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Title: Austin

Subtitle: McKettricks of Texas

Author: Linda Lael Miller

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 180 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Hot Texas nights are always in store for the strapping heroes and passionate ladies of Linda Lael Millers New York Times best-selling romances. In this chapter of her remarkable McKettricks saga, bull rider Austin returns home to Blue River a broken manhis career over and his love life in shambles. But as he is nursed back to healthphysically and emotionallyby the demanding nurse his brothers hired for him, Austin determines to grab life by the horns and ride once again.

Members Reviews:

A MUST Listen!

Everything fans of Linda Lael Miller can expect and more! This work stands on its own but is a 'not to be missed' if you've enjoyed other books in the McKettrick series.

Paige and Austin together again

What made the experience of listening to Austin the most enjoyable?

The reestablishment of Paige and Austin's relationship after many years of regret and portrayal. It was sweet how the situations they found themselves in regain the trust they had lost before and made their love stronger.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Paige was my favorite. I like that she stay strong through all her struggles and was able to open up to new possibilities.

Which scene was your favorite?

I like the scene when Austin takes care of Paige's feet, by putting beniodine on them and then blowing on her feet to take the sting away.

Who was the most memorable character of Austin and why?

Austin was the most memorable. He learned a lot after being thrown by the bull and having Paige back in his life. I like that he was kind to the animals and to the children in the family. He never belittle anyone.

Any additional comments?

I like this series, but the original McKettrick's series is better.

Sappy, stupid & simple

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

I like romance novels, but this one is just plain bad. I tried really hard to finish it, but just couldn't. I was listening to it on

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Title: When the Killing's Done

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: T. C. Boyle

Narrator: Anthony Heald

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-22-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 201 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of The Women comes an action-packed adventure about endangered animals and those who would protect them.

Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T. C. Boyles powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.

Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the islands endangered native creatures from invasive species like rats and feral pigs, which, in her view, must be eliminated. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a dreadlocked local businessman who, along with his lover, the folksinger Anise Reed, is fiercely opposed to the killing of any species whatsoever and will go to any lengths to subvert the plans of Alma and her colleagues.

Their confrontation plays out in a series of escalating scenes in which these characters violently confront one another, contemplate acts of sabotage, court danger, and tempt the awesome destructive power of nature itself. Boyle deepens his story by going back in time to relate the harrowing tale of Almas grandmother, Beverly, who was the sole survivor of a 1946 shipwreck in the channel, as well as the tragic story of Anises mother, Rita, who in the late 1970s lived and worked on a sheep ranch on Santa Cruz Island.

In dramatizing this collision between protectors of the environment and animal rights activists, Boyle is, in his characteristic fashion, examining one of the essential questions of our time: Who has the right of possession of the land, the waters, the very lives of all the creatures who share this planet with us?

Editorial Reviews:

From the moment Anthony Heald begins reading When the Killings Done, the energy of the novel bursts to life, creating an experience that will have lucky listeners believing that they have survived shipwrecks, chased feral pigs through the underbrush of island wilderness, faced the wrath of hostile protesters, and dined with one of the most irritating individuals ever.

So vibrant is T.C. Boyles prose that Heald has a seemingly limitless reservoir of characters and experiences from which to draw. The novel pits passionate animal rights activists against the park service ecologists who are equally passionate about preserving the flora and fauna of the Channel Islands, located just off the coast of California near between Ventura and Santa Barbara. When the Killings Done manages to state the case for each side while pointing out the hypocrisies inherent in trying to maintain a black-and-white, take-no-prisoners adherence to any cause.

Where Boyle excels and Heald triumphs is in the vivid descriptions of life on the islands of Anacapa and Santa Cruz and the voyages various characters, past and present, have made to the islands rocky shores. Healds performance of the wreck of the Beverly B and survival of Beverly Boyd, grandmother of the novels female protagonist, Alma Boyd Takasue, will have listeners reaching out to walls or handrails to steady themselves, so realistic is the depiction of the capsizing. There are idyllic journeys led by coastal dolphins and furtive cat-and-mouse chases between activists and Coast Guard boats.

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Title: Diamond in the Rough

Subtitle: The Men of Medicine Ridge

Author: Diana Palmer

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-10-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Novelist Diana Palmer has numerous USA Today and New York Times best-sellers to her credit. Diamond in the Rough transports listeners to the wilds of Montana. Sassy Peale is desperate to help her family, but her meager salary can only stretch so far. Into her world comes rugged cowboy John Callister, who seems to be the man shes been looking for. But when John is revealed to be a member of a wealthy Montana family, Sassy is devastated. Now it is up to John to convince her that his affections are true and that he is not just some rhinestone cowboy toying with her heart.

Critic Reviews:

Smart, confident, and totally PUNK! (

National Enquirer)

Members Reviews:

Not Diana Palmer's best

Had hopes I would enjoy this more. She usually weaves a better storyline. Not her usual work.

a great story!

I really liked the characters in this book reacted how they SHOULD, not in a soppy end-of-my-world overreaction during the dramatic suspenseful parts. it was very believable and enjoyable, and had the perfect amount of suspense to keep me hanging on until the end!

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Title: The House of Sleep

Author: Jonathan Coe

Narrator: Simon Shepherd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has his life changed forever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the increasingly unstable Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated...A group of students sharing a house. They fall in and out of love, they drift apart. Yet a decade later they are drawn back together by a series of coincidences involving their obsession with sleep - and each other.

Members Reviews:

A terrific listen

I really enjoyed this book and reading and got caught

up in the characters and plot right away. Moving from

one time to another in the same place works seamlessly

and is always intriguing. Would heartily recommend;

anything by Jonathan Coe is entertaining.

well researched page turner,

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

Brings factual reality to life with Narcolepsy. Well crafted, gripping novel. Lyrical language delivered brilliantly on audible. Loved every minute.

Who was your favorite character and why?

All characters were well crafted and realistic. No favourites.

What about Simon Shepherds performance did you like?

Understated with the right amount of light and shade. Easy to listen to. Character voices well played without being over dramatic.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, both. I have Narcolepsy. I loved the way Coe linked factual content to fiction creating a believable reality with which I could identify. I almost felt part of this fictional 'world'. I had a profound reaction to much of the content. Listening to this alone, whilst driving, I found myself shouting out at plot twists as they unfolded.

Any additional comments?

Brilliant work of fiction which integrates factual information on sleep disorders. I could see this as a high brow TV Drama.

Mediocre story and woeful narration

What would have made The House of Sleep better?

I'm not sure whether the woeful narration marred what might have been a reasonably good book, but the overall experience was so bad as to warrant my writing this warning to potential purchasers. With so many accomplished narrators reading far superior books, why buy The House of Sleep? Well, the story is quite intriguing I suppose, but I was just incapable of overcoming the narrator's poor performance. Not only is his voice dreary and lifeless beyond belief but his occasional forays into accents are appalling. Give this one a miss!

What could Jonathan Coe have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Spend more time looking for a decent narrator.

What didnt you like about Simon Shepherds performance?

Dreary and lifeless

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

Interesting subject matter and use of language

The House of Sleep

I found this a disjointed and difficult story to follow, I found the characters hard to bond with! Maybe I didn't try hard enough to get into it, but it wasn't a listen that I had empathy with in the way it was presented.

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Title: Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Author: Elizabeth Buchan

Narrator: Joanna David

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-11

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The coming-of-middle-age story a whole generation of women have been waiting for... poised, witty, and emotionally resonant.

For 25 years, Rose Lloyd has juggled marriage, motherhood, and career, with remarkable success. It has been a life of family picnics, books and wine, a cherished house, and her own exquisitely designed gardensunny and comfortable. But then the carefully managed life to which Rose has become accustomed comes crashing down around her whenover the course of a few daysher marriage and her career both fall apart.

Can Rose, whose anguish is barely softened by the ministrations of friends and grown children with their own problems, ever start over? Not easily. But it's amazing what prolonged reflection, the slimming effect of a lost appetite, a new slant on independence (and a little Parisian lingerie) will do. Especially when an old flame suddenly reappears.

Full of humor, clever insight, and a whimsical sense of the absurd, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman is an irresistible and finely written fantasy for anyone who ever wondered what a certain age would look like from beyond the looking-glass - and who will find it ripe with promise that the best days are yet to come.

Members Reviews:

Engaging Plot And Pretty Good Narration

I enjoyed Buchan's book.

Some of the heroine's misfortunes are a little predictable, so I gave it a four star, instead of a five star rating.

But the plot keeps you going, if only to discover to just what the degree of "revenge" takes place.

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Title: The Privileges

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jonathan Dee

Narrator: David Aaron Baker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jonathan Dee is the critically acclaimed author of Palladio. With The Privileges, Dee crafts a suspenseful, melancholy, and acidly funny tale (Booklist). In it, ambitious couple Adam and Cynthia Morey marry straight out of college and have two children. Then Adam, unfulfilled with his job at a private investment firm, becomes involved in insider trading and gains excessive wealth for his family. But as Adam and Cynthia discover, money cant buy happiness.

Critic Reviews:

Thoughtful and bracingly unpredictable. (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

A little boring

What disappointed you about The Privileges?

I just had trouble getting into the story..

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of David Aaron Baker?

I liked him as the narrator. I just do not think changing would have made a difference/

Terrible Narrator

The narrator of The Privileges was dreadful. His women and children voices sounded like mockeries. I would have stopped listening to it but I was on a long drive and I had run through my podcasts.

The story was interesting enough for a long drive. Not great literature but entertaining.

It would not be the first book I would recommend, I have listened to worse.

Franzen without the meat

If you like John Franzen novels, you might get excited as I did toward the beginning when the author introduces many interesting and well thought out characters. The somewhat ironic or at least aloof writing style very Franzen-esque.... The problem with this story though is that there is no point.. There are no lessons learned or really interesting consequences to anything... In fact the author seems to tease us with things that almost go terribly terribly wrong, but nothing ever really does... This family seems to just bounce around through life until the book ends..

Not sure if I could go back in time, would I buy this book.

Narration was great, and admittedly is probably the only reason I made it all the way through it

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Title: White Satin

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-10

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On the smooth, silvery surface of the ice skating rink, Dany Alexander cuts a figure of strength and fire, beauty and grace. One man alone is responsible for Danys success: Anthony Malik, a former skating star who has managed her career for the past 16 years. And for all that time, deep within his fortress of money, sex, and power, Anthony has found his attraction for Dany growing more intense. Now he wants Danynot as a prodigy, but as a lover. The depth of his desire for her cant be denied. But what about Danys own need to get to know her mentor as the man he really is? With the Olympics weeks away, an extraordinary contest of wills has begun. It could culminate in a crushing fall, or the greatest prize of all.

Members Reviews:

Queen of the Ice....oldie but goodie~ Johansen

PLOT: Romance and ice skating.... dated FUN~

Dany is an ice princess headed to the Calgary Olympics. But her skating is a bit off and her guardian....HUNK Anthony steps into to help her win the gold. This is a fun very early romance by Johansen before she added romantic suspense. this is fun and holds the attention with EX ice Olympic Champion Anthony who helps Dany to both focus on staking and finding romance. Dany both wins Anthony and the Gold Medal in that order. DATED but still fun......and BEU LANDRY the hunk from the next book is one of her coaches. Johansen started the first author to added Characters who ended up in her next book. Johansen is ahead of her time. Good book.

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Title: Goodbye, Mr Hollywood

Author: John Escott

Narrator: Denica Fairman

Format: Abridged

Length: 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-09-10

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. Shes young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. But why does she call Nick "Mr Hollywood"? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next table - the man with short white hair? Nick learns the answers to these questions three long days later - in a police station on Vancouver Island.

An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English.

Critic Reviews:

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of storytelling." (David R. Hill, ELT Journal Review)

Members Reviews:

Turned out to be a short story & a lame one at that for the price

Thought this was a book. Turned out to be a short story & a lame one at that for the price...

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Title: The Emperor's Tomb

Author: Steve Berry

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-23-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The tomb of Chinas First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, has remained sealed for more than 2,000 years. Though its regarded as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, the Chinese government wont allow anyone to open it. Why?

That question is at the heart of a dilemma faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, whose life is shattered when he receives an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he sees Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman whos saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact shes asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesnt have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malones most harrowing adventure to dateone that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to China, a vast and mysterious land where danger lurks at every turn.

Members Reviews:

Adventure abounds

I had just seen the terracotta warrior exhibit at the Seattle Pacific Science Center so the ideas of a story featuring them intrigued me. This did not disappoint. Lots of action and adventure and some history thrown in for good measure. Not high literature. But a great fun exciting read.

International intrigue, political posturing, enemies new and old.

International intrigue, political posturing, enemies new and old -- Cotton faces many variables and untruthful colleagues, that his options narrow to the point he can only move in the manner he is manipulated. No escape...

great

It really is not fair for me to write a review because I love every thing he writes. He does excellent research on all areas of his interest and then puts them to work in a great book.

A good read.

Obviously someone did a lot of research for this book. The descriptions of Xian are accurate and the story line make for compelling reading. Another triumph for Mr. Berry.

Good story

As usual,entertaining, fast paced story with twists and surprises. Always entertaining. I Like all of Cotton Malone books, so far.

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Title: Mary Ann in Autumn

Subtitle: A Tales of the City Novel

Author: Armistead Maupin

Narrator: Armistead Maupin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-10

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 210 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A hilarious and touching new installment of Armistead Maupin's beloved Tales of the City series.

Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her oldest friend, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, a gardener happily ensconced with his much-younger husband.

Mary Ann finds temporary refuge in the couple's backyard cottage, where, at the unnerving age of 57, she licks her wounds and takes stock of her mistakes. Soon, with the help of Facebook and a few old friends, she begins to reengage with life, only to confront fresh terrors when her checkered past comes back to haunt her in a way she could never have imagined.

After the intimate first-person narrative of Maupin's last novel, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn marks the author's return to the multicharacter plotlines and darkly comic themes of his earlier work. Among those caught in Mary Ann's orbit are her estranged daughter, Shawna, a popular sex blogger; Jake Greenleaf, Michael's transgendered gardening assistant; socialite DeDe Halcyon-Wilson; and the indefatigable Anna Madrigal, Mary Ann's former landlady at 28 Barbary Lane.

More than three decades in the making, Armistead Maupin's legendary Tales of the City series rolls into a new age, still sassy, irreverent, and curious, and still exploring the boundaries of the human experience with insight, compassion, and mordant wit.

Members Reviews:

He Has Done It Again!

This was a great read! Once again, Armistead Maupin has taken us back to the familiar city and characters we have loved for years. Given the way he goes back to previous stories, it was like a love letter to those of us who have read and re-read the previous works in the series. The story, however, does not require one to have read the previous books. Armistead Maupin is one of those rare authors who is capable of reading his own work! Great job all around! I would highly recommend this book to others!

So good to hear from dear old friends

These characters are like dear old friends.. It's always great to hear how they're doing and what they've been up to... Thank you Mr. Maupin for getting us caught up... Always good to hear from my dear, old friends from Barbary Lane...

A great 'Tales of the City' novel!

Reconnecting with all the characters from Tales of the City is like comfort food. There all here: Mary Ann, Mouse, Miss Madrigal...the book, like its predecessors, has a great plot (revisiting some unfinished business from the first tome), funny and tender moments... It's a must for fans of the series! Read by M.