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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- De Teresa H. en 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- De: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Puts all other contemporary bestsellers to shame
Revisado: 03-23-25
I will de-star some of the 'bestsellers' I have listened to based on this book. This is a beautifully written down to earth book which tells an authentic story of the lives of women and the social/cultural constructions that still exist around our (women's) 'place' in society.
Honestly, I waited a long time (don't know why) to read it, but finally got fed up with authors who were writing these young 30 something heroines placing them in wartime settings the authors used just as a setting without the experience of say, for example, Vietnam. I wanted to read/listen to something up-beat! Lessons in Chemistry does not disappoint.
It is delightfully humorous although, again, there was some weird emphasis on 'dark' humor when really Garmus is just telling it like it was, especially if your mom was a 50's and 60's mom. It is a funny book.
LICh is relatable on many present day levels. It allows the listener/reader to laugh and cry. I especially appreciated and enjoyed the interview with Bonnie Garmus at the end of the Audible version. Thank you thank you!
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The Silence of the Girls
- De: Pat Barker
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen woman - Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman watches and waits for the war's outcome: Briseis. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms until Achilles, Greece's greatest warrior, sacked her city and murdered her husband and brothers. Briseis becomes Achilles' concubine, a prize of battle, and must adjust quickly in order to survive a radically different life, as one of the many conquered women who serve the Greek army.
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This Narrator Is A Spoken Word Goddess.
- De Texastential en 12-31-18
- The Silence of the Girls
- De: Pat Barker
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
A wonderful telling of the battle of Troy
Revisado: 02-20-25
In the words of Briseis, here are the last days of Troy. And, finally, a nice concise, beautiful and lyrical book that oddly can tell a worthwhile story in less than 300 pages. (Listening time around 10 hours ONLY). Yes, I did listen to the book. The author, Pat Barker is a purveyor of words and Kristin Atherton shines as the voice of Briseis. Michael Fox's voice was appropriately, jarring as an interloper male warrior of this book. I believe it was an excellent way to contrast the male fighter moral war imperative to a slave's understanding and never ending story of day to day camp survival. Through the narrators' voices the world comes together.
And, I dont have to wait 40 hours for it to end. If the reader/listener enjoys Briseis' story, then please consider listening to or reading Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles as well! I noticed that there is a continuous plethora retelling of ancient greek stories (proof of a forever story) right now on Amazon's shelves. And, very long and tedious stories about WW I or II. I say, go for the gold. If you want the tragedy of war, blood and gore, trauma of societies, love, endurance, and humanity then Silence of the Girls is that Novel (and literature) that packs the punch about female subservience that carries forward to the present day.
I look forward to reading/ listening to other of Ms. Barker's books, including to her WW I series, that hopefully keeps it as concise and lovely as her Troy books!
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Case Histories
- A Novel
- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Susan Jameson
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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Case One: A little girl goes missing in the night. Case Two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac's apparently random attack. Case Three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.
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Trippy book
- De mary en 01-20-09
- Case Histories
- A Novel
- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Susan Jameson
tender hearted character development
Revisado: 02-10-25
So this book, and several others with Jackson Brody as the main character, was made into a tv series- a very good series with Jason Isaacs as MR. Brody. I would really suggest watching it instead of reading or listening to books. The tv series in this case is the best choice of media here and do the books justice. Edinburgh is so beautiful as the location (instead of Cambridge)
giving more edge and atmosphere to the setting of the stories.
Although I enjoyed listening to Case Histories, it bogged down occasionally because the characters thought out loud
too much. Since when do books lack physical action and rely on thoughts to carry the plot? I forwarded in the chapters a lot without losing track of plot developments. The tv series has a good screen writer that made this more action oriented than thought (thank god) while maintaining the integrity of the characters who are wonderfully real. Nice job.
I did like the narrator. I get tired of female narrators who are supposed to be 'good' and yet can't do other than one voice (their
own) and sound whiney or do that bland run-off at the end of the sentences
like they are gossiping at lunch.
Not a bad listen, and an interesting way to interweave mysteries and do it well. I would read or listen to other books by this author or narrator.
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All the Colors of the Dark
- De: Chris Whitaker
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
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Best book of 2024
- De Jmo930 en 07-04-24
- All the Colors of the Dark
- De: Chris Whitaker
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Reading it may have improved the experienced
Revisado: 10-26-24
The inordinate amount of chapters ruined the flow of listening to what could have been an
Ok story. It was+ 100 chapters too long, much of it unnecessary. this book is 608 pages in hard copy and has 261 chapters. Honestly, I do not understand the recent trend of short chapters. I can track more than two thoughts in my head and don't read chapter breaks in my head as ' chapter x'. I think there is some confusion with chaptering. It is understandable when place and time changes, but not for every thought process. I don't need the author to helicopter my reading process. It breaks the momentum of a plot, especially a thriller, in which there should be action, not explanation. Character development should not substitute for plot or action.
And, who are these people and their book clubs who pick these very blah, mediocre Moby Dick books and recommend it as good fiction?
However, I did enjoy the narration with the exception of all the chapter breaks. I was becoming worried about giving up my subscription because I have not enjoyed the flood of mediocre books and people who cannot narrate well. Sometimes, the narrator can get me through the book with the voice.
The author is strong at creating characters. And, I believe he did a good job of capturing the mentality - and kindnesses - of a small town with people who have secrets and self-importance.
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A Darker Shade of Magic
- A Darker Shade of Magic, Book 1
- De: V. E. Schwab
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes. As such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. There's White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks of that now.
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Shades of Gray Magic - This one's a bit dull
- De Tango en 04-26-15
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- A Darker Shade of Magic, Book 1
- De: V. E. Schwab
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
poor character development, and an unremarkable fantasy world
Revisado: 08-18-24
i dislike newer authors who have to use sadism and other human abuse as a device to create evil
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The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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WOW. Just Wow
- De Joanne DeVuono en 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
It could have been better
Revisado: 07-26-24
Liked: the narrator and the first part of the book. the supporting characters who were fairly 'normal' women with a cause.
Disliked: an insurmountable amount of cliches and surface paddling, i.e., name dropping; trivial references to the Vietnam War, the 1970s, and changing social norms, as if it defined all of it. Predictability. Frankie, the walking tragedy. white-washed love and romance. Bad, bad men.
This didn't feel like a book that is near and dear to your heart which the author more or less proclaims, espeically if you grew up b/w the 1950 morality and into the transitional 60's and 70's. The author reached out and touched a drying painting without realizing that touching it might leave a mark, ruining what was there.
Actually, it did not live up to all 'the talk' about this author, and I was disappointed.
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I Must Betray You
- De: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.
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Brilliant, dramatic, heartbreaking
- De Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com en 02-04-22
- I Must Betray You
- De: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys
a fiction totally representative of past and present dilemmas
Revisado: 06-15-24
Many reviews remark on the 'flatness' of the characters. Well, they were starving, and lived in fear of a personality regime that controlled through fear. This is a beautiful and empathetic book that captures the feelings and hope of an entire nation.
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Winter’s Gifts
- Rivers of London, Book 3
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Penelope Rawlins
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray Sierra India' incident, the operator doesn't understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does. That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Leaving Quantico for snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town—and there's no sign of Henderson. Things soon go from weird to worse, as neighbors report unsettling sightings, key evidence goes missing, and the snow keeps rising—cutting off the town, with no way in or out . . .
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Disappointed
- De MerylB en 06-24-23
- Winter’s Gifts
- Rivers of London, Book 3
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Penelope Rawlins
Narrator - OPE
Revisado: 08-22-23
So the performance is a zero. There is no range to her voices and the Wisconsin accent, well, if you can’t do it, and you are not worthy of a good upper Midwest accent, don’t waste your breath. Personally, there are not many good female narrators, but wow - and, I am sure she is a nice woman and all - but what a disservice to a wonderful series.
Otherwise, the story is original, but not as well mastered as the main stories of the Rivers’ series.
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The Furthest Station
- Rivers of London Series, Book 5.5
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless specters whose presence does little more than give a frisson to traveling and boost tourism. But now there's a rash of sightings on the Metropolitan Line and these ghosts are frightening, aggressive, and seem to be looking for something. Enter PC Peter Grant, junior member of the Metropolitan Police's Special Assessment Unit, AKA The Folly, AKA the only police officers whose official duties include ghost hunting.
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Traditional investigation, untraditional witnesses
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 03-20-22
- The Furthest Station
- Rivers of London Series, Book 5.5
- De: Ben Aaronovitch
- Narrado por: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Enchanting
Revisado: 07-22-23
Novellas and short stories take talent. The plot is delightful! Even the colors are vivid! And, create a continuity of drabness and opaqueness to the 'world of ghosts' . Well done - I love this series, especially the narration.
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The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge
- De: John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
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What is it about the old Wilder Creek Bridge that makes Lewis Barnavelt so curious - and so afraid? When Lewis and his best friend Rose Rita Pottinger set out to explore the bridge and the deserted farm nearby, they discover shocking secrets - and a horrifying monster. Even Lewis's Uncle Jonathan and the magical Mrs. Zimmermann may not be able to vanquish this ferocious creature!
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Pleasant reading, nostalgic feel
- De Bruce en 04-08-19
- The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge
- De: John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
- Narrado por: George Guidall
my favorite narrator
Revisado: 01-10-23
The Bellairs' books are a marvel and contain some parallel magical themes, spells and other devices similar to the HP books - BUT were written before the published HP books - delightful, scary stories and glad Audible has included them in the library. In addition George Guidall is a solid 10 narrator with a range of voices. Bravo !!!!
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