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Title: He Died with a Falafel in His Hand

Author: John Birmingham

Narrator: John Birmingham, Greg Fleet, Mikey Robins, Jeremy Sims, Gretel Killeen

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

These hilarious tales of urban terror reveal the dark truth hidden behind three seemingly innocent words - a phrase that you have seen a hundred times before but will never view in the same light again - WANTED TO SHARE. John Birmingham's rendering of a life in share houses will leave you laughing, cringing and reminiscing about your own brushes with the mad, bad residents of flat mate hell.

Members Reviews:

Classic - Loved it

Would you listen to He Died with a Falafel in His Hand again? Why?

Yes, It was a classic book in the 90's and loved it again through the audio book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

all of teh characters add to the bedlam

Have you listened to any of the narratorss other performances? How does this one compare?

it was a group of well known australian's who bought their funny game to the book.

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

if you ever lived in share houses, then you will relate to the book.

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Title: Dog Food and Diamonds

Subtitle: A Romantic Comedy

Author: K. C. Scott

Narrator: Nellie Barnett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-12

Publisher: Flying Raven Press

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

If someone were to write a novel about the world of big-box retail, it could very well be a grab bag of horrors and tragedies, detailing the dismal pay and long hours that employees suffer in the name of low prices and just-good-enough merchandise all so the bigwigs and the bean counters can stuff their pockets with trumped up stock options.

It could be about that. Thankfully, this book isn't.

Instead, it's a lively romantic comedy that begins when Jeff Martin, son of the owner of the third-largest retailer in the United States, shows up at his father's Minnesota corporate office, newly minted business cards with the letters MBA after his name, ready to take the reins. There's just one problem: His father thinks his son is a frivolous playboy who'd run the company into the ground.

Jeff has a hard time making a case otherwise, and only some quick thinking gives him a way to prove his worth: He has to work as an assistant manager in one of Martco's stores for a year. And he can't tell anybody who he is.

Welcome to Delburg, Oregon, an average city with an average Martco. Like all other Martcos, they sell everything from dog food to diamonds. Carol Kinnington is a single mother who's been trying to put her life back together ever since her husband gave up both her and his lucrative law practice in favor of a young Navajo women who seduced him with peyote and peace pipes. If Carol can just get promoted to Assistant Manager, she'll earn enough to get out of her dingy apartment and make a life for herself and her five-year-old son. Then a certain Jeff "Garby" swoops in to take the job she knows she deserves.

What happens next is a lively romantic comedy about two people from wildly different worlds whose shopping carts collide - and eventually, against great odds, still find a way to fall in love. It's Romeo and Juliet on a blue light special. It's When Harry Met Sally in paper or plastic. It's a story as old as time itself - but you still have to be out of the store by ten.

Members Reviews:

Great Story, Poor Editing

I probably would have given this book a 5-star review if not for the poor editing. There are typos, repeated words/phrases and in at least two places, the wrong names and/or pronouns are used (i.e., should say him, but says her, etc.). I can ignore general typos, but I had to backtrack and re-read sentences in more than one section.

Having said that, the story, itself, is very cute. The hero is attracted to the heroine immediately; for reasons of her own, the heroine is prepared to hate the hero immediately. Things go downhill...and then uphill...and then downhill from there. Some of the situations had me giggling, while others had me yelling at one character or another ("Just tell her the truth!" or "You can't ask him to make that choice! It's not fair!").

This is a sweet little romance, with no explicit sex and very little swearing. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys a little humor with their HEA. But please, K.C. Scott, get someone objective to proof your writing.

Fun to rews

It was a fun book to read. No heavy thinking just relaxing.

very enjoyable

TThis was one cute, funny book. The characters are funny. Some of the plot is hilarious. Jeff asking Carol out daily and the coworkers making bets makes the story cute.

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Title: So a Dragon, a Muse, and an Alien Walk into a Bar...

Subtitle: A Three-Story Collection

Author: Michael Angel

Narrator: Keith L. O'Brien, Joe Matic

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-12

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Michael Angel serves up a triple helping of comedic stories from the science fiction and fantasy genres.

Find out why no one in the dragon-plagued town of Schnitzengruben is happy to see a professional dragon slayer arrive. Join a gumshoe journalist as he discovers the truth behind the making of the galaxy's best slumgullion chowder. And meet the painful, bruise-covered reason behind Shakespeare's greatness: Callidora, the muse of "boxing".

Included in this 3-story collection: "Slumgullion Sector", "Which Way to the Dragon?", "I Got Some Bad Muse for You".

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Title: Bleak Expectations

Author: Mark Evans

Narrator: Mark Evans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Bleak Expectations' recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed family and distinctly damaged life, aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit and definitely not aided by his cruel and ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent and his accomplices, the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, unlikely inheritances, nightmarish court cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: 'Bleak Expectations' is the novel Charles Dickens might have written after drinking far too much gin.

Members Reviews:

Not as good as the radio

being a fan of the radio series I thought that I would download this, what a mistake. Whilst Mark Evans may be a good writer his narration leaves a lot to be desired, his delivery is monotonous making prolonged listening difficult. I can only recommend this audio book as a cure for insomnia as it has put me to sleep on numerous occasions. Download the radio series it'll be much more enjoyable.

Not what you expect

Whilst I am a massive fan of the radio series I found this book to be a disappointment. It seemed to be written as either a way to drive more listeners to the series or to make additional money from the concept. Either way it wasn't a great move in my opinion. It does cover the some of the series after a fashion but without the humour that comes with the actors performances and towards the end it seemed to become strained and frankly tedious. A shame really.

Great

Brilliant book BUT no where near as good as the bbc4 radio show that dramatically tells it recommend the radio series over this any day. But still really enjoyed it. Listened to it as a whole on a flight it made the flight fly by ARF ARF

Not as funny as it should have been

Would you try another book written by Mark Evans or narrated by Mark Evans?

Probably not

What did you like best about this story?

It tried to be funny

What about Mark Evanss performance did you like?

He has a good reading voice

Do you think Bleak Expectations needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No

Any additional comments?

A bit too silly. Entertaining but some of the situations were too extreme and ridiculous for my taste.

A good translation of a radio classic

If you like the series but want to experience the high points of series one in a new and exciting way this could be the book for you in the tradition of other comedy books such as red dwarf this takes the best jokes and builds them with more depth and character.

As the writer Evans has a love of the work the flows in his reading.

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Title: The Graduate Student

Author: James Polster

Narrator: David Doersch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

For seven months, anthropologist Blackwell James has lived among the Wantayo people of the Amazon, immersing himself in their culture in order to collect data for his dissertation. Trouble is, he hasnt done much research. Instead, hes just hung out with the tribe, resulting in some fair skills with a bow and arrow but little else. When Blackwell returns to Columbia University with a trunk full of hallucinogenic vines but no research notes, his frustrated advisor packs him off to Los Angeles to assist a colleague with a primate experiment. But for an East Coaster freshly returned from the jungles of South America, Hollywood is a surreal new world, home to a cutthroat tribe of actors and filmmakers scrambling for money and fame. Caught up in the secret ambitions of his new employers, Blackwell begins a strange trip through the surreal world of movie stars, murder, and money. A secret society, a ghost town, two large chimpanzees, and several shamanistic drug-induced journeys round out this outrageous novel, which features cameos by Sylvester Stallone, Johnny Depp, and Steven Spielberg. Gleefully continuing the great literary tradition of comic Hollywood novels, The Graduate Student is an exuberant and riveting ride.

Critic Reviews:

Polster fits between Hiaasen and Vonnegut. (Publishers Weekly)

Polster practices the humorists craft with a bold, sure hand that recalls Mark Twain. (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Interesting Creatures

This work is a wonderful first-person look into Hollywood life from the perspective of an anthropology grad student. The irony is that the richness of worthwhile study does not come from the primates the narrator is supposed to study, but rather the trickiness of the human mind. Even more, it is an analysis of Los Angeles, the people who move there, and show-business (including its reflection of the human desire for self-importance and wealth). It is a brilliant, sobering commentary with precise language and smart character development.

Top of the Class Satire

I laughed all the way to the end of The Graduate Student. This seriously comic novel throws perfectly placed punches at everything from the Hollywood scene to academia, and on the way takes a few jabs at psychotropic drugs and psychopaths. In a sentence: Indiana Jones ingests Hunter Thompson, and together the two take on The Producers and ... robotics! The end is a total surprise and sets us up for, I hope, more Blackwell James novels. I love this character; he could be a great series character. More please!

Passes With Flying Colors!

THE GRADUATE STUDENT had me at preface, or forward, or prologue...I don't know, because it never says what it is.

What it DOES say: "...there really IS a secret passageway in a famous, old Hollywood studio, a spirit hut full of skulls in the Valley of Death, a guy who taught a computer how to write, a hallucinogenic potion made from ayahuasca, a poet who has a theory on fighting, a precedent for using primates as models in AI experiments, an actor named Stallone, a remote area of Irian Jaya where the warriors wear two foot long penis sheaths, a basketball show, a ghost town called Hogeye, and a very dangerous pit viper in the Amazon called the bushmaster."

And that's before the book even starts.

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Title: Piccadilly Jim

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

The life of Jimmy Crocker has been little more than one drunken brawl after another. His formidable Aunt Nesta has had enough of his antics and decrees that the young Crocker must be reformed. However, Jimmy has fallen in love and decided to reform himself. Unfortunately, to win the heart of his intended, Jimmy must pretend to be someone else and take part in the kidnapping of Aunt Netsa's loathsome offspring, Ogden. The reformation of oneself can be a decidedly tricky business.

Members Reviews:

Charming and cheerful

The reading is good, and the plot enjoyably and comically complex. A good listen

Light but glorious

Wodehouse masters mirth and is a craftsman of the English language. I bought this for my teenage sons for whom English is a second language. Wodehouse had them hooked and I was delighted to help either the odd bit of new vocabulary

not vintage Wodehouse uneven narration

This is a very early P G Wodehouse story, and he wasn't yet quite into the form he hit with the wonderful Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories. That said, his trademarks of gently affectionate humour, fantastically intricate plots which come together in the end, and beautiful prose are all there in an amusing and enjoyable tale.

Jonathan Cecil is quite brilliant at narrating the Jeeves books but he struggles with this one. Pacing is a little uneven, as is his characterisation and his American accents are a tad clunky and unconvincing.

I see that Audible has an abridged version of this book read by Martin Jarvis, my favourite narrator, which I suspect would be better value - as indeed would be any Jeeves book read by Jonathan Cecil. But failing that, I do think you might be better off reading the book.

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Titel: Tohuwabohu

Autor:: Tom Sharpe

Erzähler: Volker Niederfahrenhorst

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-30-12

Herausgeber: SchallundWahn

Kategorien: Fiction, Humor

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Südafrika in den Zeiten tiefster Apartheid: Miss Hazelstone ist ein ehrenwertes Mitglied der weißen Oberschicht. Dass sie ein Verhältnis mit ihrem schwarzen Koch hat und ihn eines Tages mittels einer Elefantenbüchse erschießt, ist für Polizeichef Kommandant van Heerden nicht weiter tragisch. Als aber ein Weißer ermordet wird, droht die ganze Geschichte ans Tageslicht zu dringen. Und das wollen van Heerden, Luitenant Verkramp und Wachtmeister Els auf jeden Fall verhindern - auch wenn sie dafür über Leichen gehen müssen...

©2012 Schall & Wahn GmbH (P)2012 Schall & Wahn GmbH

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Title: Blood River Down - Book I of the Quest of the White Duck

Author: Charles L. Grant, Lionel Fenn

Narrator: Jack Chekijian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-12

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Gideon Sunday, an ex-semi-professional American Football player, goes to his pantry to retrieve an awful bottle of his (dead) sister's fruit preserves. When he gets there, he discovers a meadow in his pantry. He closes the door, takes a few breaths, and begins to investigate with as much sanity and candor as Sherlock Holmes. Upon discovering that A) no one is playing a trick on him, B) there really IS a meadow in his cupboard, and C) there is something three-quarters of ugly coming out of it, he decides to beat a monster to death with a baseball bat.

Upon his conquest, he meets the lovely, and helpless, and possibly stupid Glorian, who tells him that she has come to get him so that he can fulfill a quest. Gideon, you see, must find a white duck and bring it to a certain river and put its down on the river to keep the land from being flooded. No one has really seen the duck, no one knows what is so special about the duck, no one knows where the duck is (supposedly). Glorian just knows that Gideon has to get it. Why Gideon? Because that is where her magic portal took her.

Along with a bellicose young man, a retired weapons trader and master, a dashing and dangerous young lady, and a large, peaceful goat (and a band of singing thieves, like Robin Hood, except with song), Gideon has to break in to the most heavily guarded fortress in the world to rescue Glorian, steal a duck, and save the world.

Yes. It's that awesome.

Members Reviews:

A low key, tongue-in-cheek fantasy

This is a reprint of a book written in 1986 by prolific award-winning author Charles L. Grant under the pen name of Lionel Fenn. Not horror. Not rapid action. A simple fantasy tale with quiet humor suitable for any age.

Narrator Jack gives a fine voice performance with narrative and character interpretation in clear voice and enunciation.

This book was received as a gift

Quest of the White Duck 1

This was a fun read.Jack Chekijian is a great narrator for this book.

Gideon is an ex football player waiting by the phone for a new opportunity,drinking himself into the ground.He walks into his pantry to see a meadow,a woman and a beast come out of it.As he is sucked in to the other world he learns that he is in for a Quest for a White Duck. It's not any white duck,it's THE white duck. He meets odd people and animals on his journey and finds a long lost loved one...kind of.

This audiobook was provided to me at no cost for a fair and honest review

A quest with humor ... and a white duck!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If you're looking for non-stop action, edge-of-your-seat suspense, or a complicated mystery, this is definitely not the book for you, but it does have its own special charm. It's a book about a guy, Gideon Sunday, who is pretty down on his luck and knows it, but isn't really sure what to do about it. Then a very strange world opens up in his pantry ... yep, right there off the kitchen. He kills a monster and then accepts a challenge to help a lovely young lady from that world, and so begins his quest. The reader, Jack Checkijian, has a comfortable story-telling tone and does an excellent job of conveying both Gideon's faint bewilderment with his situation and his dry humor when things go wrong, as they inevitably do.

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Title: Never Mind the Princess, Save the *Dragon*

Subtitle: A Comedic Fantasy Tale

Author: Michael Angel

Narrator: Keith L. O'Brien

Format: Unabridged

Length: 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-21-12

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Sir Maximilian Maselniczka isn't your typical knight. True, he's dashing, brave, and courageous. Then again, he talks to his horse, he's been known to burn castles down, and he's on the gallop from debts he owes the Bohemian mob.

So Maximilian jumps at the chance to earn sacks of gold from King Bronislaw Jankowski. All for performing a little rescue mission.

But it's not the typical knightly errand - to rescue the damsel from the dragon.

No, this time he's going to have to rescue the kingdom's dragon from the King's extremely magical, extremely powerful, and extremely pissed-off daughter.

Who said being a knight was easy?

Members Reviews:

Seriously Funny!

What does Keith L. O'Brien bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Keith O'Brien was the perfect narrator. He made the characters real.

Any additional comments?

Great story and instantly captivating. I would highly recommend.

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Title: Still the One

Author: Joan Reeves

Narrator: Robin Kohn Glazer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-12

Publisher: Joan Reeves

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 36 votes

Genres: Fiction, Humor

Publisher's Summary:

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join love and laughter in this sexy romantic comedy with a chick lit attitude! Previously print-published book with Bonus Features!

Burke Winslow stands at the altar, ready to marry his business partner in a marriage of convenience. The minister solemnly asks: "If anyone here knows why this man and this woman shouldn't be joined in holy matrimony, let him speak now or forever hold his peace."

A rain-soaked, bedraggled Ally Fletcher limps down the aisle and shouts, "Stop the wedding!"

What follows is a funny, sexy romp that proves when there's love, passion never dies, it just smolders away until you toss some gasoline on it. Burke and Ally discover a rekindled passion that threatens to scorch them when they find themselves locked in a marriage - of inconvenience!

With a cagey grandfather pulling Burke's strings, and an equally cagey grandmother manipulating Ally, can these two battling lovers peel away the layers of the past and discover the truth about their love and passion? Will the truth free them or put them asunder?

Throw in a pretend boyfriend for Ally and a scorned business partner left at the altar, and you have a rollicking good time - Texas style! Sassy, sexy, and funny!

Members Reviews:

A great romantic comedy to listen to!

If you could sum up Still the One in three words, what would they be?

Sexy, sassy & funny

What did you like best about this story?

I love romantic comedies and this is a fantastic listen as well as a read. The characters work well off each other, the dialogue was quick and fun, and the audio production was

crisp and clear!

What does Robin Kohn Glazer bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

The narrator, Robin Kohn Glazer was very good. Her voice adjusted nicely to differentiate between the characters. The production quality was crisp and clear.

It's always great when the 'heard word' makes a video in your brain!

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

I loved the opening ...where poor Ally arrives looking like a mud-puppy to stop the wedding..priceless. Makes you laugh out loud, because you are just able to 'see' it for yourself.

Any additional comments?

I've purchased all Joan Reeves' audio books and they are classy and well done.

A Second Chance

I like happily-ever-after books. I do. The title gives this away. I am not revealing secrets. The start of the book is engaging. However, Ally does not seem to have matured much from her first wedding days. So why would Burke find her to be "still the one"? The narrator does a good job. The grandparents prove to be entertaining.

Not so great

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Very bad narrator. Seemed like she was rushing through the whole time and you could hear her turning pages.