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Title: Ladies of the Lake

Author: Haywood Smith

Narrator: Cynthia Darlow

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-09

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sisters Dahlia, Iris, Violet, and Rose - all with grown children of their own - have a complicated relationship, so when their grand - mother's will requires them to spend the whole summer - without friends or family - "camping in" at her run-down lodge on remote Lake Clare in order to inherit the valuable land, old rivalries and new understanding emerge, with plenty of laughs along the way. Desperate to save her Buckhead home from foreclosure after being left in the lurch, recent divorcee Dahlia must complete the summer and sell her share immediately. Practical, even-tempered Violet will be no problem, but Iris has been Dahlia's nemesis since she learned to say, "no" to her big sister. And super-sweet, quirky Garage Sale Queen Rose is so "green" she'd test the patience of a saint. As tempers flare and old secrets are revealed, four grown women discover that the past is never truly buried.

©2009 Haywood Smith; (P)2009 Macmillan Audio

Members Reviews:

Ladies of the Lake

I did not realize this was the abridged version when I bought it. That was my mistake. Whomever did the editing on this did a very poor job. There were glaring gaps in the story. I thought I had accidently skipped ahead and went back to relisten. I ended up reading the book to make sense of what was left out. Do yourself a favor and either read the book or get the unabridged version.

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Title: Amazon

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Barbara G. Walker

Narrator: Nancy Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-09

Publisher: CoolBeat Audiobook Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The author, an expert on Pre-Indo-European neolithic matriarchies, uses the story as a vehicle to comment on women's role in modern society. Amusing, satirical, and with a star-crossed romance as well, the story suggests how women in modern society have been devalued, and offers visions of how women could again embrace their powerful female identity.

Members Reviews:

Yanks and twists you out of the fog

Opens your eyes to what a farce life is for women and children in the "modern" West. Here's my favorite scene:

She handed him a bag. He pulled a bottle out of it, looked at it, and abruptly slapped the woman just as he had slapped the child. "You stupid bitch," he said. "That ain't scotch, it's bourbon. I told you scotch."

He raised his hand again. The woman cowered against the car, expecting another blow, which never fell. By that time I had my sword out of the mailing tube, had spun the man around with an ankle shove to put him off balance, and had pinned him against the car with the point of my sword at his throat. "Men not hit women and children," I said.

"Who the hell are you?" he demanded, glaring through bloodshot eyes. He was about to attack me. I shoved his shoulder back harder and gave his neck a little warning prick. Blood trickled down to his collar.

"Men no hit women and children," I repeated. "Wrong."

"Mind your own goddamn business!" he shouted. I pricked him again. Then Diana was at my side, saying, "Come on, Ann, you mustn't do this." [Antiope's 20th-century rescuer Diana calls her "Ann"].

"Damn right she mustn't do this!" the man blustered. "Call a cop, you! Get her back to the bin where she belongs! What's she doing with that illegal weapon?"

Ignoring everything, I said, "You swear by whatever spirit you worship, never to hit women or children again -- else I kill you right here."

He stared into my eyes and realized that I meant it. By way of encouragement I let him feel my blade once more. His collar was now quite red. I saw him begin to tremble.

"OK, lady, OK. Don't get excited."

"Swear," I said, tensing my grip.

"OK, I swear. I'll never hit anybody, so help me God. Satisfied?"

I looked at his woman, who stood with her mouth open, holding on to a grocery bag. "You remember," I said. "If he does criminal acts, I will find him." She nodded without closing her mouth...."

~ Jeri Studebaker, author ofSwitching to Goddess: Humanity's Ticket to the Future

Trite, but unique concept with some amusing moments

There was something about the writing style of this book that made me feel like I was reading the latest pre-teen novel. I believe Barbara Walker has only written this one fiction and has many well-received non-fiction titles & should probably stick to that genre.

I DID enjoy the read, which went very quickly, but part of the quickness was due to my skimming through much of it as it is pretty easy to anticipate where it's going.

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Title: A Week in December

Author: Sebastian Faulks

Narrator: Dan Stevens

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It brings together an intriguing cast of characters, each apparently in his or her own world but - as gradually becomes clear - ultimately intricately related. The anti-hero, John Veals, is a shadily successful and boundlessly ambitious Dickensian figure who is trading billions, and other characters include a teenage Muslim fanatic, a Polish footballer, a female tube driver, a literary critic, a care worker, and a chutney tycoon.

As the story builds to its climax, Faulks pulls together powerful ideas about family, money, religion, and the way we live now.

Members Reviews:

Interesting interconnected characters

Enjoyed the well created characters and their thoughts and feelings. And not the least how they cross each others lives, very clever.

Noticed too late that I had gotten the abridged version and saw the original wasn't available. Can't stop wondering how that would have been though and what they have cut out.

Exceptional

thoroughly griping characters and as expected exceptional writing. Stevens is a master class in narration.

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Title: Now is Good (Previously Published as Before I Die)

Author: Jenny Downham

Narrator: Charlotte Parry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex.

Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.

Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out.

Before I Die is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful!

Wonderful audiobook. Not only the novel is great, but it was read in a wonderful way by Charlotte Parry. Parry makes it very easy to relate to the main character. It doesn't happen very often to me, but I actually shed some tears during the final chapter.

So moving and inspirational

What made the experience of listening to Now is Good (Previously Published as Before I Die) the most enjoyable?

The most enjoyable thing about listening to this audiobook was the fact that the narrator used many different dialects and accents to help to portray the characters effectively.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the interactions between Tessa and her family and friends. It really moved me.

Have you listened to any of Charlotte Parrys other performances? How does this one compare?

I haven't listened to any of her other performances however after listening to this book I will be sure to do so.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There were many moments throughout the book that made me laugh, cry and really think and appreciate life. However I must say that the one moment that really moved me was the sequence of events just before Tessa died. The way she interacted with the ones she loved just before this point within the book was so poiniant and moving.

Any additional comments?

Overall, I feel this book is a must read. It made me laugh and cry and feel all the emotions of each character within it. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

Somehow not realistic...

I know this is fiction, but the topic being what it is... I found I couldn't believe someone (in that situation) would think that way. I'm not talking about her list of things to do before she dies, but about her moment-to-moment thoughts. I just cannot relate to such a perception of objects and sounds, transformed into thoughts.

It's a book that makes readers ask themselves what they would do in that situation and what is really important in life for them. But such questions are easily born, after all, you don't need this book for that.

In the end, I did care enough for all the characters to feel sad and cry. But if the book hadn't been so short I would have probably abandoned it, as I also found it boring.

The narrator was good, making all the characters easily identifiable (they aren't many, anyway) and giving them life and personality beyond the written word. Added value, compared to the written text, I'd say. But I may have had a different perception of everyone's personality, given the freedom of imagination.

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Title: Friends & Fauxs

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Tracie Howard

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

But all that glitters may not be gold. Gillian wrestles with the real possibility that Brandon may be a mob-connected money launderer, and worse yet, may have had a hand in the murder of her friend Paulette. When pictures of her naked surface on the Internet, both Gillian's Oscar dreams and her marriage are threatened, even though she swears they aren't of her.

Meanwhile her best friends are struggling with issues of their own. Reese's beloved son falls ill and she's forced to decide between spilling a long-kept secret and saving his life, and Lauren's hard-won happiness is threatened by a shocking betrayal.

Buckle your seatbelt as the lives of these larger-than-life characters intersect in a wild, page-turning romp.

Critic Reviews:

"Tracie Howard whips up a potent mix of social climbing and sin in Friends & Fauxs... [A] tantalizing peek behind Hollywood's velvet ropes." (Essence)

Members Reviews:

LOVED IT!!!!!

OMG I literally hated to stop listening. I loved this book. So much drama and many surprises. This has become one of my favorites & as usual Bahni Turpin nails it. She really is great. She brings this one & each one she narrates to life & makes you feel as if your right in the center of it all,

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Title: Winterwood

Author: Patrick McCabe

Narrator: Gerry O'Brien

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In Winterwood, Redmond Hatch takes his family on vacation to the secluded mountains where he grew up, only to have his life shattered by a disastrous chain of events that quickly spirals out of control.

Critic Reviews:

"One of Ireland's finest ..." (New York Times Book Review)

"A dark genius of incongruity and the grotesque" (The Sunday Observer)

Members Reviews:

Terrible

This book had so many "big" words it was hard to understand then when I thought I had the concept down I looked forward to the ending which made no sense... it wasn't what I hoped it would be ...

definitely a waste of my time

The definition of the unreliable narrator plus accomplices

I appreciate the deliberate lack of commercial appeal in this book and although not as dense and hammering as Patrick White's efforts, it's in the ballpark. This writer wants to repel readers and works extra hard to do so. He's mighty successful at putting a reader at multiple arms' lengths, and despite the distance, the vignettes are often effective and uncomfortably intimate.

The weakness is in the point of the thing -- shocking? No, quite stock in that effort. Psychotic? Also no. You kind of know what's going on here and what will transpire within the first fifty pagesâno new ground broken. I wish the writer were smart enough to fulfill the promise of some of the prose, which is artfully spartan and beautifully poetic. The disjointed nature of the narrative is a bit of a marvel, but it succeeds in distracting rather than adding to the experience. Whenever I realize I'm congratulating myself as an attentive reader for sticking with something and taking the effort to understand the maze of an author's efforts, I immediately wish I were just reading Jane Eyre again. The book is a worthwhile experience for a broad reader, but only if you have a few hours to kill.

A Fragmented Mind

Novelist Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy; Breakfast on Pluto) examines the social and political arc of the past twenty-five years in Ireland as a parallel to the shifting fortunes and inexorable decline of his protagonist in Winterwood. The protagonist/narrator's attempts to leap into the competitive modern world exemplify the efforts of his country to do the same. At this and at a more personal level Winterwood is about the difficulty of extricating oneself from the ghosts of the past, and the pernicious nature of deeply imprinted, horrific childhood experiences.

When journalist Redmond Hatch returns to his former home in the rural town of Slievenageeha to write a colorful article about the folk traditions there, he meets a native named Ned Strange and immediately falls under his spell. Strange is a local favorite, with his country dialect, fanciful anecdotes and old Irish songs. His quaintness buys his way into the company of people who see him as a relic, a human time capsule conveniently preserving the history that they view as a novelty. But Redmond sees a different side of Ned when they are alone together, drinking. Ned reveals his belligerence, rage and cruelty--and a good deal of knowledge about Redmond's family life before he left Slievenageeha. Ned is one of several characters who impose themselves, physically and psychically, on children. Throughout the book Ned functions as a catalyst, a plausible character, a composite, a phantom, and a cipher.

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Título: El Enigma de Paris

Autor: Pablo de Santis

Narrador: Francisco Rivela

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-25-09

Editor: Recorded Books

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 9 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Esto da la pauta para desorrollar una historia de suspenso llevada con maestría por De Santis; el caso es investigado por los diferentes miembros de la convención, para lograr resolver el misterio de aquel asesinato. Paulatinamente el lector se convierte en otro de los investigadores, y poco a poco descubrirá que dentro del grupo hay quizá no uno sino varios asesinos, y uno de ellos es un asesino en serie. Esto mantiene el interés y hace tan ágil la lectura que el lector no querrá terminar esta interesante novela.

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Interesting story, great reader

I am an intermediate Spanish student I had been slowly working my way through this book for about a month when I noticed that there was a recorded version. I read and listened at the same time and quickly found my reading ability to be improving greatly. I strongly recommend this method to anyone who wants to improve their ability to understand spoken Spanish and their ability to read Spanish. I wish Audible had a greater selection of Spanish novels. By this I mean novels written originally in Spanish, not translations. Why no M??rquez, Llosa, etc? By the way this reader is great. His Spanish is beautifully clear.

Buena historia clásica de detectives

Una interesante historia de detectives (con un ligero sabor a lo Sherlock Holmes) en el marco de la feria mundial de Paris en 1889 (el misterio alrededor de la Torre Eiffel), buen manejo del suspenso con una buena narración.

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Title: The Dart League King

Author: Keith Lee Morris

Narrator: Nick Landrum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Hours before a tense championship dart match in a small Idaho town, five locals must reassess their lives and make fateful decisions. With the sure hand of a master, Morris reveals quiet truths about rural America life.

Members Reviews:

we thought we were there

Great book, kept our attention, maybe too much! while we drove home thru the US, for 2 days. Alot of "Trailer Park Boys" language by one character.

We felt like we were there at the Dart League venue! This is our first audiobook & is a wonderful way to pass the time.

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Title: Gorilla Black

Narrator: Beresford Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In Gorilla Black, a boy with a love of Shakespeare and Langston Hughes struggles to thrive while growing up in the projects as the son of an alcoholic mother. In time, self-dubbed Gorilla Black will ascend to the top seat of a cocaine-fueled empire - and discover the truth about his beloved brother's death so many years before.

Members Reviews:

gorilla black

this book was absolutely well written, very gripping, emotional charge I give 10 STARS

Exciting and edgy

Buy and down load!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, You will not be disappointed. This book is really gripping and keeps you on the edge waiting for more. Its drugs, murder, mystery, religion, class, education all rolled up into one. The author really illustrated the words beautifully. I agree with the 10 stars rating!

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Title: Leaving Jack

Author: Gareth Crocker

Narrator: John Chancer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-08

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

But the ceasefire brings with it news that no dogs serving with the US will be transported home. But Fletcher knows that if he abandons Jack, he will be lost too.

Members Reviews:

Intense Read

Since I grew up with Vietnam and have a huge love of dogs I got the book not expecting the intense read this book delivers. The author gives a good view of life and the intensness of the situation. Many people do not realize what WE did to the animals that saved so many all for a couple of bucks. So many handlers to this day are haunted by the action of the government. Thousands are alive due to the dogs and we as a nation let them down. Hopefully it will never happen again.

I loved this book about man's best friend!

Where does Leaving Jack rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

It is one of my favorites....because I love books about dogs...man's best friend and cats.

The pets in our life are so very special to each one of us and this book is no exception....it will bring tears to your eyes!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Why Jack of course!

Which scene was your favorite?

Towards the end when they were rescued by the incoming helicoptor.

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

Yes...the beginning when Jack was shot and the ending when he passed away.

Any additional comments?

Besides the cussing...it's a very endearing book.

For doglovers everywhere

This is a great book for those of us who love and are loved by a dog. It tells of how far man will go for his "best friend" and how that friend remains faithful to the one he loves. If you have ever looked into the honest, innocent eyes of a dog...your dog, you know how it feels, and why people are so passionate about these animals. I will definitely listen to this book again.

my first audiobook

this was my first audio book that I've ever listened to, I was very much involved with story, I found it very interesting and didn't know that dogs were actually left behind after the war. Very good book and it will be one that I'll listen to over and over again.

Book Review-ok

The book was ok. Not great, but ok and in my opinion dragged on a little more at the end than it needed to.