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Title: The Fifth Harmonic

Author: F. Paul Wilson

Narrator: Brian Sutherland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From F. Paul Wilson, the best-selling and acclaimed author of the Repairman Jack series, comes a lightning-paced, whip-smart thriller sure to please both die-hard fans and newcomers to Wilson's spellbinding world.

Will Burleigh is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense M.D. totally dedicated to the health and welfare of the patients in his practice. But when he himself is diagnosed with throat cancer, he cant bear the idea of undergoing massive radiation and radical surgery that will leave him permanently disfigured - all with no guarantee he will live at all.

Having made peace with his decision to die, Will is nonetheless convinced by a former patient to visit a healer, a mysterious and beautiful woman named Maya who claims she can help him, but only if he opens himself up completely to her and the harmony of the world around him.

To find that harmony, she insists, Will must follow her to Mesoamerica, to the home of her people, to search for what she calls The Fifth Harmonic. Will agrees, but he secretly brings along what he calls a Kevorkian Kit to give him a quick end in case his rapidly spreading tumor gets the best of him. Maya too, has her secrets, and as Will unravels them, he begins to fear he might have made a terrible mistake.

Editorial Reviews:

When Will Burleigh is diagnosed with throat cancer he must decide the lengths to which he will go to keep himself alive. After a mysterious healer convinces him to take a trip to explore a number of sites from the ancient Mayan civilization, Will uncovers something that will change his perspective forever. Performed by Brian Sutherland, The Fifth Harmonic is a thrilling pause-resister. Sutherland nails the voice of Will Burleigh, perfectly portraying all of the dark thoughts that cross the mind of our terminally-ill hero.

Members Reviews:

A very poor follow up to the Repaiman Jack series

Anyone who has read the Celestine Prophesy will recognise the similar conceptual idea of both books. I really enjoyed the Repairman Jack series & jumped to buy this one barely reading the summery which is how I bought all the other RJack series. However I was severely disappointed by it & wished I'd spent my money / credit on something else.

I can't believe the 4 & 5 star reviews, they really mislead me. This is not a book that comes anywhere near the Repairman Jack series. This was really a disappointment. I wrote a review for one of those books that was the antithesis to this one.

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Title: Five Star Billionaire

Author: Tash Aw

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Phoebe is a factory girl who has come to Shanghai with the promise of a job - but when she arrives she discovers that the job doesn't exist. Gary is a country boy turned pop star who is spinning out of control. Justin is in Shanghai to expand his family's real estate empire, only to find that he might not be up to the task. He has long harbored a crush on Yinghui, a poetry-loving, left-wing activist who has reinvented herself as a successful Shanghai businesswoman. Yinghui is about to make a deal with the shadowy Walter Chao, the five star billionaire of the novel, who with his secrets and his schemes has a hand in the lives of each of the characters. All bring their dreams and hopes to Shanghai, the shining symbol of the New China, which, like the story's characters, is constantly in flux and which plays its own fateful role in the lives of its inhabitants.

Five Star Billionaire is a dazzling, kaleidoscopic audiobook that offers rare insight into the booming world of Shanghai, a city of elusive identities and ever-changing skylines, of grand ambitions and outsize dreams. Bursting with energy, contradictions, and the promise of possibility, Tash Aw's remarkable new audiobook is both poignant and comic, exotic and familiar, cutting-edge and classic, suspenseful and yet beautifully unhurried.

Critic Reviews:

"A literary victory...Aw moves fluidly between past and present, creating a multilayered narrative about chasing, catching, and sometimes losing elusive opportunities." (Library Journal Starred Review)

Members Reviews:

Great flow

I did not expect to enough this book as much as I did. I did not quite like there ending but it reminded me of the Japanese style novels that don't really spoon feed an ending to you.

The narrator was very good. However, I do feel that he should have invested a little more time perfecting house pronunciation of colloquial Chinese and Malay words. There are many apps and websites that can assist IBM this age and time.

Editor or Publisher maybe mentally ill writer

Would you try another book from Tash Aw and/or Robertson Dean?

No. It looks like the editor or publisher did a hatchet job on the story line. It was told so disjointed. Some good information, but inserted in the wrong place at times. Some one should have proofed the story line. It was poorly put together? The writer is unstable like Justin and Yum yum!

Has Five Star Billionaire turned you off from other books in this genre?

What genre? Historical, philosophical romance, really!

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Robertson Dean?

Dean was working with what was there. I would not have published this in the current state of continuity.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

There were some very valuable life lessons, but the story line did not flow. I had to replay it several time because I did not know what the dam subject line was.

Any additional comments?

Ah!

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Title: Five Star Billionaire

Author: Tash Aw

Narrator: Nick Taylor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the Man Booker prize-longlisted Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers, forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai.

Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope, but her dreams are shattered within hours as the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary is a successful pop artist, but his fans and marketing machine disappear after a bar-room brawl. Yinghui has businesses that are going well but must make decisions about her life. And then there is Walter, the shadowy billionaire, ruthless and manipulative, ultimately alone in the world.

In Five Star Billionaire, Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China, counterpointing their adventures with the old life they have left behind in Malaysia. The result is a brilliant examination of the migrations that are shaping the new city experiences all over the world, and their effect on myriad individual lives.

Editorial Reviews:

"Tash Aw's tale of five migrant workers carving out lives in a modernising Shanghai is the stuff of a hit TV miniseries the reading experience it offers is coolly engrossing" (Adam Mars-Jones, Observer)

"A fascinating cast of characters a panoramic, expertly detailed painting of contemporary Shanghai" (Stephen Amidon, Sunday Times)

"Tash Aw's Five Star Billionaire' opens with a bang, not a whimper. Aw is a master storyteller and Five Star Billionaire' can be read as The Way We Live Now' for our times' (Aminatta Forna, Guardian)

"[Tash Aw] is unmatched at evoking the smells and sounds of the land and cityscapes, the figures of speech and shifting cultural mores of that finger-like peninsula that pokes into the South China SeaTheir tales are told chapter by chapter, the characters slowly drawing closer together like flotsam in a vortex, before the stunning finaleThere is wit here, and plenty of acute observation and characterisation." (Sholto Byrne, Independent on Sunday)

"Tash Aw's latest book is a new kind of immigrant novel. One that takes place in our increasingly mutlipolar world and is, in some ways, a challenge to the old narrative" (Sunday Telegraph)

"The five characters are distinct, and Aw manages to bring them together well Aw brilliantly recreates the intonations and vocabulary of someone educated only in Chinese." (Independent)

"Tash Aw's gently compelling novel follows several narratives that overlap in unexpected ways Aw's style - terse but tender, lightly ironic without being snide - is fresh, bracing and, above all, compassionate. His characters, though shy and private people, form profound impressions on the reader. One simply cares deeply what happens to them, and this skilled writer never makes that an easy matter to predict" (Scotsman)

Members Reviews:

refreshingly honest

This is the first of Tash Aws books I have read and Hopefully one of many more to come. The book provides a very contemporary glimpse into present day life in Asia. Although I have only travelled and stayed in large Asian cities, I imagine this novel is an accurate reflection of modern life in Shanghai. It provides thoughtful, sensitive observations about the complex and confusing nature of modern relationships, our need for privacy and its unavoidable side effect of loneliness and isolation.

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Title: Taipei

Author: Tao Lin

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Taipei by Tao Lin is an ode - or lament - to the way we live now. Following Paul from New York, where he comically navigates Manhattan's art and literary scenes, to Taipei, Taiwan, where he confronts his family's roots, we see one relationship fail, while another is born on the Internet and blooms into an unexpected wedding in Las Vegas.

Along the way - whether on all-night drives up the East Coast, shoplifting excursions in the South, book readings on the West Coast, or ill-advised grocery runs in Ohio - movies are made with laptop cameras, massive amounts of drugs are ingested, and two young lovers come to learn what it means to share themselves completely.

The result is a suspenseful meditation on memory, love, and what it means to be alive, young, and on the fringe in America, or anywhere else for that matter.

Critic Reviews:

"Taipei is a book without an ounce of self-pity, melodrama, or posturing, making the glacial Lin the perfect poster child for a generation facing-and failing to face-maturity." (Publishers Weekly Starred Review)

Members Reviews:

Worst book ever

Would you try another book from Tao Lin and/or Kirby Heyborne?

No.

What was most disappointing about Tao Lins story?

The storyline of endless pleasure seeking behavior leading to addiction and suicidal thinking.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Taipei?

I would not have published the book.

Any additional comments?

Worst book I have ever read. Due to it being a class assignment I was forced to finish it otherwise I would not have made it past the second chapter.

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Title: The Midnight Heir

Subtitle: The Bane Chronicles, Book 4

Author: Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

Narrator: David Oyelowo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-13

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 264 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In Edwardian London, Magnus Bane discovers old friends and new enemies... including the son of his former comrade Will Herondale. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.

Magnus thought he would never return to London, but he is lured by a handsome offer from Tatiana Blackthorn, whose plans - involving her beautiful young ward - are far more sinister than Magnus even suspects. In London at the turn of the century, Magnus finds old friends, and meets a very surprising young man... the sixteen-year-old James Herondale.

This standalone short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. This story in The Bane Chronicles, The Midnight Heir, is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.

Members Reviews:

Just kind of leaves you hanging.

Okay I understand this short book is another of Magus stories, and that he should be the primary focus of it. In fact it annoys me when the a story about someone focuses on someone else. However in this case it seems like there is a larger story that Magus is just a small portion of and you are only being given a glimpse of his role in the story and nothing else. It seems incomplete, like you started in the middle of a story read a chapter and then stopped.

They changed narrators again for this one, he is not bad, not great but not bad, the 3rd book still has the best choice for Bane voice in my opinion. As far as telling of the story he did a decent job.

Oh Magnus

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I'm really not sure. Seems like this book was over before it really ever started.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I love the Herondales. Will and Tessa

Do you think The Midnight Heir needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Well knowing that it is part of a short story collection no. But feeling as if a lot was left out there...... Yes. I need answers

here we go again

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

if you just like a bunch of pointless short stories its for you

Would you ever listen to anything by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan again?

yes

Which character as performed by David Oyelowo was your favorite?

none

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

the only redeeming quality i found was that the narrator was good

Fell a little flat

What would have made The Midnight Heir better?

I really loved the aspect of Will, Tessa and Jem being in this novella, but I feel like a little more of them would have been better. The whole memory/story itself just fell flat. There wasn't a whole of meat to it.

Would you ever listen to anything by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan again?

Yes

What does David Oyelowo bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

He was a good Bane, believable compared to some of the others

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Midnight Heir?

The scene when Jem, Tessa and Will were all oggling all over each other..was a little creepy and a bit much. With not a whole lot of purpose but to further why their son felt left out.

Very Interesting

It's always cool to get a back story or more information on past and present characters.

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Title: The Cheer Leader

Author: Jill McCorkle

Narrator: Elizabeth Evans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-21-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jo Spencer is a girl who knows what to be and how to be it - straight-A student, cheerleader, May Queen, popular and cute and virginal, and in perfect control. But halfway through her first year in college in the early '70s, her carefully normal life explodes and she comes completely undone. In The Cheer Leader, Jo Spencer looks back, as if she were watching reruns of old syndicated TV shows, to figure out what happened.

Ordinary chance has dumped Sam Swett, age 21, in the Marshboro, North Carolina, Quik Pik in the middle of a murder. Sam has shaved his head, given away all his belongings except his typewriter; he's drunker than he's ever been and running as fast as he can from his upper-middle-class upbringing. For the next 24 hours, Sam is propelled straight into the very core of this small Southern town as it sorts through the facts.

Members Reviews:

My Favorite Coming-of-Age Novel

I've read "The Cheer Leader," by Jill McCorkle many times over many years. It both pierces and delights me at each reading ... and I see something I'd forgotten since my last reading or perhaps had never noticed before. To me, Jill McCorkle writes outstanding novels and stories, and I consider "The Cheer Leader" the masterpiece of all she has written.

Don't give up on this story

Slow start. I wasn't sure I wanted to go on, but it developed into a very good and thought-provoking story of scary adolescent development and the passage into adulthood.

A Story You Won't Forget

The Cheer Leader, one of McCorkleâs earliest novels (1984), portrays the angst weighing on Jo Spencer in her teens, and how it finally brings her down in her twenties when she goes for the wrong guy in college. The story has lingered with me since I read it years ago and is, in part, behind Lift the Lid, the charity I founded, which encourages students to use the power of writing to shout, This is what Iâm dealing with! Listen to me! I mean something! Iâm grateful for this book's inspiration and look forward to reading McCorkle's latest novel Life After Life.

An interesting book

I first came across this book, and saw it's cover- a beautiful butterfly- for some reason i wanted to read it, i received it for free at my church's rummage sale. When i finally got around to reading it, i was gripped by the creativity that the novel first introduced, relating a small story and emotions to a picture. As Jo Spencer developed into a character instead of a voice narrating the pictures I was hooked. As the book progressed I could feel so connected to the book, it is so realistic. In the 3rd section I noticed the perspective changed from 1st person to 3rd- this was a rather scary idea, that Jo Spencer, a girl who had been so 'normal' could change in so many ways- there are many reasons which amount to these changes and after reading it over many times I could see some foreshadowing. I am currently reading it for the fifth time, and I still find myself unable to put it down. It may be a creepy story, but it is touching/gripping in a way that can not be described. When I first read it at 14 i was introduced to such a different perspective. I was in starting 8th grade at a Jr.

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Title: The View from Penthouse B

Author: Elinor Lipman

Narrator: Mia Barron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-13

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband when her sister, Margot, invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot's luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal, then made Ponzi-poor, it's a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort she enlists a third boarder, the handsome Anthony. As the three swap money-making schemes and Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot's paroled ex in the apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers.

Members Reviews:

A Must-Listen Lipman Novel

Ellie Lipman succeeds where too many authors fail: the reader cares about every single character. You want all to live happily ever after.

The narrator of this audio book gives a stellar performance!

A Story Worth Reading Again

Didn't want it to finish. Characters captured perfectly, story flowed nicely, reader was perfect match to characters personality I want to read more from this author!in

Ridiculous

I did finish this book but only because I fell asleep during the last half & only woke for the last chapter. It seems I didn't miss a thing

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Title: Farewell, Dorothy Parker

Author: Ellen Meister

Narrator: Angela Brazil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When it comes to movie critics Violet Epps is a powerhouse voice. Equally unafraid of big Hollywood names and public opinion, her biting reviews are widely quoted.

But when it comes to her own life, Violet finds herself unable to speak up - paralyzed by crippling social anxiety. When a chance encounter at the famous Algonquin Hotel unleashes the feisty spirit of the long-dead Dorothy Parker, the famous literary critic of the 1920s, Violet thinks she is going crazy. But as the rematerialized Mrs. Parker helps her face her fears, Violet realizes how much she has been missing by keeping quiet. It turns out though, that the shade has problems of her own, not the least of which include equal portions of narcissism and pessimism and the inability to move on to her afterlife.

Members Reviews:

Fun with Dorothy

I love Dorothy Parker but didn't know much about her biography, so this is a fun, fiction intro to her life. The story of Violet was entertaining. Her fear is somewhat annoying - if I was reading, I definitely would have skimmed past her equivocating more than once - but I was entertained through the whole book. A well-spent credit. The narrator was good, but had an odd Captain Kirk thing happening where she'd shout the last word of some sentences and use strange pauses. After the first hour or so, I got over it. It didn't add to the story, but it doesn't ruin it either. Her various voices were very good, though.

My first audio book experience , am a great Parker fan

Excellent story. Dekightful concept. Ms Brazil

is able to assume character attitudes and

emotions very well as she reasds.

Dull and boring

This was a Bookclub pick so I had to finish reading or listening to this book I found it so boring I couldn't wait for it to end. I would never recommend this book to anyone!

Bravo!

Witty, heartfelt, & intriguing, just for starters. I could perfectly picture Mrs. Parker, & felt like I got to know her.

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Title: The Oracle Glass

Author: Judith Merkle Riley

Narrator: Linda Bruno

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

For a handful of gold, Madame de Morville will read your future in a glass of swirling water. You'll believe her, because you know she's more than 150 years old and a witch, and she has all of Paris in the palm of her hand. But Madame de Morville hides more behind her black robes than you know. Her real age, the mother and uncle who left her for dead, the inner workings of the most secret society of Parisian witches: None of these truths would help her outwit the rich who so desperately want the promise of the future. After all, it's her own future she must control, no matter how much it is painted with uncertainty and clouded by vengeance.

"Take a full cup of wit, two teaspoons of brimstone, and a dash of poison, and you have Judith Merkle Riley's mordant, compelling tale of an ambitious young woman who disguises herself as an ancient prophetess in order to gain entry into the dangerous, scheming glamour of the Sun King's court. Based on scandalous true events, The Oracle Glass brims with our human foibles, passions, and eccentricities; it's a classic of the genre and unlike any historical novel you have ever read." (C. W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici)

Critic Reviews:

"Absorbing and arresting." (

The New York Times)

"Fascinating and factual." (

Los Angeles Times)

"Chilly, witty, and completely engrossing ... great, good fun." (

Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

disappointing narration

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who likes a monotone reader.

What didnt you like about Linda Brunos performance?

Linda reads way too fast and without much emotion. The book takes place in 17th century France but it sounds like she's reading the evening news off a teleprompter.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Yes, this is one of my favorite books. At first I couldn't understand why there were so many low ratings but now I know its the narration or lack of it. Is sad to hear a great book read by someone who could careless about what they are reading and can't wait to be done.

Horrible narration

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different narrator

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Again, the narrator

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Linda Bruno?

Katherine Kellgren

Any additional comments?

I suffered through 15 chapters hoping it would somehow get better- but, alas, I couldn't stand the mispronunciations, the lack of change in voice between characters, etc. this story seemed like it could have been a good story, but, until they do it with a better performer, I'll never know. Don't waste your credit on this one!

Horrible narration

Would you try another book from Judith Merkle Riley and/or Linda Bruno?

I would NEVER try another book from Linda

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I couldn't get to the ending because the narration was horrible. This is the first time I've had to stop listening to a book mid-way through.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

YES

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

Confusion. When more than 2 characters start talking, the story gets confusing, no pauses and no fluctuation of the voice.

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Title: The Chocolate Money

Author: Ashley Prentice Norton

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-12

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Set in 1980s Chicago and on the East Coast, this electric debut chronicles the relationship between an impossibly rich chocolate heiress, Babs Ballentyne, and her sensitive and bookish young daughter, Bettina. Babs plays by no one's rules: naked Christmas cards, lavish theme parties with lewd installations at her Lake Shore Drive penthouse, nocturnal visits from her married lover, who "admires her centerfold" while his wife sleeps at their nearby home.

Bettina wants nothing more than to win her mother's affection and approval, both of which prove elusive. When she escapes to an elite New Hampshire prep school, Bettina finds that her unorthodox upbringing makes it difficult to fit in with her peers, one of whom happens to be the son of Babs's lover. As she struggles to forge an identity apart from her mother, Bettina walks a fine line between self-preservation and self-destruction.

As funny as it is scandalous, The Chocolate Money is Mommie Dearest, Prep, and 50 Shades of Gray all rolled into one entertaining listen.

Critic Reviews:

"A novel to make you laugh, cringe, and appreciate your mother." (O, the Oprah Magazine)

Members Reviews:

Very explicit--not for prudish types

I enjoyed the story told through the eyes of the chocolate heiress' daughter. I am middle aged yet the quirkiness and frankness in this book didn't bother me--more like I reveled in the fact that someone actually penned these thoughts. Different type of read for me, I would say that a female audience would enjoy and identify with this book more than a male listener.

Disturbing

It was a very sad story. Disturbing on many levels. Bad ending. Needed more closure to balance the details given in earlier parts of the book.

Full story development never came...

There is a lot of six and a lot of smoking in the story...The story that u felt never came to a full realization. The narration is outstanding though! Will look for more books by Tavia Gilbert.

Very strange and oddly grabbing

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Some of the details in the story were a little strange and sudden. It seems like the main character's personality changes in the blink of an eye and the beginning of the story seems disjointed from the end.

Would you be willing to try another book from Ashley Prentice Norton? Why or why not?

Eh, probably not at this point. I'd rather spend my money/credits on something better written.

Would you be willing to try another one of Tavia Gilberts performances?

She wasn't the worst but not the best so I don't think it would stop me.

Could you see The Chocolate Money being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No.

Any additional comments?

If you're looking for a fluff book with a strange story and details then this is it.