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Table for Two
- Fictions
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,484
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,335
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I adore Amor Towles!!
- De Deb Mitchell en 04-20-24
- Table for Two
- Fictions
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron
4.27 stars
Revisado: 04-25-24
I rarely every pick short story collections. Prior to purchasing I didn't read anything about this selection, as I had preordered it since I have liked everything this author has written. I didn't realize until a couple hours in that it was short stories. I ended up liking all of them. There is a novella at the end that connects back to Rules of Civility. It was also good. Overall I'm glad I listened.
4,27 stars
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Harlem Shuffle
- A Novel
- De: Colson Whitehead
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,950
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,557
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,532
To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Ray Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Read/Listen on Audible
- De Henry Posner en 09-22-21
- Harlem Shuffle
- A Novel
- De: Colson Whitehead
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
4.16 stars
Revisado: 04-25-24
I wouldn't say this is his best work, but it is pretty good. I started it and put it down but returned to it again after awhile and finished it. It kept me interested most of the time. I may even give the sequel a try since I am a fan of this author.
4.16 stars
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It
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Steven Weber
- Duración: 44 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62,611
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 56,800
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56,618
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic with a Top-Notch Performance!
- De Nicole - Audible en 06-19-17
- It
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Steven Weber
Good but not King’s best 4.26 stars
Revisado: 01-22-24
Good book that’ll keep listeners interested. However, it not on the level of The Stand or The Dark Tower series. It’s very long, but pretty easy to follow. Just not as good as some of his other stuff. Still, it’s good, and most any Stephen King fan will like it.
4.26 stars
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I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- De: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,477
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,476
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really?
- De cydney numnum en 03-16-23
- I Have Some Questions for You
- A Novel
- De: Rebecca Makkai
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
4.28 Stars
Revisado: 05-04-23
This book kept my attention for the entire time, though this probably had something to do with the fantastic narration. This novel is not as good as her last, The Great Believers, but that was a great novel and difficult to duplicate. Still, it was a worthwhile read/listen.
4.28 Stars
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 30,395
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27,505
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27,439
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- De Billy en 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
4.62 Stars
Revisado: 05-04-23
This is one of the better titles I've listened to in awhile. Probably the best since Crossroads. I wish I could find another like it, a story that checks all the boxes: great writing, great narrator, great story.
4.62 Stars
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The Candy House
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Egan
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman, Nicole Lewis, Thomas Sadoski, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,315
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,134
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,131
The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or “externalizing” memory. Within a decade, Bix’s new technology, “Own Your Unconscious”—which allows you access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of others—has seduced multitudes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read this one, skip audio
- De Barbara S en 06-29-22
4.09 Stars
Revisado: 12-14-22
The sequel to A Visit From the Goon Squad is fairly entertaining, though not as good as the first novel. It had a lot of potential. There's a futuristic and/or sci-fi element to the novel, though the concepts are somewhat vague and never fully explained. It loses some momentum towards the end. Still, pretty good.
Overall rating: 4.09 stars
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The Latecomer
- A Novel
- De: Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 16 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,016
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,797
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,784
The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF. As children, the three siblings—Harrison, Lewyn, and Sally—feel no strong familial bond and cannot wait to go their separate ways, even as their father becomes more distanced and their mother more desperate. When the triplets leave for college, Johanna, faced with being truly alone, makes the decision to have a fourth child.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Conservatives and religious are the villains
- De Ashley en 09-01-22
- The Latecomer
- A Novel
- De: Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
4.46 stars
Revisado: 10-06-22
This is one of the best stories I've listened to this year. While the end isn't quite on par with the rest of the book, I enjoyed the entire 16+ hours. The book would have been better if the writer's political preferences weren't projected onto the outcomes of the characters. Still, a few minor flaws doesn't take away from an otherwise thoroughly entertaining novel.
4.46 stars
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Mount Chicago
- A Novel
- De: Adam Levin
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 20 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most devoted fan, and the city’s mayor must struggle to move forward while the world—quite literally—caves beneath their feet. With this polyphonic tale of Chicago-style politics and political correctness, stand-up comedy and Jewish identity, celebrity, drugs, and animal psychology, Levin has constructed a monument to laughter, love, art, and resilience in an age of spectacular loss.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Absurd Metafiction for Those with Patience
- De Real Writer en 09-09-22
- Mount Chicago
- A Novel
- De: Adam Levin
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
4.13 Stars
Revisado: 09-20-22
I was expecting a bit more from this author, especially after last novel, Bubblegum, which was fantastic in every way. Mount Chicago, on the other hand, is just mediocre. There's just not much to get excited about here. That being said, I didn't listen to the entire thing, which is over 20 hours long, and sections of this novel are very entertaining. Also, it peters out towards the end, unfortunately. I probably expect too much from this guy, as he's one of my favorite authors. Still, it's a decent read/listen.
Overall 4.13 stars
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Bad Men Will Come
- A Novel of Cain City
- De: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrado por: Ari Fliakos
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,526
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,516
Ephraim Rivers, a struggling single father on the brink of losing his factory job, is working the graveyard shift when a man with a bullet in his gut stumbles in, whispering of stolen money. Ephraim sees an opportunity to alter the course of his family’s fortunes, and becomes obsessed with finding the loot. But there are bad men pursuing the treasure - and for them, the opportunity is to seize power and to settle scores. Killing means nothing to them, whether it’s each other - or anyone who gets in their way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GREAT BOOK!!!!
- De shelley en 09-24-21
- Bad Men Will Come
- A Novel of Cain City
- De: Jonathan Fredrick
- Narrado por: Ari Fliakos
4.07 stars
Revisado: 09-01-22
The 3rd book in this series is much like the previous ones, though the characters are different. It still takes place in the same city. It’s a little better than Book 2 and not as good as Book 1. Still an entertaining installment. The author and narrator make a good team.
4.07 stars
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Crossroads
- A Novel
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David Pittu
- Duración: 24 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,668
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,383
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Now, in Crossroads, Franzen ventures back into the past and explores the history of two generations. With characteristic humor and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How do narrators still do clownish stuff like this in 2021?
- De Hotrodimus en 10-30-21
- Crossroads
- A Novel
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David Pittu
Excellent - 4.81 stars
Revisado: 08-24-22
Maybe I'm biased, but I knew this would be a good novel before listening to it. Franzen always delivers. When I saw David Pittu was narrating, I knew this one couldn't miss, as he is probably the best narrator I've heard. His work on The Goldfinch and The Marriage Plot is also top notch. I don't have a bad thing to say about this one. Can't wait for more in this series to come!
4.81 STARS
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