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Title: The Gap Year for Grownups

Author: Annie Sanders

Narrator: Suzy Aitchison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 46 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After 20 years of comfortable marriage, and with the kids finally off her hands, Sarah Lewis realises she has filled the washing machine once too often. Surely there must be more to life than this?

What she wants is an adventure - a wild, unpredictable adventure - but her husband, good old reliable David, is very happy with the status quo. What Sarah needs is a gap year for grown-ups - and she wants to do it alone.

Confident the grass must be greener elsewhere, she heads for France, leaving behind a devastated and resentful David, faced with an empty house and a freezer full of meals-for-one. But is life really better on the other side of the fence?

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

I am a big fan of Annie Sanders and have read or listened to almost all of their books. I was disapppointed with this story (although the narrator was great) as it dealt with heavier material and seemed more somber. If you're looking for something more light-hearted, check out their books The X-Mas Factor and Busy Woman Seeks Wife (both on audible).

Excellent!

I loved the narrator. I loved the story. I matched me at place in my life where I felt I might need to go off exploring. I kind of did for a bit, without anyone really knowing about it, and realized I didn't actually want what I set out thinking I did, much like the main character, but I did learn-and am still learning-a great deal about myself and what I want my life to look like.

Hooked from Chapter One

Any additional comments?

This is about the 5th Annie Sanders book I've read. The plot - as with all her books - is great - got me interested right from the beginning and kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. I love her style of alternating points of view each chapter! There are parallel stories of Sarah, David, and Claire, all interwoven together. Sarah and David are 40 ish and Claire is 19 ish. If you've ever daydreamed about giving up the responsible day to day existence of work, dinner, chores, predictable social life, to pursue your dreams and passions, this book will walk you down one outcome of that path. Loved it! PS - I almost didn't read this because another reviewer described it as depressing, but I didn't find any of it depressing - the challenges and relationship struggles are the drama that make it so intense.

The Gap Year for Grownups

Enjoy a light book, with predictable ending.

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Title: Appleby at Allington

Subtitle: An Inspector Appleby Mystery

Author: Michael Innes

Narrator: Gordon Dulieu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 103 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Available to download for the very first time, the fantastic Inspector Appleby series by celebrated crime writer Michael Innes.

Sir John Appleby dines one evening at Allington Park, the Georgian home of his acquaintance Owain Allington, who is new to the area. His curiosity is aroused when Allington mentions his nephew and heir to the estate, Martin Allington, whose name Appleby recognises.

The evening comes to an end but just as Appleby is leaving, they find a dead man - electrocuted in the son et lumihre box which had been installed in the grounds. Legendary character Inspector John Appleby of Scotland Yard inspired a lasting vogue for donnish detective fiction. Innes's detective novels are playfully highbrow and rich in allusions to English literature and to Renaissance art.

Members Reviews:

quiet satire

As a mystery, this may not be the most exciting book or the most exciting narration. But this is more like a gentle satire of English class in the countryside (more like Barbara Pym than Agatha Christie). At first I thought the narrator was a little ponderous, but as I readjusted my expectations to the kind of book this is, I really enjoyed his deadpan humor.

Great set-up and ending!

I use audiobooks to lull myself to sleep, so this was great for me! That fact probably isn't a high recommendation to those who want excitement in a book, however.

After many great nights of sleep, I reached the ending and thought it was very sly. I actually listened to the beginning again, just because the murder itself was so unexpected......and slept really well again!

Why didn't they bother to edit it?

Would you try another book from Michael Innes and/or Gordon Dulieu?

I love Michael Innes but did not like the performance by Gordon Dulieu

How did the narrator detract from the book?

the narrator was not able to convey different voices well. For example, in a conversation between Appleby and his wife Judith, it was not possible to tell from the voice which character was speaking! There were also mistakes in the reading which were not edited out. I would guess ALL narrators make the occasional flub, and this one just corrected himself and went right on, probably expecting that someone would snip out the bad bit. But they never did.

Listen to the sample first

Once upon a time I was a huge Agatha Christie fan. I haven't read her books in years. Now I opt for Michael Connelly, Jeffrey Deaver, Henning Mankell, Laura Lippman, Steig Larsson, etc. I got this to tide me over before my next month's credits kicked in. First, it moves very slowly. No, not just the pace of the story, the narrator has long pauses. Second, because of this very old British language, it almost requires a dictionary to determine some of the words. This is the only audiobook in 5 years I have decided to not finish. It is so slow and so thick with this old vernacular, I can't get through it and enjoy the listen. Listen to the sample to see if it is your type of book or not.

Appleby Review

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The book is actually rather dry and slow moving.

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Title: The Social Climber of Davenport Heights

Author: Pamela Morsi

Narrator: Isabelle Gordon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-10

Publisher: Harlequin Books S.A.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jane Lofton has everything she ever dreamed of: a high-powered career, a fabulous home, a wealthy husband, David, and a beautiful daughter, Brynn. Of course, David also has a new girlfriend spending his old money. Brynn also has a therapist helping her articulate her contempt for her mother. And Jane also has

an obligation to the Man Upstairs. A chance meeting between her BMW and an 18-wheeler prompts Jane to make a deal: let her live and shell dedicate herself to Doing Good. Whatever that means. Janes platinum-card kung fu has taught her how to spend, but not how to giveturns out its actually pretty hard! But when her country-club life crumbles, Jane is faced with an even bigger challenge: replacing all her dreams and salvaging her soul.

Wise, witty and relentlessly real, The Social Climber of Davenport Heights is a story about discovering the difference between what something costsand what it's worth.

Members Reviews:

A pleasant surprise

I bought the book based on a recommendation from a friend, expecting nothing other than a pleasant few hours.

After the first half hour, though, I was completely hooked.

This book isn't about religion, per se, there's no hidden Christian message, or a message from any other religion, either.

Instead, this is a story of a selfish, greedy woman who, in the moment before she thinks she will die, promises to live a better life, to "do good", and is delivered from what would have ended as a fatal automobile accident.

The ensuing story tells how she works to transform herself, in a way that comes across as plausible and possible here in the real world.

One caveat - I expected chick-lit from this title, and I think that's how it's classed on Audible, but it's not really chick-lit; it's a little more thought-provoking than the regular, garden-variety read-for-fun fiction.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book!

I had never read any of Pamela Morsi's books before and tried Bikini Car Wash. I really enjoyed it so I looked for more of her books, I got The Social Climber of Davenport Heights. At first I was skeptical, the narrator sounded so snooty and the character was so shallow, but that's the whole idea of this story! I really enjoyed it and had to listen to the end this morning before I could start my day. I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys chic lit or contemporary romance. Very entertaining.

Thank you Mobilis for a great rec!

I bought this on a whim after reading Mobilis's review and prepared myself for disappointment. When I heard the Harlequin intro I nearly choked. Why hadn't I listened to my instincts? I mean, look at the cover--this is going to be awful!! But from the first chapter I was hooked. This is an amazingly good time without a hint of chick lit about it. Its a feel-good tale that is well narrated and well written and most of all had me dying to get back to it. It made me laugh and at one point it even made me cry. Get this if you have a spare credit, you wont regret it.

Taking Care of Little Things, Makes A Difference

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

This was the best book for content I have heard in awhile! I purchased due to reader I.G. a.k.a. Garba Zackman. I have all of this readers books and 100 of G.Z. reads. Her males voices are my fave.

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Title: The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

Author: Mick Cochrane

Narrator: Maria Cabezas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

As a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award for his novel Flesh Wounds, Mick Cochrane has reaped praise for his distinct and clean writing style. In his memorable novel The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, Cochrane tells the uplifting tale of eighth-grader Molly Williams, a young girl attempting to cope with the death of her father.

Critic Reviews:

Impeccable syntax lends authenticity to the rocky road that is middle school, baseball practices and games, and to Mollys relationships with her peers and with her mother." (Kirkus Review)

Members Reviews:

For baseball fans...

Molly's favorite memory of her dad is playing catch in the backyard. He taught her to pitch and she even mastered the knuckleball pitch. One night about 6 months after he died she decides that playing softball is not good enough. She wants to play baseball and tries out for the boy's baseball team. Her best friend supports her decision and Lonnie, one of the catcher's becomes her catcher learning how to deal with the knuckleball. The only thing that worries Molly besides being accepted onto the team is telling her mom. This book is recommended for baseball fans.

Great book

My son had to read this for a book contest. He liked it. My 10-yr-old daughter loved it. Lots of teaching points on gender issues and bullies and not fitting in. The main character, Molly, triumphs over it all and makes a lot of friends along the way.

Five Stars

for school

Awesome Book

I love softball...and this was a book to my interest because it was about a girl playing baseball. I loved the book so much. I liked the moral of the story and all kids who have had something terrible happen to them or their family, NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!

Five Stars

Excellent choice

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Title: I Thought You Were Dead

Author: Pete Nelson

Narrator: Josh Clark

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 56 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Early Audio Release - get I Thought You Were Dead here five weeks before print/CD publication.

For Paul Gustavson, a hack writer for the wildly popular For Morons series, life is a succession of obstacles. His wife has left him, his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, his girlfriend is dating another man, he has impotency issues, and his overachieving brother invested his parents' money in stocks that tanked.

Still, Paul has his friends at Bay State bar, a steady line of cocktails, and a new pair of running shoes (he's promised himself to get in shape). And then there's Stella, the one constant in his life, who gives him sage advice, doesn't judge him, and gives him unconditional love. However, Stella won't accompany Paul into his favorite dive bar. "I'll roll on dead carp, I'll even eat cat turds, but that place grosses me out." Stella, you see, is Paul's aging Lab-shepherd mix, and she knows Paul better than he knows himself.

In I Thought You Were Dead, author Pete Nelson delivers a novel that is all at once heartwarming, heartbreaking, and heart-wrenchingly funny. Most of all, it's a story that proves that when a good dog is by your side, especially one with whom you can have an engaging conversation, life can be full of surprises.

Critic Reviews:

A cunning and completely winning novel. . . . You will fall in love. (Susan Cheever, author of American Bloomsbury)

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Title: Rachel's Garden

Subtitle: Pleasant Valley, Book Two

Author: Marta Perry

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-02-10

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It has been almost a year since the Amish community of Pleasant Valley lost Ezra Brand to a tragic accident. Since then, his wife, Rachel, has struggled to raise their three children and run their dairy farm.

Rachels friends and family have come forward to helpRachels friend Leah, who is now married and expecting a child; Ezras brothers, who work on the farm; and Rachels parents, who are no strangers to grief after their only son, Johnny, left the Amish community. But their constant advice, however well-intentioned, puts undue pressure on Rachel. And when Gideon ZookEzras best friend, who survived the accidentasks her permission to build the greenhouse that Ezra had always promised her, she finds his presence too painful a reminder of the past.

As spring turns to summer, and Rachel puts her heart into growing the flowers and plants that have always brought her joy, can she discover the courage to make her own choicesand embrace new beginnings?

Members Reviews:

This is more like it!

If you happened to read my review of book 1, Leah's Choice, you would know how unlike the author that book read and how disappointed I was in it. But still recommend you read before reading Rachel's Garden.

This book, Rachel's Garden is a great story by Marta Perry. Rachel is a strong, intelligent woman who must come to grips with the death of her husband and dealing with family and friends who think they 'know' what she should be doing and what is best for her and her children. There is also a slight 'mystery' involved that is so typical of Marta Perry's books. Even though there is sadness, personal turmoil and clashing of wills, this is a story of love, forgiveness and ultimatly great joy.

I hope Anna's Return is just as good. I can't wait to start reading it. If you like Amish Romance and have read other books by Marta Perry, I am sure you will like Rachel's Garden. It is one of those stories you can just relax and enjoy!

"Komm Schnell" (Come Quick) This is a great book.

P. Kay G. - AZ

I finished the first in the series, Leah's Choice, and immediately started on Rachel's Garden and finished it in two days. They are beautiful stories that give you alot to think about. I can hardly wait until June 2010 to start the third book, Anna's Return. If it is half as good as the previous two then I will be happy.

Love Marta Perry

I love Amish fiction. I am new to Marta Perry's books. She is fabulous. I have read the Pleasant Valley series. What I really like is the fact that you can just randomly read any of them and won't feel lost. The characters in the other books in the series make an appearance, but you won't feel lost. Love Marta Perry!

Five Stars

I like her books. I have 2 and looking for more. Very enteresting and a Good tras.

love this audio need book 1

love this audio need book 1, you should put the series together so they can be ordered at the same time. Patty Hines

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Title: The Humbling

Author: Philip Roth

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Everything is over for Simon Axler, the protagonist of Philip Roth's startling new book. One of the leading American stage actors of his generation, now in his 60s, he has lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His Falstaff and Peer Gynt and Vanya, all his great roles, "are melted into air, into thin air". When he goes on stage he feels like a lunatic and looks like an idiot. His confidence in his powers has drained away; he imagines people laughing at him; he can no longer pretend to be someone else. "Something fundamental has vanished." His wife has gone, his audience has left him, his agent can't persuade him to make a comeback.

Into this shattering account of inexplicable and terrifying self-evacuation bursts a counterplot of unusual erotic desire, a consolation for the bereft life so risky and aberrant that it points not toward comfort and gratification but to a yet darker and more shocking end. In this long day's journey into night, told with Roth's inimitable urgency, bravura, and gravity, all the ways that we persuade ourselves of our solidity, all our life's performances - talent, love, sex, hope, energy, reputation - are stripped off.

Following the dark meditations on mortality and endings in Everyman and Exit Ghost, and the bitterly ironic retrospective on youth and chance in Indignation, Roth has written another in his haunting group of late novels.

©2009 Phillip Roth; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Editorial Reviews:

Every action has consequences.

Every word counts.

These are the essential ingredients of The Humbling, a riveting, unflinching novel by Philip Roth, America's greatest living novelist. Many eminent writers Roth's age (76) have long since settled into the role of the polite, genteel elder statesman. Not Roth. His books still sizzle with raw emotions and stark language which possess the power to shock and enthrall listeners. This decade alone, Roth has produced one startling masterpiece after another. The Plot Against America and Everyman stand out in particular. Add The Humbling near the top of this elite list of remarkable books.

Written in a commanding, powerful voice, this compact novel revolves around acting legend Simon Axler, who has suddenly lost his ability to act. "instead of the certainty that he was going to be wonderful, he knew he was going to fail," the narrator intones. Axler's mysterious, artistic paralysis leads to the dissolution of his marriage and lands him in a psychiatric hospital. There he meets Sybil Van Buren, a suburban housewife suffering from the effects of accidentally uncovering a disturbing family secret. But soon after leaving the hospital, another woman, Pegeen Stapleford, plays a more prominent role in the daily drama of Axler's life. The grown daughter of Axler's longtime friends, Pegeen ignites dormant desires in Axler and introduces more exotic ones he didn't even know existed inside him producing dramatic consequences in "the last act", Roth writes, as if the novel were a play.

That's actually the best way to approach this book, as if it's a classic, three-act play. And the audio version of The Humbling perfectly captures the book's theatrical quality and illustrates the dramatic power of Roth's writing.

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Title: Generosity

Author: Richard Powers

Narrator: David Pittu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-09

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 85 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Wondering how to protect her, Russell researches her war-torn country and skims through popular happiness manuals. Might her condition be hyperthymia? Hypomania?

Russell's amateur inquiries lead him to college counselor Candace Weld, who also falls under Thassa's spell. Dubbed Miss Generosity by her classmates, Thassa's joyful personality comes to the attention of the notorious geneticist and advocate for genomic enhancement, Thomas Kurton, whose research leads him to announce the genotype for happiness.

Russell and Candace, now lovers, fail to protect Thassa from the growing media circus. Thassa's congenital optimism is soon severely tested. Devoured by the public as a living prophecy, her genetic secret will transform both Russell and Kurton, as well as the country at large.

What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments?

Funny, fast, and finally magical, Generosity celebrates both science and the freed imagination. In his most exuberant book yet, Richard Powers asks us to consider the big questions facing humankind as we begin to rewrite our own existence.

Members Reviews:

All About Fiction

Most reviewers discuss the science of this novel. But, for me, it's all about the fiction. The magic of fiction, resulting from our willing suspension of disbelief, is that we read (or listen to) a novel as if it were a book of non-fiction about actual people confronting real events. But what if the narrator of a novel claims to be its author and comments, from time to time, on the process of his creation of the very fictional characters and plot? And what if that plot forces its characters, most of them student-writers of non-fiction that they sometimes make up, to wonder if they or their DNA or science or the media have created them? (It never occurs to them that they are characters in a novel.) Then we have a maze of a book--another amazing Richard Powers novel both intellectually provocative and aesthetically satisfying. What Powers also does so marvelously well here is to invent Thassadit Amzwar (nickname: Generosity) who makes us feel so good, we need her to be real. But whether she is or not, there is more truth in this Richard Powers novel than in a month of cable news.

if you liked this one ....

you should try "echomaker" by the same author. shame that they don't offer it here...it's his best work if you ask me. but of course generosity is very good, too.

peter germany

I finely found a fiction writer I love!

The way he writes is magical, like our thoughts at their wittiest. It is real authentic contemporary writing, with tangible characters that touch you.

I am so thrilled I found Richard and this book, I now have a modern, well-rounded, interesting writer that I can call my favorite.

Neuroscience

Richard Power's strength is in his ability to inform readers about subjects from genetics, to relationships, to education. In this volume he approaches neuroscience. In particular, he tells the story of one Thassadit Amzwar who is possessed by such happiness that it attracts attention from Russell Stone her creative writing instructor. This is another of his idea-driven novels and it readily informs and invigorates. My problem (with each of his good books) is that the characters really never come to life.

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Titre: Le sumo qui ne pouvait pas grossir

Auteur: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Narrateur: François Marthouret

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 1 hr and 32 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-03-09

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Sauvage, révolté, Jun promène ses quinze ans dans les rues de Tokyo, loin d'une famille dont il refuse de parler. Sa rencontre avec un maître du sumo, qui décèle un "gros" en lui malgré son physique efflanqué, l'entraîne dans la pratique du plus mystérieux des arts martiaux. Avec lui, Jun découvre le monde insoupçonné de la force, de l'intelligence et de l'acceptation de soi. Mais comment atteindre le zen lorsque l'on n'est que douleur et violence ? Comment devenir sumo quand on ne peut pas grossir ? Derrière les nuages il y a toujours un ciel...

L'auteur

Diplômé de l'École normale supérieure d'Ulm et agrégé de philosophie en 1983, ce passionné de musique et de littérature, auteur de pièces de théâtre adaptées à l'étranger, écrit des romans depuis 1997. Éternel aventurier des domaines littéraires, maintes fois récompensé,

est un personnage incontournable du paysage culturel français.

© et (P) Audiolib, 2009

Revues par les critiques:

La presse en parle

"Un petit bijou. Bref, poétique, d'une écriture d'une incroyable vitalité, ce nouveau roman sonne avec une force claire et pimpante - comme une fontaine d'eau fraîche dans un jardin japonais."

Anne-Sylvie Sprenger, Le Matin

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Title: Infamous

Author: Joan Collins

Narrator: Erika Leigh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Joan Collins evokes the glamorous decade in which she emerged as a world superstar in Dynasty. This novel is an engrossing and utterly realistic portrait of what it is like to be a woman with everything the world can offer - except the one thing she wants above all: someone who truly loves the real Katherine Bennet.

Members Reviews:

Typical mindless reading that is wanted once in a while.

More suited for teenagers. The story is cute enough, but tedious in its repetition of thoughts and comments regarding the main character. It is sort of mind numbing at times. However, Joan Collins is not for serious reading, neither is the command of the English language an educated one. I knew this already before picking this book to read and did so because I needed something simple to read without giving much thought. It is a trashy read, but that's why we at times love to read Joan or Jacki Collins' books.

Very Entertaining

I love reading the Jackie Collins novels, so when I learned that Joan Collins is also an author, I decided to read one of her novels. I first read Star Quality and I was hooked. I then read Misfortunes Daughters and I truly enjoyed it. Now I just finished Infamous and although it was not as great as the first two books I read, it was a good read. The story focuses on a woman's struggle to adapt herself to a life without her husband and the trials she faces not only for herself, but also her teenage daughter (who seems to get into trouble as teens often do in life). The story was heartfelt and emotional. I would recommend it and I also look forward to reading more Joan Collins novels in the future.

Five Stars

love every thing she writes

Loved it

I just finished reading. I had a hard time putting the book down to go to bed. Now I am in search of another book by Joan Collins.

A real page turner!

I like Joan Collins' books, and this was a beaut! The book starts out as a romance novel, but turns into a real psychological drama. I found that once into the second half, I couldn't put it down. You'll be missing a great ride if you don't try this one.