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Title: Why We Came to the City

Author: Kristopher Jansma

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-16-16

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 55 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A warm, funny, and heartfelt novel about a tight-knit group of 20-somethings in New York whose lives are upended by tragedy - from the widely acclaimed author of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards.

December 2008. A heavy snowstorm is blowing through Manhattan, and the economy is on the brink of collapse, but none of that matters to a handful of guests at a posh holiday party. Five years after their college graduation, the fiercely devoted friends at the heart of this richly absorbing novel remain as inseparable as ever: editor and social butterfly Sara Sherman; her troubled astronomer boyfriend, George Murphy; loudmouth poet Jacob Blaumann; classics major turned investment banker William Cho; and Irene Richmond, an enchanting artist with an inscrutable past.

Amid cheerful revelry and free-flowing champagne, the friends toast themselves and the new year ahead - a year that holds many surprises in store. They must navigate ever-shifting relationships with the city and with one another, determined to push onward in pursuit of their precarious dreams. And when a devastating blow brings their momentum to a halt, the group is forced to reexamine their aspirations and chart new paths through unexpected losses.

Kristopher Jansma's award-winning debut novel, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, was praised for its "wry humor" and "charmingly unreliable narrator" in The New Yorker and hailed as "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" by The Village Voice. In Why We Came to the City, Jansma offers an unforgettable exploration of friendships forged in the fires of ambition, passion, hope, and love. This glittering story of a generation coming of age is a sweeping, poignant triumph.

Members Reviews:

20-something Friends in New York, circa 2010

There is much to admire here. The writing is great, the characters diverse and interesting (favorite character is Jacob, although he's also quite catty ). But it is a bit too long, and would have benefited from some editing, especially in part 2. A big thumbs UP to narrator Edoardo Ballerini, he really made these characters real.

Amazing

Knew nothing about this book beyond the blurb. Story is amazing and well written and the narrator is amazing. I was entranced by the entire experience. Highly recommend.

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Titre: 2084. La fin du monde

Auteur: Boualem Sansal

Narrateur: Thierry Hancisse, Pierre Hancisse

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-15-16

Éditeur: Gallimard

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

À propos de ce titre

Grand prix du Roman de l'Académie française 2015.

L'Abistan, immense empire, tire son nom du prophète Abi, "délégué" de Yölah sur terre. Son système est fondé sur l'amnésie et la soumission au dieu unique. Toute pensée personnelle est bannie, un système de surveillance omniprésent permet de connaître les idées et les actes déviants. Officiellement, le peuple unanime vit dans le bonheur de la foi sans questions.

Le personnage central, Ati, met en doute les certitudes imposées. Il se lance dans une enquête sur l'existence d'un peuple de renégats, qui vit dans des ghettos, sans le recours de la Religion...

Boualem Sansal s'est imposé comme une des voix majeures de la littérature contemporaine. Au fil d'un récit débridé, plein d'innocence goguenarde, d'inventions cocasses ou inquiétantes, il s'inscrit dans la filiation d'Orwell pour brocarder les dérives et l'hypocrisie du radicalisme religieux qui menace les démocraties.

©2015 Éditions Gallimard (P)2016 Éditions Gallimard

Avis des membres:

Formidable! Sansal decrit un monde Orwellian, un monde ...

Formidable! Sansal decrit un monde Orwellian, un monde ou toute pensees individuelles sont interdites, un monde ou l'education est equallment interdite, ou il n'y a qu'une seule langue. Dans cette societe une systeme de surveillance omnipresent regne, et cette systeme peut dechiffrer les pensees autant que les actes ou les mots. La guerre est une chose qui continnue a l'infini et l'enemie se trouve dans la societe.

Five Stars

This is a great book! It should be translated into English.

Three Stars

Une histoire racontée avec talent dans un monde imaginaire ... mais ...

Big Brother is a brainwashed Imam and/or a Mullah with a lower IQ

There were three famous dystopian novels in the 20th century: "We" by Zamyatin, "Brave New World" by Huxley and "1984" by Orwell. All three were written by authors who were anti-Nazi, anti-Communist and anti-totalitarian, though Orwell favored Socialism. In addition all three were examples of a dead world caused by secular authoritarianism.

Sansal, an Algerian, has the true perspective of a Muslim. He sees the future as a one world Islamic State called "Abistan", that is just as totalitarian, just as much a horror, except in this case the new regime is run by the wacko cult, known as Islam.

The book is a wake-up call to all bien pensant leftists, socialists and lovers of laicite (laicism). You can love your secularism all you want, but religious fanaticism will win every time if the West hates itself as much as it does today.

Can't wait for the English translation. In the meantime Google "2015, The Year the War Began", an article on the West's suicidal stupidity and also a good commentary on this book. "Quadrant.org", where the article appears, is an Australian blog and is a must read if you believe Islam is a menace and you don't want your wife, mother or daughter raped by the new cultural enrichers invading our countries.

Five Stars

Great book

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Titre: Stupeur et tremblements

Auteur: Amélie Nothomb

Narrateur: Martine Chide

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 3 hrs

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-08-16

Éditeur: CdLEDITIONS

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Monsieur Haneda était le supérieur de monsieur Omochi, qui était le supérieur de monsieur Saito, qui était le supérieur de mademoiselle Mori, qui était ma supérieure. Et moi, je n'étais la supérieure de personne. On pourrait dire les choses autrement. J'étais aux ordres de mademoiselle Mori qui était aux ordres de monsieur Saito, et ainsi de suite, avec cette précision que les ordres pouvaient, en aval, sauter les échelons hiérarchiques. Donc, dans la compagnie Yumimoto, j'étais aux ordres de tout le monde.

©1999 Albin-Michel (P)2008 CdL Éditions

Avis des membres:

Superbe!

Un beau petit roman qui vous laisse comme le titre l'indique, tremblante. Une immersion dans le monde des bureaux et des boulots administratifs qui sucent toute l'énergie et la creativité de leurs employés. Sans but et sans espoir, on y perd son humanité. Le ton sobre et minimaliste de la narratrice complémente parfaitement le récit.

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Title: The Danish Girl

Author: David Ebershoff

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-15

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: what do you do when the person you love has to change?

It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate.

Uniting fact and fiction into an original romantic vision, The Danish Girl eloquently portrays the unique intimacy that defines every marriage and the remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, and the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage and her own ambitions and desires.

The Danish Girl is an evocative and deeply moving novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century. Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander, directed by Tom Hooper.

Read by Joe Jameson.

Members Reviews:

The mark of a good story

I am not sure I really liked this. But they say that the mark of a good book is when you think about it after reading, and I am now about to look further into this.....so?

Very enjoyable but long

Very enjoyable but long. Beautifully written and the narrator has a lovely voice which suits the story.

Story had holding power.

Piqued my curiosity about the real Lilli Elbe. I would recommend a little distance between Wikipedia and this story. Enjoy as it is written; it's a departure from biography.

Very disappointing ending

Loved the story all the way through to last five minutes. Needs better ending. Very good performance though for an audio book

"Nature's geatest mishap corrected at last"

In the 1920s Copenhagen at the beginning of this story, Danish artist Einar Wegener has been married to fellow American artist Gerta for six years. By the end of the story, Einar is 'dead' and in his place is Lili Elbe, 'Nature's greatest mishap corrected at last' as she calls herself. This much is true and is the basis of the major motion picture about to be released. The re-issued book and the download have been issued to coincide with the film.

Listening to it, I wondered whether the author David Ebershoff wrote the book with the big motion picture in his head. The short sentences, plentiful dialogue and simple but deftly chosen words create brilliant and highly charged scene after scene in the listener's imagination, whether it's of Greta's paintings, land and waterscape, the designs and texture of clothing, or of anguished dialogue.

One of the author's skills is knowing when to stop. There is plenty of detail and depth of emotion, but never too much, which goes for the pain of the rejection suffered by Gerta as well as for the details and agonies of Lili's operations. Einar's journey from male artist to Lili venturing out in her pretty dresses is tracked in all its complexities, anguish and finally post operative agonies with great empathy and insight. Einar had been a frail, slender man and when Lili first emerged, a battle was played out in his head between the two people. Doctors who diagnosed him as schizophrenic or offered a lobotomy were no help until the Dresden clinic offered him pioneering surgery.

As poignant as Lili's sufferings are, those of Greta, who supported and encouraged the Danish Girl who had been her husband whilst sustaining her own successful career as an artist, are equally intense. Heart-warming is the love of Hans for both Lili and Greta.

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Titre: D'après une histoire vraie suivi d'un entretien entre Delphine de Vigan et Marianne Épin

Auteur: Delphine de Vigan

Narrateur: Marianne Epin

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-04-15

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Un angoissant roman de la manipulation où l'auditeur lui-même se piège aux mirages d'une feinte réalité. À la fois magistral et vertigineux.

"Tu sais parfois, je me demande s'il n'y a pas quelqu'un qui prend possession de toi."

Ce livre est le récit de ma rencontre avec L. L est le cauchemar de tout écrivain. Ou plutôt le genre de personne qu'un écrivain ne devrait jamais croiser.

Dans ce roman aux allures de thriller psychologique, Delphine de Vigan s'aventure en équilibriste sur la ligne de crête qui sépare le réel de la fiction.

©2015 Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès (P)2015 Audiolib

Revues par les critiques:

À propos de ce titre

Prix Renaudot.

Avis des membres:

We are reading this book in French class and we all love it. The novel is complex

Superb! We are reading this book in French class and we all love it. The novel is complex, thought provoking, multi-dimensional and does a beautifu job of integrating literary theories with plot.

A picture of Abuse

quel livre unique..part "roman policier", part psychoanalysis, and a frightening picture of abuse, mostly mental..Ms. de Vigan keeps us in suspense...wonderful style

Suspenseful.

Excellent read. Kept me in suspense until the end.

Loved the book

Really enjoyed the book and am going to recommend it to my French book club.

boring, the same subject again and again and aga

Slow, boring, the same subject again and again and aga.....

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Title: According to Yes

Author: Dawn French

Narrator: Dawn French, Jeff Harding, Jennifer Woodward, Kris Milnes, Tom Judd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-15

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook addition of According to Yes, the hilarious new novel by Dawn French.

The Foreign Land of the Very Wealthy - otherwise known as Manhattan's Upper East Side - has its own rigid code of behaviour. It's a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family. Emotional displays - unacceptable. Unruly behaviour - definitely not welcome. Fun - no thanks. This is Glenn Wilder-Bingham's kingdom. A beautifully displayed, impeccably edited fortress of restraint.

So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric 38-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book. For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Because after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone starts saying...yes?

Critic Reviews:

"A fantastic slam-dunk pageturner. Funny, enriching...page after page I laughed out loud." (Mail on Sunday)

"A hilarious snapshot of family life in the 21st century." (Sunday Express)

"Extremely funny." (Sunday Times)

"Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on." (Guardian)

"Makes you laugh on every page." (The Times)

"A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life." (Woman and Home)

"Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended. A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant." (Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

Interesting, funny, weird, but also good

***SPOILERS AHEAD***

This is a weirs book, in parts hysterically funny, in parts exceedingly frustrating - especially the parts leading up to Rosie having sex with Teddy and Campbell. It was bad enough she entered into an affair with Thomas, but to then "just happen" into sleeping with this grandson and son is just adding insult to injury.

Rosie is also a frustrating know-it-all who acts as if she stands on a moral high ground. She is right in her observations, but given everything else it is also two-faced... however you can't help but like her and also feel for her.

You also can't help but feel for the "villain" of the story, the Queen Bee of the household, Glenn. She is unlikable, and much about why she is the way she is is left unsaid, just hinted at, but somehow you feel like you get to know and understand her.

This book leaves you thinking.

The narrators really added to the story, excellent job!

Disappointed

What disappointed you about According to Yes?

The main character, lovely lovely Rosie was actually rather unlikeable. I wouldn't want a friend like her who presents herself as caring and fun, but in fact bulldozes her way into people's lives doing whatever she wants because she thinks it's for the best. Never questioning her actions, no signs of remorse.

Has According to Yes put you off other books in this genre?

No

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

The ability to drive my car! The narration was very good, I think it was a wise move to have more than one narrator.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Irritation.

Any additional comments?

I had high hopes for this book, love Dawn French.

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Title: The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas

Author: Carole Matthews

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-15

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Christmas is just around the corner, but the women of The Chocolate Lovers' Club have more to worry about than present shopping....

Lucy loves running Chocolate Heaven, but she hasn't spent time with her boyfriend, Aiden, in weeks. And then her ex-fiance turns up, and things become even more complicated. Nadia hasn't let herself get close to a man in a long time, yet she can't help feeling drawn to Jacob. Will he be her last chance for a happy ending?

Chantal and her husband, Ted, are besotted with their baby daughter, Lana - but she's not sure that's enough to base a marriage on. Autumn is dealing with a tragedy that has hit too close to home. But when she doesn't get the support she needs from her fiance, will she look elsewhere for comfort? Can friendship overcome all in...The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas?

Critic Reviews:

"I'm a Carole Matthews addict!" (Mary Berry)

"So warm, so festive." (Jenny Colgan)

"A wonderful story of friendship and romance." (Katie Fforde)

"Fabulously enjoyable...full of heart and fun." (Milly Johnson)

Members Reviews:

Love it

I feel part of the story like I am part of the Chocolate Lovers Club. Wonderfully written but thoroughly enjoy the audio !

Easy read

This was a great book and so easy to listen too. I have already pre ordered the follow on book. These sort of books are all very predictable but lovely stories.

A comforting story

A pleasant easy-going story that's calming and enjoyable. A classic chick-lit story which is read clearly and worth the listen

Basic story, basic characters

I've still got 4 hours to go and I'm debating whether it's worth finishing, none of the characters are likeable, storyline is predictable and I'm not really bothered how it will end. If you're hoping for a nice Christmas read I would give this one a miss.

Enjoyable

Pleasant but predictable. It was my first audible book and I did enjoy being read to as I drifted off to sleep or relaxed in the bath.

Story is sweet but a storyline that's similar to so many others.

Narrative was clear and well read .

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Titre: Mémé dans les orties

Auteur: Aurélie Valognes

Narrateur: Marie-Eve Dufresne

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 4 hrs and 41 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-01-15

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Ferdinand Brun est atypique. Le genre de vieux monsieur qui boude la vie et s'ennuie à (ne pas) mourir. Tel un parasite, il occupe ses journées en planifiant les pires coups possibles qui pourraient nuire et agacer son voisinage. Il suffit d'un nœud qui se relâche et laisse partir son seul compagnon de vie, Daisy sa chienne, pour que tout s'écroule.

Quand Juliette, une fillette de dix ans, et Béatrice, la plus geek des grands-mères, forcent littéralement sa porte pour entrer dans sa vie, Ferdinand va être contraint de se métamorphoser et de sortir de sa chrysalide, découvrant qu'il n'est jamais trop tard pour commencer à vivre...

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©2015 Michel Lafon (P)2015 Audible FR

Avis des membres:

fresh comedy

fine comedy about elderly people living in a world too fast for their paces. Very funny passages with domestic tragedies, enjoyable all along

An amusing take on old age

This was a fun read, reminded me of Ove. A gentle and funny approach to old age and loneliness. Assez facile a lire, amusant et gentil.

Four Stars

Jolie histoire pleine de bons sentiments qui fait sourire et se sentir bien.

Amuzing

Well written, entertaining.

One Star

Sans intért!

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Title: Love May Fail

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Matthew Quick

Narrator: Cris Dukehart, Jim Meskimen, Lorna Raver, Timothy Fannon, Tonya Campos

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 143 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

An aspiring feminist and underappreciated housewife embarks on an odyssey to find human decency and goodness - and her high school English teacher - in New York Times best-selling author Matthew Quick's offbeat masterpiece, a quirky ode to love, fate, and hair metal.

Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness she believes still exists in the world, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else - a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident.

Will a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metalhead little boy, and her hoarder mother help or hurt her chances on this madcap quest to restore a good man's reputation and find renewed hope in the human race? Love May Fail is a story of the great highs and lows of existence: the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be.

Critic Reviews:

"Listeners will be exhilarated by this loving tribute to teachers, writers, and literature." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Solid contemporary fiction with a light touch

This is a book that will fill your heart. Not in a heavy-handed way. It's a lightweight heart-warmer. A solid 4 star listen, but not epic enough for the 5 star award.

Here's the Google search that would produce this book:

metalheads, nuns, coincidences, Dead Poets Society, addiction, South Jersey diners, hoarding, cheating ex-husband, Vermont, NYC, NJ.

Note on the beginning: I found the main character's narration to be irritating and overly snarky. I almost stopped listening. She takes it down a notch soon enough tho, thankfully. So don't give up too soon.

Enjoyable characters. I did not quite fall in love with any of them, but I liked them very much.

A credit well spent.

Learn to Appreciate the Good in Life?

I feel as if I spent the whole book waiting for more bad things to happen and unable to appreciate the good moments because the characters were never very happy even when things were going well. Is it really that difficult to achieve some grace/happiness in life? I found it hard to feel much compassion for Portia. For a seemingly intelligent woman, she seemed rather selfish.

Touching and I loved it!

As an almost 50 year old woman, I was worried that I'd find this somewhat immature. However, I enjoyed how the story flowed, loved both of the nun characters and even though a few of the characters were a bit over the top, I found them interesting and poignant. I liked the story being told from multiple character's points of view, as well. I'd recommend this book as an easy listen that will entertain you and sometimes pull on your heartstrings.

What a pleasure

I smiled throughout this listen, sometimes a smile mixed with a few tears. I've listened to hundreds of books and never took the time to rate own. Clever structure with the different voices picking up the timeline, wonderful narration. Some of it was hokey and predictable but that was part of the charm.

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Title: The Betsy

Author: Harold Robbins

Narrator: Kevin Stillwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of The New York Times number one best-selling novel The Carpetbaggers comes a revealing saga that exposes the shocking, merciless world of the American automobile industry.

Angelo Perino lives life on the bleeding edge of speed and success - a race car driver of humble origins who dominates on and off the track. Loren Hardeman is the ruthless patriarch of an auto empire, fighting to keep his family from self-destructing under the weight of its own greed and decadence. The two men, bound by their passionate vision as well as their charismatic power over women, come together to create the world's fastest, most advanced automobile, "The Betsy" - named after Hardeman's great-granddaughter, who has captured Perino's heart. Their creation threatens to disrupt the industry, whose power brokers are determined to prevent it no matter the cost. This pits Hardeman's own grandson, the company's current CEO, against him, revealing the depths to which Hardeman went to build his empire - including murder, incestuous adultery and organized crime.

As the family feud escalates, Perino makes his move to conquer Hardeman's empire, as well as his great-granddaughter.

When it was published, The Betsy spent 21 weeks on The New York Times best-sellers list - and inspired a film of the same name starring Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Katharine Ross. This novel from master storyteller Harold Robbins pulls back the curtain on the glittering world of fame, fortune, and passion at the height of the auto industry, giving a look into the world that is now shown to be full of scandal and product recalls.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Love the author.

Worth reading.

Great book , am now reading sequel The Stallion. Best to read them one after the other.

Good read

Re-read every so often, a good leisure read. These reviews need to be longer than they need to be written.

I really liked it - again

I had read this when it was first published and liked it. I liked it when I read it this time, too, though maybe for different reasons. I was glad to see the pictures and have the names of the actors who portrayed the characters in the movie. Tommy Lee Jones (a younger version) will always be Angelo in my mind. Enjoyable fast read, though a bit dated in style, as should be expected for a book written more than 30 years ago.

Five Stars

great