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Title: Girl by the Road at Night

Subtitle: A Novel of Vietnam

Author: David Rabe

Narrator: Jeff Zinn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-12

Publisher: Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, Inc.

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

David Rabe's award-winning Vietnam plays have come to embody our collective fears, doubts, and tenuous grasp of a war that continues to haunt. Partially written upon his return from the war, Girl by the Road at Night is Rabe's first work of fiction set in Vietnam - a spare and poetic narrative about a young soldier embarking on a tour of duty and the Vietnamese prostitute he meets in country.

Private Joseph Whitaker, with Vietnam deployment papers in hand, spends his last free weekend in Washington, DC, drinking, attending a peace rally, and visiting an old girlfriend, now married. He observes his surroundings closely, attempting to find reason in an atmosphere of hysteria and protest, heightened by his own anger.

When he arrives in Vietnam, he happens upon Lan, a local girl who submits nightly to the American GIs with a heartbreaking combination of decency and guile. Her family dispersed and her father dead, she longs for a time when life meant riding in water buffalo carts through rice fields with her brother. Whitaker's chance encounter with Lan sparks an unexpected, almost unrecognized, visceral longing between two people searching for companionship and tenderness amid the chaos around them.

In transformative prose, Rabe has created an atmosphere charged with exquisite poignancy and recreated the surreal netherworld of Vietnam in wartime with unforgettable urgency and grace. Girl by the Road at Night is a brilliant meditation on disillusionment, sexuality, and masculinity, and one of Rabe's finest works to date.

Critic Reviews:

[A]n erotic love story about two young people from opposite ends of the earth caught up in events far beyond their control.a meditation on the devastating effects armed conflict has on society, and on the psychological and emotional toll it exacts from soldiers and civilians alike.darkly comicRabes portrait is multidimensional and engaginghe reveals himself to be as gifted a novelist as he is a playwright.Girl by the Road at Night is Rabes cry, and it deserves to be heard. (The New York Times Book Review)

Rabe never romanticizes his characters. This is no Romeo-and-Juliet story of unrequited love and desire. Instead, Whitaker and Lan play out their roles in both tender and brutal ways. A powerful statement about sex, war and identity. (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

War romance or another reason we should never have gone into Vietnam.

All muddy: a dreary tale told by a sodden dog of war. That's how I felt when I reached the end of this novel.

"A thoroughly disappointing Novel: this babysan numba 10"

"Girl by the Road at Night" was written by David Rabe. Mr. Rabe was born in Dubuque Iowa in 1940. Rabe earned an MA from Villanova University after being drafted into service in Vietnam in 1965. David Rabe is best known as an American playwright having won a Tony award for "Sticks and Bones" in 1972. He is the author of several novels. "Girl by the Road at Night" is his first work of fiction set in Vietnam.

This story is told by an anonymous narrator. Dialog is attributed to the person speaking. The prose is noticeably inelegant comprised of short terse sentences. The dialog of the Vietnamese is spoken in "pidgin English "style. A great deal of vulgar language permeates the narrative.

The story line involves the events surrounding a young soldier, Pvt.

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Title: Thalia Book Club: Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz

Author: Anne Enright

Narrator: Hannah Tinti

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-12

Publisher: Symphony Space

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The mesmerizing Irish author of the Booker Award-winning novel The Gathering discusses her haunting, passionate tale of a love affair in a suburb of Dublin with Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief and Editor of One Story Magazine). Through its slow laying on of everyday details, Enright builds the tale of an unforgettable heroine and "the love of her life." An excerpt is performed by Amy Ryan (The Office).

Editorial Reviews:

In this illuminating installment of the Thalia Book Club, Booker Prize-winning Irish author Anne Enright discusses her novel The Forgotten Waltz with author Hannah Tinti. Their engaging interview includes discussions of Enright's writing process, her thoughts on love, sex, adultery, jealousy, and consumerism, why she appreciates writing about flawed women, and what life was like after winning the Booker Prize. The evening also includes a superb reading from the book by actress Amy Ryan, followed by thought-provoking questions from the audience.

Critic Reviews:

"Her stories are tiny jeweled windows that open onto their own deep worlds...in all their unresolved, ambiguous beauty." (The Boston Globe)

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Title: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Author: Nathan Englander

Narrator: Fred Sanders, Lorna Raver, Lincoln Hoppe, John Rubinstein, Kirby Heyborne, Arthur Morey, Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-12

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for the New Yorker comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today. Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embody as dark a vision of the universe as you are likely to encounter, and all of them showcase a writer grappling with the great questions of modern life.

Members Reviews:

New fruit that is free and plentiful

Now all but well established on the New York literary scene, it was nevertheless great to follow up Nathan Englanders stunning short Free Fruit for Young Widows which featured in The New Yorker magazine with a really enjoyable collection of short stories.

All range widely in topic, visiting and re-visiting a couple of central themes around a strong sense of place, belonging, tribe and sharing, displacement and threat that represent the various refractions of Jewish sensibility both at home (America) and abroad (Israel).

That a Dutch schoolgirl looms so large the in infinitely detailed, diverse and dense make-up of a people, and that a people will see themselves as a people despite the miles and the money is due largely to the legacy and continuing work of dedicated writers in this cultural tradition.

The very best of this collection is Free Fruit for Young Widows although there is interest and quality throughout - a great read.

At a time when there is much talk of inspiring the next generation, Nathan Englanders inspired and inspiring work is proof that the flame continues to pass and burns as brightly as ever.

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Title: Caring Is Creepy

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: David Zimmerman

Narrator: Amanda Dolan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie Sugrue is doing her best to make it through a difficult summer. Her mother works long hours as a nurse, and Lynn suspects that her mother's pill-popping boyfriend has enlisted her in his petty criminal enterprises. Lynn finds refuge in online flirtations, eventually meeting up with a troubled young soldier, Logan Loy, and inviting him home.

When he's forced to stay over in a storage space accessible through her closet, and the Army subsequently lists him as AWOL, she realizes that he's the one thing in her life that she can control. Meanwhile, her mother's boyfriend is on the receiving end of a series of increasingly violent threats, which places Lynn squarely in the cross-hairs.

Members Reviews:

PRETTY DARN GOOD

I ALWAYS HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING GOOD FICTION BOOKS AND I DIDNT KNOW

IF THIS WAS ONE I WOULD WANT TO GET INTO. BASED ON THE REVIEWS I READ

ON GOOREADS AND THE PUBLISHERS SUMMARY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS

GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE HORROR STORIES PARENTS HAVE NIGHTMARES

ABOUT.ITS ABOUT A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL THAT MEET A 25-YEAR OLD SOLDIER IN A

CHAT ROOM. NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY MEET; SHE HIDES HIM IN HER ATIC, HE

GOES AWOL AND THE WHOLE TIME THEYRE TOGETHER YOU THINK ABOUT HIS

MENTAL STABILITY. SOME HOW THE LITTLE GIRL STARTS TO KEEP HIM AGAINST

HIS WILL. WHILE ALL THAT IS GOING ON THE MOM IS DATING A PRETTY SHADY

GUY THAT IS INVOLVED WITH DRUG DEALERS. AND TO MY SURPRISE THE WHOLE

SITUATION WASNT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. I EXPECTED WORSE.

DAVID ZIMMERMAN DID AN AMAZING JOB ON THIS BOOK. THE STORY FLOWS

FROM CHAPTER TO CHAPTER WITH EASE. THE CHARACTERS ARE AMAZING AND

THE ONLY DOWN FALL I HAD WITH THIS BOOK IS THE NARRATOR. I PERSONALLY

FEEL SHE COULD HAVE READ FASTER BUT AT WAS AN EASY FIX. I GIVE THIS

BOOK 5 stars. AND I WILL BE LISTENING TO IT AGAIN.

Good story, would like more insight into narrator.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Probably. I think it's an interesting book. There are some really intriguing and exciting parts...it's a worthwhile read.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have liked a little more insight into the narrators reasons for what she did. I found the two sides of her personality - the public and the private -- to be too far from one another, and i couldn't understand her reasons for what she did with Logan.

What does Amanda Dolan bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

I enjoyed Amanda Dolan's narration. She did a really good job of embodying all the characters.

Was Caring Is Creepy worth the listening time?

Yes, definitely. I think I would describe it more as a Young Adult novel...so I would caution listeners/readers to go into the book with that in mind. There is a little bit of savvy missing in the writing, and I think with all the new novels out now with this type of story (Gone Girl, Dare Me), I have a little higher expectation.

That being said, the graphic parts of this novel are very graphic...and they definitely won't forget them anytime soon.

This book was a nice surprise!

I was expecting Caring is Creepy to be rather lightweight. Ok... it's not heavyweight, but it was certainly a nice surprise.

Well written, good characters and a story that kept you glued to the book...

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Title: Death Is Not an Option

Author: Suzanne Rivecca

Narrator: Rachel Botchan, Jennifer Ikeda

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-29-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Pushcart Prize-winner Suzanne Rivecca quickly made a name for herself as a talented new voice in the literary world. Praised as gripping, distinctive, and altogether impressive (Booklist), Riveccas debut short-story collection Death Is Not an Option will captivate listeners with its raw and insightful tales featuring young women grappling with lifes many uncertainties.

Members Reviews:

Beautifully written painful stories

I loved this short story collection. It's very wordy at times, sometimes distractedly so but most of the time it suites the story just right. Most of these have a dark edge to them; sometimes your surprised with a bit of humor, a nice touch. While dark, they weren't unbearably heart wrenching; they seem real, colorfully written and narrated in an understated way by Jennifer Ikeda.

Honestly, I originally purchased this book because Jennifer Ikeda narrated it but I flew right through it given how beautiful and endearing I found these stories. I am so happy I gave this little gem a go. Its provided quite a lovely journey.

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Title: The Return

Author: Victoria Hislop

Narrator: Judy Bennett

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-12

Publisher: Headline Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra, Granada's cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city's shocking past; she is here to dance. But in a quiet café, a chance conversation and an intriguing collection of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary tale of Spain's devastating civil war. Seventy years earlier, the café is home to the close-knit Ramírez family.

In 1936, an army coup led by Franco shatters the country's fragile peace, and in the heart of Granada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics and tragedy, everyone must take a side, fighting a personal battle as Spain rips itself apart. Captivating and deeply moving, Victoria Hislop's second novel is as inspiring as her bestselling debut, The Island.

Members Reviews:

Very Nice

I quite enjoyed this book it really did open me up to the Spanish Civil War and lead me to do more research about that time. But I found the story in the present day and its link to the past a little bit contrived.

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Title: Luminous Airplanes

Author: Paul La Farge

Narrator: Charles Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-11

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

In September 2000, a young programmer comes home from a desert festival to learn that his grandfather has died and that he has to return to Thebes - a town which is so isolated that its inhabitants have their own language - in order to clean out the house where his family lived for five generations. While hes there, he runs into Yesim, a Turkish American woman whom he loved as a child, and begins a romance in which past and present are dangerously confused. At the same time, he remembers San Francisco in the wild years of the internet boom, and mourns the loss of Swan, a madman who may have been the only person to understand what was happening to the city, and to the world.

La Farges ambitious new work considers large worlds and small ones, love, memory, family, flying machines, dance music, and the end of the world.

Critic Reviews:

An open-ended, postmodern fable. (

Kirkus Reviews)

La Farge spins his tale with the grace of an acrobat. (

Publishers Weekly)

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Title: An Ex-Mas Feast (A Story from Say You're One of Them)

Author: Uwem Akpan

Narrator: Dion Graham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few listeners will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.

The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his 12-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be granted. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their way of both loving and taking advantage of each other strikes a universal chord.

In the second of his stories published in a New Yorker special fiction issue, Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. They are asked to do the previously unimaginable in order to protect their children. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.

Akpan's voice is a literary miracle, rendering lives of almost unimaginable deprivation and terror into stories that are nothing short of transcendent.

Critic Reviews:

"Akpan wants you to see and feel Africa, its glory and its pain. And you do, which makes this an extraordinary book." (O Magazine)

"In the corrupt, war-ravaged Africa of this starkly beautiful debut collection, identity is shifting, never to be trusted.... Akpan's people, and the dreamlike horror of the worlds they reveal, are impossible to forget." (People)

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Title: My Parent's Bedroom (A Story from Say You're One of Them)

Author: Uwem Akpan

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. This singular collection takes the listener inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.

Akpan's voice is a literary miracle, rendering lives of almost unimaginable deprivation and terror into stories that are nothing short of transcendent.

Critic Reviews:

"Akpan wants you to see and feel Africa, its glory and its pain. And you do, which makes this an extraordinary book." (O Magazine)

"In the corrupt, war-ravaged Africa of this starkly beautiful debut collection, identity is shifting, never to be trusted.... Akpan's people, and the dreamlike horror of the worlds they reveal, are impossible to forget." (People)

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Title: Damascus

Author: Joshua Mohr

Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Best-selling author Joshua Mohrs work has been chosen as a New York Times Book Review Editors Choice. Here he takes listeners to 2003 San Francisco as the country divides into groups for and against the Iraq War. Damascus, a dive bar in the Mission District, becomes the unlikely setting for a showdown between the opposing sides. Tensions come to a boil when the bars proprietor agrees to host a show by an ambitious artist with a flair for the dramatic.

Members Reviews:

Awesome.

Joshua Mohr is just so damn talented. This is my second book of his, and it's just so well executed.

Kick-ass characters. All aspiring writers should read this book!

"Damascus" is Joshua Mohr's third book and by far his best. Mohr is masterful at writing intriguing, unique characters who are full of shortcomings and strange, wonderful views on the world they inhabit. How he constructs people on the page--unforgettable, living, breathing humans with so many more dimensions than most characters these days--is fantastic. The story deals with several people who orbit a bar, but it defied what I suspected it would be. These people had rich lives and deep backstories. I would definitely recommend this book (and have) to my friends. As someone who writes himself, I found several elements of Mohr's writing to inspire me to go write and I discovered new lessons on how to make my characters really solid and more interesting.

One of the best books I've read in years

A rich and enjoyable look at the characters some people may call losers. In Mohr's hands, they are anything but losers. His characters have passions, fears, quirks and big hearts. His skill at creating them make me envious. One of the best books I've read in years.

Damascus by Joshua Mohr

Had a hard time finding this book but it was worth it. Loved the characters and the plot line. The bar setting was cool and reminiscent of Saroyan's "Time of Your Life". Also, it's the first book I read on my new Kindle which was also cool; although I am still finding the transition from paper difficult.

Familiar Territory

An Edward Hopper painting or a David and David album transformed into novel form, with mixed results. This book is filled with the walking wounded, the doomed, the dying, the barflys, the artists, the night people; there is even the perfunctory whore with a heart of gold that reminds of Grandma Moses in "Barfly." Not much new can really be done with this subject matter, as the author as much as acknowledges in a nod to Bukowksi and Tom Waits. So you need to be a hell of a writer to pull it off, and Mohr doesn't quite get there. You don't really get any sense of place in this story - it takes place in San Francisco but could be anywhere at all, which is maybe the point. The author takes pains to illuminate the fact that billions of lives are being lived simultaneously and occasionally some of them collide.

The climax of the book is violent and seems out of synch with the rest of the narrative, it sort of comes out of nowhere (although it has been foreshadowed) and is more of a distraction than anything else. It distracts from some otherwise fine writing sprinkled throughout the book - the best moments are the quiet ones with two characters existing in the same space, trying to form a connection. The book could've done with a bit more of those.