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Title: A Mixture of Madness

Subtitle: The Bow of Heaven, Book 2

Author: Andrew Levkoff

Narrator: Andrew Levkoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-16

Publisher: Peacock Angel Publishing LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

At 19, they chained Alexandros to the monstrous tail of a victorious Roman army marching home; just one more morsel among thousands for a city always hungry for another helping of slaves. Thirty years later, he rides at the head of seven legions beside his master and benefactor. Marcus Licinius Crassus is a man bent upon a war of revenge. Alexandros will do anything to stop him.

Members Reviews:

Second book

Really enjoyed this book. It made me laugh, cry and yell at. I listened in my car and sometimes I sat in the car in my drive to get to a place to stop.

Can't wait for book 3 to be put on audible.

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Title: The Muse

Author: Jessie Burton

Narrator: Cathy Tyson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A picture hides a thousand words....

On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever.

Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad five years ago, she has been offered a job as a typist under the tutelage of the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick. Although Quick takes Odelle into her confidence and unlocks a potential she didn't know she had, she remains a mystery - never more so than when a lost masterpiece with a secret history is delivered to the gallery.

The truth about the painting lies in 1936 and a large house in rural Spain where Olive Schloss, the daughter of a renowned art dealer, is harbouring ambitions of her own. Into this fragile paradise come artist and revolutionary Isaac Robles and his half sister, Teresa, who immediately insinuate themselves into the Schloss family, with explosive and devastating consequences....

Seductive, exhilarating and suspenseful, The Muse is an unforgettable novel about aspiration and identity, love and obsession, authenticity and deception - a masterpiece from the million-copy best-selling author of The Miniaturist.

Members Reviews:

Left me emotionally confused... But I loved it!

Had I reviewed this book when I had first finished it, it would tell of disappointment and frustration. Frustration that none of the story lines in the book end how you want or think. Every time you felt you were on top, or wished for something, the book would just do the total opposite. So, when I finished the book, I was annoyed.

Given a while, I realised how fond I was of it and how brilliant it truly was. It wasn't a fairy tale ending like so many books, neither was it predictably morose. It was interesting, gripping and kept me on my toes! I got over my petulance at it not turning out how I'd hoped and realised how much I liked it. It's the first book that's ever made me feel this way!

It was very well read but I found her accent for Odell a little one-mood (she sounded excited at almost everything she said!) but nothing too major.

I've enjoyed both of Jessie Burton's books- both totally worth it!!

A Tale of Artists, Love, Identity & Deception.

Any additional comments?

I was underwhelmed by Jessie Burton's first, hugely successful novel,The Miniaturist. So I approached this book with a certain degree of caution. But I was totally won over by this cleverly concocted tale of love and loss, identity and deception, the intrinsic and monetary value of art and the power of grief,set in two separate time periods.

Odelle Bastien finds herself in her dream job, working at a London art gallery by day and writing stories in her spare time. She meets her mysterious employer, Marjorie Quick, and soon becomes the older woman's protégée. And confidante.

When Odelle's boyfriend Laurie brings a painting owned by his late mother to the gallery for evaluation, Marjorie reacts curiously and refuses to engage with other staff about it. But she starts demanding information about the painting's provenance, Laurie's connections to the artist and how his mother came to be in possession of it.

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Title: A Trick of the Light

Subtitle: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 3

Author: David Ashton

Narrator: David Ashton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-16

Publisher: Two Roads

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

London had Sherlock Holmes. The dark alleys of Edinburgh had Inspector McLevy.

Known as the father of forensics and a likely influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, real-life police inspector James McLevy is here reinvented by David Ashton in a thrilling mystery - the third in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.

Halloween 1881, Edinburgh, and the dead are restless. In respectable Edinburgh society, beautiful young American spiritualist Sophia Adler is causing a furor with her dramatic séances. But the ghosts of the past seem hell-bent on retribution.

Inspector James McLevy finds his investigations distracted by more earthly concerns when Muriel Grierson, an outwardly genteel widow, is robbed at home. Her knight in shining armour - one Arthur Conan Doyle, recently graduated from medical school - is keen to learn from such a master of detection as the renowned inspector, but McLevy is less sure that he requires a new acolyte.

A vicious murder occurs with evidence of supernatural strength and violence. Treachery revenged from a battle long ago. All roads lead to Sophia Adler, and the inspector becomes involved with one of the most dangerous women he has ever encountered.

Critic Reviews:

"David Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh." (Financial Times)

"Elegant and convincing." (The Times)

"Ashton is the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson." (Brian Cox)

"Excellent." (The Sherlock Holmes Society)

Members Reviews:

Recording is missing last eight chapter (10/20/16)

CAUTION: As of October 20th, Audible still had not repaired the file they've posted for this book. The available version ends at Chapter 35, while the book goes on another eight chapters. (We will know when the file is fixed by checking out its timing: the truncated version runs for 12 hours and 34 minutes. The full version will probably run to 13 hours and something.)

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE: As interesting and engaging are the plots and the characters in the McLevy series, David Ashton's narration will be the sticking point for listeners. Simply put, Ashton violates every rule that voice actors and radio talent are taught (I used to produce for public radio): Ashton "kisses" the microphone so there's a lot of mouth and breath noise; he sometimes reads at painfully slow pace - in part because he often indulges in what I call a "purple delivery." By this I mean his cadences become over-the-top (hammy and melodramatic), or under-the-bottom (he speaks so low and slow that many of his words become swallowed inside his guttural Scottish accent.) In short, this incredibly mannered performance ranges from the broadly exaggerated to the muddy and indecipherable. Listening to Ashton can be an extremely frustrating experience and will no doubt put off a lot of people

HOWEVER ... I must add that the very weirdness of Ashton's delivery stirred my curiosity and now that I've gotten used to it, I find it mesmerizing, moody, and entertaining. (His Scottish accent helps make the performance work: I doubt he could read like this with a normal British accent.) BUT I couldn't really listen to the performance until I sped up the audio playback by 15% (that is, what used to last 100 seconds now lasts 85 seconds.) At this speed, no part of Ashton's delivery sounds rushed (as it can at 20%).

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Title: Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3

Subtitle: The Poignant BBC Radio 4 Comedy

Author: Marie Phillips

Narrator: Daniel Rigby, full cast, Stephen Fry, Tamsin Greig

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-16

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig star in all three series of the poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.

Warhorses of Letters is the world's finest and best-loved equine, military, epistolary romance, comprising the newly discovered love letters between two horses united by passion but cruelly divided by conflict.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, these 12 episodes introduce us to Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's frisky young racehorse, and his hero, Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon.

From the early days of the Peninsular Campaign to the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath, we follow our horse heroes as their romance blossoms, their fortunes fluctuate and uncertainty and jealousy put strains on their burgeoning relationship. Can they ever be truly together, or are they doomed to remain sundered by fate?

Written by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips, this moving, surreal comedy stars Stephen Fry as Marengo and Daniel Rigby as Copenhagen, with Tamsin Greig as the narrator. Totally unique and utterly entertaining, it will appeal to all lovers of horses, history and humour.

Duration: 2 hours, 50 mins approx.

Members Reviews:

Marvellous radio

Funny and well played, an inventive series that manages to be very compelling listening. I would highly recommend as a listen that you can drop in and out of.

Amazing

One of the best things I've ever listened to. Heart breaking ending. Love love it.

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Titolo: La sposa giovane

Autore: Alessandro Baricco

Narratore: Tatiana Lepore

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 5 hrs and 53 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-04-16

Editore: Audible Studios

Valutazioni: 4 su 5 su 8 voti

Categoria: Fiction, Historical

Riepilogo Editore:

Siamo all'inizio del secolo scorso. La promessa sposa è giovane, arriva da lontano, e la famiglia la accoglie, quasi distrattamente, nella elegante residenza fuori città. Il figlio non c'è, è lontano, a curare gli affari della prospera azienda tessile. Manda doni ingombranti. E la sposa lo attende dentro le intatte e rituali abitudini della casa, soprattutto le ricche colazioni senza fine. C'è in queste ore diurne un'eccitazione, una gioia, un brio direttamente proporzionale all'ansia, allo spasimo delle ore notturne, che, così vuole la leggenda, sono quelle in cui, nel corso di più generazioni, uomini e donne della famiglia hanno continuato a morire. Il maggiordomo Modesto si aggira, esatto, a garantire i ritmi della comunità.

Lo zio agisce e delibera dietro il velo di un sonno che non lo abbandona neppure durante le partite di tennis. Il padre, mite e fermo, scende in città tutti i giovedì. La figlia combatte contro l'incubo della notte. La madre vive nell'aura della sua bellezza mitologica. Tutto sembra convergere intorno all'attesa del figlio. E in quell'attesa tutti i personaggi cercano di salvarsi.

>> Questo audiobook in edizione integrale vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale.

©2015 Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore S.r.l. (P)2016 Audible GmbH

Recensioni dei membri:

Refreshing, intelligent, inspiring.

Would you listen to La sposa giovane again? Why?

Yes. It gives a never ending stimulating intellectual experience

What was one of the most memorable moments of La sposa giovane?

When the author becomes integrated part of the group.....

Which character as performed by Tatiana Lepore was your favorite?

La sposa, off course.

If you could take any character from La sposa giovane out to dinner, who would it be and why?

La sposa, off course....

Any additional comments?

A new way to write, original and unique.

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Title: Wolf's Mouth

Author: John Smolens

Narrator: Clay Lomakayu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In 1944, Italian officer Captain Francesco Verdi is captured by Allied forces in North Africa and shipped to a POW camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where the senior POW, the ruthless Kommandant Vogel, demands that all prisoners adhere to his Nazi dictates. His life threatened, Verdi escapes from the camp and meets up with an American woman, Chiara Frangiapani, who helps him elude capture as they flee to the Lower Peninsula.

By 1956, they have become Frank and Claire Green, a young married couple building a new life in postwar Detroit. When INS agent James Giannopoulos tracks them down, Frank learns that Vogel is executing men like Frank for their wartime transgressions. As a series of brutal murders rivets Detroit, Frank is caught between American justice and Nazi vengeance. In Wolf 's Mouth, the recollections of Francesco Verdi/Frank Green give voice to the hopes, fears, and hard choices of a survivor as he strives to escape the ghosts of history.

Critic Reviews:

"Smolens delivers a thrilling story of good versus evil.... It's beautifully and thoughtfully written, and it's bound to become part of Michigan's folk history." (Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of

Tell Your Daughters)

Members Reviews:

Where did they find this narrator?

This was a good story. Why they hired a reader who pronounces the word "Escape" as though it has an "X" in it, in a book about a Prisoner of War camp, no less, is beyond me. The constant mispronunciation of numerous words along with the phony Italian accent, made it very difficult to get through this book.

Great book

Loved the historical fiction in the novel. Kept my attention through the whole book, and I enjoyed the character development and plot.

unique story, narration detracts

Where does Wolf's Mouth rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Very interesting story on a subject I've not encountered before. A double pleasure for a lifelong Michigan/Detroit area resident.

What did you like best about this story?

Most enjoyed the complexity of events, people, and identities AFTER Frank's escape from the POW camp.

Did Clay Lomakayu do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

I'm sorry, but Clay's rather singsong attempt at an Italian accent was lamentable and distracting. Further, he should have studied up a bit about the pronunciation of Italian and local Michigan names and places.

Who was the most memorable character of Wolf's Mouth and why?

The protagonist, Frank, of course. His character could be seen emerging and developing during the trajectory of his life and the circumstances he encountered.

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Title: At the Edge of the Orchard

Author: Tracy Chevalier

Narrator: Liza Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-16

Publisher: Whole Story Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Ohio, 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. As fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts.

Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, is drifting through gold rush California. When he finds steady work for a plant collector, peace seems finally to be within reach. But the past is never really past, and one day Robert is forced to confront the brutal reason he left behind everything he loved.

Members Reviews:

Great experience and so well written

I enjoyed the earthy simplicity and untold toils of the family. The focus on nature was a wonderful escape from our fast paced world.

Another brilliant book by Tracey Chevalier

What made the experience of listening to At the Edge of the Orchard the most enjoyable?

I enjoyed listening to the story about a family while learning about a period in history and a subject I've never even thought about really-who knew apple growing could be so interesting? Tracey Chevalier has a way of entwining a human story with history that brings her books to life.

Have you listened to any of Liza Rosss other performances? How does this one compare?

no, but I liked her narration.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes,definitely. Sadie, the mother, is very unlikeable as is the Father. Robert's story is amazing and Martha's life made me want to cry, she was so badly treated by her mother and had a terrible childhood. The family had such a tough life which you can imagine is very true of many families at that time.

Any additional comments?

Wonderful book, highly recommended, I'm working through the rest of Tracey's books and look forward to her next one.

Stunning

The thing about Tracy Chevalier is that she can take a completely random subject, such as the growing of trees and particularly apples, and weave around it a truly magical story. The result is not only an education but a feeling of 'Wholeness' that will stay with me for days alongside the glow of a beautiful novel.

I'm glad I listened to this book rather than read it as Liza Ross added greatly to the storytelling with all the beautiful accents she brought along. I have read quite a few of this authors books now and have enjoyed them all to varying degrees. But this, and the Last Runaway are by far my favourites....up to now anyway!

Great characters and strong plotting

Would you consider the audio edition of At the Edge of the Orchard to be better than the print version?

Tracy Chevalier writes well and is an interesting read and listen.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Tracey Chevalier creates strong characters and even the minor players have personality. They're all plausible and full f life.

Which character as performed by Liza Ross was your favourite?

I like all.

Any additional comments?

What a wonderful blend of loosely fact based fiction. Strong sense of time and place, lively dialogue and a story that draws you in and keeps you engrossed.

Sadly not the author's best (for me)

I loved The Last Chevalier and enjoyed Remarkable Creatures, but sadly this novel didn't live up to expectations. The story follows a woman living with her family in the black swamp and the difficulties they have trying to make a living on the farm. There is a lot of info about the orchard and apples.

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Title: Nostradamus - The Quatrains to Hell

Author: ArchAngel

Narrator: David Michael Goldberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-16

Publisher: 2nd Empire Media

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Famous seer and sage Nostradamus was born in 1503 AD in St. Remi in southern France. He died in 1566.

Many have revered him. To the people of France, he was an amazing and innovative physician who saved them from the plague of the

Sixteenth century. To others, he was a dark magician and astrologer. He was also a member of the court of Catherine de Médicis, then queen of France. During WWII the Nazis and the British both used his work for the purpose of propaganda.

To many of us today, he is best known as the author of a book of his own prophecies called Centuries, which he first published in 1555. It's written entirely in four-line rhyming versus known as "quatrains", which cryptically describe events from his time through the year 3757 AD.

This is a collection of short stories based upon a few of the thousands of predictions of the man simply known as Nostradamus as well as some historical accounts. The stories contained inside bring the prophecies to life, however, the characters in this program places are fictitious and are based up on no real person or location, but the predictions and words of Nostradamus found within the stories are very real.

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Title: The Legend of Jake Jackson

Subtitle: The Last of the Great Gunfighters and Comanche Warriors

Author: William H. Joiner Jr.

Narrator: Wes Elliott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-16

Publisher: William H. Joiner Jr.

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Jake Jackson's white family was killed when he was a baby by a Comanche war party. Jake's red family raised him as White Wolf, Comanche warrior. He became a celebrated warrior of the tribe. When the Comanche were forced onto a reservation by the US military and the decimation of the buffalo herd, Jake transitioned to the white world and became known as the fastest gun on the western frontier.

Members Reviews:

Fantastic Read by the great William Joiner!!!

Another fantastic read from author, William Joiner, Jr. The book has a lot of great imagery, and you will feel like you are living back in the days on the OK Corral. The books has a lot of great characters, especially the owner of the bar with the picture of the naked woman behind the bar, which classes up the joint. Just the imagination of the author always surprises me in each book that he has wrote. Congrats William Joiner on a great book! Keep up the good work and I cannot wait until you release more of these timeless masterpieces.

A master storyteller...

Bill Joiner is a MASTER storyteller. He takes you to places you've never been, to experience things you've never thought about, and makes it all matter to you. My only complaint is that when I'm in the middle of one of his stories I lose a LOT of sleep!!! He makes me need "just one more chapter" until the wee hours of the morning. Do yourself a favor...let him take you on one of his adventures. The stories he shares with you will last long after that last chapter...

Get it -- read it -- love it! Great read for a multitude of reasons

Get it -- read it -- love it!

Great read for a multitude of reasons. Cowboys, indians -- love, loss -- bravado, courage -- it's just a beautifully intertwined adventure where you can truly get lost in this western tale. Always been a big fan of humor and slight (read "open") awesomeness in my protagonists that I get attached to. William Joiner delivers this in spades.

both good and bad

Outstanding characters, both good and bad, an emotional rollercoaster with VERY steep drops, and a first class page-turner.

Highly recommend the book - Mr

I don't usually read westerns but got this at the recommendation of a friend when he noticed one of the "soiled doves" and I shared the same name. Could't put it down. William H. Joiner may be able to get me to switch literary genres. Highly recommend the book - Mr. Joiner has a great insight as to characters.

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Title: The Jewish Nun

Subtitle: Jew, Atheist, Philosopher, Feminist, Catholic Nun, Martyr, Saint and Co- Patron of Europe

Author: Lazaro Droznes

Narrator: Ayelet Sror

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-16

Publisher: UNITEXTO LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This fictional drama depicts the story of Edith Stein in her terrible arc of life that summarizes the essential features of the biggest tragedy of the 20th century: the Nazism.

Edith Stein was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun, was sent to Auschwitz in retaliation for the protests of the Dutch clergy regarding the treatment of the Jews, was murdered, and later canonized by the Catholic Church and finally declared Saint and co-patroness of Europe.

In this fiction, a former University classmate, now colonel of the SS, meets Edith Stein in Auschwitz to persuade her to contribute to the doctrinal development of a new religion that would be functional to the Nazi regime. The story presents the development of the conflict between two world views that are absolutely irreconcilable.

Members Reviews:

It's a play

It's not a book. It's narrated like a play. I thought it was her life's story.

Completely awful

The narrator hasnt a clue- pronounces the German word Jude as if it were like the Jude in Hey Jude or Jude the Obscure! The discussion is hardly intelligent or even vaguely interesting or worthy of a highly educated woman like Edith Stein. I was disappointed, as I thought the idea was original. Short though it is, I couldnt finish it!