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Great fun!

Revisado: 07-26-22

This was an absolute delight! Dominic Monaghan gives an excellent performance as Moriarty, and the whole supporting cast was great. The story was engaging and original and great fun. I definitely hope to hear more from this ensemble.

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Mystical and moving

Revisado: 09-23-21

A fragmented, elegiac collection of short stories by Brian Selznick. These tales are beautifully written and suffused with a yearning, mournful quality.

Stick around for the brief interview with Selznick at the end, in which he explains how Kaleidoscope (a five-year project) came apart and then came together again in the midst of the pandemic. The stories are ostensibly aimed at age ten and up, but I think grown-ups will love them too. In some ways they seem too heavy for children, but after nearly two years of pandemic-related death and upheaval, these gentle tales of longing and loss might resonate deeply with young readers.

Gwendoline Christie’s narration is impeccable.

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Great Short Audio Drama

Revisado: 12-23-19

I loved this! I’d never heard of Hertha Ayrton, but she sounds freakin’ awesome. My next job will be to find a decent biography of her life.

This short audio play takes Curie’s notorious affair with a younger, married scientist as its inciting incident and uses that to examine the unreal expectations placed on all women, especially accomplished, talented women.

Both Hertha and Marie suffer the same struggles as many women today - the fight to be taken seriously in their careers, the challenge of balancing those careers with motherhood, and finally, the longing to be allowed to be real, imperfect women with tempers and bad habits and even (gasp!) lovers.

I read many reviews objecting to Francesca Faridany’s bad French accent, particularly in light of the fact Curie was Polish by birth. But surely that was the point of the accent? To convey her voice as a confused blend of her native and adopted tongues? At any rate, the accent didn’t bother me at all.

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Theatre Night at Home

Revisado: 11-02-18

This was a wonderful idea!

Audible and author Alexandra Silber took her book, which is a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof, and combined chapter readings with songs from Fiddler and several brand new songs.

I’d love to see this become a musical and I’d love to hear more mixed media live readings such as this on Audible.

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Haunting and Original

Revisado: 09-29-15

Loved these quirky, original short stories. They have a creepy undercurrent and a touch of magical realism. If you like writers like Neil Gaiman and Angela Slatter, you'll probably like Kelly Link.

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The Narrator Makes the Story Come Alive

Revisado: 11-22-12

This is the audiobook medium at its very best. Lenny Henry narrates with lively enthusiasm and a brilliant gift for the many voices of the story. A tropical music soundtrack adds atmosphere to Neil Gaiman's witty, poetic retelling of the legend of Anansi and his children.

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Delightful

Revisado: 10-01-12

A collection of vignettes from Eloisa James' sabbatical year in Paris. Delicious recipes, a delightfully precocious daughter, and an adorable prosciutto-addicted overweight chihuahua. Lovely descriptions of the city, the people, and the culture, as well as some moving thoughts on surviving cancer and coping with an aging parent.

Ms. James narrates the audiobook herself and did a great job - she has a very pleasant speaking voice and warm, natural reading style.

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A Fun Listen

Revisado: 04-24-12

What did you love best about Leviathan?

I haven't actually finished listening to this story yet, but I'm enjoying the narration so much, I had to comment. So far, the story has been great fun - two very likable teenage protagonists and their adventures in the run-up to WWI. In this alternate history, the Austro-Hungarians have mechanized weapons like clankers, while the Brits have fabricated beasts (genetically engineered crossbreeds). If you like steampunk and modern European history, you should definitely enjoy this. And Prince Alec and Derryn Sharp (a Scottish girl posing as a young airman) should be a great hit with teens. But really, the best thing about this audiobook is Alan Cumming. He is stupendous. He nails all the different accents and conveys the characters' personalities so well through tone of voice -- and he reads the story with such obvious relish. It's a delight to hear. I want him to read ALL my audiobooks from now on. I might even like him better than Jim Dale and Stephen Fry. At any rate, he certainly joins them on my list of absolute favorite narrators.

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