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.
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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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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
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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 : 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 |
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The Age Of Innocence, almost a social commentary of the 1920s, starts off well, but grew tiresome and stretched towards the end.
Read the rest of this entry »Audiobook Review : Clockdance by Anne Tyler
By amodini
Posted in 2021, 3_star_rating, audiobook, books, feminist, great narrators, random_house, women |
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Clockdance with large stretches of seeming nothingness and short bursts of activity, is a relative disappointment, but still showcases a master at her craft.
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 : The Mother-in-law by Sally Hepworth
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Posted in audiobook, books, contemporary, crime, macmillan, mystery, women |
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Title : The Mother-in-law Author : Sally Hepworth Narrators : Barrie Kreinik Genre : Mystery Publisher : Macmillan Audio Listening Length : 9 hours 12 minutes Rating : 1/5 Narrator Rating : 2/5 Lucy is married to Ollie. Diana and Tom are Ollie’s parents. While Tom is loving and forgiving towards his children (Ollie also […]
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