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Title: The Comet Seekers

Author: Helen Sedgwick

Narrator: Michelle Fox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-16

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Roisin and François first meet in the snowy white expanse of Antarctica. And everything changes. While Roisin grew up in a tiny village in Ireland, ablaze with a passion for science and the skies and for all there is to discover about the world, François was raised by his beautiful young mother, who dreamt of new worlds but was unable to turn her back on her past.

As we loop back through their lives, glimpsing each of them only when a comet is visible in the skies above, we see how their paths cross as they come closer and closer to this moment. Theirs are lives filled with love and hope and heartbreak, in a story that shows how strangers can be connected and ghosts can be real, and the world can be as lonely or as beautiful as the comets themselves.

Members Reviews:

Sweet

I enjoyed this, esp the comet parts, the analogies and some of the characters

Wasn't always sure of a direction in the novel and wanted it to come to the point quicker

Disappointed

I was intrigued by this book but found it a disappointment. It just couldn't capture my attention however hard I tried. It might be a good story but unfortunately I found it boring.

Great touching book

I found this book very beautiful, melancholic and touching. Great voice, characters and way to put the story! Would recommend if you want some stars in your eyes!

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Title: Six Scary Stories

Subtitle: Selected by Stephen King

Author: Elodie Harper, Manuela Saragosa, Paul Bassett Davies, Michael Button, Stuart Johnstone, Neil Hudson

Narrator: Angus King, Esther Wane, Jane Collingwood, Thomas Judd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-16

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Six Scary Stories, selected by Stephen King.

Winning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competition. The number one best-selling writer Stephen King presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology: 'Wild Swimming' by Elodie Harper. 'Eau-de-Eric' by Manuela Saragosa. 'The Spots' by Paul Bassett Davies. 'The Unpicking' by Michael Button. 'La Mort de L'amant' by Stuart Johnstone. 'The Bear Trap' by Neil Hudson.

Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. He was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they were published together in one collection.

Listeners beware: the stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water or counting the spots on a leopard....

Members Reviews:

Six spine-chilling short stories

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

Yes, Six stories of around 20 minutes in duration each to give you something to do on the bus or train.

What did you like best about this story?

All the stories are good. My personal favourite isn't the actual winner but they're all worth listening to.

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

There were several performances as the stories are both narrated but the characters are performed by several people. None of them gave a bad performance.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really. They are bite-sized stories and they can be listened to in one sitting but are probably better appreciated one at a time.

loved it

excellent book, kept me entertained greatly all different stories decent twists and thrilled me. I specially liked how the readers brought the characters to life.

Meh, won't recommend

I was hoping for a better read but of the 6 stories only 2 left me interested and keen to keep reading. I skipped through most of the others as they were tedious, even being as short as they were. Overall a disappointment.

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Title: Hidden Ace

Author: R.M. Kelley

Narrator: Paul Tolman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-16

Publisher: R. M. Kelley

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Chappy is obsessed with flight. He doesn't think about it in terms of being a pilot, just flight in general. The whole concept is fascinating to him; it dominates his existence. The first thing he does when he steps outside is look into the sky. Most of the time he sees nothing but clouds or endless blue. But once in a while, something is flying and that's what he lives to see. All his spare time is taken up by studying birds or aircraft in flight. He hopes that someday flying will be a part of his life. First he has to get through his teen years which, so far, have been tough. His parents love him but have little time for him. His younger brother torments him to the edge of insanity. All attempts to learn about flight or to get involved in flying are as frustrating to him as they are exciting. His one source of inspiration is Alannah, who loves flying as much as he does. They try to learn about flight together, but her parents have other plans for her. Without her, Chappy finds that the skies are not always friendly. But he is determined to achieve his goals, or die trying.

Members Reviews:

love Delaware. ..you will enjoy this book

Ron....thanks for this book...took me back home. ...great characters even the surroundings. ..looking forward to hearing the next book

Great pilot dreamer story

I loved the story and the narrator anyone who wants to fly or dreams of being a pilot will love it!

Great story. Great narrator.

I really loved listening to this book! I felt like I was actually experiencing the story myself! I didn't want it to end!

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Title: Clover House

Author: Alan Cuthbertson

Narrator: Gaynor M. Kelly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Alan Cuthbertson

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

How many rules would you break to fulfill a loved one's wishes?

Clover House is a home run by the local council. Residents are there because their parents, family, or the community can no longer deal with their behavior. Leo French has lived at Clover House for nearly eight years. For Leo life was dull and mundane; that was, until Julie Sykes arrived.

After uncovering Julie's secret, Leo uses his limited time and resources to make her wishes come true. At the time he had no idea it would include foreign travel, theft, and attempted murder....

This tearjerker has so many twists and turns, but I guarantee, you won't see the last one coming.

Clover House is Alan Cuthbertson's second novel. For more information please go to alancuthbertson.com

Members Reviews:

Clover House

Any additional comments?

The book has some funny scenes where Leo is breaking the rules for Julie, and many of them brought a smile to my face. There were though, a couple of events that I found hard to believe, but after reading the final twist everything fell into place and made sense

A memorable story

Any additional comments?

I have received a copy of this book in audio format from the author in exchange for an honest review.

From all the residents Leo French is the one who has lived the longest at Cover house, a place where residents end up when their parents, families and loved ones cannot care for them. Leo's life is monotone but not unpleasant, until the day Julie Sykes arrives. Something in her will make Leo break all the possible rules at Clover House and maybe find love.

I have read Cuthbertson's previous book 'Fiestas and Siestas' and I have to say that 'Clover House' theme caught me completely by surprise. I had not read the blurb before starting the book and was expecting some kind of light memoir again. I liked 'Fiestas and Siestas' but I have to say that I absolutely loved 'Clover House'.

The characters are the residents and people in charge of Clover House. Leo and Julie are the main characters, and the most developed ones, but on hindsight, it is amazing how Cuthbertson has depicted them so well but hiding other aspects at the same time, in a way in which the reader does not even suspect that there is something missing.

The book is full of funny scenes where Leo is breaking the rules for Julie, and many of them brought a smile to my face. There were though, a couple of events that I found hard to believe, and in a way, that would have affected my overall experience, but after reading the final twist everything fell into place and made sense. I am not going to give any spoilers since this twist is what makes this book especially charming.

Gaynor M. Kelly did a good job with the narration and expressing the character's emotions. I had the impression though, that she was smiling while narrating, and sometimes during not so happy scenes. It felt like she was doing a narration for kids. Even like that I think the tone was the adequate to the story, and she made clear differences between characters. There is a loud noise just at the end of chapter fifteen, something that should have been edited out.

This is a sad story, but one in which there are small moments of happiness. It is a book to smile, to laugh, but also to cry and think.

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Title: Tilting at Windmills

Author: Joseph Pittman

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Linden Corners Press

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This lyrical debut novel celebrates the joys and tears of love lost and found and of a life renewed - in a most unexpected place...

At 34, Brian Duncan has it all. A trendy Manhattan life, a high-powered PR job, and a gorgeous fiancée with an exciting future of her own. Then, in a single moment of deception, Brian's world crumbles. Bitterly betrayed, he decides to toss away all he has worked for. Irresistibly drawn to the road, he leaves the city's busy streets behind.

On a hillside along New York's Hudson River Valley, Brian is transfixed by the beauty of an enormous windmill. Running toward it is a lovely little girl and her alluring mother, Annie Sullivan, who owns the windmill. The two strike a chord in Brian's heart, and soon he discovers the small-town charms of Linden Corners - and of Annie, whose elusive quality matches his own questions about life. And as their relationship deepens into passion, through the force of nature and the hand of fate, Brian will learn that love comes in unexpected ways.

Critic Reviews:

"Pittman's debut novel is a feel-good fantasy...a nice feel for pace and place." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Touching, tasteful, well-written.

I am honestly stunned that this is from a first-time author. It is very well-written and while - yes, a bit cliche' in a handful of places - so was the famous "Love Story" which is what this reminds me a lot of. I came to like and empathize with the main characters and enjoyed the transition of our lead man, Brian Duncan, from NYC corporate exec to soul-searching wanderer landing in quaint Linden Corners. And - again - some of the characters are a bit predictable, especially Chuck Akroyd, and some of the scenarios, such as the gals who run the Five-O, are a bit Norman Rockwell 'ish in their portrayal. But so what?! It's an easy read, intelligently written, and a love story you can believe in. What I really appreciate is that the author was able to portray the deep, sensual love of Brian and Annie without getting graphic. Very tasteful and very appropriate to the overall story. And the ending hit me to my core. Even as a GUY (yep), I found myself with some serious tears in my eyes.

Now THAT..... that makes for one heckuva read!

Four Stars

Nice easy read. I don't like series so will not read any more.

I thought the book was very good and well written

I thought the book was very good and well written. We had it for our book club which will be held the middle of April. I am anxious to hear how the other girls felt about the book. Had talked with one member and she did not find the book that good. Ma

Heartwarming story

I loved the way the author, Joseph Pittman, presented the story. I also read, The Christmas Hope, The Christmas Wish, The Memory Tree. All were wonderful and I am basically not a reader. I usually fall asleep by the third or fourth page. These books kept me awake.

Tilting at Windmills

I thought this book was very good. It really hit a spot with the working people who are usually too busy with life to smell the roses (so to speak). I really empathized with the character and what was changing in his life. Gives you something to think about.....is your life the way you want it to be?

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Titre: Quatre ans plus tard

Auteur: Monica Murphy

Narrateur: Vera Pastrélie

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-04-16

Éditeur: Hardigan

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"J'ai un cœur de pierre, mais je ne peux pas me passer des filles. Leurs sourires, la manière dont elles retiennent leur souffle lorsque je me penche sur elles pour les embrasser, leur peau douce et la facilité avec laquelle elles se débarrassent de leurs vêtements et soffrent à moi."

Owen est irrésistible et il le sait. Il accumule les conquêtes d'un soir et passe son temps à faire la fête. Avec la vie qu'il mène, ses résultats à l'université sont en chute libre, et sa place dans l'équipe de football est menacée s'il ne se reprend pas rapidement. On le confie donc aux bons soins de Chelsea, une jolie étudiante particulièrement brillante qui passe pour coincée aux yeux de toute sa promo. Les cours particuliers prennent un tour inattendu lorsque Chelsea comprend que son élève attend plus delle que du soutien scolaire...

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©2015 Milady (P)2016 e-Dantès

Revues par les critiques:

Ils en ont dit...

"Un incontournable. Le style de Monica Murphy est plus addictif que jamais."

City of Books

"Un roman rythmé à souhait, aussi touchant que troublant."

New Adult Addiction

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Titre: À moi seul bien des personnages

Auteur: John Irving

Narrateur: Bertrand Suarez-Pazos

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 17 hrs and 44 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-03-16

Éditeur: Éditions Thélème

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Histoire d'amour inassouvi, tourmentée, drôle et touchante, À moi seul bien des personnages est une approche passionnée des sexualités différentes, la représentation intime et inoubliable de la solitude d'un homme bisexuel qui s'efforce de devenir "quelqu'un de bien". John Irving nous livre ici une formidable chronique du grand renfermement puritain face à la libération sexuelle et à la guerre du Vietnam, sans oublier l'évocation de l'épidémie de sida et ses ravages ainsi que l'effarant silence des gouvernants. Mais toujours avec humour. Un humour arraché à la tristesse et à la mélancolie.

©2013 Éditions du Seuil (P)2013 Éditions Thélème

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Title: Taxi Rojo: A Tijuana Tale

Author: Erik Orrantia

Narrator: J.D. Huntington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-16

Publisher: Lethe Press

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Tijuana: melting pot of Mexico, gateway to Baja California. Two million souls struggle for survival, each searching for a way to become...something, anything better.

Fate brings a few strangers together one night in a crowded taxi rojo. When the red taxi crashes down a canyon, it creates a connection between the passengers that, like the international border within sight of the crash, draws a line between triumph and defeat, hopelessness and perseverance, life and death.

Boyfriends Rigo and Cristian confront their demons when a supposedly innocuous tryst gets out of control. Pancha looks for love in a complex world of ambiguous gender and sexual identity. Toni's biggest problem is self-acceptance in a culture that has ingrained in him the idea that real men are macho and self-sufficient. Julia's faith is challenged, as she toils to make a living and support her disabled sister, while feeling paralyzed by her sense of responsibility and lingering guilt.

Even in Tijuana, light can be found in the darkness.

Members Reviews:

I really enjoyed this story and did not put it down until I finished.

The story follows survivors of a deadly, overcrowded, taxi accident in Tijuana for two months after the tragedy. The author's writing style is compelling. I find his knowledge of life in this border city is captivating. Somehow, in this short story, we care about the characters, their strengths, their imperfections, their trials and their courage and humanity. Would love a sequel.

Really good story

I enjoyed the first novel by this writer and eagerly purchased this one. I thought it was wonderful, but please be warned it is not a romance by any stretch of imagination. I guess if I were to summarise it, I would say that it is about the characters who act as close to real people as it could possibly be written about, it is about characters who have to work hard for every shred of comfort in their lives and get paid mere pennies. It is about a catastrophic event which brought together an ensemble cast, and forced different problems in their lives even more out of the open. The characters are not romanticised, their lives are not romanticized, but they felt sympathetic and likeable to me, even if they made mistakes, wrong choices. I liked how the writer juggled several stories which were connected, but still were about totally different people, it did not feel disjointed to me at all. Even though the book is not a romance, there were several love stories in it, gay and straight and I liked them all.

South of the Border

In the style of Thornton Wilder's classic The Bridge of San Luis Rey, the novel uses a tragic disaster - in this case, the crash of one of Tijuana's route taxis, the eponymous red taxi of the title - to link together the stories of a diverse group of characters. Like the ripples in a stream, the consequences of the taxi crash continue to radiate out into the lives of the survivors.

Orrantia's strength as a writer is in his ability to conjure up ordinary people struggling with their own personal, and often prosaic, problems-a young gay couple sorting out issues of fidelity, a latent homosexual struggling with his identity, a good-hearted but overtaxed woman trying to care for her family, a drag queen finding love where he least expects it - Clearly these are not earth shattering matters, but they are of a sort with which most of us can identify.

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Titre: Parlez-moi d'amour

Auteur: Raymond Carver

Narrateur: Pierre Tissot

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-25-16

Éditeur: Éditions Thélème

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Raymond Carver écrit des instants de vies, tracées au fusain comme des esquisses qui laisseraient deviner le manque, les ratés, les impossibilités des existences d'hommes et de femmes qui courent après l'amour. Avec une écriture toute en pudeur, les dix-sept nouvelles de Parlez-moi d'amour laissent transparaître une humanité fragile et attachante.

Très reconnu aux États-Unis, Raymond Carver signe un recueil d'une grande sensibilité.

©2010 Éditions de l'Olivier (P)2012 Éditions Thélème

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Title: Every Secret Thing

Author: Lila Shaara

Narrator: Julia Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-13

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Lila Shaara is the daughter of acclaimed author Michael Shaara. Every Secret Thing is a provocative novel that will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult.

Members Reviews:

Far too long

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Cut an enormous amount of the domestic child-rearing parts and the descriptions of yoga and food and I would also have preferred not to listen to the extracts from psychology books that prefaced each chapter. Descriptions of the physique of Detective Tommy became tedious too

Would you be willing to try another book from Lila Shaara? Why or why not?

No. The main character was far too self-absorbed and the number of female characters with small parts were not interesting enough to make me remember their names

What aspect of Julia Gibsons performance might you have changed?

Her voice has a whiney tone which becomes tiring after a while

Did Every Secret Thing inspire you to do anything?

Not to read any more by this author - Jodi Picoult has no reason to worry about competition from this writer - not in her class

Any additional comments?

The characters of the students who were threatening to expose the main character were not fleshed-out enough; the main character never really seemed to be under threat