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More than worth a credit!

Revisado: 07-20-23

I’ve listened twice, totally worth it, awesome story, don’t miss out! Karen Cass is probably in my top 5 GOAT narrators, so that also helps. :)

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This Book Destroys Me Every Time

Revisado: 06-10-23

I read this in hard copy for the first time in 2008, and it blew a crater in my heart over the breathtakingly beautiful and well done story telling. I went on to reread it every few years, then to choose it for various book clubs for deeper discussion, and now here I am finally listening to the audio version. Well, I thought this story couldn’t possibly have wrenched any more tears out of me than it already had, but there I was in the shower with it playing on my speaker, and I was bawling so hard that I wanted to scream out loud just to feel better. I guess I’ll never stop being moved by this book. I’ll never stop loving Sarah Agnes Prine. And most of all, I’ll never stop wishing that Jack Elliot was real, and that he was my husband! 😂

Narrator was fine, but better when I slowed it down a little. Definitely worth a credit.

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Good! But “Quadrille” was better ;)

Revisado: 06-05-23

Based on reviews, I expected this to be good and Quadrille (same author) to be terrible. Wrong! So wrong. This was fun, and I liked it! But I was surprised to find Quadrille was even better. Just keep in mind that reviews can be misleading. Don’t let them bum you out!

Have fun!

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It wasn’t bad at ALL!

Revisado: 06-05-23

I let the bad reviews keep me away from this for a long time!

I needn’t have worried. It was delightful.

In fact, I really liked that the (SPOILER!)
original married couples from the beginning of the book all stayed together by the end! Nice change.

Have fun, enjoy 👍

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ah-NOR-ee-ah

Revisado: 06-05-23

Earned a respectable B+ from me.

Besides inwardly flinching each time the narrator called her
“on-o-REE-ah” 🫤

…and despite my brain’s default method of trying to “make it make sense,” by substituting the error with an ACTUAL word (which unfortunately turned out to be words like seborrhea, diarrhea, or the perfectly-rhyming gonorrhea)🤦‍♀️

BESIDES all that, I actually really liked this one! 👍

I’ve passed up this title many times in favor of other books. Now that I finally took a chance on it, I am happy to discover it didn’t totally suck. 😆

Incidentally and for posterity, here it is again:

☑️ Honoria
▪️ah-NOR-ee-ah
▪️female of “Honorius”
▪️kinda rhymes with “Victoria”
▪️”ah-NOR-ee-ah” like “vic-TOR-ee-ah”
▪️also kinda rhymes with “Dysphoria”
▪️ please just don’t rhyme it with gonorrhea

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I love this one! I’ve listened twice.

Revisado: 05-11-23

I liked it even better the second time! And Lindy Nettleton is just a solid narrator; I love everything she does. She and Marion Chesney are the perfect duo! Enjoy this!

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Beauty’s Evanescence — Perfectly Presented. Don’t miss this!

Revisado: 12-12-22

“He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly.”

I read this book years ago, and really enjoyed it. The audio performance, however, was all the more wonderful!! It makes me achingly sad to finish a book this beautiful, and the quote above, about “beauty’s evanescence”, explains the reasons well.

The narrator does an excellent job, and all I can say is DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

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I liked it!

Revisado: 10-24-22

You know what you’re getting with Beaton/Chesney! It works! This one was cute, I have actually listened to it twice! Lindy Nettleton is one of my faves, too, so I can happily recommend it, ❤️

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Ohhhh, I LOVE this one

Revisado: 09-18-22

One of my favorites from Beaton/Chesney! And I wish Lucy Raynor could narrate more of these! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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I was surprised to be this disappointed

Revisado: 09-18-22

I never listen to the naysayers on reviews of Beaton/Chesney books, because even the most silly are so much fun. Imagine my surprise, then, when I come across one of her books with NO bad reviews, and discover it to be quite disappointing. I wouldn’t say it is terrible, but it’s far below her others. Furthermore, I would rather have Charlotte Ann Dore instead of this narrator. Just… meh.

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