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Title: Sheer Abandon

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Penny Vincenzi

Narrator: Susan Duerden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-07

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 99 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Martha, Clio, and Jocasta meet by chance at Heathrow airport in 1985 as they are starting off on separate backpacking adventures, and they decide to spend the first few days of their trips together in Thailand. When they go their separate ways, they vow to get together in London the following year. One of them, however, harbors a terrible secret: on her return from her pre-college excursion, she abandoned her just-born daughter at Heathrow.

Clio has fulfilled her ambition of becoming a doctor, only to find herself trapped in a marriage to an arrogant surgeon. Martha is a highly paid corporate lawyer, just embarking on a political career. Jocasta is a tabloid newspaper reporter with an infallible instinct for the big story. The infant abandoned at Heathrow has grown up under the loving care of her adoptive family. Now a beautiful teenager named Kate, she sets out to find her birth mother: a quest that unexpectedly brings the women together and exposes the secret buried so many years before.

Critic Reviews:

"Vincenzi pulls out all the stops in this orchestral saga." (Publishers Weekly)

"An absorbing tale rich in seductive intrigue and emotional impact." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Fabulous!!

I have been 100% absorbed in this book, it deals with real life issues and a wide range of people and their day to day drama's. I completely lost track of my own life, and as this book ended, I lost a friend.

More please!!!!!

Frustrating!

Arrgghh! This book went on and on! I enjoyed some parts of it, but talk about beating a dead horse. We end up knowing more about Martha than we ever care to, and then - poof - well, I won't give it away. It started off well, then went on and on and on, then it ended. Just ended.

Sophmoric romance/mystery

Long, tedious, very predictable, but even so I listened to it all.

Entertaining but not worthy of keeping!

While the story was worth listening to, it just wasn't that meaningful. I figured out who the mother was in the first of the four downloadable sections using common sense. The characters seemed dumber than their occupations and education would indicate. Some information was repeated and the story could have been a couple hours shorter. I also am not a fan of the narrator. Her voice was too sugary sweet making the characters seem even more helpless at times and making the sex scenes sound like an advertisement for phone sex. Overall, the story kept you interested, but in the end I didn't feel all that satisfied with the book.

Basically a Romance Novel

The story was surprisingly easy to listen to except for the sex scenes which were embarrassingly ridiculous. I actually listened to the whole thing but found it pretty vapid. Generally not what I was hoping for.

The narration was excellent. I will be searching for other books narrated by her.

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Title: Him Her Him Again the End of Him

Author: Patricia Marx

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 50 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A neurotic young graduate student looking for distraction from her doomed thesis is inexplicably swept off her feet by a narcissistic philosophy professor. The obsession continues even after he has dumped her for someone even needier and she has given up on school and become a television writer. Meeting again in New York, they begin an adulterous affair that, of course, can only end in some kind of crisis.

Smart, lively, and original, Him Her Him Again the End of Him is an endlessly entertaining re-imagining of the comedy of manners.

Critic Reviews:

"Alert, alive, and funny. I laughed at its audacity and cried that I didn't write it." (Steve Martin)

Members Reviews:

No Humor Still No Humor End of Humor

This is a depressing book. I bought it because of Steve Martin's recommendation. I wonder if he read it. or he owed someone a favor. I guess I just do not see the humor in a woman who is devoted to a man who takes her for granted and she requires a full decade to come to her senses. Ha ha! I would have rather seen the end of her, and a lot sooner. I listened to the WHOLE book waiting for redemption, but it never arrived. If this is "dry" humor, it's way too dry for me.

Do Not Operate ANY Machinary While Listening

At first, I thought this book was simply a poor match between story line and narrator. Then I realized this book was simply poorly written. There is no substance to the character; no growth. The way in which the author filled the passages with a long - winded roll call of "friends" and their opinions was painful to both my ears and psyche. Don't bother! Her monotoned delivery will have you falling asleep at the wheel of whatever you are operating.

yawn

I couldn't even finish this; it was that bad. Narrator doesn't help, but didn't find any humor nor any characters worth investing in.

Him, Her, Him Again, The End of Him

Someone suggested this book as an amusing summer read for our book group. Not amusing at all. Simply annoying. Pages and pages are devoted to lists. Once it might be slightly amusing, but the technique is used twice, thrice, 4x, 5x, and more. So it becomes simply boring. And annoying. How a character who, at the beginning of the book, is working toward a PhD at Cambridge, yet styles herself as having fewer brains than a stereotypical bubblebrain, is supposed to be believeable is beyond me. And her obsession with a syncophantic bore is also unbelieveable. Not funny, just annoying.

The book sounds as if written by a group of friends who thought themselves very funny but forgot to check outside their own group. My sister was the smartest of us all, throwing the book across the room at page 12. The rest of us are simply angry that we'd spend money on it.

Don't bother

The best part about this book is that it gave me hope that I could be published.

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Title: Watch Me Disappear

Author: Jill Dawson

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-06

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A marine biologist specialising in seahorses, Tina is returning for her brother's wedding to the Fenland village where she grew up. A moment of panic about her 10-year-old daughter triggers a vision of her best friend, Mandy Baker, who went missing without a trace at the same age three decades ago. And the more Tina replays events and relives her tempestuous upbringing, the more she believes she knows what happened to Mandy - and who was responsible.

Jill Dawson's affecting novel is an incisive and disturbing exploration of desire and childhood.

Critic Reviews:

"Inspired by the Soham murders, this is one of the most perceptive novels you'll read on adolescent girls and the effect their budding sexuality has on themselves and men around them." (Marie Claire)

"Slow-burning, spine-crawling....It is a compelling, haunting, and intelligent read." (Daily Telegraph)

"An outstanding novel....Intense, intelligent, and compelling." (Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

Creepy, but not in a good way

One reviewer called this spine-crawling, but it gave me the creeps. I wanted a mystery, but the book had 1 physical "clue", hours of rambling memories/imaginings, and too much icky sex. The extent of the narrator's reliability is never fully determined and for me that really detracted from the whole story. I found it a very unenjoyable listen overall.

Too Slow, Too Cluttered

If you like stream-of-consciousness writing, lots of flashbacks, and regional accents, then this book is for you.

I found the pace annoyingly slow and the minute-by-minute reporting of details just too cluttered for my tastes. I preferred the present day Tina to the flashback Tina and found myself saying "oh no not this again" and fast-forwarding every time the author returned to Tina's childhood. Although from a subjective point of view I didn't really "like" this book, I thought it was well-written and intelligently read.

Creepy, Sad, but interesting

The reader was wonderful. The character descriptions were "spot on". A mystery was laid out before you in such a way to keep you enthralled although you knew in your mind "who done it." I don't know what I expected, but was on a six hour car drive so I listened until the bitter end. It held my attention, but creeped me out as no other book on this subject has. I locked and relocked my car doors and promised that I would revisit with vigor the parent's worst nightmare for their children -- that it doesn't always have to be a stranger who puts you in danger. I rehearsed how to tell my children to trust their intuitions and to high tail it out of wherever they may be if they get a funny feeling about an adult even if he is a father of a best friend, a long time neighbor or a beloved member of their community. Better safe than sorry....

Could not finish

I found this to be very dull, too many blasts from the past. I didn't bother finishing listening to it.

slow to start, but compelling by midway

I found this book a slow starter, but by the end of the first part I was hooked. The time slips between past and present, ably assisted by the accent of the reader, as Tina gradually considers her past and the fate of Mandy.

Disturbing in some ways, this is a fascinating account of a family meeting as adults, and the memories that can be stirred up of childhood.

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Title: The Curiosity Cabinet

Author: Catherine Czerkawska

Narrator: Carolyn Bonnyman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-06

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Returning to the Hebridean island of Garve after 35 years, Alys falls in love with Donal, her childhood playmate. Interwoven with their story is that of Henrietta, held on an island against her will 300 years earlier. Linking the women are an enchanting embroidered curiosity cabinet, the tug of motherhood, and the island itself.

©2005 Catherine Czerkawska; (P)2005 Oakhill Publishing Ltd

Critic Reviews:

"A powerful story about love and obligation, set in the Western isles...bringing together historical facts and contemporary life...a persuasive novel very well written." (John Burnside)

Members Reviews:

Excellent Reading Performance

In this case Im very glad I bought the Audible book along with the Kindle edition, because the reading by Carolyn Bonnyman is excellent. The novel is set in the Hebrides (on a small fictional island named Garve) and it enhanced the total experience to listen to it read in a Scottish accent by someone who could even manage the occasional quotes in Gaelic. I think its a book Im likely to listen to again just for the joy of a good reading performance.

The book interweaves two stories:

Alys, from modern-day Edinburgh, revisits the small (fictional) Hebridean island of Garve after twenty five years. She is divorced and misses her son who is on holiday elsewhere with his father and his new wife. On Garve, Alys gets reaquainted with Donal, an old playmate from holidays back in their childhood. In the hotel where Alys is staying, she also gets fascinated by an old embroidered cabinet on display. This turns out to have connection to Donals family.

The cabinet also turns up in the parallell story of a woman who was brought to the island three hundred years earlier; and Donals forefather Manus.

Compared to some other back-and-forth-in-time novels Ive been reading lately, this one has less focus on mystery, and more on romance. The two stories, present and past, run parallell rather than being all tangled up. (And yet) Even if perhaps the books strongest point is not the plot, I still found it a good read.

An intriguing and gripping novel

From the first I was totally hooked by this beautifully read romantic novel. The story of Alys visiting the island of Garve in the present day is skillfully interwoven with that of Henrietta taken there against her will 300 years ago. Despite the time difference the two women share similar concerns. Especially poignant is their yearning for their sons. The magic of the Western Isles of Scotland creates a dramatic background to a tale of romance, heartache, intigue and drama. The characters are well defined and engaging. The language is poetic, enhanced by the gaelic lilt of the reader. A gripping story with wonderful images of one of the loveliest parts of the country. I look forward to enjoying more from this exciting writer.

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Title: Sisterchicks Down Under

Author: Robin Jones Gunn

Narrator: Cecelia Riddett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-06

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 42 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sisterchicks Down Under transports listeners to New Zealand, where an American finds her world turned upside-down. Kathleen and her husband, Tony, have lived in suburban California for years. When Tony is offered a three-month filming job in Wellington, New Zealand, the couple looks forward to the move. But Kathleen is depressed by their tiny rental apartment in Wellington. Being alone each day while Tony works disheartens her even more. What she needs is a sisterchick.

Just when she thinks God has forgotten her, Kathleen meets Jill at a local coffee shop. Soon the two are sharing laughter, tears, prayers, and adventure.

Members Reviews:

definite fun

funny, entertaining, I can see myself doing some of the same crazy antics with my friends

Sisterchicks, always a favorite listen!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This story is about a woman who finds friendship of another woman at a coffeeshop. This story is about woman who is a recent "empty nester".

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Aussie woman and her classic truck was too funny!

Have you listened to any of Cecelia Riddetts other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, I have not.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the tears began to flow at the coffee shop.

Any additional comments?

As always, I appreciate the uplifting Christian values. Why read anything that dosen't?

Even more fun with Sisterchicks

It amazes me how Robin Jones Gunn continues to come up with interesting, meaningful stories that draw in the reader/listener. I can hardly wait to go to New Zealand now!

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Title: The Devil Wears Prada

Author: Lauren Weisberger

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-16-06

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 192 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A sharp, witty, and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollhouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly. But she's going to be Miranda's assistant, a job millions of girls would die for. A year later, she knows altogether too much: That it's a sacking offence to wear anything lower than a three-inch heel to work. But that there's always a fresh pair of Manolos for you in the accessories cupboard. That Miranda believes Hermes scarves are disposable, and you must keep a life-time supply on hand at all times. That eight stone is fat. That you can charge cars, manicures, anything at all to the Runway account, but you must never, ever, leave your desk, or let Miranda's coffee get cold. And that at 3 a.m. on a Sunday, when your boyfriend's dumping you because you're always at work, and your best friend's just been arrested, if Miranda phones, you jump. Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster who makes Cruella de Ville look like a fluffy bunny. But also that this is her big break, and it's going to be worth it in the end. Isn't it?

©2003 Lauren Weisberger (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:

"Enjoyable Easy Listening"

Having seen the movie, but not actually have read the book, I thought this would be a nice easy listen. I was right. Never boring and keeps you interested. You feel for the main character but you really can't believe that people like this exist.

Highly recommend if you have an interest in human nature and emotions, would like an insight in to the fashion world and what people endure just to be a part of it.

More Less

watch the movie, skip the book

Admittedly I only saw the movie once years ago, but as I recall it was quite funny. The book, though, gets old quickly as all we see (hear) is a whiny Ivy League graduate who seems to think that the world owes her success as a writer. (We only see any evidence of any talent in that area in the last chapter or two). The Miranda Priestly characters (the evil boss) in the book is simply a cardboard cutout with all the depth that suggests. The character that Meryl Streep played in the book was not so narrowly (shallowly) drawn and, as such, obviously had made a Faustian bargain to gain success. There is little sense of that in the book.

So, unless you're in to whiny, entitled college grads, skip the book and watch the movie. You'll thank me.

I think that most of the positive reviews were, in fact, thinking of the movie.

Fun

If you've seen the movie, then the characters in this book will have faces for you. I enjoyed the movie, but the book is so much better. It has laugh-out-loud quality.

So captivating!

This is the best book I've found on here yet! I've only had it a week (probably less I think) and I've already listened to all nearly 14 hours of it. It is interesting, and well read, and a good laugh :)

GREAAAAAT!

Best novel ever~!

quiet expensive,but worth it.

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Título: Escritos y Proclamas [Writings and Speeches]

Autor: Simon Bolivar

Narrador: Pedro Montoya

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-20-05

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 9 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Contemporary

Resumen del editor:

The mind and political thought of the liberator of five Latin American countries, Simon Bolivar shows in his writings and speeches that behind the warrior was a profound philosopher who is still a guiding light. Pedro Montoya, the reader has performed Bolivar in movies and on TV and the stage.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Simply amazing

This is a must in Bolivars`s writing and ideas unfortunately very poorly read.

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Title: Black Mountain Breakdown

Author: Lee Smith

Narrator: Linda Stephens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-04

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Her mother's pride and joy, young Crystal Spangler has a keen intellect, the body of a beauty queen, and the heart of a poet. When she leaves Appalachia to attend college and follow her dreams, she faces a dazzling future. But something lurking in the shadow of Black Mountain is calling her back, something that will change her life forever.

With passion, warmth, and insight, narrator Linda Stephens gradually reveals the rich irony inherent in this compelling novel. Her expressive, lyrical voice ensures the listener a delightfully vivid listening experience.

Members Reviews:

Not Lee Smith's best book - but good narration

This story is not very dramatic, and the characters not all that appealing, but it was of some interest to hear about growing up in that part of the country during that era. Parts of the book sounded more like an outline the author was going to fill in, but didn't get around to. The narrator did a good job, anyway. I wasn't exactly disappointed because I like just about any book set in the South, but I could not recommend it to anyone with higher standards!

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Title: Doing It

Author: Melvin Burgess

Narrator: Jason Flemyng

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-04

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Award-winning author Melvin Burgess has written a daringly honest and often hilarious account of contemporary teenage life, and the ups and downs that surround doing it.

Members Reviews:

Raunchy yet Incredibly Fun

Let me preface this by saying - this book was incredibly awkward to read in public (as in, while in the break room at work) due to not only the title, but also the content. Regardless of said awkwardness, Doing It is a really fun read and almost too realistic at times.

Meet Dino, Jonathon and Ben - three juniors in high school. Like most 17 year old boys, they only have one thing on their mind - sex. Dino, a stock male who knows he looks good, likes Jackie - the hottest girl in school. Jackie, however, is so over high school boys and their immature ways - that is, until curiosity gets the best of her. Jonathon is good friends with Deborah, a sweet girl in his class, and that's it, he'll diligently remind you. Because Deborah, you see, is a bit overweight, so clearly he'll never be caught with her. That is, of course, until things get a bit crazy at a house party. And Ben - Ben has a secret of his own, one that can't get out, because if it does it'll ruin not just his life, but the life of the other person involved as well. The other female involved. The other older female who may be crazy involved. And thus starts Doing It, a book that follows the three boys through highs and lows, parties and breakups, mistakes and take backs. And, ultimately, through them not quite becoming mature enough to be men, but getting exactly what they're after.

Doing It isn't for the faint of heart - as the title suggests, it's rather racy and very graphic. But, that just adds to its charm, in a way. Melvin Burgess has a way of writing these private moments in incredibly raw and blunt ways. Just like guys are. As an author, he doesn't hold back. He wants it to be like you're in a locker room overhearing these three guys talk about girls. It's truthful. And because of that, clearly, as a female, I hated all three of them.

Okay, not really hated - they all had their charm, which, again, was what I really liked about the book. For instance, Dino is awful. He's the alpha; he's chauvinistic around women and macho around his friends. He's the most graphic of the bunch, constantly making sexual innuendoes and judging every girl by her looks (which, most 17 year old guys do). However, he's also sensitive. As he learns that his parents are having marital problems, you see a different side of him - the real side he hides from his friends. And although I thought the marital problems subplot was pointless at first, I realized how important it really was. It was necessarily in order to develop Dino's character, bring life to it. Jonathon keeps battling with himself regarding Deborah. Should he like her because she's great, or should he not because his friends think she's fat. And Ben, well, Ben learns that thinking with your brain is a bit smarter than thinking with...other body parts. In the end, he was my favorite character. He was smart, helpful.

What I liked most was that the end didn't bring magic and happiness. Sure, some characters changed for the better - learning from their situations, but some ended up right where they started.

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Title: The Rabbit Factory

Author: Larry Brown

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-04

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Breaking new ground while carrying on the rich tradition of Southern literature, The Rabbit Factory is an ambitious and surprising narrative that never fails to entertain as it contemplates the human quest for meaning and fulfillment. Truly, this is Larry Brown at his most extraordinary best. Veteran narrator Tom Stechschulte flawlessly handles the characters' accents while creating distinct personalities for each.

Critic Reviews:

"Grimly realistic, tragic-absurd and raunchy, Brown's latest novel returns to his deep South fictional territory and to the characters that he portrays so well." (Publishers Weekly)

"Will not only please his fans but also win him new ones....One hysterical scene is followed by another, all of them underlain with the philosophy that you gotta do what you gotta do to be able to do what you wanna do." (Booklist)

"The truth of the matter is that Brown is one of the best writers we have, able in a sentence or two to cut to the heart of things." (Washington Post)

Members Reviews:

Gritty tale and excellent writing

I, personally, liked the narration but a southern accent has never bothered me. The story IS about the regular people, the ordinary people, mostly uneducated, mostly poor--those people whom we could be except perhaps for an accident of birth.

You don't see many--any?--acts of extraordinary valor or integrity here, just the dark side mostly. This is not a book about heroes, it's a book about real life where there are very few heroes. I **love** the writing, that's why I reread it every few years. One would have to appreciate fine writing to enjoy this book. (Don't read it if you are depressed!)

Larry Brown didn't proof it

A great collection of interrelated stories that leaves you hanging a bit at the end. My only criticism is the narrator's Forrest Gump like Southern accents and his mangling of words such as Yocona, Tunica, and Natchez. Larry Brown wouldn't have let that through.

not worth the time or energy to listen to,

this book is based on lowlifes of the south, tries to come up with a semblance of redemption, although the characters were well developed the characters and the plots just falls apart at the end,

The author could not pull it together kinda "Stephen Kingish", the author is very wordy through out the book and I kept wondering what is gonna happen next based on this. The narrator was "forest Gump"ish, which would imply there is an attempt at humour, it did not work, it was also like the narrator knew he could not take this audition seriously. the whole novel seems fixated on drinking and weed, It been my experience that people who drink a lot and smoke a lot of weed., talk alot about drinking and smoking weed, I mean c'mon every body was drinking acohol and doing "weed", I really could not beleive I wasted all this time on this book. and what is up with the dogs, and Merlot? (even a character named after a wine, c'mon) this writer had too much going on what happen to the other chacracters, other than the three at the end. was a tape forgotten or something? or maybe the author was having a drink and smoking a joint? thats exactly what it sounded like.

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No ending

I actually liked the stories about the different people and it was clever how he went back and forth between the stories.