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Title: Police TV

Author: Tim Vicary

Narrator: Vincenzo Nicoli

Format: Abridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-10

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

"Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this," says Dan, a police officer. The police use TV cameras, but it is still not easy, because there are so many suspects. Who is the robber?

An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English.

Critic Reviews:

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of storytelling." (David R. Hill, ELT Journal Review)

Members Reviews:

Police tv weak

Police TV

Well, the book "Police TV" is a book, cool, short. which tells the story of a series of robberies that occur in a shopping center, Sue and Dan, are policemen and go in search of the thief, and after an arduous search to locate along Ana's complice. This story does not change over the course of it we don't have many action. Anyway, I did not like the book I think the book is BAD. The only positive point is easy to understand the words.

Rafael.

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Título: El caldero de oro [The Pot of Gold]

Autor: José María Merino

Narrador: Fernando Díaz

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-10-10

Editor: Audiomol

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

Es esta novela el relato de un tiempo mítico que reúne en sí el pasado y el presente, marcado por las invasiones y los olvidos, origen y testigo de las vidas de quienes lo poblaron desde su principio. El caldero de oro será el símbolo de las estirpes que vivieron junto al río milenario, leyenda fundacional, símbolo insoslayable de la infancia de un protagonista que, un día, regresará al pueblo de sus antepasados, abandonado y solitario, para encontrase con un destino encerrado en su propia historia. Narrada desde la memoria y la imaginación sustentadaen un lenguaje que no olvida nunca su condición reveladora, El caldero de oro es una de las obras que evidencian la renovada vitalidad de la literatura española.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: Landed

Author: Tim Pears

Narrator: Oliver Le Sueur, Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-10

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Owen Ithells sense of self is rooted in his long, vivid visits to his grandparents small farm in the Welsh hills. As an adult, he moves away from the country and meets Mel, with whom he has children. He believes he has found happiness. But following a car accident, in which his daughter is killed and he loses a hand, the course of his life is changed forever. In his despair, he resolves to reconnect with both his past and the natural world. Abducting his children, he embarks on a long, fateful journey, walking to the Welsh borders of his childhood. In his confusion, his journey is a grasping at some kind of an understanding of his loss.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

This came as a disapointment to me, as a Tim Pears fan, a key aspect of the book was rather confusingly (to me at least) revealed quite late in the book, but not in any clear context, so had some difficulty getting into the narrative because of this.

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Title: Playing the Game

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Narrator: Catherine Harvey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-10

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of A Woman of Substance comes an explosive novel about one woman's journey to success.

Annette Remmington is a London art consultant and private dealer at the top of her game. When a rare and long-lost Rembrandt finds its way into her hands and sells in a frantic and high profile auction - she is at the pinnacle of her career and becomes the most talked about art dealer in the world.

Marius Remmington is Annette's husband. For 20 years, Marius has groomed her into the international art star that she has become, not to mention saving her from a dark and gritty past. She is his pride and joy, and as her best advisor, it's with great care that he hand picks only the best journalist possible to do a profile on his beloved: Jack Chalmers. Marius believes only he will be able to capture the true brilliance of his lovely wife, but he never intended putting his marriage in jeopardy. And how could he know that Jack would uncover a scandal that could ultimately destroy them all?

Members Reviews:

Not very inspiring

This was okay, managed to read the whole book although it was a little slow in places. Certainly not one of her best books.

Playing the Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Not up to her usual standard. Disappointing with the 'obviousness' of her plot. I'm afraid that I don't like the reader either.

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Title: Bachelor Kisses

Author: Nick Earls

Narrator: Francis Greenslade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Bachelor Kisses is a comic story of modern love and life when you're 20-something, single, and male. It is the mess Jon Marshall makes of his life when it stops making sense a comedy of fallibility and misjudgements.

Jon, Rick, and Jen share takeaway food rituals, sporadic cocktail nights, and the quest for love. Rick seems destined to long, lonely nights beneath his Porky Pig doona. Jen consumes men like chocolate bars. And Jon gets lucky in a way he's never expected more women than he knows how to handle. A medical graduate with grand plans for the hormone of darkness, he finds his life is spiralling way out of control.

Editorial Reviews:

Jon Marshall is a young doctor whose life is spinning out of control. In Nick Earls' 1980s-set comic romp, Jon shares a Brisbane house with Rick and Jen, and their romantic fortunes could not be any more different. Jen can't keep the men away while Rick can't get any women to stay, and Jon suddenly finds himself in an unprecedented streak of good luck - maybe too good. Francis Greenslade gives a dry, witty performance, giving a humorous and slightly ironic edge to this novel's depictions of flailing, 20-something romantic foibles.

Members Reviews:

if you like blow jobs, and male here is a book

I'm not male and have no background in medicine, i found it crude and the medical stuff beyond me

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Title: Lookin' Back Texas

Author: Leanna Ellis

Narrator: Pam Turlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-10

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Betty Lynne Davidson is planning her husband's funeral while overlooking one thing: he's not dead. When Suzanne Mullins, 42, gets the call from her father to come back home to Texas, she knows it will mean having to look at the faulty foundations of her parents' marriage as well as her own. Looking her past in the eye once and for all, Suzanne hopes that trusting in God's love and mercy will set all of this craziness straight.

Members Reviews:

Lookin Back Texas

I expected a change of pace, lighthearted comedy. I got a profound in depth portrayal of forgiveness. What the Lord can do with our broken pieces.

Disappointed

Would you try another book from Leanna Ellis and/or Pam Turlow?

no

Would you ever listen to anything by Leanna Ellis again?

probably not.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It kept me awake while I was on a long drive.

Any additional comments?

I bought this book based on previous reviews. Maybe it's me, but the story was incredibly predictable. I guessed what would happen right from the beginning. The fact that all of these people went along with this heinous lie seemed unrealistic to me and quite disturbing. I just don't get why so many folks liked this book.

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Title: The Kindest Thing

Author: Cath Staincliffe

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Here is a love story, a modern nightmare, and an honest and incisive portrayal of a woman who honours her husband's wish to die and finds herself in the dock for murder.

When Deborah reluctantly helps her beloved husband Neil end his life and conceals the truth, she is charged with murder. As the trial unfolds and her daughter Sophie testifies against her, Deborah, still reeling with grief, fights to defend her actions. Twelve jurors hold her fate in their hands; if found guilty she will serve a life sentence.

Deborah seeks solace in her memories of Neil and the love they shared. An ordinary woman caught up in an extraordinary situation. A book that begs the question: what would you do?

Members Reviews:

Thought Provoking

This thought-provoking book really played with my emotions; I could relate to many of the themes in direct and indirect ways and therefore I was immediately drawn deep into the story and found the book hard to put down.

This would be a great pick for a book club since its full of heavy topics to discuss in great depth:

The fear of some horrible unexpected degenerative medical condition hitting you in the prime of life.

The fear of some horrible unexpected degenerative medical condition hitting your spouse in the prime of life.

The agony of your life being under someone elses control and being judged so heavily and with such dire consequences by someone who doesnt know you.

The entire dying with dignity / assisted suicide issue, which is also currently in our Canadian Headlines at the moment with the passing of Bill 44-28.

I thought it was a great novel that really handled a delicate topic with insight. I wonder if personalizing a case like this would ever change someones mind about whether or not euthanasia is acceptable or reprehensible?

I feel like I was put through an emotional wringer and spit out at the other end - I am spent after reading this book and want to move on to some lighter fare!

Brilliant

I loved this audio book. The story was partly the story of an ordinary life which the diagnosis of the husband's illness had turned upside down and partly a courtroom drama; both were cleverly handled. The characters and the relationships were very realistic and fully developed. The narration suited the book perfectly; it has a matter of fact tone which fitted well with the main character. I couldn't put it down and it really is a thought-provoking story.

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Title: A Year of Cats and Dogs

Author: Margaret Hawkins

Narrator: Heather Henderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-10

Publisher: Cornerstone, an imprint of Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

What happens when nothing happens? Maryanne wonders in A Year of Cats and Dogs, a darkly funny yet hopeful novel about a woman in mid-life who feels surrounded by death. She answers her own question by deciding to find out.

I wanted to embrace entropy, to stop working so hard at keeping things up, to go AWOL from the productive world Id so long been a part of, she tells us at the beginning of the novel. The clearer it became that Phillip wasnt coming back, the more I wanted to hurry up and let things go just to see what would happen.

As it turns out, a lot happens. Even as Maryannes world slows down and comes apart, curious revelations begin to emerge about the daily life shes formerly taken for granted. She discovers she can hear the thoughts of animals, starting with her own opinionated dog and cat. Then the veterinarian at the animal shelter where she volunteers offers her a job as a dog whisperer and asks her on a date to his mothers funeral. When her father falls ill, she is reunited with her estranged sister, and when he dies they learn about his secret life.

The book contains recipes for the consoling, if plain, foods Maryanne cooks for her family and friends, along with the inner dialog that accompanies them, and each chapter is linked to a corresponding chapter in the I Ching, reflecting that books age-old wisdom, which says that sometimes no action is the best action of all.

Critic Reviews:

Hawkins spins an offbeat and delightful tale of a mid-life anti-crisisthe unhurried and lighthearted narrativeis a pleasant departure from the standard mid-life crisis story. (Publishers Weekly)

I relished this quirky, sparkling novel. (Chicago Tribune)

Hawkins seamlessly weaves together many eclectic elements: soup recipes, I Ching meditations, bits of maudlin poetry, a pets simple request for toast, the heartache of death. You dont have to be an animal lover to enjoy this funny and moving debut novel. (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Delightful, Entertaining, Endearing

I bought this because I am a fan of Heather Henderson's narration. I first encountered her listening to "Brain on Fire," a great book which is being made into a film starting Dakota Fanning, and I also really enjoyed Heather reading "The Curve of Time" (another fantastic memoir). So, when I saw this on sale, I grabbed it. I am so glad I did!

This is a whimsical and quitely wise slice-of-life type romance. Maryanne, childless and entering her 50s, is not your typical heroine. She is not pinning after children she will not have, and when her long-term relationship ends, it's not a drama filled event, and it "feels" very real, like the kind of thing that can happen, does happen, to some couples. On top of that, her father's health is failing.

Maryanne isn't unaffected by these losses, and her reaction seemed to me to be psychologically true. I could relate to her desire to slow down and shut out everything - her quiet grieving process and the way events naturally lead to change. And I appreciated how the author tied in the wisdom of the IChing, using it as a framing device for Maryanne's moments of wisdom infused with life humor.

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Title: Cairo Jim: On the Trail to Cha Cha Muchos

Author: Geoffrey McSkimming

Narrator: Geoffrey McSkimming

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Legend has it that somewhere in Peru, atop a towering, jungle-covered mountain, stand the ruins of ChaCha Muchos, the Lost City of Dancers. What happened there nearly 500 years ago remains a mystery. Who were these people? And why, in the end, did the entire tribe dance itself to extinction? When that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, sets out to solve the mystery, he doesn't know that he is not the only one on the trail to ChaCha Muchos...

©1992 Geoffrey McSkimming; (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

Editorial Reviews:

Cairo Jim is back again but it's not the same song and dance. No, this time, he's in search of a lost civilization that danced itself right into extinction! And it looks like there might be some unexpected company coming his way. As always, Geoffrey McSkimming performs his own work, giving it that extra oomph that only the author can. American kids, don't worry about McSkimming's Australian accent; he's very easy to understand. Best of all, McSkimming creates lots of fun voices for his delightful characters.

Critic Reviews:

"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." (The Age)

Members Reviews:

Rollicking & Hilarious Adventures

I laughed my head off 12 times, and that was before I got half way through! There are countless smiles, chuckles, snorts and chortles on every page of the rollicking adventures of this antepodean Indiana Jones. For kids and camels of all ages.

Funny and exciting

Wonderful fun and a great first adventure for Cairo Jim and friends. I laughed and was moved. Looking forward to more Cairo Jim stories.

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Title: Sea Escape

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Lynne Griffin

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-10

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Laura Martinez is wedged in the middle place, grappling with her busy life as a nurse, wife, and devoted mom to her two young children when her estranged mother, Helen, suffers a devastating stroke. In a desperate attempt to lure her mother into choosing life, Laura goes to Sea Escape, the pristine beach home that Helen took refuge in after the death of her beloved husband, Joseph. There, Laura hunts for the legendary love letters her father wrote to her mother when he served as a reporter for the Associated Press during wartime Vietnam.

Believing the beauty and sway of her father's words will have the power to heal, Laura reads the letters bedside to her mother, a woman who once spoke the language of fabric - of Peony Sky in Jade and Paradise Garden Sage - but who can't or won't speak to her now. As Laura delves deeper into her tangled family history, she becomes increasingly determined to save her mother. As each letter reveals a patchwork detail of her parents' marriage, she discovers a common thread: a secret that mother and daughter unknowingly share.

Weaving back and forth from Laura's story to her mother's, beginning in the idyllic 1950s with Helen's love affair with Joseph through the tumultuous Vietnam War period on to the present, Sea Escape takes a gratifying look at what women face in their everyday lives - the balancing act of raising capable and happy children and being accomplished and steadfast wives while still being gracious and good daughters. It is a story that opens the door to family secrets so gripping, you won't be able to put this book down until each is revealed.

Members Reviews:

sea escape

The story flowed nicely, learning twists in a parents' relationship through new found love letters left me wanting to read more. Also, a personal note, the background story of the mother who loved to sew beautiful curtains personalizing her rooms has made me pick up my old hobby again. A side benefit.

Four Stars

An interesting exploration of mother/daughter dynamics.

Must Read

Well written, Sea Escape is a wonderful Mother-Daughter story that will make you laugh and cry. While reading, there were many times I felt as if Lynne Griffin had read my families letters and knew my families secrets as well as her own. Recommend this book as a must read.

Mothers, Daughters and Family Secrets

Sea Escape, by Lynne Griffin is a book that I really enjoyed. This story was emotionally charged for me; it's the story of family - of the things that are important and of the things that we hold secret without thought to the consequences. For me, it was also the story of a woman still striving for her mother's love even as an adult with children of her own. I felt a deep connection to this story which is probably why I liked it so much. It's also very much a love story - of a couple and of a woman's desire to have everything perfect from her love for her man to the home and family she's dreamed of all her life. Yet, it takes only one thing to go wrong to upset this delicate balance and throw it all into a turmoil.

Laura is married with two kids at home and a great career that she loves as a nurse taking care of newborn babies. As well there is her mother Helen, someone Laura has strived almost her whole life to understand.