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Title: David Baldacci's King And Maxwell - Sidekick

Author: BookBuddy

Narrator: Lee Strayer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-14

Publisher: BookBuddy

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The sixth entry in David Baldacci's bestselling detective series, King and Maxwell finds the former Secret Service agents in the middle of a geopolitical mess after they nearly run over a teenage boy named Tyler. What starts as an investigation into a father's death quickly escalates into a military and political nightmare. What happened to the 4,800 lbs of Army cargo Tyler's father was responsible for, and was he involved in the hijacking? Meanwhile, someone is leaking secrets to a political blogger. The stakes get higher, and deadlier, as Michelle Maxwell and Sean King attempt to untangle the web of secrets. Whether you're just picking up Baldacci's detective thriller series King and Maxwell for the first time or you're a longtime fan, this analysis will serve as a companion into the complexities of the novel. King and Maxwell is rife with political intrigue, exploring themes such as transparency in government, the real cost of war, and the power of technology. This analysis will give you the insight needed to navigate the murky political waters alongside the detectives. Enhance your listening enjoyment by understanding the themes, motifs, and ideas underlying the plot of King and Maxwell.

Members Reviews:

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Title: The Crane Wife

Author: Patrick Ness

Narrator: Jamie Glover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A magical novel, based on a Japanese folk tale, that imagines how the life of a broken-hearted man is transformed when he rescues an injured white crane that has landed in his backyard.

George Duncan is an American living and working in London. At 48, he owns a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes. All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him for being too nice. But one night he is woken by an astonishing sound - a terrific keening, which is coming from somewhere in his garden. When he investigates he finds a great white crane, a bird taller than even himself. It has been shot through the wing with an arrow. Moved more than he can say, George struggles to take out the arrow from the bird's wing, saving its life before it flies away into the night sky.

The next morning, a shaken George tries to go about his daily life, retreating to the back of his store and making cuttings from discarded books - a harmless, personal hobby - when through the front door of the shop a woman walks in. Her name is Kumiko, and she asks George to help her with her own artwork. George is dumbstruck by her beauty and her enigmatic nature, and begins to fall desperately in love with her. She seems to hold the potential to change his entire life, if he could only get her to reveal the secret of who she is and why she has brought her artwork to him.

Witty, magical, and romantic, The Crane Wife is a story of passion and sacrifice, that resonates on the level of dream and myth. It is a novel that celebrates the creative imagination, and the disruptive power of love.

Critic Reviews:

"Ness fashions his mosaic of prose, piecing narrative with snips of a myth-like fable to create a bittersweet story of loss and love. The narrative pace will keep the pages turning, while the imagery and metaphors wound throughout will stay with readers long after they close the book." (Library Journal)

"The Crane Wife is a special novel: a perfect fusion of surreal imagery and beautifully crafted internal logic." (The Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Among My Most Favorite Books Ever

Would you listen to The Crane Wife again? Why?

Absolutely, it was such a pleasure. I am going to save it for a time when I could use something to lift my spirits and open my mind to possibility

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Crane Wife?

The realization that the Crane was having such an amazing positive effect on the family, that she was a Goddess in human form.

Which scene was your favorite?

The scene in the very beginning when he is holding the Crane and she wraps her neck around his upper body. I see that in my mind's eye whenever I think of the book. It totally drew me into the book. The writer was so capable of placing you in the situations in the book by his brilliant descriptions. I can see many of the scenes in full color in my head.

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

Both!! I'm having trouble writing this review because I don't want to ruin the book for anyone reading these reviews, and at the same time I want to encourage people to experience the book.

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Title: A Watershed Year

Author: Susan Schoenberger

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 101 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Lucy never confessed her love to her best friend Harlan before he passed away. Two months after his funeral, she is haunted by the power of things left unsaid. But then she receives the first of his e-mails arranged to be sent after his death. So begins the year that everything changes - Lucy's watershed year. In an e-mail, Harlan says something that consumes her: He's certain Lucy is destined for motherhood. In her grief, she suddenly rediscovers hope, journeying to Russia to adopt a four-year-old boy. Just as they're learning to trust each other, they must face a threat that might shatter their fragile little family forever.

Susan Schoenberger's breathtaking and powerful story of love, loss, redemption and what it means to be a mother will leave you in awe as Lucy, in the depths of her despair, somehow finds joy and embraces the beauty of second chances.

Members Reviews:

Russian Adoption, Love and Family

This is a great listen, a human story of facing cancer and the death of a loved one and the aftermath of picking up the pieces of life and the emptiness that comes after loss. This book about Lucy, a college professor, who teaches religion and has an odd interest in all the Catholic saints is funny, quirky, and deeply emotional. She nurses her best friend until he dies of cancer. Then grief stricken, she goes to Russia to adopt a little boy. The circumstances of adopting from a Russian orphanage are strange and scary . . . and I can truly relate to them, as adoption in Romania was the same . . . greasing the palms of the officials, and not knowing one day to the next if you would ever get out of the country with your child. You will grow to love Lucy, her parents and friends . . . and most of all little Matt. It is a clean story, full of heart.

Ugh, chick-lit again, and a bad case of the blahs!

This book was so utterly disappointing for me. So many words, such minutiae and so much triviality. It seemed like such a promising story line. International adoption is a real interest of mine. I felt like this book never took off, that was stuck on the tarmac for hours and hours. I didn't see much character development and thus, I didn't feel for any of the characters, at all. The endless nonsense about the saints--ugh, what type of plot gimmick is that? It wasn't educational or informative or even interesting, just quirky filler to me.

Add Lucy and Harlan's friendship and her year of endless grieving for what never ever was, for what she was actually afraid to even acknowledge. And how far-fetched was what Lucy learned about Harlen at the end? Really? (I am not going to say more as I don't want to spoil it for anyone.)

As for the narrator, I have mixed feelings. She did the foreign voices well but she got very shrill whenever there was any emotional dialogue. In addition, I really didn't enjoy the way she portrayed Lucy. Too much emphasis in her voice. It made Lucy seem downright annoying to me most of the time.

And yet, I plodded on and on even though I knew how it would end beforehand. There was something that kept me going. Therefore, I am giving it three stars across the board. And yet, I will not seek this author out again.

Excellent narrator

Not only did I enjoy the story, the narrator being amazing just enhanced the whole experience.

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Title: The Stars Change

Author: Mary Anne Mohanraj

Narrator: Sasha Dunbrooke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On the brink of interstellar war, life (and sex) continues. Humans, aliens, and modified humans gather at the University of All Worlds in search of knowledge...and self-knowledge...but the first bomb has fallen and the fate of this multicultural, multispecies mecca is in question. A thought-provoking work on sexuality and the connections between people - whether male or female, human or alien - The Stars Change is part space opera, part literary mosaic of story, poem, and art. The Stars Change: an erotic science fiction novel-in-stories.

On a South Asian-settled university planet, tensions are rising, and as they reach the brink of interstellar war, life (and sex) continues. Humans, aliens, and modified humans gather at the University of All Worlds in search of knowledge...and self-knowledge...but the first bomb has fallen and the fate of this multicultural, multispecies mecca is in question. Some people will seek solace in physical contact, some will look for spiritual answers, while others will find their strength in community, family, and love. Some will rush home to make love to their wife. Or wives. Or husbands. Or indeterminate gender human and/or alien partners. Others will be forced to decide where they stand - what is worth fighting for, or maybe even worth dying for.

In The Stars Change, author Mary Anne Mohanraj presents a multi-layered, thought-provoking, and far-reaching work on sexuality and the connections between people - whether male or female, human or alien. The Stars Change is part space opera, part literary mosaic of story, poem, and art. It is fitting that a book that emphasizes the power of community was funded through Kickstarter. Begun as a project entitled "Demi Monde", The Stars Change is the result of the money raised by supporters that went to pay for not only the art and illustrations in the book, but the author's time, allowing her to focus on writing for that crucial interval.

Members Reviews:

A poignant, and erotic, tale

In The Stars Change, Mary Anne Mohanraj has crafted a powerful story about humanity, xenophobia, sex, and love that is as relevant to 21st century life on Earth as it is in the Stars. Brought to life by Sasha Dunbrooke, I highly recommend this novel.

Love, Love, Love this story

(Important note, I am a friend of the author)

I've been a fan of Mary Anne Mohanraj for years. She writes good characters, believable, likable. She writes good sex, descriptive without being flowery or clinical, realistic, fun. In this story she's taken both out into Outer Space and proved that aliens are just like us, and we're just like them, even if that means some of us aren't very nice.

The first half introduces - and binds together - all the characters in unexpected ways. The second half? That's where things get good. If you're a fan of sci-fi, erotica, or both, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

That said, since all the human charaters of the story are (or more accurately were when they left Earth) of the Indian diaspora, I only give four stars for Performance because the reader is pretty obviously not.

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Title: Call Down the Stars

Author: Sue Harrison

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-09-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the icy land of prehistoric Alaska, two heroic storytellers bring to life the final chapter of their ancestors: The star-crossed lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax. A handsome young tribal warrior and sage, Yikaas has traveled across the sea to hear stories of the Whale Hunter and the Sea Hunter peoples. Around the fire, Qumalix, a beguiling and beautiful storyteller, barely old enough to be a wife, catches the eye of Yikaas, and so begins their flirtation through storytelling, which brings to vivid life tales of the Near River and Cousin River tribes. The fates of lovers Chakliux and Aqamdax, and their wicked nemesis Kos, are revealed as Yikaas and Qumalix weave together tales from their ancestors pastand tales from their own lives. Call Down the Stars is the final book of the Storyteller Trilogy, which also includes Song of the River and Cry of the Wind.

Members Reviews:

Good trilogy

I think i lked this book best of all - but all three were good. Very good ending to a very complex story...

Great series

I loved this series. I wish that it didn't have to end I would listen to more. Maybe I will just have to listen again

Loved to follow the story

enjoyable,intriguing, wished the author would do more.loved the story as a whole. Read it, then listened to it....loved it!!!!

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Titel: Ankunft in Darrowby / Trickie Woo's Schwester (Der Doktor und das liebe Vieh)

Autor:: James Herriot

Erzähler: Frank Arnold

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 55 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-20-13

Herausgeber: Audiobuch Verlag OHG

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Contemporary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In der zweiten Folge geht es um eine ganz besondere Einladung: "Tricki bittet um Onkel Herriots Gesellschaft am Freitag dem 5. Februar. Getränke und Tanz". Dieses Schreiben stammt nicht etwa von einer Dame. Nein, der junge Tierarzt wird von Mrs. Pumphreys Schoßhündchen Tricki Woo persönlich eingeladen. Und damit zieht er sich vor allem den Spott seines Chefs zu...

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Title: Reprisal

Author: F. Paul Wilson

Narrator: Kurt Elftmann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"Who am I? Why, I'm you. Or parts of you. The best parts. I'm the touch of Richard Speck, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Bin Laden in all of you. I am the thousand tiny angers and fleeting rages of your day - at the car that cuts you off on the freeway, at the kid who sneaks ahead of you in line at the movies, at the old fart with the full basket in the eight-items-only express checkout at the supermarket. I'm the nasty glee in the name-callers and the long-suffering pain, the self-loathing, the smoldering resentment, the suppressed rage, and the never-to-be-fulfilled promises of revenge in their targets. I'm the daily business betrayals and the corporate men's room character assassinations. I'm the husband who beats his wife, the mother who scalds her child, I'm the playground beatings of your little boys, the backseat rapes of your daughters. Im your rage toward a child molester and I'm the pederast's lust for your child, for his own child. I'm the guards' contempt for their prisoners and the prisoners' hatred for their guards, I'm the shank, I'm the truncheon, I'm the shiv. I'm the bayonet in the throat of the political dissident, the meat hook on which he is hung, the cattle prod that caresses his genitals. You've kept me alive, youve made me strong. I am you." The immortal evil defeated in The Keep and reincarnated in Reborn has come of age and begun to settle scores. He targets a few unlucky individuals for destruction now, but soon the whole world will suffer. And he will feed on our tears and our pain.

Editorial Reviews:

That's not a graduate student; that's an evil force waiting for his chance to destroy humanity. It's a bit complicated, but if you've made it to book five of the Adversary Cycle, you won't give up now. Reprisal takes us deep into this horror series about good versus evil, and the gruesome scenes are not for the faint at heart. Kurt Elftmann's performance is stiff here. His enunciation is perfect and his characters' voices are engaging, but the narration needs animation to spice up this unusual tale. Overall, fans of chilling heroic fantasy sagas will meet their match in this audiobook.

Members Reviews:

Reprisal. Book 5 in the Adversary Cycle.

Just finished reading Reprisal, the 22nd in the Secret Histories and Repairman Jack series. Again, couldn't put it down and finished in a day and a half. I'm down to 3 books left now. Fatal Error, The Dark at the End, and finally the revised Nightworld. Looking forward to the finish line but will definitely miss Repairman Jack and his adventures.

Good background info, and fun to read

I loved the Repairman Jack novels. I have purchased most of them, over the years, and have passed them along to new readers to keep the sales alive. There were a couple of books I had not found/read/purchased prior, and Reprisal was one of these.

If you are a follower of the RJ series, this book provides a lot of good background (I didn't really know what I was missing, which speaks a lot for how good the series is, but I'm glad to have had the backfill) for the final chapter of the saga. It's a good standalone novel on its own, in typical F. Paul Wilson fashion - fast paced but not cliff-hanger-y (in other words, not a huge life threatening problem at the end of every chapter), snappy dialog, nice character development.

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Title: Nelson Estates Series: Box Set

Author: M.D. James

Narrator: Jack Wells

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-13

Publisher: Porterlance Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Nelson Estates Series: Box Set is a collection of the three novellas that make up the series, which continues where The Muse Series left off.

The Gift:

In this continuation of the "Muse Series" Ruthie is eleven and must deal with losing Cam, the boy she always thought was her twin brother, after his father sues for custody. Soon afterwards, her guardian, Aunt Sarah, is given a gift which opens the door to lies and deceptions that put everyone in danger.

Members Reviews:

If you're looking for a great book, this is it!

The book was the continuation of the Muse Series by M.D.James and it was fantastic! It kept me up reading late, when I should have been sleeping! Left me wanting more! If you liked the Muse Series, you'll love this!

The Academy, very good book. I was very surprised.

I found this book to be very engrossing. The only problem I found was the large amount of misspelled words. There were also several places where the caricatures used out of place. Example ,Uncle Cam or Uncle Kyle. It should have been Uncle Zack.

I enjoyed the whole series.

Although I enjoyed the series there were spelling errors and the wrong name was used a few times. After reading both series about this family I was sad it was over.

It was an okay read

This book was a good read. I could not put it down. It was a little short and I was able to read the whole book within a couple of hours. And I did find a few mistakes grammatically but other than that I enjoyed reading the last books of the muse series.

Love and Death

This was a great further adventure,continuing from Muse books. It continued,the family on to the next generation,and the trials,and tribulations,of the families.

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Title: Secrets Over Sweet Tea

Author: Denise Hildreth Jones

Narrator: Denise Hildreth Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-13

Publisher: Denise Hildreth Jones

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Secrets can be funny things. We think they keep us safe, but more often than not, they spill out when we least expect and make a mess out of everything. It's a truth Scarlett Jo Newberry knows all too well - a truth Grace Shepherd and Zach Craig are about to learn the hard way. As the lives of this boisterous pastor's wife, polished news anchor, and beleaguered divorce attorney intersect in the tree-lined streets of Franklin, Tennessee, scandal threatens to topple their carefully constructed worlds.

Grasping at survival, they embark on a journey of friendship and courage, desperate to find a way back to laughter, love, and life.

Members Reviews:

Will reread many times

This book was so amazing. Combination of lesson and wonderful characters . I want a Scarlet Jo in my life.

loved this book

AWESOME BOOK. LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO OTHERS. WOULD READ AGAIN FOR SURE.

Refreshingly wonderful

A great story that I could totally relate to. I had a very similar story and at times felt that Denise had been on the journey with me.

We all have to reclaim our heart at one time or another and this was a beautiful reminder that with God we CAN do exactly that.

What a great story!

Now here's a talented writer who knows how to tell a great story with a variety of complex characters and even more complex issues all the while weaving God in and through all of it! You are definitely going to like, no love this book!!!

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Title: Bowling Avenue

Author: Ann Shayne

Narrator: Ann Shayne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-13

Publisher: Chenille Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Welcome to 603 Bowling Avenue, a lush, empty Colonial Revival house tucked away in a leafy Nashville neighborhood. Who's that in the ratty attic bedroom, holed up like a squirrel, writing real estate ads as fast as she can? Delia Ballenger, former Nashvillian. She's back in town to sell the house that her tender-hearted big sister inexplicably left her after dying in a car crash. Delia needs to get back to Chicago as fast as possible. But uninvited people keep showing up at the front door:

Delia finds herself up to her eyeballs in a flood of mysteries, secrets, and the sort of love that sneaks up on you.

For everyone who has muttered "You can't go home again," here's what happens when you go anyway. You'll laugh. You may cry, if you're the weepy type. And you'll cheer for Delia even as you wonder how she can eat a Pop-Tart as an entree. Like The Descendants, Bowling Avenue is a story of learning how to let go, and hold on.

Members Reviews:

Great Chick Lit

I loved listening to this book - couldn't wait to get back to it whenever we were apart! I look forward to Ann Shayne's next book, and hope she will once again read it aloud for Audible!