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Title: The Mischievous Bride

Subtitle: The Clearbrooks, Book 4

Author: Teresa McCarthy

Narrator: Pearl Hewitt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-14

Publisher: Teresa McCarthy

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Heiress Millicent Shelby has been in love with Lord Marcus Clearbrook for years. But being much younger than the handsome lord, Milli realizes she must devise a plan to marry the stubborn man. However, everything turns upside down when a wicked fortune hunter enters the scene, and unless Marcus swallows his pride and admits his love, the young heiress will fall into the enemy's hands...

This sweet historical romance series, about a duke's family, includes delightful, heartwarming love stories that bring the Regency period to life.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful like always

Where does The Mischievous Bride rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This book is rank pretty high because I enjoy listening to this audio. The storyline keeps you interest in listening more about the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite was Millie because you get to see how dreamy she is and how sassy she can get. She also stands behind what she believes in. She a courageous young lady.

What about Pearl Hewitts performance did you like?

For me I like how she did the other series audible and the fact it kept the same.

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

I laugh with Millie antics or Marcus reactions to Millie antics.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this audible. Great to listen to and worth the money and time.

Funny and heartwarming family story!

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

First off I received a free copy from author for an honest review, that being said I loved this book and would recommend it to a friend. The characters are fun and memorable. This is one of my favorite regency series and it is the characters that make if so enjoyable.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Mischievous Bride?

There are so many memorable moments, but I think my favorite is when Millie sets aside her own disappointment and focuses all her effort on helping Jane and Roderick after the loss of their baby. I love how she takes control of the situation, especially how she starts bossing Roderick around to keep him from being melancholy.

Have you listened to any of Pearl Hewitts other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, I love Pearl Hewitt! She has narrated all of the Clearbook novels and I think that in this one she really came into her element. She has different voices for all the characters. I think I loved her narration so much due to the part where Millie gets drunk. She is hiccuping and burping and slurring her words and it sounds so real. That whole section made me laugh out loud.

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

I think the part in the book that moved me the most was when Jane lost her baby and Millie insisted that they couldn't give up and how she forced them to stay positive thorough out the whole story.

Didn't like the narrator

What would have made The Mischievous Bride better?

Because Milli comes across so young its hard to imagine that shes ready for love and marriage. I usually love May/December romances, but Millie wasn't what she needed to be. I liked Marcus.

Any additional comments?

Pearl Hewitt created a very young Millie that was hard to listen to with its breathy airhead quality.

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Title: Cutting Teeth

Author: Julia Fierro

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-14

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Cutting Teeth takes place one late-summer weekend as a group of 30-something couples gather at a shabby beach house on Long Island, their young children in tow. Nicole, the hostess, struggles to keep her OCD behaviors unnoticed. Stay-at-home dad Rip grapples with the reality that his careerist wife will likely deny him a second child. Allie, one half of a two-mom family, can't stop imagining ditching her wife and kids in favor of her art. Tiffany, uncomfortable in the upper-middle-class world the other characters were born into, flirts dangerously and spars with her best friend, Leigh, a blue blood secretly facing financial ruin. Cutting Teeth is about the complex dilemmas of early midlife - the vicissitudes of friendship, of romantic and familial love, and of sex. It's about class tension, status hunger, and the unease of being in possession of life's greatest bounty while still wondering, is this as good as it gets?

Critic Reviews:

Readers won't be able to look away. (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Not for everyone

We really need to be aware when a book has content that will not please all audiences... Especially if listening while traveling with others! Many sexual passages and current lifestyle issues make thus one to read alone, not on the car with mom and aunt Susie...

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Title: Two Sisters

Author: Mary Hogan

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-14

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

The third child in a family that wanted only two, Muriel Sullivant has always been an outsider. She worships her beautiful blond sister, Pia, and envies the close bond she shares with their mother, Lidia. Growing up in their shadow, Muriel believes that if she keeps all their secrets - and she knows plenty, outsiders always do - they will love her too. Now an adult, Muriel has accepted the disappointments in her life. With her fourth-floor walk-up apartment and entry-level New York City job, she never will measure up to Pia and her wealthy husband, their daughter, and their suburban Connecticut dream home.

One day, Pia shows up to visit and shares devastating news that Muriel knows she cannot tell - a secret that will force her to come to terms with the past and help her see her life and her family in unexpected new ways.

Critic Reviews:

"Book clubs will find much to discuss in this fraught, fascinating family drama." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

distracting

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

too much discription! I could not get through the book. I kept waiting for the content of the story to show up and just as it did - discriptions that did not enhance or support the story!

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Title: The Beach Quilt

Author: Holly Chamberlin

Narrator: Julia Farhat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Set in a picturesque Maine beach town, best-selling author Holly Chamberlin's heartwarming and insightful novel delves into the choices and changes faced by two families over the course of one eventful summer.

Everyone in Yorktide, Maine, knows 16-year-old Sarah Bauer. She's a good student and a dutiful daughter, as well as a beloved best friend to Cordelia Kane. So it's a surprise to all when sensible Sarah reveals that she is pregnant. Though shocked, Sarah's family is supportive. But while Sarah reconciles herself to a new and different future, the consequences ripple in all directions. Her father - a proud, old-time Mainer - tries to find more work to defray expenses. Her younger sister grapples with a secret she can't share. Cordelia feels abandoned, and Cordelia's mother faces the repercussions of a long-ago decision. As Sarah's mother, Cindy, frets about how she'll juggle childcare with her job at the local quilting store, she seizes on an idea: to band together and make a baby quilt. Piece by piece, a beautiful design emerges. And as it progresses, reflecting the hopes and cares of the women who create it, each will find strength in the friendship and love that sustains them, in hardship and in joy...

Members Reviews:

A great Read!

The Beach Quilt is a great book that looks at life from the perspective of alternate views. Each page, keeps you thinking about how the influences of one person's choices will affect the next person in more ways than one. A good read.

Didactic Tripe

I think my title sums it up. It has been a long time since I've heard such an awful book.

Interesting story line, worth the listen

Especially for quilters, give it a try. Llllllllll hhhhhhh tttttt wwww hhhh yyyy aaa mmmm II required to type this

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Title: Skeletons

Author: Jane Fallon

Narrator: Penelope Rawlins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Jen has discovered a secret. If she tells her husband Jason, will he forgive her for telling the truth? If she tells someone else in Jason's family, she'd not only tear them apart but could also find herself on the outside. But if she keeps this to herself, how long can she pretend nothing is wrong? Jen knows the truth - but is she ready for the consequences?

Critic Reviews:

"Intelligent, edgy and witty" (Glamour)

"Irresistibly dark Fallon's tone is still winningly acerbic" (Guardian)

Members Reviews:

The Family that got Away....

Jen was a lovable character however I kind of wished she had just minded her own buisness when it came to her inlaws. My family has never been that close either in real life, so I could see her longing for the bond of a larger friendly surroundings. Most ever family has something to hide in their closets, I just wish she had not chosen to look for the skeletons in the Masterson's closet. Jason was a boring dud and one of those people you just want to say

"WHAT was I thinking kinda thing?"

My thoughts is Jen knew her and Shaun were a better match then her and Jason at 1st glance.

The ending was a bitter sweet one I suppose?

Im still out to lunch on that one.

Penelope Rawlins did a 5 star narration on a 3star Jane Fallon written material.

It's not the best from Fallon I've read or listened too? I'd say its worth a credit on a rainy day.

Official DeAnn DeVille review

Writer" Blogger"Narrator

All families are dysfunctional. But some more so.

Skeletons is a non-violent, non-adventurous but very much character-driven story. Jen, after suffering from an absent father and no siblings during her childhood, very much adores her husbands large and warm family. They have two daughters, now both in college, and Jen muses about the void in their lives when she discovers her step-father in an ambiguous situation with a woman that is not her step-mother.

The whole story develops from here, and Jane Fallon manages to create a multi-faceted and likable character with Jen.The listener follows her doubts, decisions, thoughts and feelings throughout a story that is familiar to all of us, yet manages to draw one in.

Penelope Rawlins does a pretty good job narrating Jen's part of the story, but the other characters are done with way too much effort. Whenever Jen's husband Jason is talking I imagined Rawlings drawing her head back, chin in, to force "maleness" out of her box. Other characters are continuously excited, lamenting or breathless. It destroyed part of the charm that the book in written form surely has.

If you like "small stories", where people's interaction is what drives the plot, then this is a book for you. For you who expect really dark secrets (the proverbial bones) - non of it to be found here.

Not my cup of tea!

What did you like best about Skeletons? What did you like least?

This is not my usual genre of book, but I thought it looked interesting. The storyline was okay to begin with and then I felt it became drawn out. Once the skeleton was uncovered I became bored, but persevered until the end as I wanted to know how it ended.

If youve listened to books by Jane Fallon before, how does this one compare?

No this is the first one.

What aspect of Penelope Rawlinss performance might you have changed?

Unfortunately I found the narrators 'voices' quite off putting.

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Title: The Elite

Author: Kiera Cass

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

The Selection gets fierce as rivals stake their claim on the prince. Six girls, one life-changing prize

America Singer will leave her pre-destined life for a world of glamour and luxury, if she wins But surviving The Selection is tough. Rivals are battling to become Prince Maxon's bride as the threat of rebel violence just beyond the palace walls escalates into war.

Only six girls are left and sworn friendships are tested to breaking point. America's feelings for Maxon grow stronger, but she suspects darker mysteries in his royal past. With ex-lover Aspen waiting for her in the shadows, where do her loyalties truly lie?

Critic Reviews:

"Reality TV meets dystopian fairy tale in Kiera Cass's delightful debut. Charming, captivating, and filled with just the right amount of swoon!" (Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy)

Members Reviews:

bello!

molto bello..la narratrice è molto brava anche se avrei preferito un po' più di interpretazione nei momenti drammatici.. a parte questo , molto bello...

easy

This is an easy and entertaing listen. it does leave you at a bit of a cliff hanger so bare that in mind.

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Title: An Ex to Grind

Author: Jane Heller

Narrator: Caroline Shaffer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

The battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane Heller.

At first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro-football player husband who has a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt, and he spends the next few years out of a job, seemingly unconcerned about it. Suddenly, she's the one bringing home the bacon and falling out of love with the paycheck-devouring, couch-sitting mooch. Divorce is the answer, she decides - only to learn she has to fork over alimony while he lives like a prince on her income, and she has to share custody of their precious dog, Buster. Consumed with the unfairness of it all, she plays dirty, hiring a high-profile matchmaker to find some unsuspecting female she can dump on Dan for 90 days and cause him to violate their cohabitation clause.

But then Melanie's scheme backfires. Her ex's new love revitalizes him, miraculously transforming him into the focused, responsible go-getter she always hoped he'd be. And now, with the 90-day clock about to chime, she realizes she wants him back.

Members Reviews:

I was disappointed

What would have made An Ex to Grind better?

I listened to 28% and knew what was going to happen. It was absolutely predictable.

What do you think your next listen will be?

The Kutherian Gambit Series by Michael Anderle

What about Caroline Shaffers performance did you like?

She's very good at adding emotion to the dialogue.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from An Ex to Grind?

All the scenes with the assistant . I know the assistant is going to end up figuratively throwing her under the bus .

Any additional comments?

This book was described as being smart and witty. I found it to be sad and very predictable.

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Title: The Bookstore

Author: Deborah Meyler

Narrator: Lucy-Jane Quinlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Ardent and idealistic, Esme Garland arrives in Manhattan to study art history at Columbia University. When she falls in love with New York blue-blood Mitchell van Leuven, life seems to be clear sailing, until she falls pregnant and he abruptly ends it all. To make ends meet Esme starts work at a small West Side bookstore with a colorful crew of characters - but then Mitchell, glittering with charm and danger, comes back on the scene.

Critic Reviews:

"This is a gorgeous book, witty, lyrical, and bursting with heart when you finish you will be smiling, wondering what happened next." (Gabrielle Donnelly, author of The Little Women Letters)

Members Reviews:

Painful to listen to

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

Not a great read/listen the story is tired and the narrator is appalling, makes me wonder if she was in fact educated properly, it is truly amazing when she pronounced a word correctly, even common ones, hence my comment about education. So I would not recommend this to a friend or even to someone I didn't care for.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

That is part of the problem, most of the stories within the novel have been told often so nothing special in that case either, all very tired and no imagination. I hate to be so negative, but I really struggled to finish this book.

Would you be willing to try another one of Lucy-Jane Quinlans performances?

Never

Do you think The Bookstore needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Finishing this one was painful enough, a follow up could be torture, especially with the same narrator.

Breathtakingly badly read

Would you try another book written by Deborah Meyler or narrated by Lucy-Jane Quinlan?

Apparently the narrator of this story is not familiar with reading books with 'big words' as she mispronounced so many that I was cringing. Really, if you're going to employ someone to read books aloud as a job, you should at least ensure they're actually able to do it competently!

Was The Bookstore worth the listening time?

As for the story, it was okay: nothing breathtaking or challenging, and you could see what was coming a mile off. Still, it whiled away the time whilst I was decorating, and I wasn't too upset if I couldn't hear it all the time, as I could pick right back up again wherever the tale had got to.

All spoiled by the inept pronunciation

Would you try another book written by Deborah Meyler or narrated by Lucy-Jane Quinlan?

Not by this narrator

Would you ever listen to anything by Deborah Meyler again?

Maybe

Would you be willing to try another one of Lucy-Jane Quinlans performances?

Never, she is supposed to be portraying a very intellectual character who would know how to pronounce all of her words, which distracts completely from the story.

Did The Bookstore inspire you to do anything?

No

English naivety in New York

I enjoyed this book as a twenty-something (which I am not) The truisms and at times naivety of the heroine over conception, childbirth, and the American way were amusing, and her injections of literary wisdom charming. I only gave the performance a '4' as the reading was perfect for the heroine's character, but Lucy-Jane Quinlan did pronounce certain words very unconventionally to my ear.

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Title: Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts

Author: Mary Gibson

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

They call them the custard tarts - the girls who work at Pearce Duff's custard powder factory in Bermondsey before the First World War. Conditions are hard but nothing can quench the spirit of humour and friendship. But the shadow of the coming war looms over them; it will pull London's East End together as never before - even while it tears the world apart.

Critic Reviews:

"A fabulous, fascinating read." (Vanessa Feltz)

Members Reviews:

Thoroughly enjoyable ..

What did you like most about Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts?

I just liked everything about this book. . .the characters were great & you could almost imagine yourself in there with them. . .

Who was your favorite character and why?

Nellie & Maggie . . . down to earth eastenders...

What three words best describe Anne Dovers voice?

I dont really like Anne Dover's narrarations, but as the story was good,it took my mind of her a little !

Any additional comments?

I lived for years in the area that this book is set, so I knew all the roads that they were talking about.... made it much more real for me....

oh boy, what a cracker!!!

Would you listen to Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts again? Why?

The storyline caught my heart as it reminded me so much of my gran who was a bermondsey lass and worked for bird's custard. And her elder sister Nell brought her up after their mum had died.,however tthe storyline was most enjoyable with a variety of strong, and weak characters,one of the best books i have read this year.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts?

Nell being taken to the police station and meeting Sam afterward.

Which character as performed by Anne Dover was your favourite?

Nell was my favourite character and performed brilliantly by Anne especially when Nell lost her rag and had something to say

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

When Sam told Nell of his experiences during the war

Any additional comments?

Hope Mary Gibson has plenty more to write of the different families in Bermonsey, as i am already looking forward to her next book. I also please that her books are decent length, can't wait for more

Very good

Would you consider the audio edition of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts to be better than the print version?

I enjoyed it only wish there was a follow up

Have you listened to any of Anne Dovers other performances? How does this one compare?

Anne Dover voice brought all the arthers to life

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Keep Smiling

Every word a delight

As I work alone in my sewing room, I listened to this mostly gentle story of how the First World War affected those left behind. The clever voices of Anne Dover brought the characters to life. Highly recommend this audio book.

a beautiful and poignant story...

of love, war, heartache and happiness, with the happy ever after it so deserves to end on.

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Title: A Hundred Pieces of Me

Author: Lucy Dillon

Narrator: Juanita McMahon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-27-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

Publisher's Summary:

Gina is starting her life again, after a difficult few years she'd rather forget. But the belongings she's treasured for so long just don't seem to fit who she is now. So Gina makes a resolution. She'll keep just a hundred items - the rest can go. But that means coming to terms with her past and learning to embrace the future, whatever it might bring

Critic Reviews:

"Such a brilliant book. So satisfying and clever and deeply moving. I'll be passing it on to all my friends." (Sophie Kinsella)

Members Reviews:

Predictable but sweet

Perhaps I was not the intended reader of this story as it seemed a little trite. If you're into romances, it will have lots for you as it recounts the history of the heroine through three relationships, idealistic first love, ill-chosen marriage and the more mature love after suffering. However, I found the story rather predictable and, perhaps because I'm not greatly materialistic, did not get excited about the "stuff" which brought the heroine memories of when and where she had acquired it. It seemed a little too neat that she was able to resolve the personal difficulties she had with old relationships and with her mother during the course of the story. But overall it was a pleasant and undemanding listen and was well performed by the narrator.

Oh.. sooo. boring... YAWN!

I didn't finish this book, even though I tried a dozen times. The narrator is far too old to be depicting a young woman who is going through a divorce. Her voice is gravely like she has smoked 40 fags a day for 40 years.. I just couldn't get into this very boring book!

A gorgeous gorgeous book!

Any additional comments?

Review: oh what a gorgeous book. I haven't actually read anything by this author before, despite having a couple of her novels sitting on my shelves but I was recommended this book so many times by other bloggers and other authors that I knew I had to pick it up. I ended up listening to this on audiobook and found myself making excuses to listen at any opportunity it was so compelling and I needed to find out what was going to happen next. It was one of those novels that I really struggled to describe to someone as I was reading it, but I love something like that that doesn't conform to a particular mould or form!

First of all let me rave about Gina because she is such a special character. She has been knocked down again and again and again. She has been in an unhappy marriage, she has a difficult relationship with her mother she is struggling to buck against the stereotype that she has of a survivor and yet that is exactly what she is, a survivor. Someone who makes the very best of herself, by herself, she accepts help from others and yet does things by herself and for herself, she had decided to make herself happy, something which more of us should definitely be trying to do, be happy for ourselves by ourselves!

Her best friend, Naomi is also an amazingly strong female and is a pillar of strength for Gina even if she doesn't realise it. She is written as the kind of best friend that all of us would want to have, just a little bit more outgoing and more straight talking that your average girly girl! Gina's ex is, of course, a character we kind of love to hate, but you also feel sympathy for him and I think Gina did too.