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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 | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Bookshop on The Corner by Jenny Colgan

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 […]

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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 | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

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 […]

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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 | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : How To Walk Away by Katherine Center

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, […]

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Audiobook Review : The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2021, audiobook, books, culture and society, feminist, historical, literature, romance, social issues, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age Of Innocence, almost a social commentary of the 1920s, starts off well, but grew tiresome and stretched towards the end.

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Book Review : The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery

By amodini Posted in 2020, books, romance, women | Comments Off on Book Review : The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery

Title : The Blue Castle Author : L.M.Montgomery Genre : Romance Publisher : Bantam Pages : 224 Rating : 2.5/5 Valancy Stirling, considered an old maid at 29, lives with her family who put her down and poke fun at her every chance they get. Her only solace is reading books by her favorite author […]

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Audiobook Review : The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

By amodini Posted in 2020, 4_star_rating, audiobook, comedy, contemporary, feel-good, humor, macmillan, must listen, must read, quirky, romance, wit, women | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Title : The Flatshare Author : Beth O’Leary Narrators : Carrie Hope Fletcher, Kwaku Fortune Genre : Romance Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 58 minutes Rating : 3.8/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 Tiffany Rose Moore needs a place to live. The budget is small, and on the edge of desperation Tiffy […]

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Audiobook Review : The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

By amodini Posted in 2010, 2017, book-to-movie, books, contemporary, random_house, romance | Comments Off on 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 : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

By amodini Posted in 2016, 3.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, romance, YA | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Title : Eleanor and Park Author : Rainbow Rowell Narrators : Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra Genre : Romance Publisher : Listening Library Listening Length : 8 hours 56 minutes Rating : 3.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4.5/5 I don’t think I’m the target audience for this book (YA, I’d assume) because this book’s tale is a […]

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Audiobook Review : The Bridges of Madison County by Robert Waller

By amodini Posted in audiobook, books, hachette, review, romance | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : The Bridges of Madison County by Robert Waller

Title : The Bridges of Madison county Author : Robert Waller Narrators : Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale Genre : Romance Publisher : Hachette Audio Listening Length : 3 hours 50 minutes Rating : 2.5/5 Narrator Rating : 4/5 Francesca Jones is a housewife living in Madison County, Iowa. She meets Robert Kincaid, a freelance photographer […]

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Audiobook Review : The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

By amodini Posted in 2015, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, historical, literature, mystery, penguin_books, recommended, romance, thriller, women | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”1594633118″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Paying Guests Author : Sarah Waters Narrator : Juliet Stevenson Genre : Historical Publisher : Penguin Audio Listening Length : 21 hours 28 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 It is the 1920s and Frances Wray and her mother live in genteel poverty in their South London home. Their […]

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