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Title: Up with the Larks

Subtitle: Starting Again in Cornwall

Author: Tessa Hainsworth

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Having given up a high-powered job, Tessa Hainsworth had no idea how hard she would struggle when she fulfils her dream of moving to Cornwall. Within months, she is almost ready to return to London: the family is running out of money fast.

But a chance encounter in the local post office leads her to accept the unlikeliest of job offers as a post woman. She starts in midwinter, faced with the Christmas rush, a temperamental van, a host of unfamiliar routes and the locals and their animals.

But, over time, she learns to love a wonderfully colourful cast of characters until the whole community takes her to their hearts and at Cornwall becomes home.

Members Reviews:

Loved it

I absolutely loved this book. Hadnt realised it was written about Authors actual experience in Cornwall. Hope theres more to come

Enjoyable, easy read

light and entertaining, easy to relate to characters. read during first visit to Cornwall, and felt it helped me th understand a little about the local culture, including some of the challenges from living in that beautiful place. I came away as enchanted with the scenery as the author had been.

Boring

Anna Bentinc can do better but she was annoying. Male voices are awful.

Couldn't continue listening!

a year in cornwall.

Any additional comments?

after a high flying job becomes too much for Tessa the decision is made to move from London to cornwall to start a new life.

Tessa becomes a postwoman and this is the story of her first year doing the job.

I thought this would be interesting, an enjoyable book, which it was over the first 5 hours but the second five hours became tedious as it seemed to go over the same ground again. the ending saved it.

Not quite my cup of tea

Up with the larks, is a sweet story about life in the countryside, and all the village goings on. Lacked a little substance for me, but easy to listen to and the narrator ok.

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Title: Finding Caruso

Author: Kim Barnes

Narrator: Scott Shina

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Kim Barnes is an award-winning memoirist, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a poet whose works have appeared in many literary magazines. In Finding Caruso, she creates an unforgettable novel of two brothers and the complex ties that bind them. Alternately dark and violent, heartbreaking and tender, it is a coming-of-age tale that is both timeless and contemporary.

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Title: Based Upon Availability

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Alix Strauss

Narrator: Therese Plummer

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-10

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the very first page of this stunning novel, readers are drawn into the lives of eight seemingly ordinary women who pass through Manhattan's swanky Four Seasons Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death.

Trish obsesses over her best friend's wedding and dramatic weight loss. Robin wants revenge after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her older sister. Anne is single, lonely, and suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drug-addicted rock star Louise needs to dry out. Southerner turned wannabe Manhattanite Franny is envious of her neighbors' lives. Sheila wants to punish her boyfriend for returning to his wife. Ellen so desperately wants children that she insists she's pregnant to her disbelieving husband. And Morgan, the hotel manager, haunted by the memory of her dead sister, is the thread that weaves these women's lives together.

Critic Reviews:

"[M]esmerizing....Lonely and longing to be otherwise, the characters in this moving novel are achingly sympathetic, their plights eminently relatable." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

I don't get it...

What the heck was that?! This book is an easy listen, as the performance by the reader is great. However, this is one of those books that you listen to....and listen some more....and listen some more....still listening.....and then BAM- it ends! It ends and leaves you with nothing....

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Titolo: I misteri delle soffitte

Autore: Carolina Invernizio

Narratore: Claudia Giannelli

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 06-07-10

Editore: Club degli Audiolettori

Valutazioni: 2 su 5 su 1 voti

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Un misterioso delitto, in un angusta soffitta, nella Torino del 1800.

Recensioni dei membri:

Fantastic book

I liked this book very much. Had a nice plot a bit unrealistic for now a days but seemed to be realistic for the period in which was happening. Great book. I recommend it.

Five Stars

I enjoyed reading this book because it is an Italian edition,my favorite language.but I don,t like fantasy books.

Abbastanza buono

E stato divertente. Sta scritto con interesante incertezza e suspense. Ho passato un buon momento perche accadono tante cose inaspettate!

Four Stars

una storia molto buona

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Title: Virtual Vice

Subtitle: A New Technology Crime Novel Based on True Events

Author: Jason M Kays

Narrator: Jason M Kays

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-10

Publisher: Podiobooks.com

Ratings: 1.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Unfortunately for Ian, Scott has more in common with Scarfaces Tony Montana than Apples Steve Jobs, and things go from questionable to deadly in no time flat. As Scotts confidant and consigliore, Ian soon finds himself caught between the Feds, La Cosa Nostra, and the Cali Cartel in a fatal game of corporate winner-take-all. Kays masterfully weaves the nuts and bolts of legal maneuverings and corporate worst-practices into an engaging and unpredictable thrill-ride of a crime novel.

Filled with wry humor and twists and turns galore, Virtual Vice keeps you guessing and wanting more while entertaining every step of the way.

Members Reviews:

Low budget productions kill a good story!

I really don't know if this turned out to be a good story or not because I stopped listening after the first part. The audio sounds like it was recorded in the guys kitchen and he is not a good reader as in, no character acting and even worse an inability to stay focused on what he is reading. Pauses and improper emphasis kept me guessing what he was talking about. This type of reading kept me distracted from the story line. Too bad, it may have been a good story but it needs a professional audio production with a better reader.

not worth the time

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

maybe someone who knows the author or others named in the story

What was most disappointing about Jason M Kayss story?

The main gist was an on going character assassination and it went on too long

How could the performance have been better?

Someone else should have read. The author has a somewhat droning voice.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Really disappointed I spent a credit on it

Any additional comments?

It was a total waste, however, it did entice me to look up "hooker nun" and Ian McKenzie on the web

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Title: A Certain Age, Vol. 1: Female Monologues

Author: Lynne Truss

Narrator: Siobhan Redmond, Janine Duvitski, Rebecca Front, Lesley Manville, Lindsey Coulson, Dawn French

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-10

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The original six radio monologues written by Lynne Truss, author of the phenomenal best sellers Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Talk to the Hand. In the tradition of Alan Bennetts Talking Heads come Lynne Trusss female monologues: six bittersweet tales of love, romance, friendship, and family from the classic BBC Radio 4 series.

At a certain age, women gain a huge confidence about themselves because they realise that lifes too short to waste. These six women are in their 40s and each has a very different and sometimes surprising story to tell, from the husband who unexpectedly disappears to the dreaded other woman, and the sisters who take an adventurous trip on the Nile together. All are funny, touching, and as beautifully observed as would be expected from the author of the phenomenal best sellers Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Talk to the Hand.

Starring Siobhan Redmond, Janine Duvitski, Rebecca Front, Lesley Manville, Lindsey Coulson and Dawn French, Volume 1 features the stories 'The Mother', 'The Wife', 'The Daughter', 'The Other Woman', 'The Sister', and 'The Cat Lover'.

Members Reviews:

Amusing tales 5*

Funny short stories.

Laugh out loud.

Narrated by well know British actresses giving fabulous delivery every time I listen.

Great.

Highly recommended

Disappointing

I suppose it's because Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" set the bar so high that these monologues were disappointing and the linking music went on too long and destroyed the continuity. All the performers are usually excellent but here seemed to have been encouraged to overplay the type of character they represent. But I shall listen again because, knowing the faults, I shall be able to concentrate better on the actual content!

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Title: Sex and Stravinsky

Author: Barbara Trapido

Narrator: Jan Francis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It is 1995, and brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone, except her own ghoulish mother. This means that things arent easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband and 12-year-old daughter. Josh teaches mime in Bristol and Zoe reads girls ballet books and longs for ballet lessons.

Meanwhile, on the east coast of Africa, Hattie Thomas, Joshs first love, has taken to writing girls ballet books from the turret of her fabulous house. Hattie wakes from a dream of Stravinskys Pulcinella and asks herself about the composer, Do his glasses look sexy? His glasses are just like Joshs glasses from two decades earlier. From far and wide, they are all drawn together...

Members Reviews:

Predictable

Trapido is usually entertaining but this was so ridiculously 'happy ever after' it was laughable. The usual sadness one feels as one closes a book was relief in this case!

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Title: Facing the World

Author: Grace Thompson

Narrator: Janine Cooper Marshall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-27-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sally Travis appeared to have been badly let down by Rhys Martin, who had gone away to college when under suspicion of burglary. She had faced the gossips alone when their baby was born, and ignored the worrying rumours about him.

Rhyss father, Gwilym Martin, had lost a leg in an accident, but whereas Sally held her head high under difficulties, Gwilym, who had been a popular sportsman and athlete, hid away, unable to face being seen in a wheelchair.

But Sally ignored unkind remarks and helped others, especially Jimmy, a young boy put in danger by his parents' neglect during their marital difficulties. Then doubts about Rhys begin to grow.

Members Reviews:

Facing the World

This is a great example of what may be a great story -- but I couldn't get past really bad narration.

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Title: The Virgin Soldiers

Subtitle: Virgin Soldiers, Book 1

Author: Leslie Thomas

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-10

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"It rained a lot and steamed when the sun shone. It was always hot. But it was safe...."

One way or another the Communist guerrilla war in Malaya kept a whole British army occupied from 1948 until 1952. They were the virgin soldiers. Idle, homesick, afraid, bored, oversexed, and unsatisfied.

A young virgin like Brigg had to grab his fun while and where he could - in the Liberty Club, in Juicy Lucy's flat or up in Phillipa's room - in one frantic attempt at living before he died or got demobbed....

Members Reviews:

A Sad Tale of Sexual Frustration, Boredom and Fear

This book is good. Peter Wickham reads it well. Leslie Thomas creates the right balance between the big picture and the stories of the soldiers and people of Singapore/Malaya at this time in history. As with all 'war stories' there is waste, stupidity, heroism and loss. I don't recommend to listen to this book but you'll not be disappointed with it if you do. I enjoyed it although I did feel a sense of loss and sadness at the end. I will listen to the other two books in the series. From what I remember, the movie is pretty close to the book and worth a viewing.

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Title: This Time I'll Stay

Subtitle: The Deer/Dear Hunt, Book 3

Author: Alan Oberdeck

Narrator: Josh Kilbourne

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-10

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Peter Waldmann and Linda Leigh Sanderson have each returned home from their two-week vacation in the great northwest. They plan for Peter to meet Linda again in Edgerton, Wisconsin, over the long Labor Day weekend. Will she be able to introduce Peter into her world? Will she even want him to be a part of her life?

Author Alan M. Oberdeck brings together Linda and Peter in the third volume of The Deer/Dear Hunt Series. Peter is now trying to do things in the right and proper manner to become a part of Linda's life. John Stemple and his wife, Marie, will also have great input into how things begin to take place. The dear hunt is on when the deer hunt begins. But then disaster strikes! Will Linda lose Peter yet again? Listen to the heartwarming conclusion to The Deer/Dear Hunt series and find out.