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The Mystery Guest
- A Maid Novel
- De: Nita Prose
- Narrado por: Lauren Ambrose
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J. D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead—very dead—on the hotel’s tearoom floor.
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Molly is an interesting character.
- De M. Faulkner en 12-17-23
- The Mystery Guest
- A Maid Novel
- De: Nita Prose
- Narrado por: Lauren Ambrose
The Mystery Guest Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
Nita Prose has me in a chokehold with the 'Molly the Maid' series. I have absolutely adored these books and the characters are all top tier!! This sequel was the perfect cozy mystery read.
Molly, the now Head Maid, at The Regency Grand Hotel has the keen ability to recognize small almost invisible details that come in handy when solving a mystery. When a renowned mystery writer drops dead in the middle of the tea room at the hotel, Molly knows she must find the culprit responsible. Luckily, with Molly being the clever sleuth she is takes the reins to find the rat responsible.
Molly is literally the type of character you can't help but root for. When the book started out and said that Molly had been promoted to Head Maid, I cheered so loud. We also got our favorite side characters back and were introduced to some new ones that are sure to be fan favorites! The Mystery Guest is not just a wonderful sequel but a novel that can stand on its own as well. I can't wait for the next installment in the series!!
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The Fury
- De: Alex Michaelides
- Narrado por: Alex Jennings
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island.
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Give it time
- De missmarymack en 01-18-24
- The Fury
- De: Alex Michaelides
- Narrado por: Alex Jennings
The Fury Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
From the first introduction of our elusive narrator I knew this was different from Alex Michaelides previous two books. I was hooked by the first person narrative and I loved and hated just about all the characters for different reasons, which made reading that much more fun! I love the way Alex writes, and the care he puts into his work. This book was so twisty, I didn't know which way was up. Just when you think you know what's happening the table turns back and forth and side to side. I realized pretty quickly that Elliot was an unreliable narrator, and usually I am not a fan of unreliable narrators, but this time around I didn't mind it as much.
Thanks Celadon for letting me enjoy this title early in exchange for my honest review.
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Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
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Heartbreakingly Disappointing and Insulting
- De Marcus Haynes en 11-28-20
- Ready Player Two
- A Novel
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Ready Player Two Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
Giving this book 2 stars painfully hurts because I loved this first book so much. However, this was beyond boring, and that is saying something because the first was so fresh and thrilling and fun. The plot was messy and at most times I was confused, but didn't care enough to go back and figure it out. The plot was also so rushed, it was moving at supersonic speed and not in a fun way. I just was so disappointed.
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Ready Player One
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 15 h y 40 m
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In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.
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I’m sorry I waited so long to read this book.
- De Julie W. Capell en 05-27-14
- Ready Player One
- De: Ernest Cline
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Ready Player One Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
I was hooked from the start of this book, and I am so glad I finally gave this book a read. I picked it up at a Free Lending Library one day for my sister (she loved the movie) and I randomly saw it on Audible and it was narrated by Wil Wheaton and I had to give it a try. I was shocked by how different it was from the movie, I mean completely different and if I hadn't seen the movie first, I feel like I wouldn't have liked it. But, I loved the movie before reading the book, so now I love both.
Wade Watts is a great character, NERDS UNITE, and I loved his journey through 80s nostalgia. While I'm not a gamer at all, and didn't know what 75% of the references were, I still really enjoyed this book. It was fun and had me at the edge of my seat.
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Thicker than Water
- A Memoir
- De: Kerry Washington
- Narrado por: Kerry Washington
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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While on a drive in Los Angeles, on a seemingly average afternoon, Kerry Washington received a text message that would send her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. In an instant, her very identity was torn apart, with everything she thought she knew about herself thrown into question.
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Technical issues are ruining an otherwise good story
- De Lindsay en 09-27-23
- Thicker than Water
- A Memoir
- De: Kerry Washington
- Narrado por: Kerry Washington
Thicker Than Water Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
I adored this book, almost as much as I love Kerry Washington herself. I will say that I knew next to nothing about her personal life. So when I saw this as one of the nominees for the biography/memoir of the year, I had to read it. I decided to listen to the audiobook, even though I already bought the book because I love listening to memoirs read in the voice of the author. I thought this book was beautiful, Kerry was so open and honest, which made me fall even more in love with her.
I love memoirs so much because I love learning about someone, what has shaped them into the person they are today. However, I don't love reading memoirs if the person doesn't truly open themselves up. I don't want to read half truths or just puff pieces, I want honest and real. That is exactly what Kerry Washington's book was honest and real. She opened the book with revealing that her parents were keeping a rather large familial secret from her...
She spoke about her childhood and how she grew up with insecurities developed by her parents lying and hiding things from her. She could tell early on that her parents would only tell her half truths and would in turn create an anxious Kerry. This affected how she communicated with them; she was loved by them and she contributes her love of learning to her mother and her creativeness to her father, but there was deep seated resentment for always being in the dark. She talked about her rise to fame and what it meant to her to play the iconic Olivia Pope. She spoke about working with political figures, her time in India, her marriage to Nnamdi, and becoming a mother.
She is someone that I respect and admire and reading this memoir only amplified it. I am truly in awe of you, Kerry Washington!
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When I'm Dead
- A Black Harbor Novel
- De: Hannah Morrissey
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden, Caitlin Kelly, Gary Tiedemann, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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On a bone-chilling October night, Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp investigates the death of her daughter’s best friend. Hours later, the tragedy hits even closer to home when she makes a devastating discovery—her daughter, Chloe, is gone. But, not without a trace. A morbid mosaic of clues forces Rowan and her husband to question how deeply they really knew their daughter. As they work closely to peel back the layers of this case, they begin to unearth disturbing details about Chloe and her secret transgressions…details that threaten to tear them apart.
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Hooks you in immediately!
- De Danielle en 11-03-23
- When I'm Dead
- A Black Harbor Novel
- De: Hannah Morrissey
- Narrado por: Andrew Eiden, Caitlin Kelly, Gary Tiedemann, Xe Sands
When I'm Dead Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
I could not put this book down!! Can I say, this was such a gripping read, I was hooked from the start.
One evening Rowan, a medical examiner, and her husband Axel, a homicide detective, get a phone call that pulls them away from their daughters play to a gruesome murder scene. Leaving a distraught daughter behind who utters the words, "You will love me more when I'm dead." Arriving on the scene they discover the body of their daughter's best friend, and once they arrive home realize their daughter has gone missing. As they search for their missing daughter more secrets, lies, and deaths are revealed. It is a race against the clock to figure out who is responsible for killing young girls. Are they connected? Is Chloe still alive? Can they save her in time? Will their marriage survive this trauma?
When I picked this book as my BOTM, I had no idea that it was part of a series, luckily that didn't deter the story for me at all, actually it makes me want to go buy the previous two books and give them a read! I loved the suspense, the tensions, all the secrets and lies, the unique plot, the overall dreary atmosphere of the book. I was also a HUGE fan of the multiple perspectives we got in this book. I was guessing left and right for who the murderer could be...
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Okay, I was guessing left and right...at one point I even was thinking Axel did it. However, when Eddie talked to Rowan in the supermarket about his sisters favorite candy being the same as Chloe's....I knew. Honestly, such great pacing and really haunting murders. I definitely want to read Hannah Morrissey's other books!!
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Pageboy
- A Memoir
- De: Elliot Page
- Narrado por: Elliot Page
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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“Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he’d carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back.
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Ah, I wish this were better. I'm disappointed.
- De Jackson Theofore Keys en 06-07-23
- Pageboy
- A Memoir
- De: Elliot Page
- Narrado por: Elliot Page
Pageboy Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
Pageboy was a memoir I was so excited to read, not only do I have a physical copy, but I downloaded it on Audible as well, as I wanted to hear Elliot Page narrate as well. I think Elliot is a fantastic actor and before reading this I realized I knew next to nothing about his life. Elliot starts this book with saying how he isn't speaking for every trans person, or that his story is like any other person's story, and how he decided to write this book because books helped save him. I want to treat this review with just as much care and consideration Elliot did, but also be truthful in my review. I am not reviewing his stories or experiences, but rather the writing and narration of the book.
I've come to realize that I am not a fan of non-linear narratives, and this book was told in that style. Because of this style, Page doesn't always leave his chapters or stories fully formed, and that was the most frustrating part for me. I felt like this book just lacked a theme and was incomplete.
Overall, Page's narrative was deeply personal and you could feel the pain, hope, and love in his words. He is a beautiful person that deserves love and happiness just like everyone else.
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The Hunting Party
- A Novel
- De: Lucy Foley
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of 30-something friends from Oxford meets to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students 10 years ago. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands - the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead.
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I bought this for 7 bucks; I wouldn't pay 8
- De Lucy en 12-01-19
- The Hunting Party
- A Novel
- De: Lucy Foley
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk
The Hunting Party Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
I feel like giving this 3 stars, and that's being pretty generous. This was just an "ok" read for me. I love Lucy Foley, like ADORE her and her writing. The Paris Apartment is still my favorite read from her, but the mystery and guessing the killer, which I did guess from their first chapter...which is a new record for me.
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The Wishing Game
- A Novel
- De: Meg Shaffer
- Narrado por: Rachel L. Jacobs, Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children’s author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner’s life in this absorbing and whimsical novel.
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Painful to listen to
- De Dan Viens en 09-08-23
- The Wishing Game
- A Novel
- De: Meg Shaffer
- Narrado por: Rachel L. Jacobs, Paul Boehmer
The Wishing Game Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
Okay, I don't think I have ever been this shocked when reading a book. Not the plot or anything, but just how much I LOVED this book. I mean it was fantastic. I did not want it to end, it was such a good read. The Wishing Game is a feel-good book filled with not only likable characters, but ones you root for. I mean it is described as Willy Wonka but instead of chocolates it's books...and I can't describe this book any better than that.
Jack Masterson is a children's author and his books captivate the children who read them. However, Jack has not written a book in 6 years...until he announces he is holding a contest. He will choose four people (avid fans) to come to his private island and try and win the next book in the series. Lucy is chosen to go, and this might be the answer to her prayers. If she plays and wins, she could finally have her dream come true...
I cannot recommend this book enough, I loved every bit of it.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- De: Matthew Perry
- Narrado por: Matthew Perry
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes listeners onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.
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Mad at myself for getting sucked in
- De betty en 11-03-22
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
- A Memoir
- De: Matthew Perry
- Narrado por: Matthew Perry
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Review
Revisado: 12-31-24
One thing that is undeniably true is that Matthew Perry held nothing back in this book, he was incredibly honest and open. I am not a friends fan per se, but I have seen majority of the show, and the best parts...at least for me were Chandler and Monica's characters. I have been a fan of Matthew Perry and think he is effortlessly funny. With that said, I didn't know much about his past (Keith Morrison is his stepfather, who knew) or how intense his battle with "the big terrible thing" was.
I can't believe how gripping his alcoholism and pill addiction had on him. I mean 55 Vicodin a day is like way more than a lot, right? The countless rehabs, the countless surgeries, the countless mistakes, and Perry never let it end him. He kept on getting back up, and that is saying a hell of a lot. I'm proud of him, and his journey.
This book did come with some flaws though like, the non linear timeline. It was just too much for me. I hated all the hopping around and thought it honestly could've done with some editing. I also thought Perry was a bit condescending and kind of a dick sometimes. Since part of this book was titled, "Friends" I was hoping for more about the show. Don't get me wrong there was still plenty discussed, but I wanted a bit more with the cast and their friendship with each other.
Matty, I wish you nothing but sobriety, happiness, and peace. Could you BE anymore awesome?!?!
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