Title : The Road Author : Cormac McCarthy Genre : Sci-fi (Post-apocalyptic) Narrators : Rupert Degas Listening Length : 5 hours Rating : 4.3/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel, and it has for the most part only two characters a father and a son. Neither is named – the father […]
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Audiobook Review : The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Audiobook Review : Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
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Posted in 2018, 4_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, must read, recommended |
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Title : Everybody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Genre : Fiction (Contemporary) Narrators : Mark Bramhall Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 18 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4.2/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Everybody’s Fool is the sequel to Nobody’s Fool and was written a good 10 years after that released. It is […]
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Title : Nobody’s Fool Author : Richard Russo Narrators : Ron McLarty Genre : Fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 24 hours 53 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 There comes a time when you try book after book, but none hook you enough to go beyond an hour of […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
By amodini
Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, feminist, lovely things, must listen, must read, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : We should all be feminists Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 45 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 3/5 “We should all be feminists” is adapted from Adichie’s TEDx talk on the same subject. I enjoyed this […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
By amodini
Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, favorites, feminist, lovely things, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : Dear Ijeawele/ A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrators : January LaVoy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 1 hour 1 minute Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 “Dear Ijeawele” is a Adichie’s letter to a friend with suggestions on how to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
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Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, humor, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, series, suspense, wit |
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Title : Skinny Dip Author : Carl Hiaasen Series : Skink Series Narrators : Stephen Hoye Genre : Crime, Humor Publisher : Books On Tape Listening Length : 13 hours 30 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Reading Carl Hiaasen has been on my radar a while, and I’ve finally gotten around to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
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Posted in 2018, 5_star_rating, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, feel-good, fun stuff, lovely things, macmillan, must listen, must read, non-fiction, recommended |
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Title : All Creatures Great and Small Author : James Herriot Narrators : Christopher Timothy Genre : Non-fiction Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 15 hours 45 minutes Rating : 5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 I rarely read non-fiction, but one of my all time favorites in non-fiction is the series of books by […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
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Title : The Kitchen House Author : Kathleen Grissom Narrators : Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 55 minutes Rating : 2/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 At 7 years of age Lavinia is brought in as an indentured servant to the plantation of Capt. James […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
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Posted in 2009, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, crime, mystery |
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Title : The Brutal Telling Series : Inspector Gamache (Book 5) Author : Louise Penny Narrators : Ralph Cosham Genre : Mystery Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 12 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 A body has been found in the Three Pines Bistro and antiques shop owned by […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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Posted in 2016, 2017, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, random_house, slavery |
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Title : Underground Railroad Author : Colson Whitehead Narrators : Bahni Turpin Genre : Historical Publisher : RandomHouse Listening Length : 10 hours 44 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 This book imagines the underground railroad, to be an actual railroad, instead of what it actually was – a network of secret escape […]
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