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Audiobook Review : Love May Fail by Matthew Quick

By amodini Posted in 2015, 4_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, feel-good, harper audio, quirky, review | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Love May Fail by Matthew Quick

Title : Love May Fail Author : Matthew Quick Narrators : Cris Dukehart, Jim Meskimen, Lorna Raver, Timothy Fannon, Tonya Campos Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Harper Audio Listening Length : 12 hours 5 minutes Rating : 4/5 Narrator Rating : 5/5 Portia Kane is fed up with her false life. She leaves her wealthy, […]

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Audiobook Review : Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty

By amodini Posted in 2_star_rating, 2015, audiobook, books, contemporary, Tantor Audio, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty

[amazon_link id=”1494553996″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Wishes Author : Liane Moriarty Narrator : Heather Wilds Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Tantor Audio Listening Length : 11 hours 31 minutes Rating : 2/5 From the Goodreads blurb: Australian triplets Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle are about to turn thirty-three and one is pregnant, one […]

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Audiobook Review : The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

By amodini Posted in 2015, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, women | Comments Off on 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

By amodini Posted in 2014, audiobook, books, contemporary, favorites, lists, lovely things, must listen, romance, south-asian, thriller, women | Comments Off on 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 : Landline by Rainbow Rowell

By amodini Posted in 2014, audiobook, books, contemporary, macmillan, romance, time-travel, women | 1 Comment »

[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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Book Review : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2014, books, chick-lit, contemporary, netgalley, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

[amazon_link id=”147676316X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet Author : Bernie Su, Kate Rorick Genre : Romance Publisher : Touchstone Pages: 400 Publish Date : June 24, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 I am a certified fan of Pride and Prejudice. I have read the […]

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Book Review : Flying Shoes by Lisa Howorth

By amodini Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, bloomsbury, contemporary, netgalley | Comments Off on Book Review : Flying Shoes by Lisa Howorth

[amazon_link id=”1408855631″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Flying Shoes Author : Lisa Howorth Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Bloomsbury Pages: 336 Publish Date : June 17, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Mary Byrd Thornton has received an unsettling phone call from a reporter seeking details about her little brother’s unsolved […]

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Audiobook Review : The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

By amodini Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, audiobook, contemporary, hachette | Comments Off on 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 : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, feel-good, recommended, review, wit | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper

[amazon_link id=”0385337426″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Everything Changes Author : Jonathan Tropper Genre : Contemporary Narrators : Scott Brick Publisher : Books on Tape Listening Length : 10 hrs 8 min Source : Library Rating : 4/5 Everything Changes is told in the first person by our hero, Zachary King, a young executive in […]

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Book Review : Golden State by Michelle Richmond

By amodini Posted in 2014, 4_star_rating, arc, bantam, books, contemporary, netgalley, women | Comments Off on Book Review : Golden State by Michelle Richmond

[amazon_link id=”0385343280″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Golden State Author : Michelle Richmond Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Bantam Pages: 304 Publish Date : February 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 Dr. Julie Walker is in a tough situation. She needs to get to the VA hospital where her sister […]

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