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Title: The Love Knot

Author: Charlotte Bingham

Narrator: Judy Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

At the beginning of the last century, that three women determine on making their own way at a time when to be independent was to risk social ostracism, or even tragedy, is partly due to the influence each comes to have on the others lives. The love knots that they face in their relationships finally unravel, but not before hearts have been broken, and scandals risked.

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Title: A Risk Worth Taking

Author: Robin Pilcher

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-11

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The New York Times best-selling author of Starting Over and An Ocean Apart returns with his strongest work to date - a heartwarming story of love, compassion, and redemption.

After the dot-com bubble bursts, Dan Porter is laid off from his job and must decide what is truly important. His wife of 20 years, Jackie, a beautiful and successful managing director at a clothing designer shop, no longer connects with him. His teenagers, Josh, Nina, and Millie, are distant and confusing. Jackie is tempted by the attentions of a younger man at her office, and thanks to an opportunity suggested by a magazine article, Dan finds himself contemplating a drastic change in his life.

A Risk Worth Taking is an insightful, thought-provoking novel of a man who has to discover what he really values in his work, marriage, and life. Robin Pilcher writes fluidly and well, and he is unerringly adept at capturing the details of his characters' lives. He has written a poignant and engrossing story about the real choices many adults face when they start taking stock of their lives.

Members Reviews:

CT

Superb writer---my favorite author!!! Another great book by Robin. Good story, theme---everything. One of the best in language use. Just terrific.

Five Stars

very fine

A Risk Worth Taking

I liked this book very much. I have read a few of his books and liked them. I still like his mother's books a lot. Thank you.

Is it a Risk Worth Taking?

A Risk Worth Taking was recommended to me by my mother. The author is the son of the famous author Rosamunde Pilcher.

Synopsis:

Dan has recently been downsized from his job. He has moved his family to the suburbs of London. His wife Jackie picks up the slack by getting a job with Rebecca Towelworth Designs. Is there more going on with her job than meets the eye? They have three children Josh, Nina, and Millie. The girls hate their school and constantly complain to their father. Meanwhile Josh spends most of his nights out at clubs and a low paying job. All of the sudden Dan sees an article about a company looking for assistance in Women's Weekly. What happens when Dan decides to check out the company? And how will this affect the family?

My Thoughts:

I wish I could tell you that the son's writing is as good as the mothers. I was not impressed. I had a hard time getting started with this novel. I did not love the character of Dan.

The story did take a turn for the better but it took half way through for me to be interested. When Dan made the conclusion of what needed to happen with his family I was ready for this moment!

This story takes place in 2001 to 2002 time period. I think the book was a originally published at this time. Jane Green has one that takes place during the same time period which is better.

Dad's lost his job! Will anything stay the same? Or, will everything change?

Dan Porter lives in suburban London with his wife and three children. As a two-income family, Dan and his wife Rebecca were basically living in the dream world they expected to create for themselves. But Dan lost his job months ago and now the initial welcome felt by a wife and children in having a stay-at-home husband and father while he looked for work has worn off. As Dan begins to sort through his own feelings of guilt in not finding employment he also begins to question what type of work he really wants to pursue.

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Title: Couch

Author: Benjamin Parzybok

Narrator: Gregg Margarite

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-11

Publisher: Iambik Audio Inc

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Couch. A novel. An odyssey. An epic furniture removal. A road trip. An exuberant and hilarious debut in which an episode of furniture moving gone awry becomes an impromptu quest of self-discovery, secret histories, and unexpected revelations.

Thom is a computer geek whose hacking of a certain Washington-based software giant has won him a little fame but few job prospects. Erik is a smalltime con man, a fast-talker who is never quite quick enough on his feet. Their roommate, Tree, is a confused clairvoyant whose dreams and prophecies may not be completely off base.After a freak accident floods their apartment, the three are evictedbut they have to take their couch with them. The real problem? The couchhuge and orangewont let them put it down. Soon the roommates are off on a cross-country trek along back roads, byways, and rail lines, heading far out of Portland and deep into one very weird corner of the American dream.

Critic Reviews:

"Beyond the good old-fashioned story, Couch meditates on heroism and history, but above all, its an argument for shifting your life around every now and then, for getting off the couch and making something happen. (The L Magazine)

Delightfully lighthearted writing. . . . Occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, the enthusiastic prose carries readers through sporadic dark moments . . . Parzyboks quirky humor recalls the flaws and successes of early Douglas Adams." (Publishers Weekly)

What I like about the novel is its epic scope and the constant, unapologetic insistence that there is something magical about this inanimate piece of furniture. (Andrew McCarthy)

Members Reviews:

Bizarre. Absolutely Bizarre.

I came across this title when browsing the "New Releases" section. I read the summary and thought it sounded really different and original. I downloaded it and dove right in.

The first thing to strike me was the strange way the narrator was speaking. He has a really strange way of stressing random words, and it makes it very difficult to understand what he's saying. I had to back up several times in the beginning to make out the words. There were several times I honestly thought it was computer generated, and then something would be said that sounded more human, and I'd change my mind back...until the next strange sentence.

The summary on the book is inaccurate. It's not that these three fellows can't put the couch down, it's just that they decide not to. Reading the summary I got the impression perhaps their hands were magically stuck to it, but that's not the case.

If you disregarded the strange reading voice, the beginning of the book was actually quite interesting. About half way through however, things started to unravel. The plot seemed on hold while strange monologues and tangents were given the lead. These detours seemed like maybe they were trying to suggest a deeper meaning or moral to the story, but were still dancing around it, leaving me with nothing.

I was so nonplussed by the (non) direction the book had taken, that I thought maybe I was to blame. I went so far as to put the story on hold, while I Googled interviews with the author, to try to get some sort of insight to what his goal had been, so I could listen with fresh ears and try to appreciate it more.

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Title: Ryan Rides Back

Author: Bill Crider

Narrator: Andy Mack

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-29-11

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Bill Kane was going to hang for murdering Ryan's sister...

After three long years, folks were shocked Ryan would show his face after abandoning his sister to her bloody fate. Others were amazed - and frightened - that he was back at all. No man could have survived that night in Shatter's Grove.

But Ryan was no ordinary man, and Tularosa was in for more shocks and surprises, because Ryan was back for justice - and the real truth behind his sister's betrayal and murder.

Members Reviews:

Western with a Mystery at work in "Ryan Ridesw back" by Bill Crider

It has been three long years since that late fall night that Ryan vanished from Tularosa. Many in the western town thought he was dead. Considering the physical shape he is in now as he rides into town it is amazing he didnât die that night when Kane and his men ambushed him outside of town. Considering the shape he is in mentally something in him did die that night.

One of those ambushers was a Kane brother known to one and all as Bill Kane who is about to hang for the murder of Ryanâs sister, Sally. Whether he did it or not is not the issue for many in the town who feel the tyranny of the Kane family. It didnât take the jury long to convict him of the murder. After all, Bill Kane was found standing over the body by Pat Congrady who runs the hardware store. The same Pat Congrady that everyone around knew loved Sally and knew would never hurt her. The fact that a Kane was involved and thus could be punished for the sins of the family meant more too many than whether or not he actually did it.

Pat Congrady had been planning on marrying Sally Ryan right up until she died. It had been three long years because everything changed when Ryan vanished. Kane got the Ryan land leaving Sally nothing but a small shack to live in. After Ryan vanished and everyone thought he was dead, Sally was never the same and wonât be ever again.

Why Ryan is back isnât clear to anyone---even Ryan himself. The events that happened that night in Shatterâs Grove changed the lives of all who were there and several that we are not. Ryan is back and will be forced to confront his past and the legacy he left behind.

A solidly good western with a couple of surprises along the way, Ryan Rides Back: A Wild West Story is a read far different from the authorâs various mystery series. A western novel of personal redemption and forgiveness, much of the read is spent in the past as Ryan tries to adjust to life in the present. Delving deep into the psyche of the main character means that some of the various distant secondary characters are little more than one dimensional type figures with little depth to them. Interspersed with Ryanâs journey of redemption, are sections devoted to other important characters and their perspective. Their various situations are often complicated and were changed significantly; either directly by the events in Shatterâs Grove and his subsequent disappearance or indirectly by way of ripple effects. Ryan Rides Back: A Wild West Story is a solidly good western tale that works well from start to finish.

Material was recently purchased to read and review using funds in my Amazon Associate account.

Kevin R. Tipple ©2015

Family Bonds

Enjoyed this story and the unusual action it contained. My first reading of Bill Crider's work.

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Title: Helen Hath No Fury

Author: Gillian Roberts

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This best-selling mystery series, from an Anthony Award-winning author, features a unique sleuth. Amanda Pepper is not the usual gumshoe; she teaches English in one of Philadelphias most exclusive schools. In a world of old families and solid wealth, Amandas cases test her wit, wisdom, and social graces. During a lively discussion of The Awakening at Amandas book club meeting, a member, Helen Coulter, vigorously denounces the main characters suicide as cowardly. When Helen tragically falls from the roof of her house the very next day, Amanda finds it very strange that the death is ruled a suicide. Immediately, she smells foul play.As she begins an investigation, Amanda will follow an increasingly dangerous path--one leading toward a cold-blooded killer ready to strike again. Richly layered, Helen Hath No Fury has received glowing, widespread praise from critics and fans alike.

Members Reviews:

Love this series

When are you going to release the next book in this series for kindle, A Claire and Present Danger? I really enjoy this series.

another fun romp

I thought this was one of the better amanda pepper books, full of humorous writing and a well thought out plotline. my only reservation is that it took me only a few hours to read, and i wish roberts would write something longer.

Don't start the series with this book!

The book opens with Amanda Pepper's book discussion group. They are discussing a book called The Awakening, and one of the members, Helen Coulter, is unusually outspoken and passionate in her criticism of the lack of choices faced by the heroine of the book, which led to her suicide. She argued that suicide was cowardly, and too easy, and was a choice forced upon women by men. So if Helen had such fervent feelings about taking the easy way out, would she really leap to her death from the unfinished roof garden of her home--the very next afternoon? Amanda and some of the other book club members find it hard to believe, and in gathering their thoughts and memories to put on tape for Helen's daughter, Amanda gains some insights into other areas of Helens' life previously unknown to her. Without really wanting to be involved in ferreting out the truth of Helen's death, Amanda begins gathering knowledge of Helen's relationships with the others, and some of the events in the days and weeks before Helen plunged from the roof of her home.

I've always enjoyed the Amanda Pepper series, it's one of the best long-running series I've read. And the mystery of her boyfriend's initials is finally solved (I was wrong, darn it!). Add a book discussion group as the main theme, and I thought this was a book I was going to love. But somehow, that didn't happen. It was good, and I enjoyed it, just not as much as I have some of the others in the series. There was a subplot involving one of Amanda's students, coping with an unwanted pregnancy and a horrible home life, who disappears. Amanda is worried about the girl, but this thread doesn't seem to go anywhere, and although there is a solution of sorts to this problem, the whole thing just seemed tacked on. Amanda has always been extremely caring of her students, but this time it seems like once in a while in the story she stops and thinks *oh yeah, and Petra is still missing . . . *. Didn't ring true for me.

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Title: The Long Road Home

Author: Connie Monk

Narrator: Maggie Mash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sophie and Lydia Westlake have always been close, and think of each other as sisters, despite the fact that they are really cousins. Sophie has always been the prettier, more light-hearted younger sister, whilst Lydia has grown up in her shadow, and is more serious and reserved. But until dashing young architect Christian Mellor arrives in town on the day of the annual summer fete, their differences had never mattered. Both girls immediately fall for Christian's charms as he becomes a regular visitor to the family home, having been commissioned to do some building work for their father. Sophie marries Christian, blissfully unaware of her sister's secret passion for her husband. Lydia is devastated and tells no-one how she really feels. But cannot let go of her feelings for Christian, especially when Sophie confides that she is unhappy in the marriage.

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Title: Sisterhood Everlasting

Author: Ann Brashares

Narrator: Angela Goethals

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-11

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sisterhood Everlasting welcomes the return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting. Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didnt take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part cant seem to shed her old restlessness. Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever - but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.

Critic Reviews:

Brashares gets her characters emotions and interactions just right." (Publisher's Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A Touching End to an Incredible Series

I first fell in love with the Sisterhood when I was in 6th grade. Throughout the first four books I stuck with every character, seeing a little bit of myself in all of them. Now that I have finally got around to reading Sisterhood Everlasting, Iâm nearly the same age the Septembers.

With that being said, I believe that some of the previous reviews are written by readers who are not yet at an age where they are able to fully relate to or understand the characters as they are ten years into the future. I had always assumed that my life would be figured out by the time I was in my mid-late twenties. I never pictured myself being the age I am now and still feeling like I may as well have just graduated from high school. What I loved about this book is the reflection of the self-loathing, self-doubting, and self-discovery that we all go through as we make our way through our twenties. The loss of one sister forces the others to figure out who they truly want to be and what they want out of life and I felt so many emotions on that journey with them.

While the story did have its darker moments, there are so many moments of hope and transformation that are honestly beautiful. If youâve never read the previous books in the series, I donât think that this novel alone will be able to touch your soul the way it does if youâve gotten to know the Sisterhood beforehand. This was such a meaningful end to an incredible series; I wish more than anything that I could read it again for the first time.

Spoiler Alert! (Sorry, but there's no way I can review it without talking about it.)

I read the first book in the series when it was published, on the recommendation of my editor. It was sweet, but until recently, I hadn't read any of the other books in the series. After rereading the first one again, I bought the series and read it. The final book is special. Tibby, who has been out of touch with the Septembers, sends them tickets to Greece for a post-birthday reunion. She has much to tell her friends, but when they arrive, she is missing.

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Title: A Kind of Intimacy

Author: Jenn Ashworth

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-11

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Annie is morbidly obese, lonely and hopeful. Moving into her new home alone, she describes her increasingly bizarre attempts to ingratiate herself with her new neighbours, learn from past mistakes and achieve a "certain kind of intimacy" with the boy next door. As Annie struggles to repress a murky history of violence and sexual mishaps, she realizes her past is never too far behind her....

Members Reviews:

Remember "Play Misty For Me"?

Who knew, that within the pages and pages of audible selections there could be this perfect gem of a psychological portrait? Jenn Ashworth has created a riveting character whose mind has gone wrong somehow, but not quite "wrong" enough to require psychiatric intervention, either self-sought or mandated by authorities. The author brilliantly narrates the delicately distorted nuances in her character's perceptions, as the antics of Annie Fairhurst reach their final boundary. Annie's ultimate fate, while expected, is none the less compelling. The complete picture, with all its cringe-worthy moments, evokes shades of the Clint Eastwood movie where a radio DJ is systematically harassed by a fan. Five stars all around!

painful to finish

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I'm sorry but I must write a review for this book. It started good but as it progressed, it was just awful. I do not recommend this book.

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Title: Wings of Sorrow

Author: Jessica Blair

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Scarborough, 1938. When Jane and Nell are brought together by a chance encounter, Jane, unhappy at home, sees an opportunity to escape when Nell invites her to visit her family in Lowestoft. However, they have no idea that their friendship will be tested through the trials of love, hardship and war. Nell's friends, Simon and Ewan, accept Jane as one of their own and welcome her into their world.

But the threat of war soon brings changes for all four of them. Simon and his ship are involved in mine sweeping, Ewan joins the RAF and, feeling frustrated at their helplessness, Nell and Jane join the Land Army so that they can do something positive for the war effort while remaining together. But it is only when both girls fall for the same man that the strength of their friendship is truly challenged.

Members Reviews:

A struggle to finish

Jane Harvey is living with her aunt and uncle when she meet Nell Franklin and her close friends Simon and Ewan. Soon Jane is drawn into there group and Jane and Nell begin jobs as reporter and photographer. But soon war breaks out and Nell and Jane decide to join the Land Army but both women are worried for the their friends and all of their futures.

"Wings of Sorrow" is the first book that I have read by Jessica Blair and I have to say that it may be my last. For some reason I found the book to be struggle to read and finish. To me the book seem to be drag on. Overall, Jessica Blair may be a good writer but I didn't really enjoy "Wings of Sorrow."

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Title: The Jewel of St Petersburg

Author: Kate Furnivall

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-09-11

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The Sunday Times top 10 best-selling author

Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally best-selling author of The Betrayal.

Russia, 1910. Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg's aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. But she scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her life a passion and an intimacy she has never known. Unbending in their opposition, her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count.

Valentina struggles for independence and to protect her young sister from the tumult sweeping the city, as Russia is bound for rebellion. The Tsar, the Duma and the Bolsheviks are at each other's throats and Valentina is forced to make a choice that changes her life for ever...

Critic Reviews:

"Wonderful...hugely ambitious and atmospheric." (Kate Mosse)

Members Reviews:

The Jewel of St Petersburg

Would you try another book from Kate Furnivall and/or Jilly Bond?

No

What didnt you like about Jilly Bonds performance?

Jilly Bond has an annoying "little girl" voice which took all the enjoyment out of the story and her attempts at the male voice were grating to say the least.