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Titre: Rencontre d'un deuxième type

Auteur: Gaspard Chevallier

Narrateur: Gaspard Chevallier

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 3 hrs and 49 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-19-15

Éditeur: Gaspard Chevallier

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

À Paris, Aurélien, jeune garçon bien sous tous rapports élevé au sein d'une famille aisée, n'a d'autre préoccupation que de courir les filles. À Madrid, Mario, pauvre et monoparental, éprouve bien du mal à éviter les pièges de la vie. Deux existences aux antipodes. Deux êtres nés le même jour, destinés à se rencontrer. Inévitablement. Mais dans quelles conditions ?

Un feel-good roman qui nous fait voyager en Espagne et en Afrique. L'auteur à travers ses personnages et avec beaucoup d'humour, nous fait partager sa philosophie de vie, basée sur le karma et l'amour de son prochain.

©2014 Gaspard Chevallier (P)2015 Gaspard Chevallier

Avis des membres:

Five Stars

Une histoire tres agreable a lire avec des personnages sympathiques. Pour jeunes et adultes.

Five Stars

Une belle histoire, a cheval entre plusieurs pays. Des personages attachants.

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Title: But If

Subtitle: A Rich Man Meets an Invisible Man

Author: Keith Jahans

Narrator: Keith Jahans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-15

Publisher: Peatmore Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This is a cautionary tale about a wealthy man who meets an invisible man who offers him more wealth and power.

Members Reviews:

Richly entertaining

This short story is very entertaining. Disbelieving the whole situation, the rich man gives in and learns the secret of invisibly. Both characters are well described. Enjoyable.

Made me laugh

Would you listen to But If again? Why?

Yes it was one of things that reminds me to keep my arrogance in check, for a short story it packs a punch and makes you think about doing the little things when a situation changes

Who was your favorite character and why?

The inventor, he knew what was likely and you felt there was an element of revenge in it.

Which character as performed by Keith Jahans was your favourite?

As above the inventor, though you can see he enjoyed the role of the business man but the sly humour of the inventor was more fun

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Money can't buy you sense

Utter Disappointment

Wasted time and money on this crappy short "book". I wish I paid more attention to the description

Intriguing and Well-Written

This was an amazingly intriguing story. When I saw that it was only 8 minutes, I thought, "How great can this be in such a short window of time?" But, Keith Jahan tells a captivating story with such rich detail, I hated for it to end! Even though, the ending was so well-timed, it felt as if I'd read an entire novel! Great job, Keith! On both the story and the narration. Very well-done!

Very enjoyable listen!

Where does But If rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

As a short story, it is right up there amongst the top and I can see myself listening to this several more times in the future.

What did you like best about this story?

It was to the point! No fluff, no nonsense - just a good quality story. Funny but also thought provoking, as the best tales are.

I often find author who narrate their own books quite poor but this is definitely the exception to the rule - the narration is too quality and very engaging. Good quality audio throughout, including the music, which helped to set the tone.

I hope to see more stories by Keith Jahans appearing very soon.

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

Mostly, it made me THINK! I think it is a story we can all adapt and relate to various parts of our own lives.

Any additional comments?

Sometimes it is good to take a chance on something completely new, as I did here - my instincts were entirely correct! Fun and thought provoking.

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Title: The Mutation of Fortune

Author: Erica Adams

Narrator: Natalie Rinn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-15

Publisher: Palaver Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

This audiobook by Erica Adams features an original musical score by Marisa Anderson.

The Mutation of Fortune documents the parallel fortunes of one protagonist living multiple lives. As she navigates her Märchen landscape, she goes through varied transformations, becoming at times a wolf, a thief, an amputee, a hunter, a rabbit, and a runaway. She sleeps with swans and suffers a sister that bites the back of her knees. The world of this book is unstable, delicious, and carries with it an inexplicit sense of danger. Marisa Anderson's captivating avant-Americana score sets the perfect tempo and ambience for this eerie journey. Read by Natalie Rinn with perfect Midwestern diction, this novella becomes a total experience not unlike those strange fictitious ramblings of Rudolph Wurlitzer.

Members Reviews:

Hypnotic, weird, radical and amazing

A collection of vivid surreal stories that capture your imagination to believe in the fantastical.

This work is fun, dark, heady, touching, lulling, magical, playful, intense and highly recommended.

Frontier Fables From the Future

Would you consider the audio edition of The Mutation of Fortune to be better than the print version?

I hadn't read the print version but I think the audio edition is a great form for this work. These stories were made to be read aloud. Tales told over fires on the frontier, some to frighten, some to teach a lesson and some to just leave you thinking. And these vignettes are grouped and separated by a beautiful soundtrack by Marisa Anderson, which allows the listener to come out of the trance of story telling temporarily.

What did you like best about this story?

The Mutation of Fortune's best quality was its dark surrealism. With each story the macabre was handled with a delicate mundanity that was both unsettling and fantastic. Like Murakami or The Brothers Grimm, these stories walked the tight rope between fantasy and reality and in that they rose from short stories to modern fables. I also appreciate that each story flows smoothly from one to the next, never needing to reset the stage.

What does Natalie Rinn bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Natalie Rinn's steady oral pacing was both captivating and soothing. Her tone and delivery defined the attitude of our stories' protagonist. They were of one voice and managed to simultaneously sound as if it were told by the young girl or an older version looking into the past like a pensieve.

Any additional comments?

Marisa Anderson's roaming folk guitar was the perfect segue and breather between grouped stories, alotting for time to wander through that interwoven narratives and try to hold onto the moments as they pass.

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Title: A Little Blue Heart

Subtitle: A Family's Life Comes Crashing Down

Author: Will Bevis

Narrator: Lynn Benson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-12-15

Publisher: Will Bevis

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Bad news travels fast, even more so today.

The families heard about the crash almost immediately...even though it happened almost 1,000 miles away.

The surviving families were devastated.

The public and this writer wondered just one question:

"Why?"

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Title: The Mystery of the Blue Book

Author: Catherine D.

Narrator: Stefanie Paige

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-15

Publisher: Catherine D.

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Emily's summer before senior year of high school has been eventful with a variety of new experiences. In the midst of these new experiences, there is the constant mystery of the blue book and her dreams. What do they mean? What will she uncover over time?

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Titre: Le fils maudit

Auteur: Françoise Bourdon

Narrateur: Annick Rivaud

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-06-15

Éditeur: CdLEDITIONS

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

De 1868 à 1920, dans le Luberon. Ne supportant plus les humiliations de son père, un charbonnier venu du Piémont, Lorenzo quitte à regret sa mère et sa sœur pour partir à l'aventure sur les routes de France. Quand il revient au pays plusieurs années après, en compagnon menuisier fier de son savoir-faire, sa mère est décédée, sa sœur a disparu. Plus vindicatif que jamais, son père, le jour de son mariage, le traite publiquement de bâtard et lui donne sa malédiction... Commence une nouvelle errance pour Lorenzo, qui s'estime déshonoré. Épris de justice et de liberté, c'est après bien des combats et des drames qu'il reviendra dans la région de son enfance.

À Roussillon, capitale de l'ocre, son destin croisera celui de Virginie, institutrice émancipée, héritière d'une dynastie de maîtres ocriers. Sans que jamais ne le quitte l'espoir de découvrir, sur cette terre de sang et d'or, le secret de ses origines...

©2014 Calmann-Lévy (P)2015 CdL Éditions

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Titolo: Ciuchinetto: Il Sapiente Ciuchino

Autore: Franco Emanuele Carigliano

Narratore: Stefano

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 2 hrs and 12 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 11-06-15

Editore: Bore srl - Youcanprint.it

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Qui si narrano le vicissitudini di Ciuchinetto: un ciuchino dall'animo gentile, costretto a sopportare le vessazioni di un fattore cattivo. La contrapposizione tra la Bontà e la Cattiveria rappresenta la materia descrittiva entro cui si snoda il romanzo.

©2015 Franco Emanuele Carigliano (P)2015 Franco Emanuele Carigliano

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Title: Foreign Soil

Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke

Narrator: Maxine Beneba Clarke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-16-16

Publisher: Hachette Australia Audio

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated. It will challenge you; it will have you by the heartstrings. This is contemporary fiction at its finest.

In Melbourne's western suburbs, in a dilapidated block of flats overhanging the rattling Footscray train lines, a young black mother is working on a collection of stories. The book is called Foreign Soil.

Inside its covers, a desperate asylum seeker is pacing the hallways of Sydney's notorious Villawood detention centre, a seven-year-old Sudanese boy has found solace in a patchwork bike, an enraged black militant is on the warpath through the rebel squats of 1960s Brixton, a Mississippi housewife decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her son from small-town ignorance, a young woman leaves rural Jamaica in search of her destiny, and a Sydney schoolgirl loses her way.

The young mother keeps writing; the rejection letters keep arriving....

Winner: Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist 2015. Literary Fiction of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2015. Debut Fiction, Indie Book Awards 2015. Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award 2013. Shortlisted: The Stella Prize 2015. UTS Glenda Adams Debut Fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2015. ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2015. Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2015. Longlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award 2015.

Critic Reviews:

"An assured and skilful debut." (Weekend Australian)

"Foreign Soil is a collection of outstanding literary quality and promise. Clarke is a confident and highly skilled writer." (Hannah Kent, best-selling author of Burial Rites)

"Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller, and this collection - written with exquisite sensitivity and yet uncompromising - will stay with you with the force of elemental truth. Clarke is the real deal, and will, if we're lucky, be an essential voice in world literature for years to come." (Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and many more)

"One of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade." (Overland)

Members Reviews:

Great book, highly recommended

Really enjoyed this book, a great find. I look forward to Maxine's future writings!

Five Stars

A voice that must be heard!

Tough but essential reading to understand suffering of refugees

These short stories show such a sensitive insight into the often horrendous trauma that refugees have experienced before arriving in their new country of residence. As well, it demonstrates the difficult adjustment they have to make in the new society with underlying racism, not understanding the culture, etc.

It is essential reading for those who do not support their country in accepting refugees especially those arriving by boat and 'jumping the queue'.

This is a beautifully written collection of short stories that felt familiar even ...

This is a beautifully written collection of short stories that felt familiar even if the characters lived completely different lives from me.

Beneba Clarke is one of those storytellers who reels you in and won't let go.

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Title: The Girls from Corona del Mar

Author: Rufi Thorpe

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Longlisted for the 2014 Dylan Thomas Prize.

Mia and Lorrie Ann are lifelong friends: hard-hearted Mia and untouchably beautiful, kind Lorrie Ann. While Mia struggles with a mother who drinks, a pregnancy at 15, and younger brothers she loves but can't quite be good to, Lorrie Ann is luminous, surrounded by her close-knit family, immune to the mistakes that mar her best friend's life.

Until a sudden loss catapults Lorrie Ann into tragedy: things fall apart and then fall apart further - and there is nothing Mia can do to help. And as good, kind, brave Lorrie Ann stops being so good, Mia begins to question just who this woman is and what that question means about them both.

A staggeringly arresting, honest novel of love, motherhood, loyalty, and the myth of the perfect friendship that moves us to ask ourselves just how well we know those we love, what we owe our children and who we are without our friends.

Members Reviews:

An emotional, harrowing ride between two women

I purchased this book because I had lived in Corona del Mar, a delightful little town in Southern California. Expecting a coming-of-age book about two teenage girls, I was unsurprised by the first few chapters. Ms. Thorpe's description of CDM was so accurate that memories came flooding back. In the nineties, CDM was what I called a toy town. Houses and streets were tiny, and it was not unusual for neighbors' lives to intertwine.

Suddenly, the story changed. Lorrie Ann, was considered by her best friend Mia, to be the special one, the golden girl, while Mia was in her mind, the plodding inferior. Mia idolized Lorrie and felt almost honored to have such a friend.

A series of tragedies befall Lorrie, and as the girls became adults, they grow apart. The story moves far from CDM, as Lorrie, now a drug addict, and her lover (?) travel to India. Mia and her scholarly boyfriend live in Turkey, both with the goal of being experts in the classics.

Eventually Lorrie appears almost unannounced at Mia's flat in Turkey. At this point, the story takes a turn which made it difficult for me to read more than a chapter or two at a time. The emotions between the two women were almost unbearably raw. I wondered if they had ever been friends. Lorrie, the hardcore addict, and Mia, the somewhat pompous academic, each passing judgment on the other, both of whom were partially correct.

Wanting to give nothing away, I thought the book ended as it had to.

The Girls from Corona del Mar is a book that does not disappear from memory after the last page. It contains much to think about, especially about one's friends. How well do we really know them?

Inanna in us all

Don't misunderstand my 3-star rating -- I would (and often do) recommend this book. It's ambitious and largely relatable, powerful and beautiful.

This story of two women's lives and their evolving relationship with each other is a good wake-up call to so many social ills, and a surprisingly frank observation of self and interpersonal relationships.

The first half of the book is especially compelling. The characters experience life in very common ways, and the story is told with heart. Ominous foreshadowing and excellent imagery abound (the vultures of bad luck, the hammer to the toe, the narrator's cold black heart).

The second half is a bit more tedious, albeit still an interesting read, and very much true to the spirit of the first half.

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Title: The Iron Necklace

Author: Giles Waterfield

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-15

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The wedding of Thomas, an idealistic German architect, and Irene, an English artist, brings together the Curtius and Benson families. But their peace is soon shattered by the outbreak of war in Europe.

While Irene struggles to survive in a country where she is the enemy, her sister, Sophia, faces the war as a nurse on the Western Front. For their brother, Mark, diplomatic service sees him moving between London, Washington and Copenahagen, all the while struggling to confront his own identity.

Against a backdrop of war and its aftermath, relationships are tested, sacrifices are made and Irene and her siblings strive to find their place in an evolving world.

Members Reviews:

An interesting story from a historical perspective

The book covers the period between 1910 and 1933 and tells the story of a German and English family united by a marriage between the respective son Thomas a German architect and the daughter Irene an artist from England. The story goes on to describe the outbreak of the First World War and its effect on the relationship between the couple and their parents. The war and its aftermath make them question their duties and leave them wondering where their loyalties should lie. It also tells the story of Sophia, Ireneâs sister who becomes a nurse on the western front and is confronted with the casualties of war while Mark her brother works for the diplomatic services and at the same time struggles with his sexuality

The book describes an interesting period in history. It was fascinating to read about the war from a German perspective as this is not very common. It gives you a good insight into what it would have been like for an English woman to live in Germany during that time.

My only issue with the book was that it was more of a historical document than a novel. The characters were not really described in great details which made it difficult to empathise with them. The book is divided into lots of short chapters alternating between characters which made it more difficult to be captivated and to get involved with the characters.

Overall this is an interesting story from a historical perspective. If you enjoy historical fiction and like to get more of an insight into life during and after the First World War from a German perspective than this book is for you.

Authentic and Elegant

Waterfield writes authentically and elegantly about his characters. His thorough research of the period is evident in every chapter. Never a false note. One is immediately drawn into the lives of the English and German upper middle classes which had so much in common at the beginning of the 20th century only to have their close associations and national loyalties tested by WWI. Many of the principal characters have secrets which are gradually revealed during the course of the narrative. The civility and humanity of the protagonists triumphs over war's travesties and their personal losses. Anyone who has read Christopher Clark's non-fictional account of that war---Sleepwalkers---will especially appreciate The Iron Necklace, as it draws one into the effects of that debacle on the lives of its participants to an even greater degree. Those effects were to last decades and generations. Waterfield's work is one of the most intimate portrayals of the period and will continue to be appreciated by future generations.