank you!
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- Elise Reynolds
- 03-05-15
For Sideways Lovers
I don't think you necessarily need to have seen the movie Sideways or read the book to easily get into this novel. Miles is about as flawed a hero as possible in this novel. There is plenty of madcap adventures and redemptive moments. Pickett does a great job of bringing the auxiliary characters to life. Scott Brick is probably my new favorite narrator, he really brings Miles and the other characters to life.
Not everyone will love this book, a lot of people are going to be put off by all the excessive drinking and the promiscuous sex. Not to mention there are several places in the book where Miles is downright unlikable and it is hard to have sympathy for him. He is not the best of heroes but in the end he does become heroic. For me if you enjoyed the movie Sideways then you definitely need to get this book.
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- J
- 06-17-23
Excellent audiobook
Rex Pickett’s sequel to Sideways finds our heroes in unfamiliar territory. His warts-and-all recounting of the travails of success and aging is outrageous and outlandish, uncomfortable in both its selfishness and selflessness. It is all-to-true seeming in the way it weaves the fine line between reality and fiction in what feels like a near-autobiographical tale. What begins as an irresponsible romp of middle-aged men giving in to their basest pleasures and taking advantage of their privilege turns into them bearing the burden of those choices. While not exactly a new tale, perhaps the Hangover deals with similar themes, Pickett’s poignant prose, striking self-awareness and courage to unflinchingly detail the inner mindset of his main character give this story an unexpected buoyancy.
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- Cristhiaan D. Ochoa
- 06-08-24
Funniest book I have read in a long time.
As the title says. The book had me in stitches. Very funny moments and also very serious ones. Overall, a great book. In my view, better than the Sideways.
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