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Title: Return to Sender

Author: Fern Michaels

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-10

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

At 17, Rosalind Lin Townsend finds herself pregnant and alone. Her father, deeply religious yet cruel, throws her out of the house. Nick Pemberton, her babys father and the man she naively hoped might marry her, rejects her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Lin vows to succeed on her own terms, and to give her son, Will, all the love and happiness shes been denied.

Nineteen years later, Lin has made good on her promises. Shes the owner of a thriving diner in her Georgia hometown, and Will has grown into a fine, intelligent young man whos about to start his freshman year and NYU. But when Lin visits New York with Will, she crosses paths with the one man she was sure shed never see again - Nick Pemberton, now a millionaire CEO, the man who sent back all her letters unopened, marked Return to Sender. Seeing him fills Lin with anger and she resolves to right the wrong he did to Will.

Helped by Jason, a hired detective, and her best friend, Sally, Lin sets out to disrupt Nicks life and his finances, with spectacular results. But the truth is more complex and surprising than she imagined. And soon Lin must choose between the revenge she thought would free her, and the bright new future thats about to be delivered to her door.

Members Reviews:

Hard to Like

Listened to this as an abridged audio and the narrator did a good job, far better than the story and plot. Hate to give low marks, but though the writing was solid, this book had the nastiest set of characters I have ever read or in this case, listened to. And so many of them, too. Usually it's just one nasty character per book, maybe two. Not all of them. =( The heroine was just plain vindictive and difficult to like. Why wait 20 years for revenge? Plus, the ploys she pulled didn't seem possible.The hero was a plain and simple jackass of Olympic proportions, and his wife was just plain evil with a capital E. She should have had horns and a pitchfork. The only nice people in the story are the heroine's son and a secondary character who develops a hard-to-believe crush at first sight on the heroine. This one was labeled unforgettable in the blurb. It was...minus the un-

Unlikeable characters, bad story, and too many things left hanging.

I have rarely felt motivated to write a bad review for a book, but this book was painful to finish. The only reason I kept reading was that because of the synopsis, I kept hoping the main character would redeem herself. I waited in vain. Additionally, some of the plot lines that I hoped would help the book end on a positive note were instead left completely hanging and unresolved at the end. I cannot recommend this book to anyone.

Nearly every character in this book is self-centered, morally bankrupt, and unlikeable. And most remain unlikeable throughout. The main character, who you are presumably supposed to be rooting for is a character who suddenly abandons years of being a responsible, caring person for petty revenge that doesn't even make sense. Except that her revenge isn't petty at all and involves awful things that in real life would bring hefty prison sentences, though we're assured in the book that even if she gets caught, she'd do a couple years of jail time.

The story line is ridiculous.

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Title: The Swimming Pool

Author: Holly LeCraw

Narrator: Kathe Mazur

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A heartbreaking affair, an unsolved murder, an explosive romance: welcome to summer on the Cape in this powerful debut.

Seven summers ago, Marcella Atkinson fell in love with Cecil McClatchey, a married father of two. But on the same night their romance abruptly ended, Cecil's wife was found murderedand their lives changed forever. The case was never solved, and Cecil died soon after, an uncharged suspect.

Now divorced and estranged from her only daughter, Marcella lives alone, mired in grief and guilt. Meanwhile, Cecil's grown son, Jed, returns to the Cape with his sister for the first time in years. One day he finds a woman's bathing suit buried in a closet - a relic, unbeknownst to him, of his father's affair - and, on a hunch, confronts Marcella. When they fall into an affair of their own, their passion temporarily masks the pain of the past, but also leads to crises and revelations they never could have imagined.

In what is sure to be the debut of the season, The Swimming Pool delivers a sensuous narrative of such force and depth that you won't be able to press pause.

Members Reviews:

Filled With Despair, Living Within A Facade

Holly LeCraw has written her first novel filled with people in despair. It is not always apparent, nor do the characters involved understand the despair and depression surrounding them. This is a novel of people living within a facade.

Jed, a lawyer, has become involved with his father's mistress. He is living with his sister, Callie and her husband, Billy and children in Cape Cod. This was a summer home from happier times, or were they? Something seems not quite right. Toni, the daughter of Jed's new lover is helping out this summer. Marcella, Toni's mom and Jed's new lover and mistress of Jed's father, lives in Connecticut, near the beach. Jed's mother was murdered and his father died in a sudden accident. Those are the essentials, except for Anthony, Toni's father and Marcella's ex-husband. There you have it. Sounds convoluted, does it not?

What Holly LeCraw has going for her, is her writing. She is a gifted writer and the story flows so well. Each character is drawn out so well that we feel like we are just getting to know them. The settings are so well depicted, we feel like we are there. The sun, the sand, the surf, the beach, the swimming pool and the old weathered homes of old Cape Cod. The story moves from one setting to the next, and the characters with some insight move from one place to the next. Told in many flashbacks, the story makes more sense as the novel proceeds. In fact, I liked this novel.

Holly LeCraw has some important things to say. Her novel is an important start. Keep on, keepin' on.

Recommended. prisrob 04-25-10

Love and Betrayal

I didn't think of this book as a beach read at all. In fact when I read the back cover for it, I didn't get the impression that it was supposed to be. The book has all of the elements for it though; murder, secrets, betrayals and forgiveness.

Jed and Callie have a summer home on Cape Cod, the home belonging to their parents. Their mom, Betsy,was murdered and it is suspected that their dad,Cecil, committed suicide. They both have had trouble dealing with these deaths and the circumstances.

Anthony and Marcella are a divorced couple. Marcella had an affair with Cecil that eventually brought about an end to her marriage with Anthony.

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Title: The Ask

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Sam Lipsyte

Narrator: Sam Lipsyte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-02-10

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 157 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Milo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has "not been developing": after a run-in with a well--connected undergrad, he finds himself among the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is offered one last chance by his former employer: he must reel in a potential donor--a major "ask"--who, mysteriously, has requested Milo's involvement. But it turns out that the ask is Milo's sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the "give" won't come cheap.

Probing many themes--or, perhaps, anxieties--including work, war, sex, class, child rearing, romantic comedies, Benjamin Franklin, cooking shows on death row, and the eroticization of chicken wire, The Ask is a burst of genius by a young American master who has already demonstrated that the truly provocative and important fictions are often the funniest ones.

Editorial Reviews:

How is it that Sam Lipsyte has not killed himself? This is a writer whose deeply intelligent sense of black comedy is a direct descendant from the bitter wellsprings of David Foster Wallace and John Kennedy Toole, except firmly anchored in realism. Like an extended outtake from Brief Interviews with Hideous Men or A Confederacy of Dunces that substitutes the corporate end of academia for New Orleans, Lipsytes third novel is destined to delight in a way his previous two books did not. In fairness to Lipsyte, probably his initially bright career trajectory was cut short by the fact that his first book was released on 9/11, so reviewers had other things to think about. But it is precisely his experience with this type of tragic coincidence that informs the lives of his characters so well.

Lipsytes double-duty as narrator for his book leaves us doubly blessed. Told from the perspective of Milo Burke, a finder of funding at a mediocre school in New York, Lipsytes uncanny ear for dialogue really shines as Milo tries to remain respectably under the radar of a militaristic dean, sufficiently snooty in the company of an ideas tycoon with whom he went to art school, convincingly authoritative under the scrutiny of his toddler of terror, and attentively supportive to his cheating wife. Once upon a time, Milo was going to be a successful painter. But Milo is now basically an over-educated drone just trying to eke out a mildly respectable and not-too-schmucky sustainable life for himself and his crumbling family. His comparatively big break comes when an old acquaintance is interested in making a hefty donation to Milos school. If Milo can make it happen, hell be a hero. But Milo is not good at making things happen, or at being a hero. He is, at best, a wonderful loser.

The cadences of the assorted conversations going on in this book are so absolutely real that youll wonder if Lipsyte has been spying on you. He perfectly captures the despairing dialogue between a parent about to crack and a child who oscillates between naive violence, ceaseless rhetorical questioning, and practical selfishness. These traits are interestingly mirrored in the witty back and forths between Milo and Don. Don is the secret love child of Milos old acquaintance, and keeping Don happily under wraps is what Milo will have to do in exchange for securing his big donation.

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Title: Touch the Horizon

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Angela Brazil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 36 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

She was stranded in a deadly sandstorm when he rode to her rescue like a desert prince on his black stallion. On a lark, Billie Callahan had come to the Middle East to play a minor film role in a desert epic. Suddenly, she found herself starring in a real-life romantic adventure. Cowboy, hero, friend of sheikhs and princes, David Bradford spoke like a poet in the drawl of his native Texas. What was this mysterious, eccentric, and irresistibly seductive man doing in Sedikhan, and what did he want with an ordinary woman like Billie?

Her curiosity piqued, Billie followed David to the lavish pleasure fortress he called home, with its armed guards and adoring staff. He warned her that the pleasure he offered her would last forever. What he didn't know was that Billie only believed in now.

Members Reviews:

Passion, Adventure, Exotic Flavor, & Humor.

Where does Touch the Horizon rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

One of my absolute favorites... I had to track down the others in the series. So glad there are more showing up.

What other book might you compare Touch the Horizon to and why?

The Everlasting is also a passionate book and adds that cultural flavor which makes you feel like you took a trip to an exotic land.

Have you listened to any of Angela Brazils other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, she is always wonderful.

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

I laughed and cried in a few places. Joseph's permanent... David's battle... Billie's torment... Very emotional book.

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Title: While I'm Falling

Author: Laura Moriarty

Narrator: Julia Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 48 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Author Laura Moriarty, a recipient of the George Bennet Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy, melted the hearts of readers and critics alike with her stirring debut The Center of Everything - a novel in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird. Now, in While I'm Falling, Moriarty again crafts a dramatic tale filled withunforgettable characters.

©2009 Laura Moriarty; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews:

"Moriarty exposes the underbelly of family strife in this coming-of-age college drama set near Lawrence, Kans. One day, Veronica Von Holten is happy, med-school bound, in love with her boyfriend and not far from her supportive family. Then her father finds another man in the bed he shares with his wife of 26 years. As a messy divorce ensues, Veronica struggles to keep her own life in check while her mother's unravels.... Moriarty...delves into this realistic but narrow world with an inviting honesty and creates a cast of vivid and flawed characters that will hold readers rapt with a queasy sense of unease." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Not Moriarty's best, buy...

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This is tough. it is not Moriarty's best work, but she has such a gift for describing everyday life in such a way as to make it relatable.

It's a welcome addition to my library only so far as to nearly complete my Moriarty novels, but on its own there's something missing, or maybe too much present; I can't put my finger on it.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Both of these narrators are not my favorites. Dialogue is not their strong suits, and there is so much dialogue in this book that a better narrator may have improved the book.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Actually, it would make a great drama pic!

Any additional comments?

This is not Moriarty's best work, but she set the bar high with her debut "The Center of Everything". But the book by itself seems to be too much bad stuff happening to the characters, though ultimately it depicts the changing dynamics of adult-child relationships quite well.

See why this review is complicated?

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Title: Crossers

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Philip Caputo

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-09

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Gil Castle loses his wife in the Twin Tower attacks, he retreats to his family's sprawling homestead in a remote corner of the Southwest. Consumed by grief, he has to find a way to live with his loss in this strange, forsaken part of the country, where drug lords have more power than police and violence is a constant presence. But it is also a world of vast open spaces, where Castle begins to rebuild his belief in the potential for happiness - until he starts to uncover the dark truths about his fearsome grandfather, a legacy that has been tightly shrouded in mystery in the years since the old man's death.

When Miguel Espinoza shows up at the ranch, terrified after two friends were murdered in a border-crossing drug deal gone bad, Castle agrees to take him in. Yet his act of generosity sets off a flood of violence and vengeance, a fierce reminder of the fact that, while he may be able to reinvent himself, he may never escape his history.

Searingly dramatic, bold, and timely, Crossers is Caputo's most ambitious and brilliantly realized novel yet.

Critic Reviews:

"At first glance, this multifarious book skirts country familiar to readers of McCarthy or McMurtry, but Caputo's west supersedes elemental cowboys and lone justice with the malaise of post-9/11 America and the violence of the Mexican desert - as gruesome as in Iraq - frothing with moral ambiguity and fraught with complicity." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Decent book, poor narrator.

Caputo usually has a knack for creating interesting characters. In this attempt, though, he just doesn't have enough for them to do. There's little suspense, and the love interest is just dull.

It's the narrator that really sinks the boat, though, with a lilting rhythm that bears little relation to the substance, kind of like being read to by Captain Kirk...

Excellent story- fitting for 2010 news

The author gives an accurate unbiased look into life past and present along the US/Mexican border through a fictious story. I know people who live in border areas who have had similiar experiances. The narration is very slow, so I recommend to up the "speed button"

A good story with timely topics

Crossers is a story about the border between the US and Mexico that bounces back from a historical context to the present. Interesting to see how we never escape the past, even though it may not be us in the present who makes the transgressions. The characters are vivid, at times a little too vivid.

I recommend the book but not for young ears.

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Title: The Best Laid Plans

Author: Sidney Sheldon

Narrator: John Rubinstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 79 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With the unexpected twists and turns that are the hallmark's of his mega-best-selling novels, Sidney Sheldon spins a tale of two equally determined people headed on a collision course. Oliver has a strategy to win the White House; Leslie has a scheme to make him wish he's never been born. They both should have known that even the best-laid plans can go dangerously astray...with deadly consequences.

The Best Laid Plans takes listeners inside two of America's most powerful and ruthless institutions: the world of politics with it's scandals, corruption, and cover-ups; and that of newspaper publishing, where it is not unusual to use the power of the press to destroy lives - or bring down heads of state - in pursuit of a story or to settle a score.

Members Reviews:

A SIT IN YOUR CAR KIND OF AUDIO BOOK! TEN STARS!

I have had this book on cassette tape for years and loved it sooo much I wanted to convert it to CD, but Instead took an old walk-man and mini speakers to listen to it in the car. When it came out on CD I was thrilled! I have listened to it 3 more times since I downloaded it here.

Also note don't be afraid of the abridged. Nothing (important) is left out. I have had this book for years on tape and now on CD and listening to it all this time.

Ten stars not five!

im reading it for the second time..read it a long

i have ben reading sidney sheldons books for years now since loosing my site i listen..i love u Sid!

Great!

Sheldon NEVER ceases to surprise! Thoroughly researched material, kept me in my car at work to listen to the end (I was ten minutes late but it was worth it), and wonderfully read!!

Fantastic!

I was introduced to this book by a friend of mine who's name is Sheldon back in 1999 there about. I loved it then and I love it even more now. Great job and thanks to everyone who made this production posible.

Most favorite Sidney Sheldon

Read this book years ago. Was just as involved now as I was then. Very gripping and entertaining.

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Title: Foxfire

Subtitle: Confessions of a Girl Gang

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Jane Gabbert

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-09

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Foxfire chronicles the life of five unforgettably real teenage girls in upstate New York in the 1950s. This controversial, topical tale captures the exhilaration of conspiracy, the blaze of youth, and the inevitable end of violence.

©1993 The Ontario Review, Inc.; (P)1993 Penguin HighBridge Audio

Members Reviews:

Good Movie - Better Book

FOXFIRE by Joyce Carol Oates is a haunting tale of the relationships developed among groups of outcasts and "leftovers," marginalized by the established mainstream. The subtitle is "Confessions of a Girl Gang," and that is exactly what is told. The story is set in upstate New York but could be anywhere in American suburbia. The group of girls gang together, at first out of circumstance, then survival, and finally love. Despite the mostly pathetic personality of the characters, they become endearing and fit nicely into the world Oates has created. I hesitate to recommend FOXFIRE to those unfamiliar with Oates' pastiche narrative style and penchant for (mostly mild) violence in her stories, but this did grip me and I considered it a "page turner."

The movie version is only loosely based on the novel, with more differences than similarities. Even with the successful cult following, which is at least partly due to Angelina Jolie's subsequent fame, the book outshines the movie's comparative mediocrity.

Five Stars

Very good book.

i love this book

Just don't go into it expecting it to be just like the movie because its not. Its set during a very different time. The characters are far more raw and at times unlikeable. The movie was a sugar coated fabrication shadowed after this story. Don't get me wrong. I love the movie but I keep them very separate.

Fair

Although I am a great fan of her short stories, this book was not in the same milieu.

Maybe I just did not like the topic.

Powerful and truly real from start to finish, you feel it al

Joyce Carol Oates finds a way to bring you back to this time, to this place and become on of these girls going through their pains and sufferings and ups and downs. These characters are all real they are either you or your daughter or your friend and you understand the times and the hardships and why they feel they need to act the way they do because she makes you one of them. `It burns and burns and never looks back'. That is something this book truly does.

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Title: First Family

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-09

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David into a national security nightmare, but the hostage is not who anyone would expect. The First Lady enlists the services of King and Maxwell to bring the child back safely. Years ago, King saved her then-senator husband from an assassin's bullet; whether they shared anything else is their secret. With Michelle still recovering from her own demons the pair are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them, and the line between friend and foe impossible to define...or defend.

Members Reviews:

Presidential Power, a short course

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

The reason I chose the abridged version of this book is because all of Baldacci's books that I have heard before were good, but I always wanted to flip ahead and cut some of his self-adulation. Yes, he is a good and intelligent writer, but I don't need laborious reminders of that in each book. That being said, the abridged version is probably as good as or better than the book.

What did you like best about this story?

The story moved quickly and had well thought out side stories and subplots.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narration was excellent, but the sound effects were not welcome, especially while driving.

Who was the most memorable character of First Family and why?

King is the most memorable character. He may not be the last Boy Scout, but he is a credit to the club.

Any additional comments?

Baldacci has taught me that less can mean more. He is an excellent author and I look forward to reading all of his works. I will, however, choose only the abridged versions from now on. Most authors are better unabridged; Baldacci is better abridged.

Like most Baldacci, sort of good.

To those of you who haven't listened to or read David Baldacci, this novel, like most his others, has a story line that is just good enough to keep you interested. Not great, but good. I didn't really gain affection for any of the characters and I almost didn't care how it would end. There is some action, a little girl is kidnapped but you never learn that much about her, there's a bad guy but he isn't really all the bad, and on and on. Ron McLarty does a good job on an average story line.

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Title: Youth in Revolt (Compilation)

Subtitle: Youth in Revolt, Youth in Bondage, and Youth in Exile

Author: C. D. Payne

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-10-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 106 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive Type-A father, murderous canines (in triplicate), and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response, all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess and ultimate intellectual goad. He's smart, he's horny, he's resourceful, and he's on the loose.

Movie tie-in alert: A film adaptation starring Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad) with Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, and Ray Liotta has been announced for January 8, 2010 by the Weinstein Company.

Critic Reviews:

"An unstintingly hilarious black comedy....has all the earmarks of a classic." (Los Angeles Times)

"C.D. Payne has penned a take-no-prisoners book, and Paul Michael Garcia is the perfect reader for it....Garcia has a little smirk in his tone that perfectly underscores the actions of young Mr. Twisp." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

True Story

I loved this true life story of a boy and his path to enlightenment.

Book two is all screwed up there are parts that are in different order and is annoying.

Great Read

I typically read crime novels or suspense thrillers. This was a nice change of pace to laugh out loud in the car while listening. And I have to disagree about the narrator. I loved his delivery, especially his French accent.

Untitled

Ignoring the fact that I did not find the book very funny, this recording is also missing large chunks. At the end of chapters words will cut out mid sentence and then in the next chapter events have transpired that you did not hear.

The Essence of Male Adolescence

This ably narrated book captures the highs and lows, the fantasies (of perception and imagination), and the mindset of the male adolescent. No matter its temporal or socioeconomic setting, the novel will strike a chord with any man over 21 and any woman with brothers or sons in that difficult age.

Entertaining audio book with a couple faults...

As other listeners noted, parts 2 and 3 do have a couple problems where sections of the text are not included, creating a disjointed story.

However, I thought the reader did an excellent job (he does sound nerdy for a teen, but the main character is nerdy). It's a fun listen, and priced well, making the faults bearable.