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Title: The Hotel Tito

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ivana Bodroi, Ellen Elias-Bursa - translator

Narrator: Eileen Stevens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-26-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991, she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, mother, and older brother. She is sent on a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summer's end, everything has changed.

Against the backdrop of genocide and the devastation of middle-class society within the Yugoslav Federation, our young narrator, now with her mother and brother as refugees amid a sea of refugees, spends the next six years experiencing her own self-discovery and transformation in unfamiliar surroundings as a displaced person. As she grows from a nine-year-old into a sparkling and wonderfully complicated fifteen-year-old, it is as a stranger in her own land.

Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, Ivana Bodroi's The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girl's coming of age, a reminder that even during times of war - especially during such times - the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.

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Title: Writing is a Jealous Lover

Author: Randy Otterbridge

Narrator: Wayne Henderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-17

Publisher: RandyAustin Publishing and Media

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Writing is a Jealous Lover is a cautionary tale about never letting your talents go to waste. That if you do, those talents will come back and treat you like a jealous lover would - by hounding you until you share your life with them.

"Writing" says that your talents deserve attention and their place in your life despite what society says you should be doing with your time. Writing is a Jealous Lover chases you down a path of how to, when to, and why to give your talents the time in your life they deserve.

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Titel: Die Kieferninseln

Autor:: Marion Poschmann

Erzähler: Frank Stieren

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-08-17

Herausgeber: SAGA Egmont

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Contemporary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Willst du etwas über Kiefern wissen - geh zu den Kiefern." - Matsuo Bash? Gilbert Silvester, Privatdozent und Bartforscher im Rahmen eines universitären Drittmittelprojekts, steht unter Schock. Letzte Nacht hat er geträumt, dass seine Frau ihn betrügt. In einer absurden Kurzschlusshandlung verlässt er sie, steigt ins erstbeste Flugzeug und reist nach Japan, um Abstand zu gewinnen.

Dort fallen ihm die Reisebeschreibungen des klassischen Dichters Basho in die Hände, und plötzlich hat er ein Ziel: Wie die alten Wandermönche möchte auch er den Mond über den Kieferninseln sehen. Auf der traditionsreichen Pilgerroute könnte er sich in der Betrachtung der Natur verlieren und seinen inneren Aufruhr hinter sich lassen. Aber noch vor dem Start trifft er auf den Studenten Yosa, der mit einer ganz anderen Reiselektüre unterwegs ist, dem Complete Manual of Suicide.

"Die Kieferninseln" ist ein Roman von meisterhafter Leichtigkeit: tiefgründig, humorvoll, spannend, zu Herzen gehend. Im Teeland Japan mischen sich Licht und Schatten, das Freudianische Über-Ich und die dunklen Götter des Shintoismus. Und die alte Frage wird neu gestellt: Ist das Leben am Ende ein Traum? Marion Poschmann, 1969 in Essen geboren, studierte Germanistik und Slawistik und lebt heute in Berlin. Für ihre Prosa und Lyrik wurde sie vielfach ausgezeichnet.

©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont

Kritik Bewertungen:

Marion Poschmanns Roman "Die Kieferninseln" ist ein Meisterwerk.

-- Die Zeit

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Ich liebte dieses Buch, aber ich muss immer noch ...

Ich liebte dieses Buch, aber ich muss immer noch verstehen, ob die Mehrdeutigkeit dem Text selbst innewohnt oder ich wegen meines schlechten Deutschs nicht verstanden habe.

Questo libro mi é piaciuto molto, ma devo ancora capire se l'ambiguitá é intrinseca al testo stesso, o sono io che non ho capito per colpa del mio pessimo tedesco.

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Titre: Souvenirs dormants

Auteur: Patrick Modiano

Narrateur: Christian Gonon

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2 hrs and 4 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-26-17

Éditeur: Gallimard

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Vous en avez de la mémoire..." "Oui, beaucoup... Mais j'ai aussi la mémoire de détails de ma vie, de personnes que je me suis efforcé d'oublier. Je croyais y être parvenu et sans que je m'y attende, après des dizaines d'années, ils remontent à la surface, comme des noyés, au détour d'une rue, à certaines heures de la journée."

Christian Gonon restitue la poésie, le trouble et le mystère de ces souvenirs de femmes.

©2017 Éditions Gallimard (P)2017 Éditions Gallimard

Avis des membres:

The Eternal Return of the Same

-- On one of those stalls by the Seine, the title of a book caught

my attention: The Time of Encounters. It was a period of strange

encouters for me also, that time in the distant pastâ.*

The flavor is as unmistakable as the whiff of Gitanes. Who but Patrick Modiano would start a book that way, responding to a trivial trigger, delving deeply into a half-remembered past? Let's go a little farther on the same page:

-- I could start by recalling Sunday evenings. They were always

sources of apprehension, as for all those who have had to return

to boarding school, in winter, at the end of the afternoon, in the

falling dusk. The feeling will pursue them in their dreams, possibly

for their entire lives. On Sunday evenings, several people would

gather in Martine Hayward's apartment, and I found myself among them.

I was twenty, and did not feel entirely at ease. A feeling of guilt

took hold of me, as though I were still a schoolboy and, instead of

going back to school, I had run away.*

While reading, I had made a long list of passages to quote, and may indeed get to a few more of them, but I found myself writing out this paragraph from the first page instead. It really doesn't matter. For to read Modiano is to enter a fractal universe, where any one passage seems to contain all others. And not just in the one book; each one contains memories of those before it. In this one, for instance, in apparently random lists of names, you encounter the names Stioppa, Caisley, and Guy Lavigne. The last two names crop up in DANS LE CAFÉ DE LA JEUNESSE PERDUE ("In the Cafe of Lost Youth"); the first recalls RUE DES BOUTIQUES OBSCURES (translated as "Missing Person"). I am not saying that these are the same people in this later book -- none of the three actually appears -- merely that Modiano sows his narrative with details that are vaguely familiar; déjà vu might be the author's middle name.

-- "You surely remember." Yes, certainly. But I also have memories

of things in my life, of certain persons that I have forced myself

to forget. I thought I had succeeded, but sometimes after decades

have passed they will surface unexpectedly like drowned bodies, at

a bend in the street, at certain times in the day.*

Modiano has many ways to conjure the past. In many of his books, though a little less so here, there is his meticulous gazetteer of Paris streets; when his narrator says he is extraordinarily sensitive to the spirit of a place, he isn't kidding. Then there is his catalogue of proper names, often strung together in lists.

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Title: Women Within

Author: Anne Leigh Parrish

Narrator: Ailie Holland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-17

Publisher: Beacon Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This multi-generational novel presents three women whose paths cross at the Lindell Retirement Home. Constance Maynard, fierce, independent, and proud, reflects on her long life promoting women's rights through her career as a professor of history. Eunice Fitch, the perfect caregiver, is often unlucky in love, yet even in middle age refuses to give up searching for the perfect man. Sam Clark is a young aide with a passion for poetry and small beautiful things, but at war with her own large, ungainly physique. All together they weave a tapestry as rich and complex as the female experience itself.

Members Reviews:

Well done!!

5 stars

What a wonderful book!

Constance Maynard lives in a retirement home. She is fierce, independent and outspoken. She is a woman after my own heart. (When I get to be her age, if I am fortunate, I want to be like her.)

Her caregivers are Sam Clark and Eunice Fitch. Sam is what is euphemistically said to be âa big girl.â ((Oh, I hate that term.) Eunice is kindly and generous, but seems to be rather doomed at love â or so she believes.

Constance never married, but has a daughter. But we learn far more about that in the novel. âOh, what a tangled web we weaveââ She was a professor of history and an ardent defender and promoter of womenâs rights. This is a very important theme in the book and makes it sing with promise.

I really liked this book. It was well written, almost lyrical in its wording. The plotting was very fine. The characters were believable and likeable. These three women forge a bond that is heartwarming and made me smile.

I want to thank Reagan Rothe / Creator, Black Rose Writing for forwarding to me a copy of this most wonderful book to read and enjoy.

Excellent Writing

Women Within by Leigh Parrish is one of the books that take you by surprise. It's not a heart pounding grab by the throat novel but a novel rich in characters.

Women Within is is about three very different women at the Lindell Retirement Home. Constance is in her eighties reflects back her life as a scholar and fierce advocate of women and women's rights. This is all at a time in history when strong women were still consist threat. I love how she never apologized or downplayed her intelligence.

Sam and Eunice both work at the retirement home. We follow both as they try and find there way to self acceptance and happiness.

I was a little confused at first that Eunice and Sam became central characters since the beginning of the novel is so focused on Constance, her daughter, and her step mom Lois. Regardless I enjoyed the book and the writing was so smooth I hardly noticed the time fly by. I will definitely be seeking out other books by the author.

It's a book I'll recommend if for no other reason

I found the stories of Constance, Eunice, and Sam to be touching and moving. The author's ability to weave the three stories together through the conclusion showed a strength of talent and craft. These women weren't always likable, but they were, to me, inspirational and interesting. What each story shows gives us is something each of us is already familiar with - dealing with expectations and rejections from family and society, and how different women react and flourish or fail, at least, in their own minds.

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Title: Bone and Bread

Author: Saleema Nawaz

Narrator: Erin Moon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Beena and Sadhana are sisters who share a bond that could only have been shaped by the most unusual of childhoods - and by shared tragedy. Orphaned as teenagers, they have grown up under the exasperated watch of their Sikh uncle, who runs a bagel shop in Montreal's Hasidic community of Mile End. Together, they try to make sense of the rich, confusing brew of values, rituals, and beliefs that form their inheritance. Yet as they grow towards adulthood, their paths begin to diverge. Beena catches the attention of one of the "bagel boys" and finds herself pregnant at 16 while Sadhana drives herself to perfectionism and anorexia.

When we first meet the adult Beena, she is grappling with a fresh grief: Sadhana has died suddenly and strangely, her body lying undiscovered for a week before anyone realizes what has happened. Beena is left with a burden of guilt and an unsettled feeling about the circumstances of her sister's death, which she sets about to uncover. Her search stirs memories and opens wounds, threatening to undo the safe, orderly existence she has painstakingly created for herself and her son.

Members Reviews:

Bone and Bread

Hard to believe that a young woman wrote such a great novel with such depth and insight. Living in Montreal, it was fun to recognize all the areas where certain activities took place. This was only a small part that added to the realism of the book. This story can take place anywhere.The characters were entirely believable. I had the feeling that I have met these people in my life ! Although told from the perspective of one sister, the main

character was the other sister. Both were complex personalities. One sister was portrayed in detail from the sister telling the story from past experiences whereas the storyteller's personality developed as she told the story. I thought there was a great deal of symbolism beginning with title of the book and further religious symbolism continuing throughout the book. It is not a fast read but that is what makes this book stand out. The more one reads, the more one gets invested in the characters and the more indelible they become. This is a book that I will always remember and I would highly recommend it. I look forward to reading other works by the same author.

beautifully felt story

of two orphaned sisters who both suffer as a result of one's eating disorder. Daughters of a bagel bakery owner and his white Canadian wife, the daughters each suffer the loss of their parents in a singular way. Nothing about it felt false, nothing too saccharine...perfect pitch.

Good Read

This book is so interestingly written. A real look at relationships between daughters and mothers, and sisters. I really wanted it to have a happy ending but it is a study and look at a real life and all the people that impact the sister's lives. The constant threat of an eating disorder and depression and how it affects them all is really enlightening. It was a good read .

A Real Winner!

This story of two sisters and how they come to terms with their world is engrossing from start to finish. Montreal is depicted affectionately with its warts and beauty spots. The writing is lively and full of details that tell a complex story. Definitely worth reading.

Four Stars

A great first time story. Very relatable and lots to think and talk about, especially related to the title.

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Title: Swimming with Bridgeport Girls

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Anthony Tambakis

Narrator: George Newbern

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Ray Parisi is in trouble. Fired from his anchor job at ESPN after one too many public humiliations, Ray is holed up in a motel and in dire need of a break. His ex is engaged and shacking up with another guy in his old house, a Cambodian bookie wants to kill him, and he's wanted by the New York State Police. A few days before the Fourth of July, he unexpectedly receives an inheritance from his long-lost father, and it seems like all of his problems might be solved. Determined to get his life back together, Ray hatches an imaginative but highly suspect plan to win back his ex-wife, dashing from Connecticut to Las Vegas to Memphis in an attempt to secure his future before the past runs him down.

Sure to please fans of Richard Russo and Richard Ford, Swimming with Bridgeport Girls is a heartwarming and heart-wrenching tale of a charismatic gambler and his misguided quest - one based on his mistaken memory of how The Great Gatsby ends - to try to win back his ex-wife.

Members Reviews:

I LOVE this book!

Anthony Tambakisâ novel SWIMMING WITH BRIDGEPORT GIRLS will make you laugh out loud, wince with pain, root for the guy who has made mistake after mistake, and is written with words so alive you feel like you are in the midst of someone elseâs tumultuous hurricane of a life but you canât get out and you donât want to get out.

Ray and L, his wife, er, now ex, were married and in love until his gambling problem got the best of him. And his debt took a serious toll on their finances and his ability to think straight along with ousting him from his job as an anchor at ESPN. Ray will stop at nothing short to win back Lâs trust and love. She has moved on in life and love. Her new beau, Boyd, is quite a bit older and has most definitely usurped Rayâs role in every way. Living in his house, treating his dog as his own and worst of all, claimed the love of his life. Ray seethes at the very thought of Boyd and his wide variety of nicknames for him will have you rolling. Ray has made a nuisance of himself and L is on the verge of taking out a restraining order against him.

The very thing that got Ray into trouble, gambling, (and being accused of infidelity), is what he is desperate to try again, to regain his standing in an effort to convince L to come back to him. With the help of something from his past, he has the perfect solution. What transpires next involves a cast of characters that you wonât want to miss. There are several who have my heart but Renee is one of the best on the written page. She is a sweet young girl whom Ray befriends in Las Vegas and central to his story. Boy oh boy can she talk. Her colloquialisms alone are worth reading the book.

While Ray is quite the character, there is no doubt that he has a sensitive side. After all, he is relentlessly chasing the love of his life to right his wrongs and preserve their future together.

Heart, humor, and astounding writing and characters make SWIMMING WITH BRIDGEPORT GIRLS one of the very, very best. I hope that Mr. Tambakis has another book up his sleeve.

Brilliant!

Ray Parisi is all those parts within us that we often think but never say. This book will open up your world of possibility, honesty and redemption as you go on a ride with a razor-sharp wit, gut-wrenching humor and head-shaking wonder through his audacity and vulnerability.

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Title: Kill Yuan

Author: Peter Nealen

Narrator: Cody Parcell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-17

Publisher: Peter Nealen, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Dan Tackett is slowly dying inside. A recent widower, he's struggling to provide for his two children when an intriguing, and lucrative, job offer comes his way - a counter-piracy mission, with a price tag higher than he's ever seen. He can't resist. He takes the job. The training is grueling. The secrecy is strict. And the mission is not what he expected. A Chinese frigate has deserted. Her captain has set himself up to become a pirate kingpin in the South China Sea, right along the primary trade route feeding into the Strait of Malacca. The contractors that Dan has joined have been hired to eliminate the pirates and liberate the oil company personnel on the islands that Captain Yuan has seized. It's not going to be an easy job, which is why the pay is so high. But it's only going to get harder, because there are other forces at play, including a task force of Chinese Sea Dragon commandos, who have the same mission: Kill Yuan.

Members Reviews:

This is a must!

I have a hard time staying engaged in any audio book; this was not the case here. Great plot, excellent voice acting. Highly recommend!!

Exciting and Riveting Tale

Peter Nealen once again, delivers an adrenaline rush of a story. This time, the focus is on the South China Sea. Unlike his previous offerings, Kill Yuan has multiple viewpoints. If you've already read the book, I'd say do yourself a favor and get this audiobook so you can enjoy it again.

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Título: Anatomía de un instante [The Anatomy of a Moment]

Autor: Javier Cercas

Narrador: José Posada

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 14 hrs and 4 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-02-17

Editor: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 10 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Un relato vibrante, tenso y pormenorizado que empieza leyéndose como una novela policíaca y acaba leyéndose como una novela de terror.

"Este libro es un ensayo en forma de crónica o una crónica en forma de ensayo. Este libro no es una ficción. Este libro es la anatomía de un instante: el instante en que Adolfo Suárez permaneció sentado en la tarde del 23 de febrero de 1981 mientras las balas de los golpistas zumbaban a su alrededor en el hemiciclo del Congreso de los Diputados y todos los demás parlamentarios - todos menos dos: el general Gutiérrez Mellado y Santiago Carrillo - buscaban refugio bajo sus escaños. Este libro es la crónica de ese gesto y la crónica de un golpe de estado y la crónica de unos años decisivos en la historia de España. Este libro es un libro imprescindible. Un libro único." (Javier Cercas)

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Sobredosis de testosterona

Preparando una clase sobre España después de Franco, he leído este libro de Javier Cercas. El título del libro despista porque más bien debería llamarse Anatomía de Adolfo Suárez. No lo recomiendo porque opino que es largo y aburrido, y con algunos recursos repetitivos y obvios para el lector. Además es una sobredosis de testosterona. No tiene ningún personaje femenino, pero tiene momentos brillantes y de buen oficio y está plagado de anécdotas jugosas para los españoles que pasan de los cuarenta como yo,

La historia contada de manera apasionante

Aunque algunos detalles puedan ser pura especulacion, da gusto leer este libro por lo bien escrito que esta. La historia contada de forma interesante. Un libro cronica serio pero entretenido. Un analisis profundo de la situacion antes, durante y despues. Para aquellos que por circunstancias personales no vivimos esos momentos en nuestro pais, este libro resulta muy interesante y ofrece una vision distinta de los articulos meramente periodisticos que se publicaron en la epoca. Ha sido mi primer libro de este autor, pero con toda seguridad pienso leer sus obras.

Saber más

Creo que es un buen libro para todo aquél que quiera saber más sobre el golpe del 82. También fue interesante para mí, que siento una especie de fascinación por la historia española del siglo XX, aunque el nivel de detalle me pareció algo excesivo para un extranjero (soy argentino). No es ninguna novedad que Cercas escribe bien y siempre es un placer leerlo. Sin embargo hubo pasajes que me sonaron un poco forzados, como si el autor estuviese tratando de despertar el interés del lector echando mano de su amplia galería de recursos (lo cual valoro más cuando no se nota tanto). Políticamente la visión de Cercas me resultó bastante desabrida.

una historia fascinante

Cercas entra en el detalle de la psicología de los principales personajes del 23F, creando un ambiente en el que se puede entender lo sucedido.

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Title: Give Me Your Answer True

Author: Suanne Laqueur

Narrator: Vanessa DeSilvio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-13-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"What I feel has no name..."

Suanne Laqueur's award-winning debut novel The Man I Love thrilled listeners with its memorable characters and depth of emotion. Erik Fiskare's journey of love, recovery, and forgiveness captivated hearts but also left questions unanswered. Now Daisy Bianco has a chance to tell her story. It's been three years since a single lapse of judgment cost Daisy the love of her life. Erik was a conduit to her soul but now he's chosen a path of total disconnection, refusing to speak to her or acknowledge her betrayal. Alone and shattered, Daisy attempts to take responsibility for her actions while building her career as a professional dancer in New York City. But Erik's unforgiving estrangement proves too much for her strength. Plagued by flashbacks to the Lancaster shootings, she falls into a dangerous spiral of self-harm, cutting into her own skin as a means to atone. Only the timely appearance of an old friend, John "Opie" Quillis, saves her from self-destruction and gives her a chance to love again.

Laqueur skillfully weaves flashbacks to the college years with Daisy's present life. Supported by John's patient affection, she works to separate her evolution as an adult from the unresolved guilt and grief of her youth. As her professional accomplishments lift her out of depression, Daisy learns to hold onto her accountability without letting it become her identity. Years pass and she builds a beautiful life filled with dance and friends. Lovers come and eventually go, leaving her on her own with the old thought: come back to me. In this parallel narrative, Laqueur peels open the beloved characters from The Man I Love to reveal new and complex layers of vulnerability. The scars from the shooting are deep and pervasive within this circle of friends. Like Daisy, they are trying to evolve without being fully resolved. But when questions from the past go unheeded, you alone must find and give your answers true.

Members Reviews:

some of the most thoughtful and deep writing

Where does Give Me Your Answer True rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is a great book..great series

Who was your favorite character and why?

Both of them...

Which scene was your favorite?

so many..Wells speech at the wedding

Any additional comments?

I know a lot of writing went it to these 3 books...great job...