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Title: Crown Jewel

Author: Fern Michaels

Narrator: John Dossett

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-08

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After 15 years, Ricky wants to mend the rift that erupted between the brothers during those dark days. But when tragedy strikes, erasing Ricky's dreams of winning Philip's forgiveness, he resets his priorities and dedicates himself to his brother's dream - the construction of a unique resort in South Carolina called the Crown Jewel.

When Ricky steps into his brother's shoes he encounters unsettling contradictions, as well as his sister-in-law Roxy Lam, who leads him to the mystery at the center of his brother's life and into a love affair far richer and more challenging than any he has experienced before.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Love Fern Michaels

Five Stars

As always she came through with a good book, lots of reading & rather interesting! Really enjoyed it.

Escape reading

Great escape reading . Fern Michaels always keeps me interested and yet not to deep. I'll be finishing this one tonight and start looking for something else to read.

Wonderful story of recovery and the benefits of living an ...

Wonderful story of recovery and the benefits of living an honest life. Great romance but nothing smutty. Good story line.

Loved this!

Fern showed in this book the reason why I love her writing; I needed this from Fern since the last 2 I read were a little disappointing

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Título: Hotel Almirante [Admiral Hotel (Texto Completo)]

Autor: Marta Rivera de la Cruz

Narrador: Adriana Sananes

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 8 hrs and 31 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-30-08

Editor: Recorded Books

Calificaciones: 3.5 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

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Título: Por fin solos [Alone At Last (Texto Completo)]

Autor: Cristina Peri Rossi

Narrador: Braulio Villar

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 22 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-30-08

Editor: Recorded Books

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

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Título: Amores que matan [Love That Kills (Texto Completo)]

Autor: Rosa Beltran

Narrador: Mariana Carreno

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 56 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-30-08

Editor: Recorded Books

Calificaciones: 2.5 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Muy rebuscado

No es totalmente aburrido pero si muy rebuscado, algunas historias son mejores que otras pero nada que valga la pena...

En lo personal no me gusta el autor que utiliza todas las palabras complicadas posibles para expresar cosas sencillas y creo que esta es exactamente ese tipo de autor.

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Title: Parece que va a llover [Looks Like It's Going To Rain (Texto Completo)]

Author: Ricardo Silva Romero

Narrator: Adriana Sananes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

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Title: The Stone of Sorrow

Subtitle: The Fate of the Stone, Part Two

Author: John Ward

Narrator: Colin Moody

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-08

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Superbly narrated by Colin Moody.

A new mix of strange characters and weird events brings Jake and Helen together again - this time they are further along the way to understanding the true power of The Philosopher's Stone: life eternal. Yet, others seek it too...

From its beginning long ago in the Italian town of Ferrara to its startling climax in an ancient underground palace in Istanbul, this is an unforgettable, page-turner of a tale.

Editorial Reviews:

Narrator Colin Moody's precise performance allows listeners to focus on the lyrical prose of this sequel to The Secret of the Alchemist. Jake and Helen are reunited after a strange series of events and encounters with odd characters. They're now closer to understanding the power of the Philosopher's Stone, and it's got nothing to do with creating gold. Moody's accents shift smoothly from character to character, allowing listeners distinct impressions of each one. His measured pacing sweeps the action from the Italian town of Ferrara to an ancient underground palace in Istanbul with enjoyable dexterity.

Critic Reviews:

"Narrator Colin Moody is excellent in his pacing and intensity." (School Library Journal) "Lovers of the Harry Potter series will be thrilled with this fantasy novel ... Moody's reading is excellent." (Kliatt)

Members Reviews:

So-so fantasy thriller

This is second book in the trilogy "The Fate of the Stone." The other two books are #1 The Secret of the Alchemist and #3 The City of Desolation. The first one was much better, the third one not as good.

The characters, particularly that of the boy, are well-developed and believable if not always likable. The father is pretty despicable and is featured way too frequently. In the first four chapters the two children are each only featured once, for short periods. The rest is filled up with lots of scenes with lots of different adults, only one of which is even a main character. This makes it difficult for younger readers to get into the book as they can't identify with the main characters.

Basically, the plot begins 6 months after the conclusion of the first book. The kids have found a device believed to be the philosopher's stone, although not really as the philosopher's stone was believed to create gold and that's not what anyone thinks this device does.

The father has now found the missing piece for the machine and is trying to steal it. Other unsavory and unethical characters are also trying to get hold of both the machine and the stone. The language is complex, quite pretty but may be too difficult for teenagers. When the tale gets going it is gripping and interesting.

However, there are lots of sections of talking, which American kids may not have the patience for. The author frequently breaks the golden rule of Creative Writing 101: show, don't tell. In fact, one of the more interesting and thrilling sequences in the book is related by the girl to the boy in a quick narrative, lessening the thrill and increasing the boredom factor.

My biggest complaint about the book, though, is that the 14-15 year old girl gets expelled for fighting and, when confronted by her custodial aunts, is incredibly rude and inappropriate to them and informs them that she is old enough to run her own affairs.

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Title: Last Orders at Harrods

Author: Michael Holman

Narrator: Jerome Pride

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-08

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Charity Mupanga is the widowed owner of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot) - a favourite meeting place for the movers and shakers of Kibera. While she can handle most challenges, from an erratic supply of Worcestershire sauce, the secret ingredient in her cooking, to the political tensions in East Africa's most notorious slum and a cholera outbreak that follows the freak floods in the state of Ubuntu, some threatening letters from London lawyers are beginning to overwhelm her. Well-meant but inept efforts to foil the lawyers by Edward Furniver, a former fund manager who runs Kibera's co-operative bank and who seeks Charity's hand in marriage, bring Harrods International Bar to the brink of disaster, and Charity close to despair. In the nick of time an accidental riot, triggered by the visit to the slum of World Bank President Hardwick Hardwicke, coupled with some quick thinking by Titus Ntoto, the 14-year-old leader of Kibera's toughest gang, the Mboya Boys United Football Club, help Charity-and Harrods-to triumph in the end.

©2008 MIchael Holman; (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing

Editorial Reviews:

As journalist working out of Africa for many years, Michael Holman has a knowledge of the people and culture of East Africa. Here, he uses a satirical work of fiction to describe the businesses, political life, gang life, and remnants of imperialism that make up the fictional country of Kuwisha. Centering on Charity Mupanga and her bar and restaurant, Harrods International, this audiobook is an illuminating look at urban East Africa. Skillfully performed by Jerome Pride who brings a journalistic approach to his delivery and blends the line between fact and fiction.

Members Reviews:

Michael Holman great writer

Holman's books are full of insights into African culture. Read this one!

A view of Kibera -world's second largest slum.

If you google Kibera you will see the world's second largest slum area situated in Kenya, Africa. Michael Holman's book 'Last Orders at Harrods' an african tale is about that place .The book is riveting, amusing and sad, it is a commentary on how people cope with insurmountable odds. The characters all come alive to the reader and the Mboya boys stole my heart. It is also a story of corruption and greed .A modern day saga of Kenya ,the country with the most corrupt goverment in our times .

A satirical feast

Last Orders at Harrods is the first book in the Kuwisha Trilogy by author Michael Holman. It is set in Kireba, the largest urban slum in Africa, located in the small East African nation of Kuwisha and features a cast of lively characters. Widowed owner of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot), Charity Mupanga is getting irritated by the threatening letters from a firm of London lawyers regards the name of her establishment. Her suitor, Edward Furniver, manages the local savings co-op and has tried to help with correspondence, but has an irritation of his own, in a rather unmentionable place. World Feed rep, the cynical Lucy Gomball is delighted that cholera is a confirmed aftermath of the latest floods, hoping, via a swathe of journalists, to draw the world's attention (and hopefully, funds) to Kuwisha. About to repatriate, Financial News journalist Cecil Pearson has plans for a story to bring down lifelong President Josiah Nduka, plans involving glue-sniffing street boys, a pot-smoking kitchen toto and a tape recorder.

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Title: Charlie Coyote

Author: Gary McCarthy

Narrator: Gene Engene

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-08

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Elvis senses Charlie's innocence and purity of character, traits he misses in his phony entertainment world. Charlie respects Elvis as a mentor, and a man who can help him reach the ideals taught to him by Lucy Bear Paw, his grandmother. Meanwhile Charlie's wild sister Stella falls head over heels for "The King." Both men gain more than they bargain for in this tale of loyalty and true friendship.

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Title: Spaceman Blues

Author: Brian Francis Slattery

Narrator: Robert Ramirez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After Manuel Rodrigo de Guzmán González disappears, his lover Wendell Apogee searches through New York City's "Darktown" to find him. Along the way, he encounters everything from black market dealers to alien assassins.

©2007 Brian Francis Slattery

Critic Reviews:

"Slattery's debut is a kaleidoscopic celebration of the immigrant experience ... Pynchon crossed with Steinbeck, painted by Dalí ..." (Kirkus Reviews)

"Mad tornado of words." (Harlan Ellison)

Members Reviews:

Engrossing literary fiction with a science fiction bent

This book is my definition of a "beach read"; plenty of fantastical elements and a really quick pace that pulls you into the protagonist's quest for answers.

How can you care so little about characters?

I didn't care about any of the characters in this novel. Of course, more time was spent reading about various parties that were going on and how people were drinking/getting stoned/having sex... maybe I would have appreciated this book more if I was once part of a rave scene or did drugs in my youth. As it stands, I found I related to nothing and no one in this book.

Even getting it at the rock-bottom price of $1.31 from Amazon after reading about it in a forum thread, I thought it would be worthwhile, but even with its short length (glorified novella) I find that my time would have been better spent watching Syfy original presentations. At least I would have gotten a laugh out of how terrible they are... this book couldn't even manage that.

He certainly writes like a spaceman

As a lifelong avid reader of scifi, I have encountered many styles. This book is in the "stream of consciousness" style and flows poorly with little visible plot and is not well organized. I disliked the book immensley due to the style of writing. If you really love to read blogs, you may like it--I do not--I prefer a story.

A literary casserole

I suppose if you took a bunch of fictional genres and threw them in a blender, you might get something like Brian Francis Slattery's Spaceman Blues, an interesting if imperfect mix of science fiction, mystery, and superhero fiction, with a bit of apocalyptic fiction and romance thrown in for flavor.

The plot focuses around Manuel Rodrigo de Guzman Gonzalez, who I kept picturing as being a bit like the World's Most Interesting Man from those Dos Equis commercials. At the beginning of the novel, Manuel has disappeared, and actually the reader will mostly learn what Manuel is like through flashbacks and inferences. Manuel was a man with his finger in many pies and who touched many lives, none more so than Wendell Apogee.

"Apogee" is an appropriate surname for Wendell as his whole life orbits around Manuel, and without his center of gravity, he's been cast adrift. While others have been able to move on, Wendell can't, and goes on a quest to find his one-time lover. In the process, he will visit strange people and go to exotic places, most particularly another whole city that exists beneath New York. In the process, he will be transformed into the heroic Captain Spaceman, the only hope against the viciously super-powered Four Horsemen. It all somehow ties into aliens and a doomsday cult.

Amazingly, Slattery is able to tie all the loose ends together.

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Title: Danny Gospel

Author: David Athey

Narrator: Andy Paris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

English professor and journalist David Athey has written for the Oxford Magazine and Harvard Review. In this humorous and bittersweet debut novel, eccentric 25-year-old Iowa mail carrier Danny Gospel asks God for a happy, normal life. And then one morning, a lovely lady awakens him with a kiss and disappears. Longing to find her, Danny embarks on a quixotic quest for impossible dreams and heavenly glory.

©2008 David Athey; (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

Members Reviews:

funny somehow

ever wonder if you look for books to listen to or read because your looking for yourself? or maybe you want to escape yourself? or maybe become someone? or even look for nothing and find something about yourself? well i didnt either then i heard this story. i am danny gospel. andy paris is great at reading stories. the author is poetic. i deliver the mail, i sing to god, i want a normal life, i'm still waiting to turn my life around from the passion i suffer. the danny in this story is absolutley right in all he says. go god!