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Bummer Camp Audiolibro Por Ann Garvin arte de portada

Listening is Like Nails on a Chalkboard

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-21-25

Misophonia sufferers you will be triggered by the narrator's constant audible swallowing. For crying out loud if you are going to take a drinking break, pause the damn recording to do so or edit it out!
I'm not a doctor who needs to hear you swallow to diagnose you. It is a major trigger to this listener, and usually these things don't bother me. This is a total distraction to paying attention to the story. I'm so sorry I hadn't listened to this when I first bought it so I could have returned for a refund.



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A Holly Jolly Grumpy Christmas Audiolibro Por Addison Moore arte de portada

Virtual Voice Killed It ( and not in a good way)

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-28-24

Don't authors listen to the Virtual Voice version before releaseing it? Is there no way for them to fix or choose how words are read? Virtual Voice absolutely slaughtered the pronunciation of too many words to overlook how it impacts the enjoyment of listening.


Taking place in Sugarplum Hallow, the name is mentioned enough that it is now an earworm hearing Shorgumplum Hallow.

Char said as if something is charred not short for Charlotte, Shar. Kali sounds like collie not Kale with both vowels being long.


Early in first chapter, "Is that you, live and in the flesh?" Live sounded like lived. In the book it is spelled correctly so it isn't a matter of a faulty manuscript being read as incorrectly spelled.

This is the equivalent of reading a book with poor editing: jarring to listen too.

I guess you get what you pay for.

Read the books instead of listening to them if you get as irritated as I do by these mispronounciations. You'll appreciate the writing better.

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Julian & Shaw Audiolibro Por A.D. Ellis arte de portada

Great Gay Series Book 3 of On Cravenwood Block

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-08-24

Troupes: age gap, overcoming past trauma and abuse from a rough life, blackmail, care taker, friends & roommates to lovers

Cravenwood Block, named after the developer Robert Cravenwood, was established twenty five years prior within a city when the proposed plans were to demolish the buildings for a parking lot. Cravenwood saw the potential in renovation and revitalization of the area creating a community with a community near midtown.

Cravenwood Apartments Towers, better known as CAT A & B, have unique upper floor housing arrangements similar to dorm suites complete with 8 bedrooms. Tower A's Cravenwood employee residents are the focus of this series. Well developed relatable characters, Julian and Shaw are the third two of the eight roommates, featured in this book. The rest of the roommates were introduced in first book will be elaborated in their respective books. With this information reiterated in each book, you do not have to follow the series in order. The books overlap timewise.

Julian is the thirty five year old, older half brother to Ollie from the previous book. He is the care taker of the group and the handyman apartment manger for CAT A & B. When Lucas and Dean tell Julian about down on his luck Shaw, he can't help but jump into his care taking mode and bringing Shaw into the fold.

Shaw is twenty something, who was orphaned at ten years old. The years since losing a wonderful foster family at thirteen have been nothing but a struggle to merely survive through various abuses by a variety of people. After putting distance and years between his days in the adult entertainment industry and scraping by to get an education, he is ready for a brighter future. On the move to start fresh, he reads about the Cravenwood Block Community. Drawn by the good things he reads a about area, Shaw finds a flier for a Cravenwood Health Center Front Desk Reception opening was the perfect opportunity to start again. He encounters Lucas and Dean at Cravenwood Tap who recognize Shaw's precarious situation and offer a helping hand.

Life finally is looking up to be filled with the positive newly forged relationships and safety he has been missing since losing his mom and foster family. However, the past is threatening not to stay well in the past when an unsavory character reappears to upend Shaw's life.

I loved the literary references presented with Shaw being an avid reader. The explanation of flower representations in the bouquet of flowers Julian buys for Shaw was also a neat inclusion.

Oliver Young-Apstein provides a pleasant voice to listen to, but could do better to distinguish between the various male characters. Much better than virtual voice narrated books, but not quite as good as other narrated books.

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Ollie & Bash Audiolibro Por A.D. Ellis arte de portada

Great Gay Series Book 2 in the On Cravenwood Block

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-08-24

Cravenwood Block, named after the developer Robert Cravenwood, was established twenty five years prior within a city when the proposed plans were to demolish the buildings for a parking lot. Cravenwood saw the potential in renovation and revitalization of the area creating a community with a community near midtown.

Cravenwood Apartments Towers, better known as CAT A & B, have unique upper floor housing arrangements similar to dorm suites complete with 8 bedrooms. Tower A's Cravenwood employee residents are the focus of this series. Well developed relatable characters, Ollie and Bash are the second two of the eight roommates, featured in this book. The rest of the roommates were introduced in first book will be elaborated in their respective books. With this information reiterated in each book, you do not have to follow the series in order. The books overlap timewise.

Ollie & Bash features a meet cute, soon to be co-workers, age gap, roommate to lovers with a bit of suspense troupes.

Oliver aka Ollie Meyer is another secure in his skin as twenty four year old a gay man, director of music at the Education Center. In the prime of his life, he has no qualms of pursuing what and whom he wants. Bash, a significantly older man with a wise old owl persona, is firmly in his crosshairs not once, but twice before they meet as new co-workers.

Leighton, from the previous book, and Ollie are best friends with much the same personalities. Their energy and mischievousness feed off one another.

Sebastian aka Bash Evans finds himself unwillingly is starting over at forty two years old as the director of the Cravenwood Education Center, a position he was overqualified for. Middle aged with a bitter taste from his previous University job from across town, he is only looking for a brief stepping stone till he can get his life back on track. An unfounded scandal lead him to resign making the need to distance himself from the immediate past. Not looking to make deep connections, he tries to ward off Ollie's Labrador Retriever, "let's be friends" advances. LuLu, the aunt who raised him was the only reason he stuck around, that is until now.

Ollie and Bash are about to find out that even though age may separate them, shared similar life experiences are about to unite them. Overcoming obstacles from both their individual pasts and their shared current circumstances aren't the only things they have in common.

Parallels with Jett & Leighton, while present, doesn't make this a cookie cutter one mold fits all series. There are plenty of new ideas and storyline varieties that makes this book a stand alone read.

Oliver Young-Apstein again gives a pleasant performance that could be improved by better distinguishing the multiple male characters. Definitely better than virtual voice narrated, but not as great as other narrated books by voice actors.

My second criticism is for whatever reason, the menu/chapter function was not present on this book. This is the first book I've encountered this issue. There was no ability to go forward or backward through the chapters other than in the thirty second intervals. I had to listen to it completely on one device, otherwise it was starting over from the beginning.



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Jett & Leighton Audiolibro Por A.D. Ellis arte de portada

Great Gay Series Book 1 of Cravenwood Block

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-08-24

Cravenwood Block, named after the developer Robert Cravenwood, was established twenty five years prior within a city when the proposed plans were to demolish the buildings for a parking lot. Cravenwood saw the potential in renovation and revitalization of the area creating a community with a community near midtown.

Cravenwood Apartments Towers, better known as CAT A & B, have unique upper floor housing arrangements similar to dorm suites complete with 8 bedrooms. Tower A's Cravenwood employee residents are the focus of this series. Well developed relatable characters, Jett and Leighton are the first two of the eight roommates, featured in this book. The rest of the roommates are introduced in this book will be elaborated in the following books.

Leighton Cruise is the typical outgoing flirty, over the top gay barista at Craven a Cup who knows who is and makes no excuses for being himself. Knowing he was gay since seventh grade, positively supported by family and friends, Leighton has had his share of troubles with past relationships.

Jett Nelson is the latest arrival to block, tattoo artist establishing his newly acquired ownership of Craven Ink Designs on the Cravenwood Block. At twenty five, his closest relationship till now, has been with his grandfather with whom he lived since eighteen. Jett will be challenged to reassess his sexuality by Leighton's constant flirting.

Oliver Young-Apstein has a pleasant voice and cadence to listen to filled with emotional fluctuations. The only criticism I have is that he could do better in distinguishing the all male characters with different pitches or other nuances to denote the change of characters especially when interacting with one another. Definitely much better than listening to virtual voice narrated books, but not as great as the audible books where the narrators make clear distinctions for the various characters.

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Saved by My Fake-Fiancé Billionaire Audiolibro Por Amelia Ritz arte de portada

More Alike Than They Ever Knew

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-25-24

I'm not a fan of the virtual voice narrated books due to most writers don't write accounting for the lack of voice inflections, emotions, and the delineation between which characters' dialogue is whose and what is being spoken verses thought. This book was better than all the rest I've listened to so far. At least with the duel POV between the main characters, Vincent Shanes and Hannah Meicy being noted at the beginning of each chapter helps a bit. It still takes a bit to wrap your mind around a female voice narrating the male characters.

Hannah lost not only her only parent, her dad, but also the company he had owned until recently. With animosity toward Vincent Shanes the man who bought the company, Hannah is seeking answers.

When a misunderstanding of who Hannah actually is when she lands on his doorstep during a snowstorm Vincent is less than hospitable showing her to the door. By the time he collects his thoughts and notices the poor weather conditions, it is too late to prevent the accident Hannah has putting him in the position of white knight and unwilling host till conditions get better.


Stuck together with secrets not of their own making and pasts that have shaped them both into who they currently are, there are a lot of obstacles each must overcome in order to understand not only themselves but the other person. He is the older business man in the position of power on his home turf. She's the lost young woman so hurt by the recent events that she hasn't got anything more to lose. Her hurt and grief give her a strength to confront him that he eventually comes to admire. Both find that being orphans at any age isn't easy.

The quality of the writing at least came out with a better flowing narration. Editing of this book was far superior making a better listening experience. I believe there was only one time where the wrong word was used due to typo in chapter 8 on PG 67 ...the cotton nightdress she was wearing is ridding ( instead of riding) up her waist. There were a few times where virtual voice did choose the wrong pronunciation of words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently.

Again, virtual voice isn't the best quality for Audible books, but this one is definitely the top of the best list for my listening pleasure.

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Year of the Rabbit Audiolibro Por Anni Lee arte de portada

Dark Themes, Excellent Narration

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-24-24

This is the first Audible book from Anni Lee I've listened to and I'm blown away! Bret Mykel does a phenomenal in narrating the book that has so many male characters. His intonation for each character is very distinctive and the depth of their feeling unfurl so well that it was almost like reading it myself. I did not have any trouble following who was says or doing what in book, unlike what I've experienced with virtual voice read books.

Despite the dark content at times, I couldn't help but be vested in the unfolding of Leveret Wong's life. Satisfied with how his life is at the moment, Leveret loves his job at the family bakery but is feeling the pressure from his domineering mother and father who are powerful entities in the Chinese Zodiac Shifters society. Their disappointment with him not being a powerful alpha couldn't be more obvious. Being half rabbit shifter, half warlock isn't all it is cracked up to be. His being gay is less of an issue than one would expect.

Unhappy with his mother's meddling by enrolling him in the local shifter school, he has low expectations of anything positive coming from the experience. Little does he realize two men are about to make him confront the past and grow into his destined future.

Eliot Rand a fellow classmate turned coworker, is dog shifter who also has had a traumatic past. Seemingly the bane of their math instructor Juni's existence, Eliot isn't someone Leveret initially sees as a friend and ally. Burned by friends in the past Leveret shuns any close connections, but slowly finds the benefit of having allies when the full moon appears.

The author handles very dark issues carefully, but very descriptive details. The angst that the characters feel are gripping.

I look forward to reading/listening to other books in the series.

Definitely be aware of the content triggers and warnings before you buy/borrow/ read/listen.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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The Billionaire's Birthday Blind Date Audiolibro Por Jo Grafford arte de portada

Okay listening could be better

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-19-24

This is the second author who utilized virtual voice to narrate their book that I've listened to and wondered, "Do they not listen to and correct troubled areas?"

Virtual voice has issues with abbreviations like CEO the E isn't said or with stuttered words, there was a point it said apostrophe s.

It was amusing that the characters didn't have suitcases but staircases instead.

If any of the authors really listened to their books being read, I would hope they would be cognizant of how to revise their book script so that their true meaning and unfolding of the story made sense. There would be true delineation of who was speaking the dialogue and what was internal narrative verses true dialogue.

Is there really no way to to get the virtual voice to read the correct pronunciation of words that are said in multiple ways such as read (reed) and read (red)?

Once again, I'm glad I was listening to this book as part of the free Audible books versus having paid for it.



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GABE Audiolibro Por Susie McIver arte de portada

Disappointed

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-18-24

I don't know if it was the horrendous reading by virtual voice, mediocre writing or a combination of both that made this series and specifically this book jar my nerves like nails on a blackboard.

I am not a fan of virtual voice narrated books due to how difficult it is to determine which character is speaking often, especially when there are multiple characters in a scene and it is not written to specify that character A said XYZ and character B responded while character C interrupted. The lack of voice inflection to note various characters and their emotions is irksome. The second detrimental flaw of virtual voice is when it comes to words spelled the same but have multiple pronunciations with various means and it chooses the wrong pronunciation. Did the leader lead his team of did he have a lead foot? Then you have the conundrum of whether the author misspelled a word that is an actual whole other word or did the system mispronounce it? He nozzled her neck instead of nuzzled her neck.

Carrie is a former DEA agent but virtual voice kept reading it as she was a DA, as in a District Attorney. If that wasn't bad enough, it was glaringly obvious when words were missing from sentences making you have to pause to figure out exactly what was meant otherwise you were 3 sentences later before things made sense.

At times, I would get lost in what was occurring because the sequence of events just did not make sense. At the end it felt like the author had had too many storylines left to tie up but found she ran out of time/words to do them all justice for whatever reason- deadline to meet or page limit to keep within.

You get what you pay for rings true for this series. I'm thankful I got to listen to it for free as part of an Audible trial period because I would not have paid to listen past the first book. I had such high hopes for the series at the beginning.

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