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Audiobook Review : The River by Peter Heller

Title : The River Author : Peter Heller Narrators : Mark Deakins Genre : Mystery/Adventure Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 7 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 The River is my second Peter Heller book after the magnificent Dog Stars. And this is very different from that post-apocalyptic […]

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Audiobook Review : Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner

Title : Missing Presumed Author : Susie Steiner Narrators : Juanita McMahon Genre : Mystery Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 52 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Missing Presumed is Book 1 in the Manon Bradshaw novels. Book 2 is out already and I hope there are many more […]

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Audiobook Review : Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo

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 […]

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Audiobook Review : We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 […]

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Audiobook Review : A Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 […]

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Audiobook Review : The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Title : The Mountain Between Us Author : Charles Martin Narrators : George Newbern Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 58 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Two strangers, Dr. Ed Payne and Ashley Knox, stranded at Salt Lake City airport amid bad weather decide to charter […]

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Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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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Audiobook Review : The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Title : The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Author : Rachel Joyce Narrators : Jim Broadbent Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 57 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Harold Fry is an ordinary man living out his retirement in Knightsbridge. One day he receives a letter […]

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Audiobook Review : Night Film by Marisha Pessl

[amazon_link id=”0812979788″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Night Film Author : Marisha Pessl Narrator : Jake Weber Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 23 hours 9 minutes Rating : 3/5 I’d read many wonderful reviews of this book and was attracted by the “mystery/psychological thriller” bit. Unfortunately, what I’d missed, […]

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Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

[amazon_link id=”0812981227″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author : Helen Simonson Narrator : Peter Altschuler Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 8 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I came upon this very interesting audiobook on my library’s website. I thought it interesting because this is […]

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