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Title: Old Fools and Young Hearts

Author: Tom Bodett

Narrator: Tom Bodett

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Popular radio humorist Tom Bodett once again journeys to the End of the Road and introduces listeners to some of the colorful inhabitants of the remote Alaskan town.

©1993 Tom Bodett; (P)2009 Random House

Members Reviews:

Mark Twain meets Northern Exposure

Tom Bodett's name should be Apple Pie. His stories are so heartwarming yet, at the same time, not the least bit cloying. Maybe the only thing better than reading a Tom Bodett story is to sit back and have him read it to us. There isn't a person out there who wouldn't like to hear about the salmon throwing contest or Ed's new age experience. We can all relate to these stories even if they don't (or couldn't) happen to us. I know that I speak for a lot of people when I say I want to live at The End of the Road

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Title: The Better Part of the End of the Road

Author: Tom Bodett

Narrator: Tom Bodett

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The author of The End of the Road and Small Comforts returns to his fictional Alaska town, The End of the Road, to present more unforgettable stories about its colorful inhabitants and their doings.

©2009 Tom Bodett; (P)2009 Random House Audio

Members Reviews:

Another touching addition to the series

Tom Bodett's End of the Road series is a collection of beautifully told stories. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad... always full of heart. There is nothing else like it.

Another great visit to the End of the Road

It's always good to check in and see how the folks are doing in The End of the Road , Alaska . Always a good place to visit . Some times I even think about settling down there .

Brilliant storytelling

Where does The Better Part of the End of the Road rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is the best combination of story and voice I've ever heard. I hardly remember this fellow, but am now going to find the rest of his stuff.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Imagine if Garrison Keillor was four times as funny and had a pleasant voice.

Bodett never disapoints

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a relaxed read

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Better Part of the End of the Road?

There was not just one, its the entire book, a true bit of Alaska life

Have you listened to any of Tom Bodetts other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, and as always its a grand preformance

If you could rename The Better Part of the End of the Road, what would you call it?

I would not rename

Another great set of stories

I love listening to Tom Bodett stories his storytelling is amazing. Makes you long to live there.

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Title: Those Grand Occasions at the End of the Road

Author: Tom Bodett

Narrator: Tom Bodett

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The best-selling humorist returns to The End of the Road, Alaska, to bring to life a new collection of stories about the colorful inhabitants of the unusual town.

©1993 Tom Bodett; (P)2009 Random House

Members Reviews:

:ove It!!

Another great Tom Bodett book. Tom narrates as well as he writes, very good. Great short stories.

Excellent

Published by Random House Audio in 2009

Read by the author, Tom Bodett

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes.

Abridged

This book focuses on town celebrations, thus the references to "Grand Occasions" in the title. The quirky town of End of the Road, Alaska puts its own twist on everything. If you follow this series, that is no surprise. If you have not followed this series, do not start with this one. It is excellent but it depends on the listener actually knowing who the characters are beforehand.

Adolescent Norman Tuttle struggles with being treated like a kid when at Thanksgiving and in other family activities. Meanwhile, the town gets a town Christmas tree thanks to finally getting a public park and, of course, this somehow becomes controversial. New Year's celebrations become more than a bit weird due to the weather.

Perhaps the funniest story is about how the town tries to open a safe that was used as a time capsule. Why? In their excitement to put important documents in it decades ago someone put the only copy of the plans to the city water system in it and now no one can get the capsule open. In their defense, they were asked to put important documents in the time capsule and the water plans are certainly important and no one needed them for years.

Tom Bodett's voice and the piano accompaniment are perfect for these stories. I cannot recommend this series enough.

I rate this audiobook 5 stars out of 5.

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Title: Much Obliged, Jeeves

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Dinsdale Landen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 93 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Everyone - even Augustus the cat - has cause to be obliged to Jeeves when he manages to retrieve the infamous Book - the book which lays bare the private lives of three-quarters of the upper classes. And which could prove to be political dynamite at the Market Snodsbury by-election.

©1971 P.G Wodehouse; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Much Obliged, Jeeves

The book is quite funny, but the reader Dinsdale Landen does not do it justice. He has a pleasant voice, and I'm sure he's very talented - but he reads too fast, crowding the sentences, and the voices of different speakers are too much alike. I found it difficult to tell who was speaking and when the speaker changed, and I kept wishing that it was Martin Jarvis or Jonathan Cecil reading, instead. It was heavy going, to quote Mr. Wodehouse.....

I'd give it 5 stars if Jarvis or Cecil was reading.

Difficult narrator

Compared to some of the other narrators of P.G. Wodehouse's books, this one was not pleasant to listen to--the characters often sounded alike and the narration seemed rushed. Not a bad PGW story; wish it would have been a different narrator.

Hilarious

Wodehouse never disappoints, giving me many belly-laughs which must make the neighbours question my sanity if they hear.

Good stuff from the master

I love listening to P G Wodehouse audiobooks. He is such a good writer that it is sheer pleasure to go at the pace of the narrator so you can savour every word and chortle at every joke.

PGW is on top form in this quite short Jeeves outing. Dinsdale Landen is a fine narrator - really enjoying himself and bringing the book splendidly to life - but he goes just a tad too fast for my liking. Still, well worth a listen and excellent entertainment.

Read too fast

What did you like most about Much Obliged, Jeeves?

The usual Wodehouse story. Fun and beautiful use of language.

How could the performance have been better?

This is read far too fast! It is read at such a rate that I had to listen to it on 75% speed - the first time I have ever had to use this facility. It's not too slow at this speed but it is sometimes difficult to know who is speaking as the characters are not differentiated sufficiently.

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Title: Just Add Trouble

Subtitle: Hetta Coffey Series, Book 3

Author: Jinx Schwartz

Narrator: Beth Richmond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-09

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 71 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

But where Hetta goes, trouble follows, and chaos is sure to ensue. After a run-in with a couple of sea serpents that threaten to rock the boat, she nevertheless decides to take on a project in the port city of Guaymas. After all, Jenks is headed back to Kuwait, so why not cash in on the best of both worlds by making some dough while living aboard her boat in Mexico?

Once again Hetta's indomitable spirit, stubborn independence and penchant for deceit will keep the reader in stitches as she launches herself and her best friend, Jan, into a sea of trouble. A pesky parrot, a drunken aunt and a shadowy figure who is handsome in a "criminal sort of way" lead to murder, mayhem, kidnapping, and run-ins with several federal agencies on both sides of the border.

Members Reviews:

terrible just terrible.

Could not finish this the storyline is so nonsensical it's unbelievable. The main character is truly unlikable, she is whiny brat. the rest of the characters are so two-dimensional it's pathetic, the point where I had to put down the book was where is somebody with the gun all the sudden was Charmed into letting them go because so terrible. The "flirting" was more likely to get them shot and that would have been better, as they couldn't end of the book right there and then. I don't understand how anybody like this or this was published.

What age were the characters supposed to be?

Would you try another book from Jinx Schwartz and/or Beth Richmond?

nope

Would you ever listen to anything by Jinx Schwartz again?

yes, for sure

Any additional comments?

I'm out of this demographic but the characters were so shallow and not all that bright. I gave up listening because it just never got better.

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Title: Three Men on the Bummel

Author: Jerome K. Jerome

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

George, Harris, and J. decide to take a cycling trip through the Black Forest - to be accomplished on a tandem plus one. Whether it is Harris's harrowing experience with a Hanoverian road-waterer or George's valiant attempt to buy a cushion for his aunt, their experiences are hilarious - - and they may even offer some important lessons to all who may be contemplating a cycling trip in the U.S.

Members Reviews:

Another Fine Trip

Anyone who has read or listened to Jerome K. Jerome's best known book, Three Men on a Boat, will come to this audiobook with high expectations. (And if you haven't, you are missing something great. Rush out at once and get a copy.) I consider Three Men on the Bummel to be a worthy follow up book, and Frederick Davidson does a capable job of reading the story. The three men are planning a holiday, away from wives and family. They end up taking their bikes through Germany. The sections of the book where they are planning this trip alone are worth the price! For example, when the main character, "J" (a version of Jerome himself) remembers his error in allowing someone to "overhaul" his bike, it has me rolling with laughter every time I read or hear it. But this is also an interesting historical viewpoint. We learn about Germany and the German people as seen through the eyes of middle class Englishmen in the years just prior to WWI. Reading this book, knowing that within a very few years the countries will be engulfed in war gives the book an additional depth. And, obviusly, the author had no way of knowing what was ahead, but the modern reader does know.

Dreadful narration of wonderful 1900 Jerome story.

What did you like about this audiobook?

Jerome creates comedy not only from his choice of words but from the raised-eyebrow pauses between them. Several characters are timeless because their traveling equivalents exist today: the arrogant traveller who expects every system to run exactly as it does at home; the quarrelsome member of a tour who criticizes the route but offers no help with directions.

How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?

There are traditions and occupations described which I am sure have vanished and others which, I am surprised to find, have persisted. I was delighted to find that the German tradition of putting a restaurant at the top of every picturesque peak amused Jerome in 1900 as much as it did me seventy years later. But I was disturbed to find out that academic dueling has not disappeared from Eastern Europe.

Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?

Tucked into an overall lighthearted story are Jerome's impressions of pre-war Imperial Germany. These are time-capsules and some are now impossible to read without sharp pangs of sadness: Jerome could not have known the devastation that two World Wars would bring. Particularly painful to read, with modern retrospection, is his observation that a venerable 800-year-old Jewish ghetto in Prague is gradually being repaired with new streets, promising in future years to be "the handsomest part of the town."

What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?

Frederick Davison's narration is too sneering to suit the story.

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Titel: Depeche Mode

Autor:: Serhij Zhadan

Erzähler: Harry Rowohlt

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 59 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-19-09

Herausgeber: SchallundWahn

Kategorien: Fiction, Humor

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Die Autorin:

Serhij Zhadan, 1974 im ostukrainischen Starobilsk geboren und Verfasser von bereits elf Büchern Lyrik und Prosa, gilt als "ukrainischer Rimbaud" und führt mit seinen Büchern mitten hinein in die Anarchie der postsowjetischen Umbruchszeit.

Der Sprecher:

Harry Rowohlt, lange Jahre das spätbundesrepublikanische Double von Karl Marx, ist die Seele des souverän gebrummten Hörbuchs. Seine Lesungen sind legendär. Seine Buchkenntnisse ebenso, und seine Liebe zur Literatur kennt keine natürlichen Grenzen.

Kritik Bewertungen:

Schräges, postsozialistisches Roadmovie.

--Deutschlandradio

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Title: The Adventures of Sally

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Pretty, impecunious Sally never dreamed a fortune could prove a disadvantage. Until she became an heiress and watched in bewilderment as her orderly existence went haywire.

(P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Classic (non-Jeeves) Wodehouse

Whenever I'm reading a non-Jeeves or non-Blandings Wodehouse story, I mostly feel like I'm reading the book for some old-fashioned musical: a story full of plucky heroines, misguided heroes, misunderstandings, and delightfully happy endings.

And 'The Adventures of Sally" is another in this vein. Well-read as usual by Jonathan Cecil (my favourite Wodehouse reader), it's a nice little story. Not a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, and a little predictable, but still enjoyable - especially if you're in the mood for a happy ending!

P G Wodehouse, Sally and Jonathan Cecil -- Perfect

What made the experience of listening to The Adventures of Sally the most enjoyable?

Jonathan Cecil is the perfect narrator for P G Wodehouse stories. The two go together like cheese and wine.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sally is the main character and someone you love.

What does Jonathan Cecil bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

Jonathan Cecil brings this excellent story to life with his excellent delivery. In my opinion, there is no other narrator - for P G Wodehouse stories - than Jonathan Cecil.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

This book is heart-warming and great fun.

Any additional comments?

A must for all P G Wodehouse and Jonathan Cecil fans

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Title: Rude Behavior

Author: Dan Jenkins

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Dan Jenkins' uproarious comedic novels deliver barrels of belly laughs. Former football star Billy Clyde Puckett's raunchy humor and obsession with the game collide head first when he founds his own NFL expansion team in West Texas.

©1998 Dan Jenkins; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Members Reviews:

Funny, it's not.....

I love books on sport particularly funny ones but I'm sorry to have to admit to having listened to the first half of this book.

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Title: Summer Moonshine

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-08

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Walsingford Hall belongs to Sir Buckstone, who is in a little financial difficulty. So for a little monetary help he puts a roof over the heads of an odd assortment of people.

©2006 The Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Classic Wodehouse.

Classic Wodehouse and Cecil too. He takes you right there with them, faultless narrative by a master.

wondefull the master at his best made me laugh

wondefull the master at his best made me laugh and smile on the dreary commute to work every day for a month

Timeless classic!

What more can one say!

Apart from that the audiobook is worth every penny!

The man was a genius!

McJJ