Remarkably Bright Creatures is an enjoyable, feel-good book.
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Audiobook Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
By amodini
Posted in 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, humor, imaginative, lovely things, must listen, must read, quirky, recommended, wit |
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Audiobook Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
By amodini
Posted in 2023, audiobook, Blackstone Audio, books, contemporary, culture and society, social issues, women |
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The book does bring attention to society’s superficial nature, and how one is regarded by how well one follows the “rules of normalcy”. But other than being a rather listless commentary on that, this book achieves little else.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Bookshop on The Corner by Jenny Colgan
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, review, romance |
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Title : Bookshop on The CornerAuthor : Jenny ColganNarrators : Lucy Price-LewisGenre : RomancePublisher : HarperAudioListening Length : 9 hours 47 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Librarian Nina Redmond is being let go from her job. That is extremely disappointing for her given that Nina is passionate about her work and has the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
By amodini
Posted in 2023, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, humor, must listen, penguin_books, quirky, recommended, suspense, women |
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Rating : 4/5 An entertaining, feel-good book!
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
By amodini
Posted in 2022, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, macmillan, romance, women |
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Title : Things You Save In a FireAuthor : Katherine CenterNarrators : Therese PlummerGenre : RomancePublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 10 hours 26 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cassie has been brought up by her father, since the age of 16. Her mother left them both when she fell in love […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
By amodini
Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2021, audiobook, books, contemporary, mystery, women |
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Title : Apples Never FallAuthor : Liane MoriartyNarrators : Caroline LeeGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 18 hours 3 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 I’ve been a fan of Moriarty’s writing ever since I listened to The Husband’s Secret. So I anticipated a good read/listen when I started Apples Never […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
By amodini
Posted in 2018, 2022, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, recommended, romance, women |
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Title : How To Walk AwayAuthor : Katherine CenterNarrators : Therese PlummerGenre : RomancePublisher : Macmillan AudioListening Length : 11 hours 28 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Margaret Jacobsen has everything she could have ever wished for – a great new job and a fiancé she is so in love with. Chip, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Wild by Cheryl Strayed
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4_star_rating, adventure, audiobook, book-to-movie, books, California, celebration, challenge, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, random_house, recommended, women |
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Title : WildAuthor : Cheryl StrayedNarrators : Bernadette DunneGenre : Non-fictionPublisher : Random House AudioListening Length : 13 hours 2 minutesRating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Cheryl loses her mother to cancer and the loss hits her hard. When she tries to keep her siblings together as a family, it doesn’t work and they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, feel-good, great narrators, must listen, must read, recommended, simon_schuster, women |
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Title : Britt-Marie Was HereAuthor : Frederik BackmanNarrators : Joan WalkerGenre : ContemporaryPublisher : Simon & Schuster AudioListening Length : 9 hours 18 minutesRating : 4.5/5Narrator Rating : 5/5 Frederik Backman’s books are always nice and often moving. However they can be a little “glib” overdong the sweetness of some scenarios – so I kind […]
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, culture and society, imaginative, penguin_books, war |
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Title : Exit WestAuthor : Mohsin HamidNarrator : Mohsin HamidGenre : Contemporary/FantasyPublisher : Penguin AudioListening Length : 4 hours 42 minutesRating : 3.5/5Narrator Rating : 3.5/5 Exit West is about Nadia and Saeed, two people who live in a city which is soon to be overrun by violence and unrest. When they fall in love, […]
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