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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- De: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrado por: Jeanette Winterson
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 233
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 195
Jeanette is a bright and rebellious orphan who is adopted into an evangelical household in the dour, industrial North of England and finds herself embroidering grim religious mottoes and shaking her little tambourine for Jesus. But as this budding missionary comes of age, and comes to terms with her unorthodox sexuality, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household dissolves. Jeanette’s insistence on listening to truths of her own heart and mind - and on reporting them with wit and passion - makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving passage into adulthood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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quirky and odd
- De Kelly en 01-06-20
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- De: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrado por: Jeanette Winterson
Strange and dull
Revisado: 11-22-23
Very weird, not especially interesting, rambling, parallel fairy tales did not always seem to fit
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A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- De: Louise Penny
- Narrado por: Robert Bathurst
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,590
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,092
It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end?
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2 out of 5 stars
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She’s jumped the shark
- De Icie in Vermont en 12-03-22
- A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- De: Louise Penny
- Narrado por: Robert Bathurst
Huge Disappointment
Revisado: 12-13-22
Many SPOILERS are included in this review; beware.
I have read every Gamache book and have LOVED each one. But this is not up to snuff.
The plot (worst/most famous killer EVER lives in 3 Pines with Gamache for months ... really?) is ridiculous.
MANY unanswered questions, such as how did Fleming connect with Sam and Fiona; did they know about him before?
Whose engineering ring was in the dust in the basement?
Why did Sam tie up Harriet and not kill her? Ditto the dogs. Two heartless killers spared them? Unlikely.
How did Fleming know Reine Marie was in UK?
Who drew on the original painting in the museum in a matter of minutes after Reine-Marie left? What was that about anyway?
MOST stupid of all: Fleming gets contact lenses, shoe lifts and grows a beard and Gamache did not even suspect him as the town minister? C'mon.
I am still in shock as to how bad this was.
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The Ink Black Heart
- De: Robert Galbraith
- Narrado por: Robert Glenister
- Duración: 32 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,712
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,779
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,750
When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great so far, but grab a physical book…
- De Stephanie en 08-30-22
- The Ink Black Heart
- De: Robert Galbraith
- Narrado por: Robert Glenister
Huge Disappointment
Revisado: 10-01-22
WAY too long, also. I stuck with this to the end for one reasons only: I love Robin and Strike, and I wanted to follow their relationship forward.
The online characters in social media worlds and in an online game have complicated names like "fluffy paws" and "Amaley" that are hard to keep track of. Their conversations are long and hard to follow. Some are nasty skin heads and they use the N word (bleeped out in Audible) and the C word (not bleeped out; I wish it had been!). VERY hard to listen to.
Absolutely my least favorite Strike book so far. Disappointed
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Dog on It
- A Chet and Bernie Mystery
- De: Spencer Quinn
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,620
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,913
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,907
In this, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of Madison, a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Deborah en 01-20-10
- Dog on It
- A Chet and Bernie Mystery
- De: Spencer Quinn
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
Chet is Amazing
Revisado: 06-26-22
If you love dogs, you will love author Quinn's portrayal of the dog's point of view. Hilarious, and right on! The narrator does a great job vocalizing Chet's thoughts. HOWEVER, for the mystery or crime fiction lover, the stories are weak. They don't make much sense, and they sort of meander. I still recommend the books because of Chet's hilarity. Example, "In my experience, most humans look better with their clothes on." "What is that breeze? Oh yes ... it's my tail."
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Searching for Sylvie Lee
- A Novel
- De: Jean Kwok
- Narrado por: Angela Lin, Samantha Quan, Caroline McLaughlin
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,142
A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women - two sisters and their mother - in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times best-selling author of Girl in Translation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wordy and boring
- De Sheila S en 06-11-19
- Searching for Sylvie Lee
- A Novel
- De: Jean Kwok
- Narrado por: Angela Lin, Samantha Quan, Caroline McLaughlin
Frustrated by Secrets
Revisado: 04-18-22
I should have known. It says right in the description that there are family secrets. But YOW it is hard for me to read a story in which people consistently, repeatedly leave out important parts of the story and lie to each other. Characters that are not forthright drive me crazy. I stuck with the book because I did want to know the truth, but I raced to the end to get it over with.
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Flight Behavior
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Barbara Kingsolver
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,322
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,681
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,693
Dellarobia Turnbow is a restless farm wife who gave up her own plans when she accidentally became pregnant at 17. Now, after a decade of domestic disharmony on a failing farm, she encounters a shocking sight: a silent, forested valley filled with what looks like a lake of fire. She can only understand it as a cautionary miracle, but it sparks a raft of other explanations from scientists, religious leaders, and the media.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A poignant literary work of art.
- De criswithcurls en 02-08-13
- Flight Behavior
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Barbara Kingsolver
imp topic and great characters
Revisado: 06-23-21
wow - terrific characters and an important message about climate change.
Excellent narrator and author.
Give it a try.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,855
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22,140
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A strong story
- De Anita Kristensen en 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
Superior Narrator, Good Story
Revisado: 03-23-21
Blair Brown is spectacular, and the story is very good!
Elizabeth Gilbert does not disappoint. Enjoy!
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Amy and Isabelle
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Strout
- Narrado por: Stephanie Roberts
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 546
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 501
With compassion, humor, and striking insight, Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter. Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality. When discovered, this emotional and physical trespass brings disgrace to Amy's mother, Isabelle, and intensifies the shame she feels about her own past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest, tough and absorbing
- De Catherine en 11-03-14
- Amy and Isabelle
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Strout
- Narrado por: Stephanie Roberts
Depressing
Revisado: 03-10-21
Beautifully written and performed, but it is one of the most depressing books I ever read. Such loneliness!
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Anxious People
- A Novel
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26,434
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23,120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23,015
Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read. This. Now.
- De DIY Sammy en 09-09-20
- Anxious People
- A Novel
- De: Fredrik Backman
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland
Dull, annoying characters and predictable story
Revisado: 01-14-21
Perhaps because i LOVED "A Man Called Ove" and "My Grandmother Asked Me ... ," I expected to love this as well (same author). The characters were so annoying for the first 1/3 of the book that I almost returned it. But my book club is discussing it next week, so I felt I had to finish it. The "twist" was obvious, the heart-felt "lessons" were saccharine, and I simply couldn't wait for it to be over.
The narrator was dreadful.
I gave it a 2 rather than a 1 because there were a few redeeming moments.
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In Memory of the Girl in Green
- De: Eric Scott Fischl
- Narrado por: Terry Donnelly
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 216
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 198
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 196
My name is Norah Canivan, and for 50 years I’ve kept a secret. It is a secret about the girl I discovered hiding on our sorry patch of land - the girl in the tattered green dress who was running from something - and someone. The Girl in Green brought something different into my young life. And something darker. And when she died, nothing was ever the same after. For 50 years, only I’ve known what really happened to The Girl in Green. And now, these many years later, my secret may kill me.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhere along the way, the story changed
- De Pam Horn en 09-25-19
- In Memory of the Girl in Green
- De: Eric Scott Fischl
- Narrado por: Terry Donnelly
Good but WAY too long
Revisado: 05-12-20
Yes, a good (not great) story, but it should have been 200 pages shorter.
Excellent narration.
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