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Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 4_star_rating, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Title : Commonwealth Author : Ann Patchett Narrators : Hope Davis Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 10 hours 33 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Deputy District Attorney Bert Cousins gate-crashes Franny Keating’s christening party in Torrance, California,, with an inappropriate gift – a bottle of gin. Also, […]

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Audiobook Review : Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, historical, random_house, slavery | Comments Off on 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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Wordless Wednesdays #64

By amodini Posted in 2016, images, mexico, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #64
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Audiobook Review : The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

By amodini Posted in 2016, 2017, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, crime, mystery, penguin_books | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Title : The Couple Next Door Author : Shari Lapena Narrators : Kirsten Potter Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 8 hours 40 minutes Rating : 3.3/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Babysitter having bailed last minute, Anne and Marco leave baby daughter Cora at home alone while stepping out for dinner […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #60

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Wordless Wednesdays #59

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Audiobook Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

By amodini Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, gaslighting, mystery, review, simon_schuster | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Title : The Woman in Cabin 10 Author : Ruth Ware Narrators : Imogen Church Genre : Mystery Publisher : Simon & Schuster Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 8 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Laura Blacklock is our no-so-intrepid journalist. When she’s burgled one night, and injured, it does nothing to […]

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Wordless Wednesdays #58

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Wordless Wednesdays #57

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Wordless Wednesdays #56

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