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Title: The Importance of Being Seven

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-21-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 589 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Perhaps best known for his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith delights fans around the world with his warmhearted 44 Scotland Street novels. In the series sixth entry, the residents of 44 Scotland Street grapple with problems both trivial and severe, but none so great as when six-year-old Bertie Pollock - who longs to be seven - mislays his mum and learns a valuable lesson about wish fulfillment.

Members Reviews:

Beyond touching

Alexander McCall Smith is perhaps my favorite living author of fiction.

This latest book is one of his most moving and touching, I think. Mr. Smith's sense of humanity is so uplifting it leaves me a little weepy by the end of the book.

I highly recommend this book particularly for anyone who would like a little warmth and humanity, which is so hard to find in literature these days let alone the world.

I Never Get Tired of these Books!

The Scotland Street series just gets better with each new addition. The only very slight criticism I can come up with is that most issues get a little too easily addressed by the end; still, there is the unsolved--as yet--worry I carry about Bertie and his very odd mother, and the somewhat benign concern that Bruce will never truly reform, so the series never becomes tiresome. I am so spoiled by Alex. Smith's storytelling that--even though I have a fairly full library of as yet unread books--I keep coming back and checking to see if there's another Scotland Street sequel for me to try. I laughed out loud many times as I listened to this one, and could hardly wait for a new opportunity to keep going.

Like visiting with old friends

Would you listen to The Importance of Being Seven again? Why?

Yes, I actually have listened to parts of it again. I'm fascinated by the way in which McCall Smith effortlessly weaves philosophy into the story.

What other book might you compare The Importance of Being Seven to and why?

Since this is a series, it can be compared with any of the other books in the series. As in other series (take Ann B Ross's Miss Julia series, for instance) the characters are recurring, and half the fun is in finding out how they've progressed from the last book.

What does Robert Ian Mackenzie bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

I have read some of the books, as opposed to listening to them. I find the audible versions tend to put me more convincingly in Edinburgh. Robert Ian Mackenzie can turn on a Scotch brogue in a way I can't. He's particularly effective as Angus Lordie.

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

Many laughs, many smiles. Maybe even a tear or two.

Any additional comments?

I love the way he sees the world through his characters' eyes, be it six-year-old Bertie, or Cyril the dog, or the twenty-something Matthew. These are well-delineated characters. Too many fictional characters are caricatures. McCall Smith's characters are wonderfully low key, each with his or her own limitations and self-perceptions, navigating a world filled with other human beings with their own foibles people who are narcissistic, overbearing, dishonest, self-deluded, self-sacrificing, gullible, hopeful, sad, funny and sweet. They each come with the sort of mild eccentricities and self-doubt that you'll recognize in members of your own family.

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Title: Coming Home

Subtitle: Chesapeake Diaries Series #1

Author: Mariah Stewart

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-12

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 113 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the wake of his wife's murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI - and everything else-to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love, and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister's wedding draws him to St. Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay. Though he swears he isn't interested in finding love again, Grady can't ignore the mutual sparks that fly when he meets Vanessa Keaton.

Although her past was marked by bad choices, Vanessa has found that coming to St. Dennis is the best decision she's ever made. Bling, her trendy boutique, is a success with tourists as well as with the townspeople. She's made friends, has a home she loves, and has established a life for herself far from the nightmare she left behind. The last thing she's looking for is romance, but the hot new man in town is hard to resist. And when Vanessa's past catches up with her, Grady finds that he's unwilling to let her become a victim again. As they fight her demons together, Grady and Vanessa discover that life still holds some surprises and that love doesn't always have to hurt.

Critic Reviews:

"No matter what the genre, you're guaranteed a great [listen] with Stewart." (Romantic Times)

Members Reviews:

Graet New Series from Audible

I very much enjoyed this book. The characters are well drawn and the story keeps you interested. Audible , please add more books from the Chesapeake Bay series.

Okay plot, bland characters, needs humor

After reading 2 of Mariah Stewart's other series, I was expecting a more interesting plot. Also, many of the secondary characters were carried over from another series, so I kept feeling like I was missing pertinent facts. While Mariah Stewart is an excellent author, this book cried out for some humor and pets, preferably a big dog.

Love this series!

great narration and the story keeps you interested! can't wait to read the next one!

Nice

Sweet story, well read. A pleasant read with no surprises. Light on the spicy scenes.

Narrarator and storyline marginal...

I had discovered this book as a recommendation for a Robyn Carr alternative, but the narrator sounded like she was recording a sex show rather than reading a chick lit book. Her voice the entire time, regardless of character was just whispery, husky, and overly sensual for no apparent reason. It was distracting.

The storyline was marginal, and there was too much chit chat, and overly "drawn" characters.

Disappointing listen. I found myself drifting off several times and losing focus.

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Title: Night Comes to the Cumberlands

Author: Harry M. Caudill

Narrator: Ed Sala

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After its publication in 1962, Harry M. Caudills acclaimed portrait of the southern Appalachian Mountains became a rallying cry for action against the poverty plaguing the region. Here Caudill explores the areas history, from its first settlement to the Civil War, and from the rise of coal barons to the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s.

Critic Reviews:

[A] masterpiece of cogent argument for specific solutions to specific problems. (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Essential For Those Who Care About Eastern KY

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

Yes! This book should be essential reading for anyone who plans to work or live in the Appalachian region, especially Eastern Kentucky. I know this book was released in 1963, but in many aspects time has, unfortunately, stood still in the Cumberlands. Many of the problems that confronted the region in 1963 still harass the population today, and have perhaps grown worse. Harry M. Caudill does a great job at relaying the history of the region, and explains how the culture of the region was formed, much of which was unknown by me, and I was born and raised in that region.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The only character in this book is really Appalachia/Eastern KY, itself, and its population. You will be at times awed, inspired, and enraged over the treatment of Eastern Kentucky's land and people. A chapter is entitled "The Rape of Appalachia", but in complete honesty that title could apply to a vast majority of this book.

What does Ed Sala bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Ed Sala does a masterful performance at articulating the tone of this book, and he effectively encapsulates Henry Caudill's vision of Appalachia. There are times he has to read quotes from natives of the region, and his subtle voice-change sincerely conveys the emotions of the quoted individual. The only reason I gave his performance a 4 out 5 stars is because his voice may not be enjoyable to every listener, as I will admit it took me an hour or two to appreciate his narration.

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

How an impoverished region was kept impoverished.

Any additional comments?

There is so many insights in this book for anyone who cares about, is from, or intends to work or live in Appalachia. The settling of Appalachia/Eastern Kentucky was more violent and godless than I was led to believe as a child from the area. The book unfortunately doesn't go into great detail about the Native Americans who were in this region before America started moving westward. The most surprising aspect of the book is in discussing the impact of the coal industry. Being born and raised in the region, a love of coal was instilled in me subconsciously; however, this book delves into the inhumane treatment of coal worker's by coal executives, who trapped their employees in a viciously hopeless cycle of generational poverty. I no longer understand the infatuation Appalachia/Eastern Kentucky has with an industry that has taken ruinous advantage of the greatest resource it has: its people.

Excellent, revealing history, still currently relevant

Explicitly describes how the Tennessee Valley Authority is directly responsible for government sanctioned mountain top removal and destruction of the Cumberland Plateau

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Title: Emerald City

Author: Jennifer Egan

Narrator: Charlie Thurston, Madeleine Lambert, Richard Waterhouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

These 11 masterful stories - the first collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan - deal with loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egans characters - models and housewives, bankers and schoolgirls - are united by their search for something outside their own realm of experience. They set out from locations as exotic as China and Bora Bora, as cosmopolitan as downtown Manhattan, or as familiar as suburban Illinois to seek their own transformations.

Elegant and poignant, the stories in Emerald City - a teens discovery of his fathers secret life, a financial trader who runs into the con man who swindled him - are seamless evocations of self-discovery.

Members Reviews:

and the stories are excellent. My one gripe

I'm about halfway through the audiobook, and the stories are excellent. My one gripe, and I found this EXTREMELY frustrating as a listener, is that there is almost no pause between the stories, and often the stories are told by the same narrator. So at one point I got confused because I hadn't realized one story ended and another began. Like many people, I listen while I'm driving; therefore, my attention cannot be 100 percent on the story. There is almost no pause, and there is no small musical interlude, between the stories. It was frustrating, because I missed that sense of satisfaction and closure that you get when you realize that this (last sentence/phrase) was the conclusion. Also, often I prefer to pause the recording before going into the next story, so I can process it. A small pause and/or musical interlude would give me the cue and space to do this.

charming

I'm a fan of Jennifer Egan. She's really good at character development and in a few short words you get an idea of what kind of person she's alluding to. Emerald City is composed of 11 short stories and while I enjoyed all of them, the first and last most resonated with me. The first is about a successful businessman who takes his family to China, supposedly on a vacation, but really to avoid the heat of an investigation into fraud. He runs across a man that grifted 25k from him years ago. The man doesn't recognize him and he starts following him around. They go around China, without him or the other man knowing why he's doing this and while he embroils his family in this mess he finds resolution with his own sins. The last story deals with a shy, 15 year old girl who does acid for the first time. Occurs in the 70s, in Manhattan, theirs some peer pressure from her friends, and she views the world differently at the end of the experience. My descriptions seem trite but Jennifer Egan is great in bringing a simple story to real life by enmeshing her sensibilities into her work

Dry and terse and reliably right

I love this writer, with her dry, terse voice that somehow tells all. As you read the stories, you can trust that something very real is going to happen; not something "fictional" or contrived, but an event such as could happen in real life. Not that the lives of her characters are like yours and mine; they all suffer from modern malaise of one kind or another; they all need love or else are so numb they don't know they don't have it.

One masterful story, "One Piece," chronicles an intense love needing to break out as a brother and sister strive for normalcy in an unimaginably beleaguered family.

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Title: The Quilter's Legacy

Subtitle: Elm Creek Quilts, Book 5

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 271 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini charms her many fans with her engaging Elm Creek Quilts novels. In The Quilters Legacy, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson resolves to find several heirloom quilts that have vanished. Traveling far and wide, she discovers fascinating truths about her mother, who died when Sylvia was only a child.

Members Reviews:

A Favorite in the Series

The historical aspect of this one (the fifth in the series) was very interesting to me. Sylvia's search for her mother's quilts and all that happened in that era and during Sylvia's childhood made me love and understand her even more.

Sylvia's Quest to Find Mothers' Antique Quilt's

Sylvia has remembered that her mother's antique quilt's must be packed away in the attic. Her and Andrew are finally getting married and Sylvia does not have enough time to make a wedding quilt for their wedding night. Unfortunately,Sylvia has been told by her sister-in-law that her mother's quilts had been sold by her sister Claudia, when she met with financial difficulties 40 year's ago.

Sylvia and Andrew are going to visit California to tell Tom, his son, and family that he and Sylvia are getting married. The co-director of the Elm Creek Summer Quilting Camp, Summer, no pun intended, informs Sylvia about a website that devotes itself to finding lost quilt's. Summer accesses the website and with Sylvia's input, lists pertinent information about the lost quilt's. While on their trip to California, Andrew and Sylvia, investigate some of the leads that were generated by the information posted on the website. Also, they call home periodically to confirm that she and Andrew are well and Summer is able to provide Sylvia with further leads. These leads result in further stops on their journey home.

Sylvia and Andrew were going to visit his daughter, Amy, on their return trip to home but change their minds. Tom had such a negative reaction to the news of their father's pending marriage, they have decided to wait. However, they did stop in Indiana to check out a lead about about one of the lost quilt's. This lead proved to be an exceptional one. Sylvia did find her first missing quilt, in her quest to find five.

Sylvia and Andrew continue to follow leads that might locate the missing quilts. The excursions to locate the quilts provides information about the Lockwood side of Sylvia's family. Her mother died when she was ten and Sylvia had never stopped to consider the importance of knowing the history about her mother's family. This information will instill a need to investigate further into her mother's past.

She and Andrew are able to find information about all of the five missing quilt's. Sylvia has conceded to the fact that she will be unable to locate the missing cloth quilt because there are too many available to warrant a search for the original one.

The pattern for the cloth quilt was the design of Sylvia's mother. The pattern had been published in the magazine, The Ladies Home Journal. Sylvia's mother had used the name of her sister, Abigail, as the creator of the pattern. This was done because Abigail, her unborn child and her husband had perished in the disaster known round the world, the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage.

Sylvia and Andrew were married that same year on Christmas Eve.

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Title: Isle of Palms

Subtitle: A Lowcountry Tale, Book 3

Author: Dorothea Benton Frank

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 242 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Dorothea Benton Frank is a treasure of American letters with numerous New York Times best-sellers to her credit and a portfolio full of critical acclaim. Mixing high drama and high jinks (Booklist), her third Lowcountry novel follows the fortunes of the dysfunctional Abbot family.

Looking to set her life aright, Anna Lutz Abbot returns to her South Carolina lowcountry hometown. And as she attempts to right past wrongs, Anna receives help and support from a quirky cast of lovable locals sure to endear themselves to listeners.

Members Reviews:

A feel good story

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

Yes-

What other book might you compare Isle of Palms to and why?

I quite enjoy these stories by Dorthea B Frank-they are not all fluff and stuff. They are about real people and how they try and cope with real life vs age old rules handed down to them

Have you listened to any of Robin Miless other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

But I sure will look for more that she has read

Who was the most memorable character of Isle of Palms and why?

Jim

Ah to have a friend like that without any sexual issues

Funny1

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

The author is funny and serious at times. Book was great. Really enjoyed the story. Easy listening to.

Loved this story.

What made the experience of listening to Isle of Palms the most enjoyable?

Sounded like I was listening to someone's life story. Had reality to it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Isle of Palms?

It made me laugh a lot. Loved the southern slangs and terms.

What does Robin Miles bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

She reads so well. Brings all the characters to life. I think I would love listening to anything she reads. She pulls you into the story like you are there.

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

When the main character hit the fan and did major car damage.

Any additional comments?

Loved this book.

Very good.

Did I detect a bit of Pat Conroy and Karen White? Why yes- I think I did. Very enjoyable. Worth the time and credit I do believe. My Regards!

Here life is good, why we listen!

Masterfully done, a memorable ending with more than one surprise of a character acting strongly out of character!

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Title: An Accidental Affair

Author: Eric Jerome Dickey

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 262 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

James Thicke is a man whose mysterious past runs as deep as his violent streak. Hes channeled the intensity of his soul into twin passions - success as a screenwriter and marriage to movie actress Regina Baptiste. In the midst of filming his latest script, starring Regina and leading man Johnny Bergs, James receives a video of his wife caught in the most compromising of situations. Hours later, the clip of the on-set infidelity has hit the Internet and gone viral in the blogosphere and across all channels of social media. James responds to the affront by savagely attacking Johnny Bergs, and the spectacle has both the paparazzi and the police amassing at the married couples estate. James goes on the run, but only as far as the city of Downey, California. As James tries to protect Regina from Hollywoods underbelly, lust, blackmail, and revenge become his constant companions. Does an accidental affair spell permanent danger?

Members Reviews:

A Great Story and a Great Read!

An Accidental Affair

First of all, let me say, Eric Jerome Dickey is a wonderful writer. I always enjoy reading his books.His characters are always multi-layered and interesting people. They are very well developed, very intriguing and always entertaining. You never end up where you think you might. And even if you do, you can't predict how you will get there because EJD will always throw you off. I love it! I wish he would bring out a book more often than what he does. His writing truly entertains me and takes me to another place, right in the middle of his story.

The one thing I really like about EJD's books is, you always can come away with a strong moral lesson and the journey to that moral lesson is simply extraordinary.

It was okay

I just wanted to hurry up and finish this book, I felt like I wasted my credit. This book is not what I expected from this author. I just didnt too much care for it. Not much else to say.

One dimentional

What disappointed you about An Accidental Affair?

How weak and unplausable the characters and plot was.

What could Eric Jerome Dickey have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Based the story in a more realistic plot. Not make us want to sympathise with characters that are richer and more beautiful than his readers. Not make us want to feel anything for a murderer, a narcicist, a (un-fleshed out) rich antagonist. make a stronger case for bring "driver and Panter" into the story.

What about Christopher Lanes performance did you like?

He gave each character personality even though the characters, as written, had no depth.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from An Accidental Affair?

It was the cutting that destroyed the novel.

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Title: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Author: Daniel Defoe

Narrator: Michael Maloney

Format: Abridged

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Michael Maloney reads Daniel Defoe's timeless tale of a man who has to use all his own skills to survive alone on an island. Robinson Crusoe has a great desire to see the world and, against his father's wishes, goes to sea. After surviving a terrible shipwreck, however, Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only person on a deserted island, far from any shipping routes or rescue. Using tools salvaged from the ship and with only the ship's dog and cats for company, Crusoe builds a dwelling and a search reveals a plentiful supply of food. For nearly twenty-three years he lives without any human company - until one Friday, when he discovers he is not alone... The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a classic tale of adventure and survival.

Members Reviews:

The book I received is not the one advertised and not the one in this illustration.

The book I received should not have been listed under this label - what I received was another edition called 'Junior Classics'. It has another cover and contains some rather crude illustrations, not those of Mr. Wyeth as advertised. I suppose I really should have returned the book because it certainly was not what I thought I was ordering. I do think this was due to someone's mistake rather than a deliberate deception - as long as the text was an unabridged version, it would same the same purpose I had in mind. But I wish Amazon would be more careful about listing various versions together when there are significant differences between them.

Inventive Survival

As a classic adventure story, this one is pretty good. Robinson Crusoe was an ingenious survivor and a most industrious fellow, driven by his Christian ethics. I think the the religion bit was carried too far and soon skipped pages whereupon he went on and on, but it is true to western principles of that era. Once he arrived back in England, the story could have been shortened, but no. Robinson Crusoe had further adventures. These could be shortened and, indeed, they are as the repetitions drag on. I'd recommend this book despite its old style of writing. Especially I recommend it for young people. You never know when survival techniques will become one's own best tools.

Well...

I did enjoy the book, I read it for an AP Lit assignment, the only thing I wasn't too keen on was the missing pages, it would completely skip sections with only a note saying that the transciber couldn't find that page, it was very annoying and left a few very awkward gaps in the story.

A very difficult life and great insight to the slave trade

Way different than the childhood versions. A very difficult life and great insight to the slave trade.

but so glad I did

I couldn't believe it was so hard to find this book in its complete form, but so glad I did.

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Title: The Rider

Author: Tim Krabbé

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-27-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 120 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With The Rider, Tim Krabbé has created a book unique in the ranks of sporting literature. He describes one 150-kilometre race in just 150 pages. In the course of the narrative, we get to know the forceful, bumbling Lebusque, the aesthete Barthelemy, the Young Turk Reilhan, and the mysterious rider from Cycles Goff'. Krabbé battles with and against each of them in turn, failing on the descents, shining on the climbs, suffering on the (false) flats. The outcome of the race is, in fact, merely the last stanza of an exciting and too-brief paean to stamina, suffering, and the redeeming power of humour.

This is not a history of road racing, a hagiography of the European greats or even a factual account of his own amateur cycling career. Instead, Krabbé allows us to race with him, inside his skull as it were, during a mythical Tour de Mont Aigoual.

Critic Reviews:

"Like all the best sports writing, The Rider manages to convey the excitement, determination, and skill of the competitors even to readers who have little or no knowledge of the sport. Above all, he evokes the heightened focus of the cyclists, for whom nothing seems real apart from the race." (London Review of Books)

"A paean to pain and a hymn to the fellowship of the road. Nothing better is ever likely to be written on the subjective experience of cycle-racing." (The Guardian)

Members Reviews:

Ah, the beautiful words...

One of my favorite quotes from the book: "Every once in a while someone along the road lets us know how far behind we are. A man shouts: Faster! He probably thinks bicycle racing is about going fast." Part memoir, part rant, part poetry, it is the story of a bike race in the subjective voice of one racer. The fictional 150 km 'Tour de Mont Aigoual' is the scene, and the characters are the fellow riders and the unforgiving terrain. I love how Krabbe so accurately renders the ceaseless inner monologues that occur while cycling. This book is perfectly suited to the audio format, and wonderfully performed by narrator Mark Meadows. The words, the language, are so beautifully crafted, so incisive, witty, and economical I am so pleased that Krabbe turned his copious literary gifts toward cycling. This book has earned its status as a classic of sport writing.

Made me feel like I was racing along with him

What made the experience of listening to The Rider the most enjoyable?

As an amateur cyclist myself - I was looking for a book that took me inside the mind's eye of racer. This book did exactly that. Krabbe' takes the reader through a 135 Kilometer race - the Tour du Mont Aigoual, describing it in the first person. You will feel like you are along side him. Along the way, he describes a bit of history of his competition and has flashbacks to his youth.

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Title: Hidden Summit

Author: Robyn Carr

Narrator: Therese Plummer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 975 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Contemporary romance fans hold a special place in their hearts for

New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carrs Virgin River novelsset in a quiet town nestled deep in California Redwood territory. The 17th entry in the series, Hidden Summit stars Leslie Petruso and Conner Danson, two people burned by love and ready to give up on the whole proposition. But the chemistry between them is impossible to deny, and if everyone in town can see it, why cant they?

©2012 Robyn Carr (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC

Members Reviews:

Usual Robyn Carr story

Liked the book, it is the usual easy listening, takes you to another place that we are use to. I was thrilled she finally stopped using "delicious" in every romance scene, I don't think she used it once, which was good for me because I couldn't stand it. I was also thrilled to get no lectures on safe sex, it was becoming most annoying. No huge surprises in the book, the usual easy listening of Virgin River and Therese Plummer does these books well.

Good story, good narration...

The Virgin River series is just so good. Every story has romance, suspense and a beautiful Happily Ever After. The main couple Connor and Leslie were just perfect for each other and they are both good people so I was definitely rooting for them. And then again this series has very likable recurrent characters specially Jack and Preacher. I've fallen in love with the whole town on Virgin River and I'm sad to know that it will soon come to an end.

Narration: it's Therese Plummer. By now the name speaks for itself. She is just one of the best narrators. There's no way she can possibly get less than four stars for her narration. She has an uncanny ability to portray each character so distinctively. This story has several men, women and even children as characters and you could differentiate them all.

I definitely recommend the Virgin River series and ANY book narrated by Therese Plummer. Very credit worthy.

Another Virgin Rivers Winner!!

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

I recommend the Virgin River series to all my friends! There is enough descriptions of characters in each book so they can be read our of sequence, however, I recommend my friends start from the beginning and then I watch as they become hooked on this town like I am. Therese Plummer does an excellent job of narrating the characters. Connie and Leslie's story fit right in with what I have come to expect in Virgin Rivers.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked how Leslie overcame the hurt she suffered from a stupid ex-husband and realize that it was him - not her!

Which character as performed by Therese Plummer was your favorite?

Gosh! I can't say - she does such a good job with each character until I can identify who the character is even though I might not have heard her identify the person. She is outstanding! I don't know if someone else could do it as well as she can.

Who was the most memorable character of Hidden Summit and why?

It had to be Leslie. I loved her being able to stand up to her ex when he came to talk to her about them "being friends" and she running him away with the fire extinguisher.

Any additional comments?

Just a great book! I have all the books on my IPOD. I have listened to the entire series at least three times. I drove across country and started with Virgin Rivers and was able to go through 6 of the books while traveling.