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Title: Everybody Rise

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Stephanie Clifford

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-15

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 203 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

An instant New York Times best seller!

Chosen as one of Summer's Best Books by People magazine

Featured in Time magazine's Summer Reading

Entertainment Weekly's Summer Must List

Good Housekeeping Beach Reads Feature

"A witty tale about a high-society wannabe... Little is more delicious than watching an ambitious but tragically flawed protagonist brought down - especially in a designer cocktail dress." (The Washington Post)

Everyone yearns to belong, to be part of the "in crowd", but how far are you willing to go to be accepted? In the case of bright, funny, and socially ambitious Evelyn Beegan, the answer is much too far....

At 26, Evelyn is determined to carve her own path in life and free herself from the influence of her social-climbing mother, who propelled her through prep school and onto New York's glamorous Upper East Side. Evelyn has long felt like an outsider to her privileged peers, but when she gets a job at a social network aimed at the elite, she's forced to embrace them.

Recruiting new members for the site, Evelyn steps into a promised land of Adirondack camps, Newport cottages, and Southampton clubs thick with socialites and Wall Streeters. Despite herself, Evelyn finds the lure of belonging intoxicating and starts trying to pass as old money herself. When her father, a crusading class-action lawyer, is indicted for bribery, Evelyn must contend with her own family's downfall as she keeps up appearances in her new life, grasping with increasing desperation as the ground underneath her begins to give way.

Critic Reviews:

"...the performance is ferociously entertaining, and the intensity of Kellgren's reading propels the plot in a way that is well-nigh irresistible." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

A cautionary tale

Entertaining story about a social climber who loses herself as she pursues what she thinks is a higher status. Even as it heads towards the inevitable conclusion, the story holds your interest. I thought the narrator did a good job of bringing all the characters to life.

LOVE THE STORY, DISLIKE THE CHARACTERS

This book is masterfully crafted to expose the underside of East Coast society in early 2000's. No heroine, no arch enemy...but I couldn't stop listening. Awful people...but don't want to create a spoiler.

Great listen!

The narrator does a great job of portraying the characters throughout--from Mrs. Beegan's faux-old money affectation to Evelyn's posh group of friends and her own attempts at trying to make it among the "real" NYC elite.

Not exactly a breezy beach read

I am sooooo conflicted about this book, but I'll say up front that it's very well written, holding my interest as to how Evelyn would end up; although, it has its cringeworthy moments. Also, it's tough to discuss the book without at least some spoiler aspects, so let's get out of the way that she flies high like an Icarus, crashes badly bruised, and yes, eventually recovers. I felt it helped a lot during the worst of the events that our protagonist is, after all, someone to root for, crazed behavior and all.

Where to start I suppose the class aspect is what got at me the most. I'm peripherally familiar with the Old Money set whom the author sets up as Evelyn's object of desire.

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Title: A House Divided

Author: Robert Whitlow

Narrator: Heath McClure

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-15

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 85 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Corbin Gage can stand up to anyone. But his own divided house will bring him to his knees.

Corbin, a longtime legal champion for the downtrodden, is slowly drinking himself into the grave. His love for "mountain water" has cost him his marriage to the godliest woman he knows, ruined his relationship with his daughter, Roxy, and reduced the business at his small Georgia law firm to a level where he can barely keep the bill collectors at bay. But it isn't until his son, Ray, threatens to limit Corbin's time with his grandson that Corbin begins to acknowledge he might have a problem.

Despite the mess that surrounds his personal life, and against the advice of everyone he knows, Corbin takes on a high-stakes tort case on behalf of two boys who have contracted non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to an alleged chemical exposure. The defendant, a fertilizer company, is the largest employer in the area. The lawsuit becomes a tornado that sucks Corbin, Ray, and Roxy into an increasingly deadly vortex. Equally intense pressure within the family threatens to destroy, once and for all, the thin threads that connect them.

Corbin must find the strength to stand up to his personal demons. Justice for two dying boys depends on it...his family depends on it.

Members Reviews:

I feel like I've been in a church...

listening to a long winded sermon for 11 hours. Novels written to sell a religious perspective are not my thing. I made a mistake of not learning more about the author and the type of book he writes. This book is like those written by Joel C Rosenberg on steroids. I expected a good legal thriller.

And I did listen to a good legal thriller that ends as a tear jerker. I really have no complaints about the quality of the story; it is quite good! Indeed as a legal thriller it is better than Grisham's latest pathetic effort (Rogue Lawyer).

I decided not to down rate A House Divided because of its pushing of a religious point of view. Instead, I have rated it solely on the quality of the story.

Alcoholism, Redemption and Family

I immediately liked Corbin . . . lawyer and champion to the downtrodden in the small Georgia town . . . and its no small coincidence that I did . . . as the adult child of an alcoholic, I identified very much with him and his family . . . when he courageously took on the case of the children who had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, pitting himself and them against the biggest employer in the town, (alleging their illnesses were due to exposure to the chemicals from the local fertilizer plant), my respect grew for him . . . at the same time Corbin was fighting his own demons . . . about to lose the contact with his grandson, Billy, whom he adored, Corbin finally agrees to go to AA meetings . . . and is not entirely successful . . . this story of Corbin, his two grown children, Ray and Roxy . . . big law firms with $ in their eyes . . . rings very true . . . and I appreciate so much the honesty in this tale . . . the truth that life is so ironic, that GOOD lies in the heart of the alcoholics that we love, that justice and right and wrong can be very prevalent in their minds, and that they are fighting a battle that we cannot even fathom . . . the narration left a little to be desired, but otherwise, this is one of the best books . . . the conclusion, too, was very satisfying, both on the legal issue and the eventual healing of the family

Robert whitlow one of the best

Awesome.

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Title: Let Me Explain You

Author: Annie Liontas

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-15

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Let Me Explain You begins with a letter: Stavros Stavros Mavrakis, Greek immigrant and proud owner of the Gala Diner in New Jersey, believes he has just 10 days left to live. He sends a scathing email to his estranged ex-wife and three grown daughters, outlining his wishes for how they each might better their lives. He then prepares for his final hours and wonders why he is alone. With varying degrees of laughter and scorn, his family and friends have dismissed his behavior as nothing more than a predictable plea for attention, but when Stavros really does disappear, those closest to him are forced to confront the possibility of his death and the realities of their loss.

A vibrant tour de force told from multiple perspectives and driving to a surprising conclusion, Let Me Explain You eulogizes Stavros Stavros, turning in part on his realization that "a man spends his whole life trying to say it better" while giving necessary voice to the women in his life. This multigenerational novel explores our origins and family myths, reinvention and forgiveness, hunger and what feeds us. Let Me Explain You is a beautifully told, heartfelt story, and its meditations on the communal power of storytelling and family - most notably the relationship between fathers and daughters, but also the complex bond of sisterhood - are at turns hilarious and deeply moving.

Critic Reviews:

"Annie Liontas has fashioned from the raw facts of immigrant experience and family life a hilarious, fascinating, poetic work of fiction. You'll find yourself rereading it aloud for the guffaws it yanks from you. A dazzling debut destined to become a classic." (Mary Karr)

Let Me Explain You is a big, rollicking, tender novel and family saga with a truly original comic voice at its center - a Greek father who is part Zorba, part King Lear. Annie Liontas has an amazing ear, a real fondness for people, and a killer sense of structure." (George Saunders)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

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Title: Language Arts

Author: Stephanie Kallos

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Charles Marlow is a Seattle English teacher who instructs his students to expand their worlds through language. Lately, however, with one child off to college and the pressure from his ex-wife to make plans for their severely autistic son who's about to age out of the system, he prefers the company of the ghosts he turns up in the storage boxes in his crawl space. There he finds the totems that betray the darker moments of his youth - memories that were buried for decades when he met the ambitious and sparkling Alison LeFevre. But the complications of parenthood proved fatal to their marriage, and Charles has been stagnant ever since.

Language Arts is a wise and perceptive novel about how accumulated guilt and fear can embalm us in middle age and how one man who lost his way in life and love regains both. Kallos' previous novels include Broken for You and Sing Them Home.

Members Reviews:

Gobsmacking marvelous.

If you live with or among disadvantaged people, read this book. If you have never met a disadvantaged person, READ this book. If you are simply swept away by beautiful writing, read this beautiful book.

Great use of language

I enjoyed the language but found the story a little dark and disjointed. Narration was excellent

excellent story

Compassionate story of family, told with ntelligence, wisdom and an abundance of love... well done!

Loved. Bit awkward.

Loved the book, great story, great reading. But I found the actor's voicing of Dana a little uncomfortable/awkward.

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Title: The Art of Baking Blind

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Sarah Vaughan

Narrator: Julie Barrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-15

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In 1966 Kathleen Eaden, cookbook writer and wife of a supermarket magnate, published The Art of Baking, her guide to nurturing a family by creating the most exquisite pastries, biscuits, and cakes. Now, five amateur bakers are competing to become the new Mrs. Eaden.

There's Jenny, facing an empty nest now that her family has flown; Claire, who has sacrificed her dreams for her daughter; Mike, trying to parent his two kids after his wife's death; Vicki, who has dropped everything to be at home with her baby boy; and Karen, perfect Karen, who knows what it's like to have nothing and is determined her facade shouldn't slip.

As unlikely alliances are forged and secrets rise to the surface, making the choicest pastry seems the least of the contestants' problems. For they will learn - as Mrs. Eaden did before them - that while perfection is possible in the kitchen, it's very much harder in life.

Members Reviews:

Not bad; not great

I LOVE to watch cooking competitions on TV and so this novel seemed right up my alley. It was OK....but no single part of it fabulous enough for me to rate it very high.

First, the title threw me off..."baking blind" in competitions usually means that the judging is done without the judges knowing who cooked which dish which was not the case in this competition.

Unfortunately, while the characters were interesting, none of them were compelling enough for me to be actually mentally cheering for them to win. I wanted to see WHO won but didn't really care much either way.

There seemed to be a bit too much description of every single dish they made (and they made a LOT). I couldn't help but wonder if every single British dish required "egg wash."

Actually, I found the parts about the original baker (who has retired and the store is holding the competition to find a replacement) were very interesting as they were sprinkled throughout the book. In addition to her baking efforts, she writes a lot about her infertility.

this novel was a delight to read

Part Betty Crocker and part MasterChef, this novel was a delight to read. Even though I had to keep searching for images of the featured desserts to be able to understand what each person was making, seeing the final product only made the descriptions come alive even more. Time and time again, I would smell the gingerbread, sugar, warm bread and other treats rising from the page and be instantly transported to the kitchen.

What I loved: Vicky, Jenny and Claire were such well rounded characters each battling the age old issue women face once they become mothers â putting their childâs needs over their own. No matter the age of the child (grown, toddler or a pre-teen) each woman has to come to terms with finding the balance between her needs and her childâs.

What I didnât love: NO RECIPIES?????? 400 pages of the most delectable treats and not a single recipe. Seriously though, I wish the character of Mike would have been more developed â he was more of an afterthought instead of someone in the cooking competition.

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Title: Perfect Match

Author: Fern Michaels

Narrator: Emily Foster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 50 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

USA Today and #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels "never disappoints" (RT Book Reviews). In a heartfelt and engaging new novel, she weaves a story of second chances and determination, as an injured ex-athlete becomes the owner of a matchmaking business.

As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl - before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing gates of his lavish home.

But his twin sister, Beth, has no intention of letting him languish there forever. After years of flitting from one failed business idea to another, all fueled by Jake's generosity, she now owns a highly lucrative matchmaking service. And she's gifting the business to Jake - whether he likes it or not - while she follows her dreams of making it as a singer in Nashville.

Though Jake had plenty of women falling all over him at the peak of his success, he knows nothing about matchmaking. He's willing to try for his sister's sake, and it's soon clear that he needs an assistant. Enter Gracie Sweet, whose slender frame belies a take-no-charge toughness that would put any linebacker to shame. Grace begins by revamping the business and soon she's overhauling Jake's entire life - and to his huge surprise, Jake's enjoying it. But when their clients become victims of theft, Gracie and Jake must reconcile their very different outlooks if they're to have any chance of saving the business... and if Jake is to make another play for the life he thought he lost....

Members Reviews:

Ok Book - not her best but the narration killed it

What did you like best about Perfect Match? What did you like least?

Cute Story

Would you recommend Perfect Match to your friends? Why or why not?

No, the narration was horrible

Would you be willing to try another one of Emily Fosters performances?

No.... all voices sound the same and it sounded as if she was just reading from the pages instead of telling the story from all the different charters like so many do so well.

Did Perfect Match inspire you to do anything?

tuff love can be good

The Match

Would you try another book from Fern Michaels and/or Emily Foster?

Not really sure. I tried this author for a change of pace listen. The style was not for me in this this book. If your a fan of this author, I am sure you will enjoy the listen.

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Title: For Today I Am a Boy

Author: Kim Fu

Narrator: James Chen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

At birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, "powerful king." To his parents, newly settled in small-town Ontario, he is the exalted only son in a sea of daughters, the one who will finally fulfill his immigrant father's dreams of Western masculinity. Peter and his sisters grow up in an airless house of order and obligation, though secrets and half-truths simmer beneath the surface. At the first opportunity, each of the girls lights out on her own. But for Peter, escape is not as simple as fleeing his parents' home. Though his father crowned him "powerful king," Peter knows otherwise. He knows he is really a girl. With the help of his far-flung sisters and the sympathetic souls he finds along the way, Peter inches ever closer to his own life, his own skin, in this darkly funny, emotionally acute, stunningly powerful debut.

Critic Reviews:

"Sensitively wrought... For

Today I Am a Boy is as much about the construction of self as the consequences of its unwitting destruction - and what happens when its acceptance seems as foreign as another country." (

New York Times Book Review)

"Subtle and controlled, with flashes of humor and warmth." (

Slate)

"Keeps you reading. Told in snatches of memory that hurt so much they have the ring of truth." (

Bust)

Members Reviews:

Heavy, gray, careful novel

7 and a half hours of sparse, dry, punishing bleakness. 30 minutes of flickering redemption and life.

Very good book

Loved it, it was a good book, I couldn't put it down, I would recommend it to anyone

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Title: Force of Attraction

Author: D.D. Ayres

Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The only thing more powerful than fear is desire.

A seasoned K-9 officer with the police in Maryland, Cole Jamison has left her old life behind her. With a new home and a new partner - a protective canine named Hugo - Cole is ready for fresh challenges. A crucial position on an important drug task force is exactly what she wants - until she discovers her gorgeous, infuriating ex-husband will be the DEA agent in charge.

Agent Scott Lucca may be a pro when it comes to undercover assignments, but this job is daunting even for him. Posing as a happy couple on the dog competition circuit means he and Cole need to get a lot closer than theyve been in years. Playing a live-in couple should seem like a walk in the park compared to tracking a brutal criminal, but suddenly nothing could be more dangerous than the passionate fire theyve rekindled.

Editorial Reviews:

"Incredible! Youll be on the edge of your seat to see if the heroine can make it out alive." (Catherine Coulter, New York Times best-selling author, on Irresistible Force)

Members Reviews:

A good story line

Story had an interesting theme; however, characters were not well developed. Recommend to anyone who enjoys dog related stories.

Wow!!!! Loved Every Second!

Complex story with characters you can root for. I really enjoyed their flawed relationship turned partner story. The K-9 characters added so much to the story. Hugo's cleptomaniac tendencies had me laughing out loud! Definitely worth a credit! This is a book I'll listen to again and again.

This series has me hooked :)

D.D. Ayers and Jeffrey Kaefer did it again. I love the character's, enjoy the writing and narration.

Mona tone

I used the one credit that I get each month that my kids pay for. this was a disaster.

Romance with mystery

These are not full K-9 mysteries. More romantic retortic than K-9 story. Graphic dialogue.

This author is not for me, but reader did a good job.

Author tried for some humor with Kelpto dog and should have had more. 2nd dog just along for the ride.

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Title: A Reunion of Ghosts

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Judith Claire Mitchell

Narrator: Kirsten Potter, William Charlton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 77 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Three wickedly funny sisters. One family's extraordinary legacy. A single suicide note that spans a century...

Meet the Alter sisters - Lady, Vee, and Delph, three delightfully witty, complicated women who live together in their family's apartment on the Upper West Side. Though they love each other fiercely, being an Alter isn't easy. Bad luck is in their genes, passed down through the generations. But no matter what curves life throws at these siblings, they always have a wisecrack - and each other.

Now, in the waning days of 1999, as the century comes to an end, Lady, Vee, and Delph decide their time is up, too. First, they must write a note: a mesmerizing accounting of their lives that stretches back decades, to the brilliant scientist - their great-grandfather - whose sinister legacy has defined them.

Smart, heartbreaking, and completely original, Reunion of Ghosts is an epic story of three unforgettable women and one exceptional family and a magnificent saga of the 20th century itself.

Members Reviews:

Clever writing and poignant story--well read!

Three smart and sardonic sisters with a family tree full of unfortunate and/or unlikable ancestors decide the time has come to leave this world behind.This book is, in essence, their collective suicide note which explains their decision. As we root for the sisters we also realize that fate has certainly dealt them an unlucky hand. But we know other people have the capacity to triumph over adversity--why can't they? Each reader needs to come to his/her own conclusions on whether such an act is justified, but I surprised my own self at the end of this book with my empathy and understanding of these complex and likable characters.

The narrator puts on the droll smarmy voice to great effect--exactly as necessary-- and leaves it alone when it isn't needed. She does a great job.

The historical character of Lenz Alter, the great-grandfather, was so interesting that I looked him up to find out he was not real but he was completely based on the life story of Fritz Haber, who was friends with Einstein. I assume since the granddaughters were fictionalized, I guess the author needed to fictionalize Haber's name.

Pet peeve:There are three separate words (in Hebrew or Yiddish) that she was not coached to say correctly and I never understand why producers of these audiobooks just don't ask someone the correct pronunciation. When a listener familiar with these words hears them mangled, it really takes you out of the story and is irritating.

slow at the beginning but picked up

so glad I got through it! very good novel...it all come together at the end

Rich and resonant

At times I wondered if the plot was a little contrived, but I would also like to go back and reread or relisten to it. The writing shone. I found myself making time for this one, always a good sign.

Strong Characters, Given Little to Do

Great character development. Great narration. The plot, not so much.

I did listen to it all... it picks up toward the end.

It sometimes seemed like the author had started two books and decided to merge them in a tenuous way since I didn't get the connection between the lives of the characters' grandparents meshing in a meaningful way with the plot's structure in the present and for the present day characters.

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Title: We Are Pirates

Author: Daniel Handler

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-15

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Mega-best-selling author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) gives us his long-awaited new novel for adult listeners: a dark, rollicking, stunningly entertaining human comedy.

A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. It is the 21st century and a crew of pirates is terrorizing the San Francisco Bay. Phil is a husband, a father, a struggling radio producer, and the owner of a large condo with a view of the water. But he'd like to be a rebel and a fortune hunter. Gwen is his daughter. She's 14. She's a student, a swimmer, and a best friend. But she'd like to be an adventurer and an outlaw. Phil teams up with his young, attractive assistant. They head for the open road, attending a conference to seal a deal. Gwen teams up with a new, fierce friend and some restless souls. They head for the open sea, stealing a boat to hunt for treasure. We Are Pirates is a novel about our desperate searches for happiness and freedom, about our wild journeys beyond the boundaries of our ordinary lives. Also, it's about a teenage girl who pulls together a ragtag crew to commit mayhem in the San Francisco Bay, while her hapless father tries to get her home.

Members Reviews:

No remorse!?

I honestly do not know what Mr. Handler was thinking. If ever there was a case of a book's description differing from the actual content, this is it. I do not mean that the book blurb is misleading. I mean that the reviews are misleading; the people I rely on for thoughtful objective appraisal let me down. I consider myself a fan of Handler. That combined with the encouraging reviews I had seen made me look forward to this book. And there are certainly elements of this book that work well. He is very good at creating characters with individual thought processes and motivations. He is very good at bouncing these characters off each other with believable results. Those are not key characteristics of his Lemony Snicket books, but they are keenly in evidence here.

There are three things in particular that bothered me about We Are Pirates. One is that the key plot elements suggested a resolution that was serious, nuanced, and thoughtful; but instead he opted to go for a totally outrageous, over-the-top wackiness. This is one of those books where adults are basically clueless, and headstrong adolescents have nothing to rein them in. If it had been comedic that might have worked. I like dark comedy as much as anyone, but this was dark without the comedy. The second is that the author withheld information that one of the characters clearly knew from the start. This would have worked if the revelation had been especially important and transformative, but it wasn't. In fact, it ended tragically and pathetically. The third and worst offense is that a horrendously evil act occurs and there is no remorse, no consequences, no catharsis, no apotheosis, no personal growth; just a "let's pretend it never happened and get on with our lives" sort of thing.

The absence of remorse still bothers me the most.

Ever Just Want to Run Away from Home?

Would you listen to We Are Pirates again? Why?

Probably not. I read about 100 books a year. I really don't have time to re read.

What was one of the most memorable moments of We Are Pirates?

I loved when we discovered who the opening narrator was.