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Title: High Tide

Author: Jude Deveraux

Narrator: Jenna Stern

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-10

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A rising star at a Manhattan corporation, Fiona is a New Yorker through and through, with a New Yorker's disdain for anywhere but the city's bustling streets. When her boss inexplicably sends her to handle a new account in the Florida Everglades, it may as well be another planet to city-slicker Fiona. But this is no ordinary business meeting: Fiona is to join her client on a rustic fishing expedition, accompanied by a guide with the larger-than-life name of Ace Montgomery.

More than a little steamed at this detour from the executive fast-track, Fiona never imagined that the rough-hewn, undeniably handsome Ace Montgomery from the Southern backwoods would become her closest ally. But hair-raising circumstances pull her deep into trouble from the moment she steps off the plane. Only in the heart of the swamplands could she get lost in a maze of intrigue and become the prime suspect for a shocking murder -- with Ace as her presumed accomplice. Suddenly, they discover that they have inherited the murder victim's vast fortune -- and they are now Florida's most wanted couple!

As they wade into the murky waters of past secrets, an irresistible chemistry flares -- and Fiona surrenders to the legendary Montgomery charm. Now, with their lives and hearts on the line, they turn up the heat in their desperate search for a killer.

Take off on a wild ride with High Tide, and discover once more why Jude Deveraux -- and her marvelous Montgomerys -- have won the hearts of millions.

Members Reviews:

Monytgomery or Tagget guarantees good

This was an action filled tale with striking, memorable protagonists. The witty dialogue and complications of extra fiancée and smarmy lawyer boyfriend add to the funb.

Five Stars

I love Jude's books, she is my favorite author.

great story!

This one can make you laugh and cry. I love Jude Deveraux stories and this one is no different. I want the next one she writes!

Great love, mystery and adventure story

Love Jude Deveraux! This book did not disappoint! I couldn't put it down and when I had to, I couldn't wait to get back to it!

Great

Great Book to read. Love all Jude books. Have most of them all in print. Please read in order. Thanks

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Title: Point Omega

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Don DeLillo

Narrator: Campbell Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-10

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 60 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Don DeLillo has been "weirdly prophetic about 21st-century America" (The New York Times Book Review). In his earlier novels, he has written about conspiracy theory, the Cold War, and global terrorism. Now, in Point Omega, he looks into the mind and heart of a "defense intellectual", one of the men involved in the management of the country's war machine.

Richard Elster was a scholar - an outsider - when he was called to a meeting with government war planners, asked to apply "ideas and principles to such matters as troop deployment and counterinsurgency".

We see Elster at the end of his service. He has retreated to the desert, "somewhere south of nowhere", in search of space and geologic time. There he is joined by a filmmaker, Jim Finley, intent on documenting his experience. Finley wants to persuade Elster to make a one-take film, Elster its single character - "Just a man and a wall."

Weeks later, Elster's daughter Jessica visits - an "otherworldly" woman from New York, who dramatically alters the dynamic of the story. The three of them talk, train their binoculars on the landscape, and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws everything into question.

In this compact and powerful novel, it is finally a lingering human mystery that haunts the landscape of desert and mind.

Critic Reviews:

A splendid, fierce novel by a deep practitioner of the form. Enlivening, challenging, harrowing and beautiful. (Matthew Sharpe, Los Angeles Times)

"If Underworld was DeLillos extravagant funeral for the twentieth century, Point Omega is the farewell party for the last decade.... DeLillo has . written the first important novel of the year." (Michael Miller, New York Observer)

A novel of ideas about how language, film and art alter what we think of as reality. It's for readers ready to slow down and savor the words. It's for those who would watch not just Psycho, but ponder the meanings of 24 Hour Psycho. (Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today)

Members Reviews:

Torture

This book was literally hard to listen to. What? So boring, not plot. Not enjoyable at all.

"good read"

Not all titles will be written well and narrated well. But this one such title that is well written and well narrated. I enjoyed listening to this book.

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Title: The Spoilt City

Author: Olivia Manning

Narrator: Harriet Walter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It is 1940, and Guy and Harriet Pringle and their friends in the English colony in Bucharest find their position growing ever more precarious. The phony war is over and invasion by the Germans is an ever-present threat...

This is the second part of The Balkan Trilogy, which began with The Great Fortune and concludes with Friends and Heroes.

Members Reviews:

Best reading and narration in a long time.

Recently recommended by Alan Furst at the SFJCC, this is #2 in the trilogy. Every second is packed with detail and conveys the terror of the situation. Looking forward to #3.

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Title: Invitation Only

Author: Kate Brian

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-09

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Reed Brennan's future is looking as bright as the two-karat diamonds in her new housemates' ears. Being accepted to the most prestigious private boarding school in the country wasn't enough for Reed. She had to break every rule to do it, but she has accomplished the impossible: Reed is a Billings Girl now. And with her new status come respect, envy, and, most important, opportunity. Not to mention the parties. Unfortunately, at the next illicit party in the Easton campus woods, her roommate snaps some pictures of Reed in more than one compromising position. She uses the photos to blackmail Reed: Dig up dirt on the most powerful and popular Billings Girls or she will have Reed expelled. And speaking of parties, the Legacy is coming up. It's the invitation-only Halloween party in New York City, and it's rumored that Thomas---Reed's MIA boyfriend---will be making an appearance there. Too bad Reed isn't even close to invited. Life as a Billings Girl is every bit as glamorous as Reed imagined. What she didn't bargain for is the tangled web of private lies these girls weave.

©2006 Kate Brian; (P)2009 Tantor

Editorial Reviews:

Cassandra Campbells pleasant, articulate performance of Kate Brians Invitation Only is the perfect foil for the darkness of this Young Adult audiobook. Listeners are invited to follow the misadventures of Reed Brennen, a teenaged striver who winds up entangled in a web of social ugliness at a prestigious prep academy called Billings. Young adult listeners - particularly of an advanced social class - will find much to fear in this brisk book: compromising photographs, backbiting girlfriends, mysterious boyfriends, "falling in with the wrong crowd", and much more. Scenes of heavy partying and drinking are included. Reed Brennens fist-person telling of her story is part spectacle, part cautionary tale. The brave parent will give it as a gift.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Okay

Love

Personally, I am finding this series addicting. It takes me around a day to read one of these books. I love how she introduced a new character into this book. Whitaker. I like him, and felt bad with Reed using him just to go to the Legacy. My heart kind of broke when she realised that the guy at the legacy wasn't Thomas.

This series had some promise...

But the ending just made me loose interest. I don't think I will read more of these books. I liked the first book, but the way chosen for the story line in this or rather the next one is not interesting to me. Sorry. Nothing wrong with the writing. But with a MC like this who is kind of weak and unlikable, I need more growth and character development.

... since i purchased it for my girlfriend but she loved it and wants me to get the sequel so ...

It's hard for me to accurately review this since i purchased it for my girlfriend but she loved it and wants me to get the sequel so must have been good for her!

Fun, escape read

Fun, escape read. It's a fantasy world or rich and deceitful peep school kids. The plot lines are interesting and unique. The characters are pretty stock and flat though.

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Title: A Quiet Belief in Angels

Author: R. J. Ellory

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In 1939 in the small, rural community of Augusta Falls, Georgia, 12-year-old Joseph Vaughan learns of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, the first in a series of killings that will plague the community over the next decade. Joseph and his friends are determined to protect the town from the evil in their midst and they form "the Guardians" to watch over the community. But the murderer evades them and they watch helplessly as one child after another is taken. Even when the killings cease, a shadow of fear follows Joseph and, 50 years later, he must confront the nightmare.

©2009 R. J. Ellory Publications Ltd; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"There aren't nearly enough beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries. Like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Smilla's Sense of Snow, A Quiet Belief in Angels is one of them." (James Patterson)

"A Quiet Belief in Angels is a beautiful and haunting book. This is a tour de force from R. J. Ellory." (Michael Connelly)

Members Reviews:

One my Top 5 Audio listens of all time.

If Gillian Flynn and James Lee Burke had a kid that grew up a writer, this might be the book produced. Beautifully written with a storyline that kept me guessing until the final pages. Ended all to quickly. Dave Robicheaux in a period piece and a plotline that extends the length of his lifetime.

Narrator gets a 10/10 and is a top 5 narration as well, ranking with Stephen Hoye in Skinny Dip and McKintys books read by Gerald Doyle

If you like Burke, Connolly, Gillian Flynn, or Stieg Larsson you will be pleased to have downloaded this book!

Over a year later and story still sticks with me

I'm writing this review almost 2 years after listening to this book. I have recommended to it many who don't want to read or listen because they say "I'm not religious." This is far from a religious story and has nothing to do with it. This story of the childhood and growing up of a young man in the South with the background of a serial killer is unusual. After finishing this listen I wanted to read something about the author and his story was quite a jolt. It is probably best not to read about the author until after listening to the book because you'll be amazed at his own story and wonder how and why he wrote this.

I would have given two credits for this book!

From start to finish this book gave me a hunger to not stop listening till I was done.

Beautifully written story.

I you just want a fast paced thriller with tons of action and cracker dialogue then this book is not for you. This is more of a literary journey for both the writer and the main character - also a writer, Joseph Vaughan. Much of the prose is quite beautiful with one sentence forming a complete paragraph and where punctuation is all important. The performance of this beautiful prose was an outstanding effort by Mark Bramhall, an actor who I had not heard of before, but who I will look for again. I relished this book and each word written and because of the excellent writing, I did not want it to end. I highly recommend this book to all readers who love GOOD books.

Annoying doesn't begin to describe this book.

What would have made A Quiet Belief in Angels better?

Heavy, heavy, editing.

Would you recommend A Quiet Belief in Angels to your friends? Why or why not?

Not at all.

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Title: Kane and Abel

Subtitle: The 30th Anniversary Edition

Author: Jeffrey Archer

Narrator: Jason Culp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-20-09

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 149 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

They had only one thing in common - William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant. Two men born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths were destined to cross in the ruthless struggle to build a fortune.

The marvellous story, spanning 60 years, of two powerful men linked by an all-consuming hatred, brought together by fate to save - and finally destroy - each other.

Critic Reviews:

"Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius." (Daily Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Archer hits the spot

I think this is one of the books that launched the Author, I am not sure, but it is a damn good listen. It is a classic both in content and context. You will not regret having this in your library.

WHAT A TWIST OF FATE

Would you listen to Kane and Abel again? Why?

A GRIPPING NOVEL FROM BEGINNING TO END WITH 2 MAIN CHARACHTERS WHO CROSS PATHS IN LIFE SOME KNOWINGLY AND UNKNOWINGLY - EACH WITH A TWIST. ONCE YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE STORY IN PLACE THE FINAL SCENES DELIVER THE GREATEST TWIST OF ALL.

GRIPPING A MUST READ.

Who was the most memorable character of Kane and Abel and why?

KANE AND ABEL

Any additional comments?

I WAS SO IMPRESESSED I HAVE NOW DOWNLOADED THE CHRONICLES BY JEFFREY ARCHER AND HOPE THEY PROVE TO BE AS GOOD.

A giant story by the Master Story Teller

Would you listen to Kane and Abel again? Why?

Because, this book is beautifully written and flows so well, that you realise that you have been reading the book/listening for hours on end. You only go to sleep, as you cannot keep your eyes open.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Kane and Abel?

When Abel discovers that William Kane was the original backer.

Which character as performed by Jason Culp was your favorite?

Well, all of them. He is brilliant.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, just as I read the book in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

It is one of my all time favourites and I revisit every 4 years or so.

Still one of the best!

I first read this novel a little over 30 years ago and placed it in my top 5 favourites, where it has firmly remained. After listening to Jason Culp bring his interpretation to Jeffrey Archer's masterpiece through his narration, I have an even greater respect and admiration for the story of Kane and Abel, and believe it will be very difficult to now remove it from the position of number one on my list.

A Born Story Teller

Would you consider the audio edition of Kane and Abel to be better than the print version?

Yes I would consider the audio edition of Kane and Abel to be better than the print version

What other book might you compare Kane and Abel to and why?

Gone with the wind possibly.

Which character as performed by Jason Culp was your favorite?

Cain was my favorite

If you could rename Kane and Abel, what would you call it?

A Mistaken Life

Any additional comments?

I listened to Kane and Abel when I went for a walk with my dog. It made the walk interesting and time stood still. I know that this is not a new book by Jeffery Archer but the story was new to me. Jeffery Archer is visiting South Africa and coming to the Country Club near us. I so wanted to hear him speak but all seats were taken and there was a waiting list of 50 when I phoned for a place.

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Title: Purple Hibiscus

Author: Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-09

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Nigeria begins to fall apart during a military coup, Kambili's father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends Kambili and her brother away to live with their aunt. In this house, full of energy and laughter, she discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.

Centring on the promise of freedom and the pain and exhilaration of adolescence, Purple Hibiscus is the extraordinary debut of a remarkable new talent.

Members Reviews:

Poignant

Hard to get started but I'm glad I persevered

A sad but poignant story of a Nigerian family controlled by the system and the family

Excellent!

Fantastically read by Adjoa Andoh, which adds to the authenticity of the dialect used in the book.

dark at times but overall a good read.

it was nice to hear African voices, even though the story was at times difficult. it was always interesting to see where the character's would go, & how their story would develop. the ending was a real surprise.

It was a good lovely story but performance..

Narrator being Ghanaian should be able to pronounce Nigerian words better. Being Ghanaian I could.

A very enjoyable listen

I feel as though I have spent time in the real Nigeria. Adjoa Andoh is as captivating as ever.

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Title: Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Constance Towers

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-09

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Lonely Iris Courtney learns about life in the small town of Hammond, New York, where blacks and whites live separate lives. She learns of love from her parents - hard-drinking, hard-living Duke Courtney and his stormy marriage with the lovely but troubled Persia Courtney. But Iris learns most from Verlyn "Jinx" Fairchild, star of the basketball courts, his hopes for a way out of Hammond pinned to a college scholarship. Their lives are shattered one terrifying night when Jinx defends Iris against "Little Red" Garlock, the vicious hillbilly who hates both blacks and whites alike. And forever after, Jinx and Iris are locked in a bond of violence, shame and secrecy.

©1991 Joyce Carol Oates; (P)2009 Phoenix

Members Reviews:

A powerful book

An important book on how youthful decisions can forever effect our life.

Brazen and contemplative--Oates at her best

Even in the realm of Oates--one of our most fearless authors today--this is a brave and brash examination of race and sex. I loved this book because it is an unblinking look at a span of life and all the variables: sex, class, family, morality. If you've never read Oates, this is a great place to start, and if you are already a fan, this is a must-read.

One of Oates' best, from a teacher who taught it to absolutely riveted students. You won't regret reading this one

One of the best novels I've ever read, or taught. High school kids could not put it down; they even brought it into gym class to keep reading. Powerful, racist story line that twists the soul, and leaves you wanting things to be better, which they rarely are in real life. Oates' eloquent writing is above and beyond in this novel. Her sentences soar and then pull you back down to earth, where you will find yourself crying, and at its end, you may wish for another page...to turn.

We named our dog Jinx, after Oates' character. Yes, we did :)

Exceptional Writing and Characters

I read this because it is often listed as one of the best crime novels ever written and I persevered through it for the same reason. It's slow going to be honest, but the writing is lovely and the characters are fascinating. Also the era and window into life in a small upstate New York city during the Civil Rights movement. Some of the characters are so tragic. It was worth pushing through, but what sticks with me most is the writing and the characters, not the plot or the ending or any unusual twists, which are usually strong is crime novels.

Like All of Oates' Books, This One is Incredibly Haunting

This is an incredibly haunting book. It examines the complex

interactions and experiences that go into creating our core

selves.

Iris Courtney grows up in an emotionally impoverished and al-

coholic home where chaos looms in the wake of her mother's

drinking. Iris yearns for love and touch but her mother's

distance causes irrevocable pain, dissociation, and fuge-like

states that become Iris's primary coping skills.

Eary in the book, Iris becomes fatefully tied to a young black

man who innocently kills a boy who has been tormenting Iris.

Their lives become forever connected as they maintain the se-

cret of the killing forever.

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Title: The Grass Dancer

Author: Susan Power

Narrator: Susan Power

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Now in the 1980s, Red Dress's teenage descendant Charlene Thunder has fallen hopelessly in love with Harley Wind Soldier, the dashing traditional dancer of Ghost Horse's lineage.

When Harley's soul mate is killed in an accident, Charlene guiltily suspects her own grandmother, a notorious witch, of making it happen - just as she may well have caused the death of Harley's father and brother, which even today obsesses him.

The Grass Dancer is a debut novel for Susan Power, an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

Critic Reviews:

"A consummate storyteller whose graceful prose is plangent with lyrical metaphor and sensuous detail, she deftly uses suspense, humor, irony and the gradual revelation of dramatic disclosures to compose a tapestry of human life. Seduced by her humane vision and its convincing depiction, one absorbs the traditions and lore of the Sioux community with a sense of wonder reflecting that with which the characters view the natural world. This is a book that begs to be read at one sitting, and then again. A chapter appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1993." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Great Story. Horrid Narration.

I read a hard copy of "The Grass Dancer" years ago, and looked forward to reuniting with a great story in audio. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to make it all the way through the audio edition. The narration is too fast, and monotonous. It ruins a fabulous story. I wish Ms. Power had hired a pro.

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Titre: Le Voyage d'hiver

Auteur: Amélie Nothomb

Narrateur: Thibault de Montalembert

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 1 hr and 55 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 08-31-09

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 3 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Il n'y a pas d'échec amoureux."

Amélie Nothomb.

Amélie Nothomb poursuit avec humour et autodérision l'inventaire des personnages "extraordinaires" qui hantent ses romans.

L'auteure

Née au Japon, de parents belges,

vit entre Bruxelles et Paris. Dès son premier roman,

(1992), elle a conquis un large public.Mais c'est

(1999), vendu à plusieurs centaines de milliers d'exemplaires et couronné par le Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française, qui l'a définitivement consacrée comme un écrivain majeur. Ses livres sont aujourd'hui traduits dans plus de 30 langues.

Le narrateur

Après une formation au cours Florent puis à l'école de comédiens du Théâtre des Amandiers de Nanterre,

joue au cinéma et au théâtre sous la direction de metteurs en scène prestigieux: Costa Gavras, A. Deplechin, R. Wargnier, J. Doillon, P. Chéreau, A. Arias... Il lit à voix haute, P. Michon, P. Grimbert, P. Senges ou E. Carrière, dans le cadre de festivals.

© Editions Albin Michel, 2009

© et (P) Audiolib, 2009

Revues par les critiques:

A propos de ce titre

Grand Prix du livre audio La Plume de Paon : La Plume d'Or 2010.

Avis des membres:

A Thriller and Love Story by a first-rate author

This novel, written in French, is a Parisian love story that is also an intriguing thriller. Nothomb does an excellent job with both dimensions, weaving them together with such skill that the reader is quickly engaged and unable to predict how either thread of the story will end. The quality of the plot is outshone only by the authorâs craftsmanship with words. I recommend this book to any adult with an intermediate-or-better level of skill in reading French.

The novel opens with the protagonist going through the security line in the airport in Paris with the intention of hijacking an airliner. He reveals quickly that he has no criminal background and does not consider himself to be a terrorist, as he is not motivated by ill-will toward any government or group of people nor by religious or political ideology. On the other hand, a successful result would kill many people, and would ultimately be seen by the entire world as a devastating terrorist attack. Although the main character is confident that he will succeed, the reader does not take him very seriously during the initial chapter, as he does not seem to be a dangerous character and has no experience in this arena.

Just as we are becoming curious how he plans to carry out his plot, the book takes us back in time to his meeting and gradually developing relationships with two women. This becomes an interesting and totally unusual love triangle before it takes us back to the airport to give us more information about precisely what he wants to do. Then we go again to the love story. After a number of alternations, we begin to realize that this character is not crazy, that he is very intelligent, and that his plot might just work. We also watch the motive for the hijacking develop. The suspense builds very gradually toward an ending that would be unthinkable, and we wonder how the author is going to get out of this.

Great Story/ good for students of French.