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Title: To the Everlasting

Author: Sarah Renee Lonelodge

Narrator: Brandon Woodall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-15

Publisher: Books-A-Daisy?, LLC

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Death is only the beginning of John and Catherine's journey. But leaving this world behind entails much more than simply strolling through a gate of gold and pearl. Instead they find themselves with an unconventional angel reliving their own failures and successes one by one. As choices already made are unfolded and examined, John and Catherine are finally able to see the true nature of life. What part of it will determine their eternity?

Members Reviews:

A Beautifully Moving Tale of Regret and Forgiveness

To the Everlasting follows the lives and subsequent deaths of John and Catherine, whose paths have "unexpectedly" crossed. John has allowed a series of negative circumstances to drag him down into the depths of alcoholism and homelessness. Catherine can't enjoy the happy life she's made for herself because she can't forgive herself for a choice she made as a young girl.

Sarah Renee Lonelodge has written a thought-provoking and moving tale of loss, regret, bitterness, and how people can sometimes allow themselves to remain stagnant when faced with negative life lessons. Ms. Lonelodge's writing flows beautifully, making this book a quick and easy read. The series of included quotes were obviously chosen carefully and go along nicely with each chapter.

There are some definite religious connotations at work in To the Everlasting, but the author has injected these subtly and not in a preachy manner. The message is clear. There are consequences to our actions while on Earth and some day we will have to answer for them. However, recognizing we've made mistakes and simply asking for forgiveness (of whomever that might be to you) is all that's necessary.

I would recommend reading To the Everlasting if you enjoy a tale of love, compassion, humility and forgiveness, told in a unique and charming way. I look forward to reading more books by this author!

Spiritually Themed Book That Should Appeal to Young Readers

This is a fast, easy, breezy read, full of sly humor. All the same, it is riddled with spiritual and metaphysical themes, as you can well imagine, since the story begins with the death of its two principal leads. I kept thinking of parents struggling to get their kids to absorb major life lessons in a timely manner, and to steer them clear of near certain disaster. Sermonizing at home and in church seldom does the trick. But the same messages inserted into prose, particularly this witty, clever tale, might accomplish all of that in one sitting. And because of the writerâs highly accessible writing style, they donât have to wait until the kids are too old to hand the book to them for the behavior mod to do any good!

Inspirational Story

Nicely written, this book is a beautifully done story. Itâs inspirational in that throughout the story there are spiritual quotes. I found it to be very thought-provoking. John and Catherine find themselves in an ethereal mist. There, starting with John, they experience life reflection and review. Johnâs life has been mostly negative and his choices based on his reality made it difficult. Catherine was trying to make up for a choice she made earlier in life that had haunted her continually. Not only does this story involve the characters themselves, but, it moves readers to ponder their own lives. It may have serious connotations, but, there are some funny parts as well that made me laugh out loud.

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Title: Jeremiah Man

Subtitle: Rumours of Angels

Author: Stephen Nuttall

Narrator: Mike Chrisman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-15

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Stephen Nuttall, an ex-police sergeant and author of The Jeremiah Man - Rumours of Angels authentically reveals the workings of the police mind and the often overlooked reality of the dark powers that affect and corrupt our society. It's a fast-moving detective story with a twist. It's one man's attempt to escape the God who relentlessly pursues him. It's an account of the dark forces that seek to pervert and destroy mankind. The Jeremiah Man - Rumours of Angels is a reminder to the sleeping church that our fight "is not against flesh and blood...."

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Title: Last Family Standing

Author: Jennifer Allee

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty-five years ago, Monica Stanton gave up a baby girl for adoption. Now, the thing Monica didn't dare hope for has happened: Jessica has reentered her life...and brought a little drama and competition with her. Jessica is willing to meet her birth mother, but she wants the reunion to air on a reality TV show. Monica would rather chew glass than appear on TV. But she'll swallow her pride - and a few other unsavory items - if that's what it takes to reconnect.

As if getting to know her grown daughter while competing on a remote island isn't hard enough, Monica is further confused when Jessica's long-lost birth father shows up, complicating both her relationship with her daughter and the attraction Monica has to the hunky reality show host. The fruit-basket upset of emotions, accusations, and regrets might make for good TV, but will it destroy the family in the process?

Members Reviews:

Loved it

I had planned on pacing myself on this novel, but within the first few chapters I was a goner.

The Last Family Standing starts with an older woman, content with her dull life, which consists of herself, her dog, and her best friend. Suddenly sheâs staring at a screen where her daughter, whom she gave up for adoption years ago, is asking for Monica to contact her so that they can compete in the game show Last Family Standing. Monica now finds her life upside down, competing in a physically, mentally, and emotionally fatiguing game show. More importantly sheâs competing for the attention of her estranged daughter Jess.

I believe that the pacing for this story was just right. We get time to get to know Monica, her feelings, and the people in her life, and the predicament that she finds herself in. Itâs a rare talent to be able to write in real time, instead of a self-appointed one.

There was a moment where I was like; âI thought the description said something more important would happen with this character?â I feel like the description lied to me about the relationship dynamics of the book.

I usually read novels about people closer to my own age, from 16-25 are usually the ages of the main characters in the books I read. Why? Because I can relate to them. One of the things that surprised me about this novel was how well I related to our 40-something-year old main character Monica. She is warm, nice, and thoughtful to a fault. Perhaps itâs not so much that I relate to her but that she is that fun aunt who babysat you when you were little. Or the cool mom down the street who hands out giant candy bars on Halloween. She was just overall a great and loving character, her personality really made the book.

A bothering point in the book was just a little detail in it, hunger. Iâm not sure if itâs possible to really describe true hunger, but for a character that loses enough weight to not fit into any of her clothes towards the end, she was never really described as hungry. She complained about the lack of food, and the variety of food but the author made it out so that it didnât sound like they went hungry. The physical endurance part of the book should have at least prompted some hunger pains if their food supply was so meager.

I love that this novel was so well balanced. It had these very spiritual or religious moments, but it never got preachy, never forceful it was just there, it made its presence known and left.

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Title: The Fence My Father Built

Author: Linda S. Clare

Narrator: Diane Piron-Gelman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

In The Fence My Father Built, when legally separated Muri Pond, a librarian, hauls her kids, teenage Nova and 11-year-old Truman, out to the tiny town of Murkee, Oregon, where her father, Joe Pond, lived and died, shes confronted by a neighbors harassment over water rights and Joes legacy: a fence made from old oven doors.The fence and accompanying house trailer horrify rebellious Nova, who runs away to the drug-infested streets of Seattle. Muri searches for her daughter and for something to believe in, all the while trying to save her inheritance from the conniving neighbor who calls her dad Chief Joseph. Along with Joes sister, Aunt Lutie, and the Red Rock Tabernacle Ladies, Muri must rediscover the faith her alcoholic dad never abandoned in order to reclaim her own spiritual path.

Members Reviews:

Not sorry for picking this one up

I hadn't read anything that I can recall by this author prior to this book. I am so happy that I chose to pick this book up. This story just has such a natural feel. When you read it, you almost feel like you are telling someone else a story about an event that happened in your own life. That familiarity made me feel closer to the story right away and it was a feeling that stayed with me all the way to the end. On occasion, you read a book that is so special that you don't want to part with the characters even though you have reached the end. I felt that way about this book.

It was refreshing to read a book about a person who could have been as real as you or I, rather than some far-fetched spin about a rich person getting richer and snobbier and doing unreal things. This book touched my heart for the simplicity and beauty it presented to meas the reader. I highly recommend this book. One of the best I have read this year.

Tender story, good background, dynamic tension

Who would make a fence out of oven doors? Well, Joseph Pond did, and that's the very first thing Muri discovers about the father she never knew and yet recently lost.

Not used to this very rural setting or the community in which she finds herself, this is a story of life, history, family, and community. It is a story of self discovery and hope.

As Muri tries to resolve the conflict with the local land baron and the conflict this also causes with the community, she is also forced to face her own issues both as a parent and as a daughter. When her daughter runs away, she begins to seek comfort in the God her father writes about in the journal he wrote for her to read.

Alcoholism has torn apart many families, and I suspect more people than we care to admit will relate to Muri's own struggle.

I was given this book by the author in hope I would review it, and I am pleased to be able to write such a positive one.

If you enjoy contemporary novels with faith elements...

3.5 stars. This book has a great, Hallmark Channel movie type of premise. And who doesn't like that once in awhile? That said, I don't feel like the story delivered quite as much as I hoped. The plot revolves around a nasty rancher bent on taking the water rights, and the land, of our heroine who's just coming to grips with her father's death. The problem is, nothing much beyond that seems to happen in this story. Yes, there's a rebellious daughter angle, a slight romance, Native American themes, and some nice moments between family, but all of that could've been covered in half the page time.

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Title: A Marriage in Middlebury

Author: Anita Higman

Narrator: Gwen Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Charlotte Rose Hill has been serving up country delicacies, uniquely blended teas, and matchmaking advice for her quirky but beloved customers for more than 10 years. But for her, marriage seems like an elusive butterfly, always out of reach. At 18 Charlotte fell in love with a young man, Sam Wilder, but his family convinced her to walk away from their relationship. She did and then became engaged to another man, who later died before they were married. Now, more than a decade later, Charlotte finds that she still has feelings for her first love. Initially thrilled to learn that Sam has come home to Middlebury, Texas, Charlotte is devastated to learn that hes brought someone with him: his fiancée. But all is not lost when the townsfolk decide to get involved. Will Charlotte and Sam find their way back to each other?

Members Reviews:

COZY!

Youâve heard of âcozy mysteries.â Well, A MARRIAGE IN MIDDLEBURY is a cozy romance combined with a cozy family-history-mystery. Perfect reading for a cold winterâs evening! The romance between main characters Sam and Charlotte is lovingly written, and, although I knew they would eventually get together by the end of the book, the plot includes some very nice twists and unusual turns that kept me turning the pages. I also loved the quirky secondary characters written as only Higman can - with well-defined histories and motivational factors.

This fair and true review was written from a Kindle edition I purchased myself.

MIddlebury

I am lover of books and stories, good stories with character and a thread that pulls me to the end. When I need an escape, a good story is my 'go to' place. I met Anita while working, she was polite and engaging as we conversed. Her books were unknown to me before we met. As I decided to get to know the author, I decided I needed to read her work. I was delighted with 'A marriage in MInddlebury". This book was a delightful 'get away read, with a sweet story line that help my attention. I will read her other books. As a story teller she captured my heart.

A Love story to treasure

Being a true Texan, I had to read this one and am so glad I did.

I think some of these folks in the book must have came from my small hometown in Texas!

Thank you, Anita Higman, for a delightful read!!

I love a good love story.

Sometimes it's hard to find a good, wholesome, Christian love story. This one was engaging and enjoyable. It drew me into this little town and the people who made up the town. I loved it!

Delightful! Heartwarming story!

Delightful! Heartwarming! All ages will enjoy this well-written, beautiful book with characters we can all relate to. Enjoy the simplicity, drama, laughter and tears of a small town and a delightful tea room!

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Title: Stories for the Family's Heart

Subtitle: Over 100 Stories to Encourage Your Family

Author: Alice Gray

Narrator: Alice Gray

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-21-15

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

This treasury of family stories continues in the style of two previous best sellers by Alice Gray, Stories for the Heart and More Stories for the Heart, both featured on Billy Graham's national TV broadcasts. Her tender stories deliver Christian values in a captivating and wondrous way that appeals to parents, grandparents, couples, and single moms. They're ideal for families to hear together or for anyone to curl up with on the couch and listen to alone.

Contributors include best-selling authors like Max Lucado, Chuck Swindoll, Billy and Ruth Graham, Tony Campolo, Paul Harvey, Erma Bombeck, and Philip Gulley.

Whenever a family needs an emotional or spiritual pick-me-up, this book is the answer.

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Title: The Perfect World

Author: Priya Kumar

Narrator: Ramneeka Lobo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-15

Publisher: Reado

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

The Perfect World is a book that begins with introducing the listeners to Niki Sanders and her life of complete dissatisfaction. Niki's job does not satisfy her in any way, and even her relationships in life seem to be going nowhere. As a result she secludes herself from the outside world.

However, she soon decides to break free of all these inhibitions and goes into the forest. There she meets two souls who belong to a perfect world known as Zedius, which is on the other side of the universe. These evolved souls take Niki to Zedius and help her to discover her real self. This event marks the beginning of her journey to self-discovery.

Niki is tested at several points in the story as the inhabitants of the perfect world try to discover whether she is an intruder or not. This includes passing through various checkposts and magnetic fields along the way. While on this journey, she comes face to face with varied emotions, which include redemption, power, friendship, and purpose.

This science fiction promises to provide its listeners with a journey that brings about spiritual awareness and provides them with spiritual wisdom. It's filled with action and adventure that promise to keep the listener gripped throughout the story. The Perfect World is a self-help book packed with magic realism.

Members Reviews:

The Perfect Inspirational Thriller

I had enjoyed the previous two books by the author ("I Am Another You", and "License to Live") and found this one to be in a different league.

I don't want to put spoilers, so I won't go into the story, but this inspirational thriller takes you on a fantastic journey into the universe with it's wonderful planets, including The Perfect World. It also on a journey of discovering yourself. The book is an all out adventure, with loads of learning subtly inter-woven into the fabric of the story.

The thoughts of the author and the protagonist, made me at times put the book down and reflect on my own life, but then I couldn't do that for long because the story itself was so involving. The writing style was reminiscent of Richard Bach and Paulo Coelho.

I would surely recommend.

Read It

If you actually put this thought into consideration it is a perfect world. Everyone should read this particular book of hers.

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Title: Intrusion

Author: Theresa M. Odom-Surgick

Narrator: Stephanie Terry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-15

Publisher: Theresa M. Odom-Surgick

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Devin Vandelyn has done nothing but ruin lives. From raping his own sister to causing the death of his beloved aunt, his life has wreaked havoc and caused lost love from the beginning of time. How will he handle things when he is suddenly on the receiving end of misery and pain? In this drama-filled story, he is put in a situation where he has to pay for his past sins. How will he cope with his adversaries? A line is drawn in the sand.... Who will win?

As he evolves, you will begin a love-hate relationship with Devin and root for him as he goes through adversity to pursue victory. Will he finally figure things out when his past comes to haunt him with trials, as he struggles to admit his wrongdoing? Nothing is settled without a cost. His breakthrough comes in a mysterious way that even he cannot begin to comprehend.

You'll meet his sister, Rachel. Her hatred of her brother is long lived. A new love comes into her life. It is this love that helps her come to a threshold in life, which turns her life around. Her interaction in this story brings in a little love and brings a bright side to the drama.

Another character that will catch your attention is rich and powerful Michael Stern. He has a vendetta against Devin, and his determination for revenge has pulled Rachel into the forefront of his evil plan to get her brother to pay a fatal price.

Come with me on an exciting journey that is filled with drama, tension, intrigue, and - finally - love in the lives of the Vandelyns.

Members Reviews:

Intrusion

I really enjoyed this book. I read it in 3 days because I couldn't put it down. This is by far the best book written by Theresa M. Odom-Surgick. She told a story that was full of pain, and disappointments but at the end victory filled every character in the book from Devion, Rachel, Jeremiah , and Michael. A must read book. I would recommend this book to anyone that has gone through some difficulties in their lives and to the ones that maybe going through something right now.

Beautiful story of forgiveness

I couldn't put this one down!!!!! Kept me on the edge of my seat!!! I didn't want the story to end!!!

Beautiful story of forgiveness, acceptance, change and moving forward in life.

I hope the author is working on her next book!!!!

Absorbing, thought-provoking

Intrusion holds your attention from beginning to end! Keeps you guessing. Couldn't put it down. Truly love the moral of the title. I main love that it was good, clean, reading, able to hold my interest without a lot of vulgarity and sexuality.

Recommended

An awesome read!

Everyone has choices...

Rachel's Aunt Myra is found dead in her home but Rachel isn't sure whether it was an accident or not. She ends up having her aunt's body exhumed for an autopsy even though an autopsy was against her aunt's wishes. This was the only way to settle whether there was any foul play. Unfortunately, the autopsy was inconclusive.

Rachel and her brother Devin are also at odds with each other for a variety of reasons. Aunt Myra had taken the house keys back from him too. His life was a mess. At the reading of Aunt Myra's will, everyone there received an envelope with a check containing an undisclosed amount of money that Aunt Myra felt s/he deserved.

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Title: Emerald Towers

Author: Gabrielle Chana, Gail Chord Schuler

Narrator: Gail Chord Schuler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-15

Publisher: Gabrielle Chana

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

This short story "Emerald Towers" is fiction, but resounds with emotional truth, in describing the hearts of Brent Spiner and Gail Chord Schuler from 1990 to 2001. Gail, in 2000, had two biopsies for breast cancer, which, fortunately, came out negative. This experience inspired her to write this story. Other than the fact that she did not have breast cancer, this short story resounds with emotional truth

The persecution described from Roman Catholic agents, is unfortunately, about 95 percent accurate. The drawings of Jesus Christ, King David, the Antichrist Zack Knight, and Catherine the Great are accurate representations of the real persons.

Members Reviews:

Tame when compared to her other works.

I had to check out a little more of this individuals work after she came to my attention on YouTube. I listened and was unimpressed. Just consider an author writing a fiction about themselves and then also doing the voice acting for it. Way to go Audible, you have managed to find a way to make money off of horrible fan fiction. You bastards. Anyway back to the "book". Our intrepid author and protagonist and voice actress goes on a trip down cancer lane with the guy who played Data from Star Trek: TNG, insists that she, as a mild mannered house wife, has exposed a dark plot from a rival church yet makes no mention of what the hell she exposed, and then has her cancer magically cured because reasons!

It's not the craziest fan fic I have read, like I said it's relatively tame. That said Jesus, the Eternal Bridegroom has Bubba the Black Jesuit, aaaaaand that shit broke my funnybone in two.

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Title: Shoes

Author: Sue Julsen

Narrator: Elaine Baden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-15

Publisher: Sue Julsen Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Religious & Inspirational

Publisher's Summary:

Shoes is an inspirational story about Carla, a young woman who becomes a single parent when her husband walks out on her after their baby is born, then battles bouts of depression while trying to give her daughter the life she deserves.

Three years later Vince decides he wants his daughter for the day to celebrate her third birthday that, like her other birthdays, he missed. Carla has reservations, but wanting Megan to know her father, she allows Vince to take Megan home.

He locks Megan inside a large dog crate, ignoring the child all day, then takes off to the bar with friends. When time comes to take Megan home, he is drunk and has an auto accident. Megan survives, but she now walks with a significant limp and her learning abilities are slower.

At six years old, possessing wisdom beyond her years, Megan surprises her mother time and again by her logic, and her determination to not let her disability get her down.

Learning from her daughter, Carla once again believes love does exist.

With Megan playing matchmaker, Carla finds true love with her daughter's doctor, a man who knows discrimination.

Megan keeps the family strong, continuing to teach her mother and new father valuable life lessons.

Members Reviews:

A Very Special Gift

If you could sum up Shoes in three words, what would they be?

sadness, loneiness, happiness.

What about Elaine Badens performance did you like?

The way she describes the story. She is an excellent story teller and brings the characters to life. She has an aesthetic for describing the scenes perfectly.

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

I would take out Megan, she is a very special little girl and kids do say the darnest things.!!!!!

Any additional comments?

Author Sue Julsen and Elaine Baden have done a wonderful job sharing a very special story of love and happiness.

Highly Recommend !!!!

Shoes

Would you consider the audio edition of Shoes to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the printed version, so I can't answer this.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Shoes?

When Jeff gave Megan her first pair of shoes.

Have you listened to any of Elaine Badens other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes

This one was much better I felt.

Who was the most memorable character of Shoes and why?

Megan because even though she had difficulties she was wise beyond her years. An amazing little girl who grew into an even more amazing young lady.