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Audiobook Review : The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

[amazon_link id=”0307743764″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Woman Upstairs Author : Claire Messud Narrator : Cassandra Campbell Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 11 hours Rating : 3/5 The book blurb seemed to indicate that “The Woman Upstairs” would be about a lonely spinster and her life as influenced […]

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Best Audiobooks of 2014

As I said earlier, this was the year of the audiobook for me. I got started in 2013, and really got going in 2014. I have to thank the local library for all this, because that’s where I get all my audiobooks for now. It is extremely convenient, and great for when you want to […]

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Audiobook Review : The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”1594631433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Chaperone Author : Laura Moriarty Narrator : Elizabeth McGovern Genre : Historical Publisher : Blackstone Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 18 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I must confess that this book caught my attention because I thought the author was Liane Moriarty. I realized my mistake […]

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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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Audiobook Review : Landline by Rainbow Rowell

[amazon_link id=”1250049377″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Landline Author : Rainbow Rowell Narrator : Rebecca Lowman Genre : Romance Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 3 minutes Rating : 4/5 I’d only ever heard of Rowell by way of her YA book “Eleanor & Park”, and I’m not very enthused about YA […]

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Audiobook Review : Sycamore Row by John Grisham

[amazon_link id=”0385366450″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Sycamore Row Author : John Grisham Narrator : Michael Beck Genre : Contemporary (Legal thriller) Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 20 hours 50 minutes Source : Library Rating : 3.5/5 This book has lawyer Jake Brigance unwittingly caught up in a legal wrangle involving a […]

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Audiobooks that failed me (and other sad stories)

[amazon_link id=”0307887448″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Yes, this is that kind of a tale, so you might grab a box of tissues before you sit down to read this. This blog post is a story – a story of how “mainstream reviewers” can fail you and of how the most raved about book might not be […]

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Audiobook Review : The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

[amazon_link id=”0316055433″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Goldfinch Author : Donna Tartt Genre : Contemporary Narrators : David Pittu Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 32 hours 24 minutes Source : Library Rating : 4/5 The Goldfinch in print is 775 pages long. In audiobook form this comes in at a whopping 32 […]

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Audiobook Review : The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”0399159347″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Husband’s Secret Author : Liane Moriarty Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Caroline Lee Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 13 hours and 44 min Source : Library Rating : 4.5/5 This is a story of three women. Cecilia Fitzpatrick is the Tupperware queen, managing her wholesome […]

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Audiobook Review : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[amazon_link id=”140016818X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Fahrenheit 451 Author : Ray Bradbury Genre : Dystopian Narrators : Stephen Hoye Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 5 hrs 37 min Source : Library Rating : 2.5/5 Guy Montag is a fireman. In this future, firemen don’t extinguish fires, they start them. Books are banned. […]

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