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Title: The Little French Bistro

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Nina George

Narrator: Emma Bering

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 77 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary new novel about self-discovery, second chances, and finding true love.

Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After 41 years she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the Brittany coast.

There she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome and the natural ease they all seem to have, taking pleasure in life's small moments. These new friends help Marianne rediscover parts of herself that she has long forgotten, including a special gift for empathy and healing. And when she finds love with a handsome artist, Marianne is forever changed.

With all the buoyant charm that made The Little Paris Bookshop a beloved best seller, The Little French Bistro is a tale of second chances and a delightful escape to the joys of life in France.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

Didn't like the story. The narrator's accents were difficult to understand and confusing with the characters. Totally lacked the charm of Bookshop novel. I'm returning this one.

Charming

A wonderful story of a woman's journey from desperation to compmeteness while learning who she truley is.

The Little French Bistro

This book is a miracle! I loved every word of it! I will read it and listen to it over and over again!

Please Ms. George ......another soon!

Joan Wysong

Sap and romance

Very predictable romance novel. Nothing there really.

The romance writing was even boring and sappy.

Finding your true self

Loved the way the story moved from so hopeless to a transformation of love and fulfilled dreams and deep love.

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Title: Maggie

Subtitle: The Sequel to The Dead Don't Dance

Author: Charles Martin

Narrator: Adam Verner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Life began again for Dylan Styles when his beloved wife Maggie awoke from a coma. A coma brought on by the intense two-day labor that resulted in heartbreaking loss. In this poignant love story that is redolent with Southern atmosphere, Dylan and Maggie must come to terms with their past before they can embrace their future.

Members Reviews:

Returning

Im a Charles Martin fan. Ive listened to all his books and the last 2 have been disappointing. Especially this one, which I'm returning not finnished. Listened to 17 chapters and I've been bored, my mind wanders and still havent got anywhere. To wordy, to in depth about everything. The narrator is at time to feminine sounding, I just dont like that in a mans voice. Kind is fine, feminine yuk.

ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE 2006

This book was originally published in 2006, which accounts for the sophomoric writing. The story is jam-packed with similes, clichés, and/or metaphors. It's funny but these grammar basics are sometimes repeated later on in the story. It appears that the original 2006 publication was never professionally edited. I have enjoyed many of Charles Martins' books but this is not one of them.

Fantastic

Never disappointed with a Charles Martin book! Another wonderful tale that kept me hooked to the end!

loved loved loved it. Charles Martin does it again

Can't wait for his next book. They are uplifting and inspiring. I've read them all.

not feeling it

hubby and i have listened to 5-6 books by this author....we have really enjoyed all of them, until this one. neither one of us could get into it.

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Title: The People We Hate at the Wedding

Author: Grant Ginder

Narrator: Dan Bittner, Khristine Hvam

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 142 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This program includes a bonus interview with the author and his editor.

Relationships are awful. They'll kill you, right up to the point where they start saving your life.

Paul and Alice's half sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels, dinners at "it" restaurants, and a reception at a country estate complete with tea lights and embroidered cloth napkins. They couldn't hate it more.

The People We Hate at the Wedding is the story of a less than perfect family. Donna, the clan's mother, is now a widow living in the Chicago suburbs with a penchant for the occasional joint and more than one glass of wine with her best friend while watching House Hunters International. Alice is in her 30s, single, smart, beautiful, and stuck in a dead-end job where she is mired in a rather predictable, though enjoyable, affair with her married boss. Her brother, Paul, lives in Philadelphia with his older, handsomer, tenured track professor boyfriend who's recently been saying things like "monogamy is an oppressive heteronormative construct" while eyeing undergrads. And then there's Eloise. Perfect, gorgeous, cultured Eloise. The product of Donna's first marriage to a dashing Frenchman, Eloise has spent her school years at the best private boarding schools, her winter holidays in St. John, and a postcollege life cushioned by a fat, endless trust fund. To top it off, she's infuriatingly kind and decent.

As this estranged clan gathers together and Eloise's walk down the aisle approaches, Grant Ginder brings to vivid, hilarious life the power of family and the complicated ways we hate the ones we love the most in the most bitingly funny, slyly witty, and surprisingly tender audiobook you'll listen to this year.

Critic Reviews:

"Family dysfunction at its best. This novel is addicting and entertaining and I couldn't put it down!" (Jennifer Close, New York Times best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls)

Members Reviews:

It had potential.

With so much family strife, you would have thought there would have been way more drama. It ended up being kind of boring. The narrators weren't great and I lost interest.

Family drama worth reading

Instagram introduced me to this book and author and I'm so glad it did. I was invested in the story from the start and I had to keep listening to find out more. Mr. Ginder did an amazing job of bringing the best out of flawed characters. In the process, I could find bits of myself in each one.

Do yourself a favor and read, or listen, to this book today!!

Performance ruined the audible experience

Longtime listener and big fan of Audible but the narration on this was so bad -- distracting, affected, annoying -- I had to ditch it for the kindle version.

Such a great book

I know that a lot of the reviews express disappointment that the characters aren't likable, it's not a fun little beach read, etc. etc. Whatever. The characters in this book are complicated and real, and the family dynamics are refreshingly raw without being tragic or overwrought. If you want the audiobook version of a Hallmark movie, you won't like this book. I am averse to saccharine, and I loved it.

Funny & warming

This book is so so funny! I loved it; it has just enough serious moments to make the laugh out loud moments just that much more awesome.

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Title: Chemistry

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Weike Wang

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 120 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A luminous coming-of-age novel about a young female scientist who must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off track, perfect for fans of Lab Girl and Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You.

Three years into her graduate studies at a demanding Boston university, the unnamed narrator of this nimbly wry, concise debut finds her onetime love for chemistry is more hypothesis than reality. She's tormented by her failed research - and reminded of her delays by her peers, her advisor, and most of all her Chinese parents, who have always expected nothing short of excellence from her throughout her life.

But there's another, nonscientific question looming: the marriage proposal from her devoted boyfriend, a fellow scientist whose path through academia has been relatively free of obstacles and with whom she can't make a life before finding success on her own. Eventually the pressure mounts so high that she must leave everything she thought she knew about her future and herself behind. And for the first time, she's confronted with a question she won't find the answer to in a textbook: What do I really want?

Over the next two years, this winningly flawed, disarmingly insightful heroine learns the formulas and equations for a different kind of chemistry - one in which the reactions can't be quantified, measured, and analyzed, one that can be studied only in the mysterious language of the heart. Taking us deep inside her scattered, searching mind, here is a brilliant new literary voice that astutely juxtaposes the elegance of science, the anxieties of finding a place in the world, and the sacrifices made for love and family.

Members Reviews:

Having a tiger mother can really mess you up!

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

I enjoyed it...having been a chemistry major myself, I identified with the experiences and emotions that surprised and overwhelmed the nameless main character.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked Eric for his steadfastness and calm. We all need someone like this in our lives,

Which character as performed by Julia Whelan was your favorite?

Julia Whelan did a great job of expressing the everyday experiences and emotions of the main character in a straightforward manner without being deadpan.

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

I laughed out loud at the main character because she was so honest in describing her everyday experiences and the events that happened to her. Spoiler Alert. .... My heart broke for her when it became obvious that she would not achieve success in her chosen academic path and then the resulting emotionally devastating fall out. I loved that she discovered her true talent.....being able to foster understanding of math and science topics as a tutor.

Any additional comments?

Audible is the best thing since sliced bread.

Jeca_b

This book was sharp and smart. I loved every minute of the story - I only wish it were longer!

Sweet and Sour. Light and Heavy. Perfect.

Perfect book for summer-full of just the right contrasts. Sweet but sour. Both light and heavy at the same time. About nothing, about everything. About the Chinese, about Americans. Children and Parents, lovers and fighters. The yin and the yang, the push and the pull. Chemistry. Trying to figure it out and making a mess of it. Finding truth.

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Title: Finding Me

Subtitle: Salty Key Inn Series, Book 1

Author: Judith Keim

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-17

Publisher: Wild Quail Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, receive the unexpected news that their Uncle Gavin Sullivan, the black sheep of the family, has left them a hotel on the Gulf coast of Florida. The gift comes with a twist. They must live together for one year at the hotel and prepare the hotel to receive guests within a year. Sheena, eager to escape her role of unappreciated wife and mother, can't wait for the opportunity to find herself. Dreams of sitting on the beach sipping margaritas are shattered when they see the property in need of renovation. But they begin their work of meeting the challenge. If they succeed, the bulk of Gavin's estate will be theirs. Facing the unexpected and working together, the three sisters learn a lot about each other and the gift of family love.

Members Reviews:

Fun story

The story was fun. Fun to hear and fun to imagine I was part time of "the challenge". Did not like the daughter or her voice. Hurt my ears and wasn't keen on Darcy's voice. Sounded like a 70 year old smoker

A delight that sneaks up on you

Very much appreciated how the author built a realistic family story this reader could relate to and found the choice of narrators spot on and perfect. The blend of believable romance with the everyday problems of everyday people resulted in a very satisfactory story that made me want to go on to the next installment.

Feel good and sappy summer read.

Although the ending is a lead in to the next book of the series, this volume can be read as a stand alone.

Just stops?

Why the story just stops and leaves reader hanging? Is it to sell the next book in series?

Narration distracting.

I found the Boston characters having such heavy New Jersey accents to be very distracting.

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Title: The Forever Summer

Author: Jamie Brenner

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 195 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The discovery of long-buried secrets brings three generations of women together to Cape Cod for the summer homecoming of a lifetime.

Marin Bishop has always played by the rules, and it's paid off: On the cusp of 30, she has a handsome fiancé, a prestigious Manhattan legal career, and her father's hard-won admiration. But with one careless mistake at work, Marin suddenly finds herself unemployed and alone. Before she can summon the courage to tell her parents, a young woman appears, claiming to be Marin's half sister. Seeking answers, Marin agrees to join her on a soul-searching journey to Cape Cod, to meet the family she didn't even know she had.

As the summer unfolds at her grandmother's beachside B and B, it becomes clear that her half sister's existence is just the first in a series of truths that will shake Marin's beliefs - in love and in her own identity - to the core. Filled with shocking revelations, heartfelt romance, and resilient women banding together against the most unexpected twists of fate, The Forever Summer is an emotionally resonant story and a delicious escape for any season.

Critic Reviews:

"An engaging and emotional read with characters who stay with you, this is a good fit for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, beach reads, and women's stories." (Booklist)

"Just when Marin's engagement and career start unraveling, an at-home genetic test confuses things even more - and clues her in to a family she never knew she had." (Cosmopolitan)

"Soap-opera twists and turns are tempered with the believable goodness of the characters, the messiness of their journeys, and just a hint of unpredictability as events unfold.... Engaging and not too fluffy, an excellent choice for summer vacation reading." (Kirkus Review)

Members Reviews:

Summer chick lit beach read at its finest!

Well written and pleasant narration....I liked all the characters and story lines. Kept me listening to the very end. I'm hoping there's a sequel!

Great light easy read

I liked this book a lot. It was easy to listen to and not too sappy or heavy but just kept you interested. Great beach read.

Take This One To The Beach

As we all get more involved with instant communications, it gets harder for authors to get a good conflict going in a contemporary setting since theoretically, any character could get in touch with or find another person/character at just about any time. This book deals with a lot of travel and long distances -- both emotionally and geographically -- so Jamie Brenner could have easily dropped the tension in several plot lines by just giving into a Skype scene or a mobile phone ringing. But she doesn't and the book works.

So I give Jamie Brenner kudos for getting a good plot going. (And for incorporating into the plot and believably utilizing tech contrivances, for that matter.) She also outlines very real characters.

The novel uses intrigues involving genetics and ancestry and what a "family" can be, depending on your definition.. not a new idea but this story is well fleshed out.

A GREAT beach read. Not too heavy and has several layers of romance to keep you going.

Didn't want it to end.

Loved this book. Great characters, great content, great atmosphere. The narrator was amazing.

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Title: Castle of Water

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Dane Huckelbridge

Narrator: Max Winter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 39 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. For Barry Bleecker, the same trip was meant to mark a new beginning - turning away from his dreary existence in Manhattan finance to seek creative inspiration. But when their small plane is downed in the middle of the South Pacific, the sole survivors of the wreck are left with one common goal: survival. Stranded hundreds of miles from civilization on an island the size of a large city block, the two castaways must reconcile their differences and learn how to draw on one another's strengths. If they don't, they may never make it home.

Members Reviews:

Wanted More

I really enjoyed this book but wanted more towards the end. I felt it ended abruptly.

I love everything about this book

A friend told me to run out and get this book, and so I did. Sort of. I grabbed my phone and downloaded the audible. It's such an engaging story and the narrator is fantastic. I listened to it on a long drive, and it made the time fly by. Everyone should experience this book.

Beautifully written

A narrator with a mesmerizing voice tells the tale of two castaways. A tale of love and if loss. Poetic lines bring the book to life.

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Title: The Wanderers

Author: Meg Howrey

Narrator: Mozhan Marno

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-17

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 254 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them - and their families - changed forever.

In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves.

In four years aerospace giant Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshihiro Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov must prove they're the crew for the historic voyage by spending 17 months in the most realistic simulation ever created. Constantly observed by Prime Space's team of "Obbers", Helen, Yoshi, and Sergei must appear ever in control. But as their surreal pantomime progresses, each soon realizes that the complications of inner space are no less fraught than those of outer space. The borders between what is real and unreal begin to blur, and each astronaut is forced to confront demons past and present, even as they struggle to navigate their increasingly claustrophobic quarters - and each other.

Astonishingly imaginative, tenderly comedic, and unerringly wise, The Wanderers explores the differences between those who go and those who stay, telling a story about the desire behind all exploration: the longing for discovery and the great search to understand the human heart.

Library Journal, A Big Fiction pick for March 2017.

Editorial Reviews:

Editors Select, March 2017 - Space is huge right now. Well, it's always huge, but it's like really big at the moment. While The Wanderers is being billed as a cross between The Martian and Station Eleven, it is really unlike any other space odyssey. It follows three astronauts and their families during a 17-month-long Mars voyage simulation. But as the astronauts become engulfed in the complexities of their expedition, the line between reality and simulation starts to blur. Meg Howrey uses this uncertainty to drive a delicious psychological tension into and between her diverse and intricate characters, and narrator Mozhan Marno exacerbates that tension with a composed, refined, and eerily calm tone of voice. The Wanderers then ends up exploring the boundaries of familial obligation and personal relationships as much as it does those of the final frontier. And the performance lands with precision, delivering a uniquely awe-inspiring glimpse of humanity at a distance and way up close.

Critic Reviews:

"Howrey's exquisite novel demonstrates that the final frontier may not be space after all." (J. Ryan Stradal)

Members Reviews:

Think drama more than science fiction

I bought this book because I really enjoyed The Martian and Station Eleven, but this book is more of a drama than sci-fi. Slow moving book more about the dysfunctions of the unlikeable characters than a mission to Mars. Plodded along until it's unsatisfactory ending. Narration was very good and most likely the only reason I finished the book.

Know what You Are Getting-Poignant And Deep

If you are looking for a replica of The Martian or Station Eleven, that is not this book. Instead, this book is an exploration of the humans involved in a Martian space simulation, whether by being the selected astronaut or one of the family members waiting while the 17 month Mars simulation progresses.

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Title: Two Good Dogs

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Susan Wilson

Narrator: Christina Delaine, Fred Berman, Rick Adamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-17

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 138 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Susan Wilson, the best-selling author of One Good Dog, delivers another powerful audiobook of loyalty and love.

Single mom Skye Mitchell has sunk her last dime into a dream, owning the venerable, if run-down, LakeView Hotel in the Berkshire Hills. It's here where she believes she'll give her 14-year-old daughter, Cody, a better life. But being an innkeeper is more challenging than she imagined, and Cody still manages to fall in with the wrong crowd. In addition, Cody is keeping an earth-shattering secret that she's terrified to reveal. The once loving, open girl has now become completely withdrawn, and Skye is both desperate and helpless to reach her.

When Adam March and his pit bull, Chance, check in to the hotel, it becomes the first of many visits. Here in these peaceful mountains he finds an unexpected relief from his recent bereavement. He and the beleaguered innkeeper form a tentative friendship. Adam knows the struggles of raising a difficult teenager, and Skye understands loneliness.

And then there is Mingo, a street kid with a pit bull dog of his own. When Cody discovers an overdosed Mingo, Adam takes the boy's dog not just for safekeeping but to foster and then rehome. But the dog isn't the only one who needs saving. A makeshift family begins to form as four lost people learn to trust and rely on each other, with the help of two good dogs.

Members Reviews:

I waited forever....worth it !

I waited somewhat patiently for Susan Wilson to write and publish this book. I consistently told all that would listen that "One Good Dog" was my favorite book of all time". This is a significant statement because I consider myself a book addict and a cat person. Wilson did not disappoint me ...I think Chance's story may be complete but I'm not sure...now I have to start waiting again!

cannot put her books down!

loved this book and actually all of her books. her characters are so real you keep reading to see how your friends are doing. don't get me started on the dogs...they are better even than the people. she is a remarkable author and you are missing something if you haven't read all of her books!

Amazing

Perfect narrators and amazing story! Thank you to all who were part of this. Susan Wilson, you must have met/had some amazing dogs

The Mystery of the 2 dogs

All of the books I have read from auditable have been perfect books but this one was very usual but this one was fantastic. Every turn of events was awesome an ended in a way I never dreamed of . One of the best books of all.

Wholesome read

It took a few minutes for the story to grab ah9ld of ke, but when it did, it had mely whole weekend.

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Title: Lowcountry Stranger

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ashley Farley

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

There's a stranger in town. And it's no coincidence when she shows up uninvited at a Sweeney family wedding. All eyes are drawn to this urchin who seems to have washed in with the tide. Before the night is over, the doe-eyed waif charms young and old with her street smarts and spunky personality. For better or worse, Annie Dawn is here to stay.

The memorable Sweeney sisters from Her Sister's Shoes have returned with more suspense and family drama to hold you spellbound until the dramatic conclusion. As she approaches the next stage of her life as an empty nester, Jackie is torn between expanding her fledgling design business and spending these last precious months with her boys before they fly the coop. Her own worst enemy, Sam is terrified of making a commitment to Eli Marshall, handsome police officer, true love of her life. Her resolve is tested when a ghost from her past shows up after nearly two decades.

Faith nurtures her seven-year-old daughter, who is recovering from the trauma of her abusive father. Is the threat in the past, or is there more danger on the horizon? The sisters seek guidance from their mother, Lovie, a true Southern matriarch who shows them how to respond to adversity with grace and dignity.

Things are heating up in the Lowcountry. The Sweeney sisters remind us once again that being a part of a family is about more than sharing the same DNA.

Members Reviews:

Cheesy

If you are in the mood for cheesy, and we all are sometimes, then this is the book for you.