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Title: Coming Rain

Author: Stephen Daisley

Narrator: Paul English

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-16

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

An astonishing examination of male friendship, set in Australia's wheatbelt.

Western Australia, the wheatbelt. Lew McLeod has been travelling and working with Painter Hayes since he was a boy. Shearing, charcoal burning - whatever comes. Painter made him his first pair of shoes. Its a hard and uncertain life, but its the only one he knows.

But Lews a grown man now. And with this latest job, shearing for John Drysdale and his daughter Clara, everything will change.

Stephen Daisley writes in lucid, rippling prose of how things work, and why; of the profound satisfaction in hard work done with care, of love and friendship and the damage that both contain.

Members Reviews:

Beautiful writing, memorable characters, gut-wrenching story

The story is set in Western Australiaâs outback in the 1950s. (We had a campervan trip through much of this country a few years ago, and his lyrical descriptions took me straight back there. It is mind-blowingly beautiful country with colours so vivid they seem impossible.) Daisleyâs writing style where he frequently uses sentence fragments, evokes the spareness and harshness and beauty of the place and characters. There are two parallel story lines; the first is that of a lone dingo bitch, and seeing the world through her senses is the best part of the book. A young male dog links up with her as the story moves on. They see the other human characters, but are not seen in return. Painter and Lewis, old and young, both shearers and drifters, end up on an isolated farm for the shearing. The farmer has lost his wife and is already partly mad with grief, and his only daughter, whose large pack of farm dogs and horses adore her, finds in young Lewis a much-needed friend and then lover. The relationships between these spare characters, each grappling with their own hard histories and devils, are poignant, harsh, beautiful, brutal, and in the end horrifying. It is one of the most beautifully written novels I have read in a long time, and it absolutely deserves its recent win of the NZ inaugural $50,000 Acorn Foundation Literary Prize.

A Potential Australian Classic from a Major talent.

Well crafted story telling notable for both for the depth of the character descriptions and the evocative descriptions of landscape. The prose is best described as earthy and muscular. This book is authentic in its detail and original in its plot. The main narrative is interspersed with an account of the wanderings of a pregnant dingo that is cleverly linked back to the main narrative. In my view this book is destined to become an Australian classic. I found it compulsive reading.

Excellent book

This is an excellent efficiently written book based in Australia on dry land sheep farming country. What makes this book so good are the layers of stories provided, interlinked and ranging from what its like to be a dingo to the lead characters who are shearers to the lonely life of the sheep farmer, who interestingly employs a Chinese immigrant housekeeper/cook who knows everything about everyone. In the book, life is tough and at times brutal and lacking in empathy for the creatures around us, but love and the drive to reproduce shines through, or does it?

A great story about the way we react to each other, good and bad and the environment in which a few of us (man and beasts) live.

Well written enjoyable reading!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Title: Cast the First Stone

Author: Margaret Thornton

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-16

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

With her glossy blonde hair, natural good looks and fashionable clothes, Fiona Norwood, the rector's new wife, has caused quite a stir amongst the close-knit parish of Aberthwaite. For this is rural Yorkshire and Fiona's new-fangled ideas of singing more modern hymns and setting up a Young Wives' Club do not go down well. But Fiona is hiding a secret in her past. With gossip and rumour rife within the community, it can only be a matter of time before Fiona's secret is out - and the revelations and heartache that ensue will have unforeseen consequences for more than one member of the parish.

Members Reviews:

Pleasant listen

This book was a pleasant listen, which I wanted to hear the conclusion of but the storyline was a little slow and the characters didn't capture me quite as much as perhaps in a Katie Flynn novel. It's set after the Second World War, and the story does jump about quite frequently in terms of the timeline. Without giving away any of the storyline, it was intriguing hearing how a small community in the sixties dealt with gossip and what was considered a big deal back then that isn't now. There are some likeable characters but they often got left behind as the story picked back up in the present time. A little predictably in ending perhaps, but glad I listened to the finish.

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Title: Forgetting There

Subtitle: All Roads Lead Home, Book 2

Author: L. L. Ward

Narrator: J Rodney Turner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-16

Publisher: L. L. Ward

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"Well...I know Jess had his problems. He was still bitter about losin' everything. Told me he was just waitin' his time to get even with everybody...said it was why he was to come back up here...said he didn't care how long it took, he'd make it look good to folks, but that he'd have the last laugh." Sam looked over at Nathan for his reaction. The big man was absolutely stunned. His smile fell and he quickly withdrew his hand from Sam's shoulder. Nathan stared a long while at him. Sam, though weak before, somehow regained himself, able to withstand Nathan's searching, disdainful stare. Nathan placed the hand formerly on Sam's shoulder at the top of his left leg, bracing himself with it. He turned to gaze out at the dusky landscape of the ranch; thinking on the words he'd just heard.

The line between finding and losing yourself is often a slippery slope. One misstep and you find yourself sliding into places you never intended to go. Jesse found that in what he thought was only him putting himself up for the winter. It evolved into something much more; a journey into his past. And that's somewhere the boy definitely didn't want to go. Would it cost him his life? It just might have. Only time - and those willing to talk - will tell. Getting lost is easy. Finding your way back home's the tricky part.

Forgetting There, the second book in the All Roads Lead Home saga, reveals more to Jesse's rich Scot-Wichita heritage after his trek up north in Getting There took him to Wyoming in order to winter. Traveling through his Native American grandmother's tales spanning over 80 years across pre-Indian Territory - linking his past, present, and future generations - brought out more secrets than most knew. Recalling them would take its toll. Forgetting There is an up and down thought-provoking tale of betrayal, mystery, suspense, action, and adventure with more twists than a well-knotted rope in an old barn's dirt floor.

L. L. Ward takes you for a ride from past to present.

Members Reviews:

Book Two of a More than two set

I got this book via audiobook boom. this story is part of more than one book. each one is long and twisted. The story kept me listening because I wanted to see what would happen to Jesse. This first book ended in a cliffhanger that was continued in the second book. The narration was very well done. The past and present were interchanged throughout the book. The second book left me with a bigger cliffhanger than the first and I only had access to the first two. I would prefer a box set of books if the story is going to continue like this one does.

Loved it!

The author and narrator did a wonderful job on part 2 of the series.

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Title: The Myth of Jake

Author: Kristine Rudolph

Narrator: Kristine Rudolph

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-16

Publisher: Scribl

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Southern golden boy and heir-apparent to a multigenerational legacy Jake Goodloe dies tragically, his best friend Maggie Carlton does what she always does in the face of pain - she writes. But Maggie's effort to define Jake's past has unintended consequences that force Maggie to re-evaluate their friendship as well as her most closely held values.

Jake and Maggie have been best friends their whole lives and lovers from time-to-time. Growing up in the small town of Tempelton, Tennessee, they recognize in one another an inquisitiveness most of their fellow Tempeltonians seem to lack. Jake, the golden boy heir-apparent to an upstanding family's legacy, struggles to reconcile his family and social demands with his innate curiosity and desire to leave the small town he finds so stifling. His friendship with Maggie offers a respite and provides an opportunity for honesty his everyday life does not. Though firmly plot-driven, The Myth of Jake is highly thematic and engages the listener in explorations of loss, religion, commitment, honesty, and authenticity.

Members Reviews:

new Southern writer

The Myth of Jake is one of the best first novels I have ever encountered. Kristine Rudolph shows great talent as a writer with an authentic voice. Her characters are very real - as any good Southerner will readily see - and Maggie, her heroine, is smart, funny, honest, and endearing. The story draws a reader in quickly, and there is enough suspense in the plot to keep you reading. I did not want to stop reading.... read it all in one day... and look forward to future work by this author.

New Southern Voice

The Myth of Jake explores identity - the constant quest to be true to ourselves while also shaking off the baggage of our upbringing, whether that's our family name, the small Southern town we grew up in, or the events in our life that shape our experiences and relationships. The heroine of the story, Maggie, although confident in her true self, still struggles with the pull of her small Southern town, despite her best attempts to create a life for herself outside of it. She also carries with her the imprint of losing her father at a young age. Both color her reaction to the death of her best friend and her attempts at moving past it in both her professional and personal worlds. Her journey is subtle and rocky at the same time as she moves through situations that test her views on authenticity in general and her own self-definition.

The story itself is full of unique characters, including the character of Templeton, TN, the setting for much of the story's big events. Rudolph nails the complexity of people and the interplay of their relationships in a small Southern town. Where some Southern characters can be stereotypical, Maggie and her friends and family are nuanced, confused and ultimately sincere.

Add in a plot twist and you'll find The Myth of Jake a satisfying first novel from a new Southern voice.

A must read

A rich story that explores being authentic and the sacrifices and choices one has to make to be true to yourself. The characters are intricate and relatable as they navigate how to be real within social expectations, family obligations and commitments they have made. I could not put the book down and was completely invested in this suspenseful story about honesty, loyalty and staying true to yourself.

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Title: Sunnyville

Author: Ricko Donovan

Narrator: Ricko Donovan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-16

Publisher: Wild Card Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Marion Legrand arrives from France with her daughter after receiving a cryptic letter from her ailing sister Mimi, unaware of what lies in store for them in Florida. They are assailed by a coterie of oddballs at an "otherwise stable no-nonsense age discretionary retirement community". It's late-life crisis at Sunny Glen Palms, and from the golf greens to the clubhouse the veil of the American psyche is lifted, revealing the sometimes breezy sometimes topsy-turvy world of retirement. The residents' problems run the gamut from Alzheimer's disease, existential angst and anti-depressants to a major glitch in the plans for Flora Wheeler's monumental 100th birthday party.

Members Reviews:

Funny at times

Sunnyville is set at Sunny Glen Palms, a age discretionary retirement community in Florida. It centers around preparation for the upcoming 100th birthday party for Flora Wheeler. It's supposed to be humorous but fails as often than not. Narration by the author is superb. This novel is almost worthwhile.

A fun romp with rowdy retirees you won't forget

The author narrator whisks the reader into the wacky world of a retirement community. A romp through the homes of endearing characters with the author's original hammered dulcimer music as the backdrop to their lives and their fears of what comes next.

expected this to be more humorous than it was

In his debut novel, Ricko Donovan explores live, relationships, and death in a 55+ retirement community in Florida in 2004. The action takes place on the golf course, by the community pool and at the club house where the neighborhood is gearing up for Flora's 100th birthday party. Flora is temporarily looking after her great-great-granddaughter, Melinda, a teenager who is wise beyond her years, is struggling to fit in with her own age group, and has a difficult relationship with her hardworking mother. Newcomers Marion and her daughter, Elise, are visiting from France to care for Marion's sister, Mimi, who's been hospitalized after a stroke.

It took me a while to get into this. A lot of characters were introduced and the perspective kept switching frequently. I found it difficult to keep up with who's who, their connection and some of the dialogue. It became more engaging the more I listened, but I have to admit I never felt emotionally invested in the characters. I'm not sure whether it's just that I was perhaps not the right audience for this. For some reason, I had expected this to be more humorous than it was. But the strongest emotion this story evoked was actually anger at the character of Frank. His wife is increasingly gripped by dementia on top of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. He's the only carer. Now, I realize caring on your own for a loved one whose mind is slipping and who may act erratically and/or is depressed is an immensely stressful and difficult job. But Frank deals with it either by denial or by whining about being late for golf, he locks(!) his wife in the property, and even when she pleads with him to accompany him to a social outing, he leaves her home alone while he goes off socializing. Because she may embarrass him! The ending was rather abrupt and left some things open to the interpretation of the listener, such as the storyline about Frank and his wife or Melinda and her mother.

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Title: Lily's House

Author: Cassandra Parkin

Narrator: Julia Anthony

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-20-16

Publisher: Rosa Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Jen goes to her grandmother's house for the last time, she's determined not to dwell on the past. As a child Jen adored Lily and suspected she might be a witch, but the spell was broken long ago, and now her death means there won't be any reconciliation.

In Lily's house Jen and her daughter, Marianne, reluctantly confront the secrets of the past and present - and discover how dangerous we become when we're trying to protect the ones we love.

Critic Reviews:

"The story is fresh and original, written vividly and with flair. I was completely engrossed!" (Katherine Webb, author of A Half Forgotten Song)

"A thoughtful novel, Parkin creates authenic, interesting characters." (Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley)

Members Reviews:

Brilliant

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Lovely story line. Unexpected twists and turns.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Lily's House?

Too many to mention without spoiling the story.

What about Julia Anthonys performance did you like?

Good steady reading enjoyable voice

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Title: Fighting to Be Free

Author: Kirsty Moseley

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Caitlin Elizabeth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-16

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jamie Cole has just been released from juvenile detention. Determined to go straight, he tries to cut ties with crime boss Brett Reyes - but Brett has no intention of letting him go. Jamie's life is already more complicated than it needs to be, yet it's when he meets a beautiful stranger at a bar that Jamie knows he's really in over his head.

Ellie Pearce has just come out of a terrible relationship and isn't looking for anything serious...until she meets Jamie. Their attraction is overwhelming and intense - she can't seem to shake her growing feelings for him, even though she's trying to keep it casual. But when fate goes horribly wrong and Jamie's family is faced with ruin, he's forced to strike a deal with Brett.

Despite his struggles he wants nothing more than a future with Ellie. That's until Ellie finds out that he's been hiding more from her than she could ever imagine....

A sweet and sexy romance with a big heart by the best-selling author of The Boy Who Sneaks Through My Bedroom Window.

Members Reviews:

I love Kirsty Moseley's audio books

I am a huge Kirsty Moseley fan, I love her writing and I've got to say this book did not disappoint. Written in dual POV the story follows Jamie Cole as he leaves juvenile detention after serving 4 years inside, Jamie now aged 18, is determined to go straight and leave his criminal past behind. He then meets gorgeous head cheerleader Ellie Pierce who has just got out of a sham relationship with the captain of the school football team, Miles. Both Ellie and Jamie are not looking for commitment, but, as we know, life never goes according to plan and things start getting a little more serious. At the same time Jamie discovers it's not that easy to leave his past behind and he ends up getting sucked back into the life through no real fault of his own, mainly because he's such a nice guy. As lovely as they both are, and they are, the chemistry is amazing, but can they get past Jamie's secrets and make a go of their relationship? Or will Jamie's past prove to be just too much? Beautifully written and thoroughly enjoyable, and at times, a little bit emotional, I did shed the odd tear. Although this is not a cliffie per sé, it is more a, to be continued, I've got to say, I need book two in my life now. I loved this audio version, the narrator's got Jamie and Ellie spot on. Roll on December.

I've waited 4 years for this story to be published

The female narrator was great. So genuine and emotional. the male narrator though. he didn't do Jamie justice. Disapointing. But I've been waiting literally years to read this revised story since first discovering Kirsty Moseley on Wattpad.

This story is just breathtakingingly gut wrenchingly beautiful. Just read it. You have to. Thank you Kirsty for persevering with this.

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Titre: Le grand marin

Auteur: Catherine Poulain

Narrateur: Marie-Christine Letort

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 09-02-16

Éditeur: Sixtrid

Evaluation: 3 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Une femme rêvait de partir. De prendre le large. Après un long voyage, elle arrive à Kodiak (Alaska). Tout de suite, elle sait : à bord d'un de ces bateaux qui s'en vont pêcher la morue noire, le crabe et le flétan, il y a une place pour elle. Dormir à même le sol, supporter l'humidité permanente et le sel qui ronge la peau, la fatigue, la peur, les blessures... C'est la découverte d'une existence âpre et rude, un apprentissage effrayant qui se doit de passer par le sang.

Et puis, il y a les hommes. À terre, elle partage leur vie, en camarade. Traîne dans les bars. En attendant de rembarquer. C'est alors qu'elle rencontre le Grand Marin.

©2016 Éditions de l'Olivier (P)2016 Sixtrid SAS

Avis des membres:

Five Stars

Magnifique! À lire absolument

Tocqueville goes to the Last Frontierâ

Catherine Poulain was born in Manosque, in Haute Provence, in 1960. She left home at the age of 20, and has traveled the world, surviving with a variety of manual jobs. She harvested potatoes in Canada, worked in Iceland, was a barmaid in Hong Kong. Today she has returned to her native France, lives in a yurt, tending sheep in her birthplace, while also caring for vineyards in Medoc. During her ârunawayâ period (as she describes it), over a ten year period she worked on the fishing boats in Alaska, which is one of the toughest and dangerous jobs in America. That experience provides much of the basis for this, her first novel. A fellow Frenchman, Tocqueville, famously provided numerous insights into the âAmerican characterâ based on his travels in the United States in the 1830âs. Poulain has added to that body of French insights.

In the novel, she is âLili,â who has flown to America, and for $100 takes a Greyhound bus across the continent. She soon makes her way to Kodiak, Alaska. As the stateâs license plates proclaim: Alaska is âThe Last Frontier.â Without any prior experience, and despite her small stature, for a job that requires much brawn, she talks her way onto a boat that will be fishing for cod. She is the only woman on board. Like so many other non-Americans, she is working in the United States illegally, and must keep one eye over the shoulder for the immigration folks. And like many also, she does stay one step ahead (which, I believe is the whole idea behind creating a more malleable and flexible workforce).

Some of her depictions of the sea, and the ships upon it, reflect the best traditions of Conrad and Melville. So too, the struggle with the sea so that it will yield its bounty. I was unaware that cod had a poisonous spine until this book. Lili is cut by one, necessitating a high seas rescue (by transfer to another boat) and hospitalization. She recovers, and returns in order to obtain âgigsâ in the fishing life. With grit and determination, she proves she can more than hold her own in a manâs world of work, and repeatedly references her ârough handsâ as proof. She even eats the heart out of a freshly gutted fish. Her goal in life is to make it Point Barrow, Alaska, so she can dangle her feet off the edge of the world.

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Title: The Outcasts of Eden

Author: D J Presson

Narrator: Liisa Ivary

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-16

Publisher: Kwill and Keebord Publishing LLC

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Roberta Prescott Reed is both her father's namesake and his nemesis, and has been diametrically opposed to everything he stands for in his business practices at Reed Public Relations for as long as she can remember. From her first impulsive and very public stand against him chained to a tree in a mud-spattered old growth forest in Oregon, she has devoted her life to countering the disinformation her father and his firm, representing the most egregious and corrupt polluters on the planet, disseminates to discredit the environmental movement.

After 10 years on opposite sides of every environmental issue, his sudden death in 1994 turns her life upside down when she, his business partners, and his clients are shocked to learn that he has named her CEO of Reed Public Relations. With her friends by her side, brothers Evan and Steven Manning, and her best friend Summer Sparrow, a new generation of leaders takes the reins at RPR, a generation who possess a deep reverence for the tiny blue planet we call home and feel that environmental activism must be a top priority of every business, and she makes it her mission to bring her father's clients, now her clients, into a 21st-century mindset of true corporate environmental responsibility.

From the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., to the sophisticated shores of the Cote d'Azur, The Outcasts of Eden is full of complexity and unexpected surprises, and tells the moving story of the opposing forces of environmental activism and business, and the generational shift in thinking as the movement struggled to become accepted as an essential and expected part of doing business around the world.

Members Reviews:

Great for a holiday

Would you consider the audio edition of The Outcasts of Eden to be better than the print version?

Yep i would

Who was your favorite character and why?

Tenzin, he just has a nice view of the world.

Which character as performed by Liisa Ivary was your favourite?

Tenzin, got to love him.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The chat room discussion.

Any additional comments?

Great for a long trip, easy listening.

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Titolo: Le parole infinite

Autore: Nora Roberts

Narratore: Vanessa Lonardelli

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 16 hrs and 29 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 08-26-16

Editore: Audible Studios

Valutazioni: 3 su 5 su 1 voti

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Rowan Tripp, membro dei vigili del fuoco da quando aveva diciotto anni, è orgogliosa di far parte di un team d'élite che opera in tutto l'Ovest degli Stati Uniti. È un mestiere che ha nel sangue, ereditato da suo padre, ma nell'ultimo periodo la sta mettendo a dura prova. Un anno prima infatti, un collega ha perso la vita durante un lancio in paracadute andato storto e per la sua fidanzata, Dolly, lei ne è l'unica responsabile.

Come se non bastasse, a complicare le cose c'è il suo rapporto con Gulliver Curry, suo partner nella vita e nel lavoro, attraversato da mille contraddizioni. E inoltre il destino non smette mai di tessere la propria trama, e all'improvviso metterà alla prova la forza del loro sentimento. Quando un inaspettato pericolo minaccia la vita di Rowan, Gulliver dovrà rischiare la propria vita per salvare la donna che ama più di ogni cosa al mondo.

Una storia romantica che si intreccia con la suspense e il mistero. Una miscela di amore e azione per un romanzo che tocca il cuore ed entusiasma la mente.

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