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Title: How to Talk to a Widower

Author: Jonathan Tropper

Narrator: Eric Ruben

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-07

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Soon Doug's entire nuclear family is in his face. And when he starts dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time-around dating scene, it isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control, cutting a harrowing and often hilarious swath of sexual missteps and escalating chaos across the suburban landscape.

Critic Reviews:

"Alternately flippant and sad, Tropper's book is a smart comedy of inappropriate behavior at an inopportune time." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

I just loved this book

I just loved this book. Johnathan Tropper has such a unique perspective on life and love. Sometimes romantic and sometimes cynical, but never crossing into the teritory of cheesy or sappy. The result is a love story like you've never heard before.

I loved this book

I loved this book. I listened to over the weekend while driving and was completely captivated. Mr. Tropper is an excellent writer! At first, the book felt like a bunch of essays, but the plot kicked in by the end. I kept with it because the writing was so good! I will look for other books by Mr. Tropper.

Very entertaining.

This is one of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. Great character development, extremely well written and full of laugh out loud moments. This was my first Tropper book but won't be my last.

and was terrific. I thoroughly enjoyed it

This was a book club read, and was terrific. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

If you liked the move "This is where I leave you" with Tina Fey Jason Bateman and Jane Fonda

you will really like this book.

Five Stars

Authentic portrayal of grief with humor thrown in.

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Title: Goodnight, Texas

Author: William J. Cobb

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-07

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

William J. Cobb's Book Sense 2006 Pick showcases a fishing town on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Goodnight is slowly being swallowed by an increasingly lifeless sea. Shrimpers and fishermen, with nothing to catch, watch their vessels rot in the stagnant brine. And then a gigantic sea creature, long believed extinct, washes ashore. But during the struggle to profit from this find, a menacing hurricane looms offshore.

©2006 William Cobb; (P)2007 Recorded Books

Critic Reviews:

"Cobb...expertly exploits the claustrophobic and incestuous atmosphere of smalltown Texas." (Publishers Weekly)

"Superbly written, dark and amusing, Cobb's portrait of this small town on the edge of disaster will stay with one long after." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Well written but disappointed

Mr Cobb who writes in a style unlike Jack London, carried the story line through three quarters of the book. He however failed the ending. What happens to the charecters at the end? Did Gusef's restaurant reopen? Did Una and Faulk go off into the sunset? What happened to Leesha and Gabrial, or did he never come back to Goodnight. It's as though he got tired of writing the book and just ended the story. Though his description of the characters were well written,the ending left you with unanswered questions. 2 1/2 stars!

dying small Texas town

The Texas gulf town of Goodnight by the Sea, Texas is dying as the once profitable shrimping industry has tottered towards extinction due to the unfair global market and the destruction of the natural habitat by warmer temperatures. Former shrimper Gabriel Perez teaches driver's-ed and is now girlfriendless as Una Vu, a waitress, dumped him apparently for a fry cook Falk Powell.

Russian restaurateur Gusef learns that an alleged extinct zebra fish has landed on the nearby beach with a dead horse inside its stomach. He wants to use the fish as bait to bring in some new customers. He sends his fry cook Falk to at least photograph the gigantic corpse while he works on ways to make money off the caucus before the hurricane that is coming blows it back out to sea at a time when Gabriel plans to harm his teenage rival.

Readers will appreciate this look at a dying small Texas town with no future as events well beyond their control have destroyed their livelihood, aspirations, and future. The characters are a solid cast who make for a fine ensemble look at no tomorrow (except for the hustling Gusef) at least here with the hurricane symbolizing the end.

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Title: Nature Girl

Author: Carl Hiaasen

Narrator: William Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-07

Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Honey Santana is determined to set up her own tour business, paddling tourists around the Florida Everglades in ocean kayaks. The result is a kayaking trip from hell, and an unplanned overnight stay on Dismal Key, one of the Everglades' islands.

©2006 Carl Hiaasen; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Crude and Brutal - Couldn't finish it

Bought it because I like William Roberts and outdoors and kayaking are subjects I like reading about. But it was a big mistake.

Characters were dull and brutish, humour was dim and crude, not really anything original or engaging or redeeming about it and absolutely no incentive to keep listening after a quarter of the way through. Just a bunch of dim-witted thugs blundering around in Florida.

If you know and like the author go ahead; if you think - like me - it might be an entertaining story set in the everglades, with a bit of amateur crime solving and hide and seek in kayaks, give it a big wide miss.

hilarious

Although funny from the beginning, and love the narrator, was sometimes thinking where is this going but in the mean time being well entertained. There were so many laugh out loud moments that it at one stage became in decent to listen to the book in public. I enjoyed it and will now get another book of this author. My brother loved it too with the quirky people in it, it is hilarious.

Hilarious

I stumbled across nature girl when looking for other titles narrated by william roberts. I thought i'll give it a go and found i couldn't stop listening. Carl Hiaasen is one of the funniest authors i have read or heard since Tom Sharpe, His characters are simply the best just thinking about them brings tears of laughter to my eyes. I now have every Carl Hiaasen book in my wishlist.

Bit of a disappointment

I enjoy Carl Hiaasen's books. The mix of eccentric characters and the intertwined plots are always a treat. Most of the people in his stories have personality disorders of one sort or another and are all the more lovable and enjoyable for it.

I have a feeling that this this book would have been just as good as many of his others - but I just couldn't engage with it because I didn't take to the narrator. I love Jeff Harding reading Hiaasen's books and I had just listened to Sick Puppy with Nick Sullivan, which was great, but I'm afraid William Roberts, who read this one, just didn't do it for me.

all his books make me wanna move to florida

such a good author, he's book work there magic making you feel loved while keeping you laughing!

plus u learn so much about florida from them!

he is defo one of my faves,

great story great character development and good voice!

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Title: The Color of a Dog Running Away

Author: Richard Gwyn

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-22-07

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

But when he and Nuria are kidnapped by a religious cult with roots stretching back to the 13th century, Lucas realizes that his life is spinning out of control. The cult's megalomaniac leader, Pontneuf, maintains that Nuria and Lucas are essential to his plan to revive the religion. While Nuria is surprisingly open to Pontneuf and his theories, Lucas is outraged and makes his escape. Back in Barcelona, Lucas wanders the streets in a drug-and-alcohol-induced haze, pining for Nuria and struggling to make sense of what has happened to him.

With the alluring and enchanting Barcelona as a vibrant backdrop, The Color of a Dog Running Away is a love story, tale of adventure, and historical thriller: an unforgettable and mesmerizing novel that will beguile and disturb in equal measure.

Critic Reviews:

"An enjoyably cockeyed exploration of identity and rebirth." (Booklist)

"Clever, stylish and supremely entertaining....this novel offers a feast of sophisticated pleasures and a taste of deeper passions too." (The Independent)

Members Reviews:

Colorful Canine

This dream-like, suspenseful novel might make a terrific David Lynch movie. If that's the sort of tale that appeals to you, you'll like this combination of bizarre mystery and romantic quest. The author has wisely grounded the surreal doings in his intimate knowledge of Barcelona, a city that emerges as a character itself. Robertson Dean's narration nicely fits Lucas, the anti-hero at the center of this story, which perhaps owes something to the influence of Haruki Murakami.

A droner

This book just drones on and on. I have never stopped listening to an audiobook, but this one I had to just quit. Perhaps the narrator had something to do with it, his voice just had a depressing monotone, it felt like everything was doom and gloom, even when it wasn't. I just couldn't get into it.

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Title: 44 Scotland Street

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Blythe Duff

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-07

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

One of McCall Smith's particular talents is his ability to portray archetypes without resorting to stereotype or cliche. We immediately recognise the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald, who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world.

44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch.

Critic Reviews:

"Readers needn't possess plaid clothes or a brogue to savor this wise, witty send-up of Edinburgh rogues." (Booklist)

"The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot, and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation and POV to POV...works beautifully." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Charming and wittily observed novel.

Charming and wittily observed novel....revealing of human nature and Edinburgh itself. Must now read all the series. Blythe Duff read superbly - nothing against David Rintoul, but I do wish Duff had read them all.

Charming, entertaining, a great listen

I was given the second book, "Espresso Tales" on CD, and enjoyed the first CD enough to want to listen to the entire series.

Blythe Duff does a wonderful job of bringing these interesting characters to life, and their individual stories and incidents make for a wonderful tapestry of life. They do not seem to be contrived or artificial, which makes the book both plausible and entertaining.

I can see myself listening to the entire series. The setting is very different to Mma Ramotswe in Botswana, but the storytelling and attention to character detail is just as good as the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Beautiful narration

I thoroughly enjoyed this book not least because of the narrator. She captures the Edinburgh accents perfectly (to my Glaswegian ears at least). As Domenica she sounds like a neighbour who is from Edinburgh. The book is about a close in Edinburgh and the people who live there. Some you will love, some you will like well enough and one, maybe two, you will not like at all. Poor Bertie. I don't usually listen to abridged books but didn't feel anything lacking. I had a look to see if Blythe Duff had recorded anything else but, sadly, there's nothing in the Audible library. I hope she does more soon. I recommend this book.

Next challenge

So now I've set myself the 44 Scotland St series to listen to. Really engaging. Such a shame Blythe Duff isn't reading them all as she's a wonderful narrator

Great book loved listening to it.ur

Would you listen to 44 Scotland Street again? Why?

The first you don't take every thing in. So far have heard it twice

What did you like best about this story?

All the difference people in it.

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Title: Espresso Tales

Subtitle: 44 Scotland Street Volume 2

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: David Rintoul

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-07

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

First published in 110 episodes in The Scotsman newspaper, this is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch.

Critic Reviews:

"A treasure of a writer whose books deserve immediate devouring." (Marcel Berlins, Guardian)

"It is hard to think of a contemporary writer more genuinely engaging...[his] novels are also extremely funny: I find it impossible to think about them without smiling." (Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

So enjoyable

I just love this book- I can listen to it time after time and it still gives me enormous pleasure.

Very entertaining

Narration was excellent. Loved it that all the characters literally had their own voice .

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Title: The Worthy

Subtitle: A Ghost's Story

Author: Will Clarke

Narrator: Nick Landrum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-07

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Cult sensation Will Clarke delivers a darkly comic tale described as a cross between Animal House and The Lovely Bones.

Critic Reviews:

"A winning comedy of collegiate (bad) manners....black farce of a high degree." (Publishers Weekly)

"It's a clever commentary on the whole frat scene, as well as an evocative exploration of some of the practical realities of being a ghost. Lots of fun." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

better off dead

I bought this book because, as a fraternity alumnus, I thought the concept was phenomenal: a pledge, murdered in a hazing incident gone awry, wreaks his revenge on the guilty party as a ghost. Unfortunately, the author can't carry the tale. The writing is redundant and the characters predictable and boring. The ending was positively awful. Ostensibly this book was published by a company that gives writers from Texas a forum to publish their work, but I dearly hope this isn't the best Texas has to offer. Do not waste your time!

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Title: Going Home

Author: Harriet Evans

Narrator: Beth Chalmers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-06

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Leaving her tiny flat in London and a whole host of headaches behind her, Lizzy Walter is making the familiar journey back home to spend Christmas with her chaotic but big-hearted family, with Keeper House being her one constant. But family secrets and rivalries lurk behind the mistletoe and mince pies. When David, the man who broke her heart, makes an unexpected appearance, it ranks as a Christmas she would definitely rather forget.

© Harriet Evans; (P)Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Critic Reviews:

"A delicious romp through family life, funny and engaging." (Choice)

"Try not to scare fellow sunbathers by laughing out loud at this charming debut novel." (Bella)

Members Reviews:

A pleasant romantic novel

I bought this title around Christmas and thought it would be more Christmassy - the story does start at Christmas and it has enough schmalz to make up for the lack of Christmassyness after the opening chapters. It is a decent and quite entertaining romantic novel with several well drawn characters. Of its kind, it's a well-executed novel, well read and easy to listen to. The narrator is clear and her voice is well suited to the story. Whilst I don't recommend it highly, those who enjoy romantic novels will probably enjoy this.

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Título: La Tierra No Se Rinde [Earth Never Gives Up

Subtitular: Battlefield Earth, Book 1]

Autor: L. Ron Hubbard

Narrador: Santiago Munevar

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 29 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 07-17-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

The story tells of an earth so fully devastated after 1,000 years of Psychlo rule, barely 35,000 human beings remain. Among those surviving is the courageous Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. If he emerges from what is effectively a tribal community among the Rocky Mountains, he nonetheless proves more than a match for the inestimably cruel and technologically advanced Psychlos.

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Título: Martin Eden

Autor: Jack London

Narrador: Carlos Zambrano

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-18-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 2 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Martin Eden, Jack London's semi-autobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author's most mature work. Personifying London's own dreams of education and literary fame as a young man in San Francisco, Martin Eden's impassioned but ultimately ineffective battle to overcome his bleak circumstances makes him one of the most memorable and poignant characters Jack London ever created.

Opiniones de los miembros:

This book seems to be pirated!

This book seems to be pirated!

The only information about the copy of the book sent to me from Amazon.com is that it was printed in California on November 26 2017.

No publisher, no introduction--nothing. The type size is about a 5 on MS Word. Much too small for comfortable reading!

Seems pirated/illegal to me. No way of telling how accurate this copy is, how true to the original. And, who get the money?!

There is very likely a problem here.

These days there are no trustworthy publishers except for Prometheus Books and one or two others, but this copy of this book is blatant.

Not his best, but close enough

"Martin Eden" is my fifth foray into the works of Jack London. Although I don't find the excitement within that was apparent in "Sea Wolf," the passion is certainly evident. I have read that "Martin Eden" inspired more bad writers to sequester themselves with paper and pencil in unheated attics than any other book, and it is easy to determine why. Eden's obsession with learning and then creating the immortal printed word -- after falling for a woman above his class in society/socialist-conscious San Francisco -- is a powerful force that London expounds convincingly. Then, without warning, the sage advice "be careful what you wish for, it may come true," rears its ugly head. London also includes a line about ghosts that should be a classic, but isn't, and his description of a suicide ranks as the best of its kind. A WORD OF WARNING: Do not read the foreward until after. It tells too much of the story and robs some of the author's intended suprises. This is unforgivable. May the publisher rot in hell.

Self destruction,

"Martin Eden" is the surprising story of the man who faces deep depression right after he achieves long desired success. It might be interpreted as a novel in the spirit of Freud's "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" - that is, the story of a successful man who contemplates self-destruction.

London's own intimate life

A flawed but important and interesting read. An intimate peak into London's own life and rise to fame and success.

Martin Eden rocks!

A classic London gem, autobiographical, embodies the author's philosophies.

I thought it'd be dated, but, no, it is still awesome.