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Galatea
- De: Madeline Miller
- Narrado por: Ruth Wilson
- Duración: 46 m
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In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece—the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen—the gift of life. After marrying her, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, Galatea is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost.
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Fantastic reimagining
- De Mark en 11-29-23
- Galatea
- De: Madeline Miller
- Narrado por: Ruth Wilson
Now I remember why I don't read short stories
Revisado: 04-24-25
I love Madeline Miller's work, and will read Circe next, but this one reminds me why I don't read short stories. I needed something to keep me company on a lunchtime walk and didn't want to start anything long, since I'm also reading 3 different books between Kindle and physical. This was less than 45 minutes.
The story was good, and I don't know much about Ancient Greece, but I didn't like the ending (though it made sense).
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Hitchhikers
- De: Ben H. Winters
- Narrado por: Therese Plummer
- Duración: 3 h y 27 m
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Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?
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Pretty good
- De Anne en 03-18-25
- Hitchhikers
- De: Ben H. Winters
- Narrado por: Therese Plummer
Very enjoyable and surprising ending.
Revisado: 04-24-25
A twisty tale of time travel and two women who must save each other–no matter the cost. Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She thinks she loves her fiancé, Greg, and he's paying her tuition to get her degree. But things don't always work the way they are planned. Greg has anger issues, and he's not supportive of her opening a business.
Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. Too much. Greg wants to call the cops and have her dragged away, but there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake.
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Girls of Flight City
- Inspired by True Events, a Novel of WWII, the Royal Air Force, and Texas
- De: Lorraine Heath
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor. But the task isn’t without its perils of near-misses and death. Faced with the weight of her responsibilities, she finds solace with a British officer who knows firsthand the heavy price paid in war . . . until he returns to the battles he never truly left behind.
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Loved this story!
- De Lyn Odom en 07-27-22
- Girls of Flight City
- Inspired by True Events, a Novel of WWII, the Royal Air Force, and Texas
- De: Lorraine Heath
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
WWII historical fiction set in the US
Revisado: 04-24-25
So often I read historical fiction about WWII that takes place in Europe. This is the first I read that took place in the US.
1941, a year before the US entered the war, 24-year-old Jessie is a talented pilot. Her father taught her and her twin brother to fly, and when her brother joins the RAF, she joins the civilian flight school in her small Texas town and begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF. But the task of instructor isn't without its own perils of near-misses and death.
The novel also follows Rhonda, who trains the RAF pilots in the flight simulator. Fearing little, she dares to jeopardize everything for a forbidden relationship with a charismatic airman.
And then there is Kitty, Jessie's 16-year-old sister, who adores dancing with these charming British pilots, realizing too late the risks they pose to her heart.
By the end, this book had me in tears. But I was also so angry at the attitude of Americans who were so against helping Britain yet after Pearl Harbor, they 180'd so fast it made heads spin. The self-centered hypocrisy!
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The Martian Contingency
- Lady Astronaut, Book 4
- De: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrado por: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, DC—triggering an extinction-level global-warming event—Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step–Mars. Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on the Red Planet, optimistic about preparing for the first true wave of inhabitants. The mission objective is more than just building the infrastructure of a habitat–they are trying to preserve the many cultures and nuances of life on Earth without importing the hate. But from the moment she arrives, something is off.
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MRKs voice
- De mcshelton en 03-20-25
- The Martian Contingency
- Lady Astronaut, Book 4
- De: Mary Robinette Kowal
- Narrado por: Mary Robinette Kowal
Nice addition to the series
Revisado: 04-24-25
A softer book than the first three, it's not as much about the science of space flight or building a habitat that can be home to humanity if the Earth cannot recover from the meteor strike as it is a character driven novel. We learn more about Elma and Nathaniel, as they weather the issues that Mars throws at them. There is a mystery as well... something happened on the first Mars mission, and everyone who knows about it is keeping it from Elma.
A nice addition to the series.
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Homeworld Lost
- De: J.N. Chaney, Scott Moon
- Narrado por: Neill Thorne
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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During a test flight for the world’s first warp engine, Major Noah Gantz is set to go down in the history books. Despite years of training, the mission goes sideways, and instead of a quick trip to the moon and back, Noah's ship is transported across the universe to stars unknown.
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Unlikeable MC Ruined it for me
- De Roy en 06-08-23
- Homeworld Lost
- De: J.N. Chaney, Scott Moon
- Narrado por: Neill Thorne
Thrilling Farscape-esque adventure
Revisado: 04-24-25
During the maiden voyage of a warp engine, Major Noah Gantz is flung across the universe. Rescued by the sentient starship Kayan, Noah's life is saved through bio-integration, granting him enhanced abilities and Kayan's voice in his mind. Stranded, Noah must adapt to this alien reality, while facing a powerful, Earth-aware enemy seeking to capture him and Kayan.
I enjoyed the narration, and it really made all the characters, especially Kayan (pronounced like the pepper) come alive.
Homeworld Lost delivers a thrilling 'Farscape'-esque adventure, dropping a gung-ho pilot, Noah, into a strange universe. He joins a quirky crew: the sentient, vulnerable ship Kayan; the stoic, alien captain Montow; and the eager, camera-eyed Walen, Grum. The intricate, challenging plot unfolds with gradual reveals as they flee a pursuing enemy. Humorous cultural misunderstandings and the charming pet, Scratch, add to the enjoyment. This is a detailed, engaging space opera where nothing comes easy.
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Some Desperate Glory
- De: Emily Tesh
- Narrado por: Sena Bryer
- Duración: 15 h y 56 m
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Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity. They are what’s left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. When Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to Nursery to bear sons, she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands.
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YA Space Opera fights fascism but pulls punches
- De Dream Fractal en 06-26-23
- Some Desperate Glory
- De: Emily Tesh
- Narrado por: Sena Bryer
humanities children
Revisado: 03-24-25
If you like stories of redemption, finding out what you are made of and what you can accomplish, you'll love this.
I went into this novel blind because I downloaded it months ago, and by the time I started it last week, I'd forgotten what it was about. Loved it!
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Nemesis
- De: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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From the ashes of a devastated Boston, a harrowing legend emerges. Thirteen years prior, the colossal kaiju, Nemesis, ravaged the city in her relentless pursuit of retribution. Today, mankind's survival teeters on the sacrificial offerings atop a chilling monolith known as The Altar, where the condemned pay the ultimate price to prevent Nemesis's wrath from consuming humanity.
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Worst MCU style dialog
- De max en 03-08-24
- Nemesis
- De: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Kaiju Goddess
Revisado: 03-06-25
I've listened to most of Jeremy Robinson's novels on audio book and RC Bray's narration is one of the reasons why. It's produced so well!
The story behind this one is the escaped-lab-expriment-gone-wrong, now reveared as a goodess, Nemesis, has been picking off bad guys for 13 years... sometimes destroying whole cities to get to them. This has most of the word turning over a new leaf. Crime is down all over the world, except for the hard core. Those, the NCO feeds to the giant kaiju monster.
The whole system is barbaric, and this book has more blood, guts, and gore in it than I expected (though I don't know why). Well written, but not really my type of story. Still, an entertaining listen while out walking, driving, or running errands.
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The Great Transition
- A Novel
- De: Nick Fuller Googins
- Narrado por: Stacy Carolan, Stacy Gonzalez
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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Emi Vargas, whose parents helped save the world, is tired of being told how lucky she is to have been born after the climate crisis. But following the public assassination of a dozen climate criminals, Emi’s mother, Kristina, disappears as a possible suspect, and Emi’s illusions of utopia are shattered. A determined Emi and her father, Larch, journey from their home in Nuuk, Greenland to New York City, now a lightly populated storm-surge outpost built from the ruins of the former metropolis. But they aren’t the only ones looking for Kristina.
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Powerful, engaging, hopeful, and nuanced
- De Nika M. en 10-22-23
- The Great Transition
- A Novel
- De: Nick Fuller Googins
- Narrado por: Stacy Carolan, Stacy Gonzalez
I love a good clifi book!
Revisado: 02-13-25
I love a good climate crisis book, and I'm cool with preaching about the environment and how the climate criminals screwed up the planet... so while other's might call this style preachy, I don't. It's put forth as a school project that 16-year-old Emi is doing, so we get it in bits and pieces as she submits parts of the project to her teacher.
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Winter's Orbit
- De: Everina Maxwell
- Narrado por: Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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A famously disappointing minor royal and the emperor's least favorite grandchild, Prince Kiem is summoned before the emperor and commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire. But Jainan suspects his late husband’s death was no accident. And Prince Kiem discovers Jainan is a suspect himself.
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Great Sci-Fi Mystery
- De April Reads and Listens en 05-06-21
- Winter's Orbit
- De: Everina Maxwell
- Narrado por: Raphael Corkhill
A twisty-turny plot of galactic politics
Revisado: 02-02-25
A twisty-turny plot of galactic politics, betrayal and murder, but will love win in the end?
As a character driven novel, I have to say that I loved both Prince Kiem (royal playboy) and Count Jainan (softspoken and brilliant, but with deep emotional scars). Married to form a political alliance between two planets and renew a treaty, Kiem is reluctant in the relationship because Jainan has just lost his partner. Jainan is reluctant because he thinks Prince Kiem doesn't like him. Miscommunication abounds until they wind up trying to solve the murder of Jainan's partner, Taam, and wind up in some tricky situations.
The plot is fast-paced and interesting, a winter world setting, some decent tech, and a deep secret to be uncovered.
Triggers: domestic abuse, anxiety/PTSD
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The Gone World
- De: Tom Sweterlitsch
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
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Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family - and to locate his vanished teenage daughter. Though she can't share the information with conventional law enforcement, Moss discovers that the missing SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship USS Libra - a ship assumed lost to the currents of Deep Time. Moss knows firsthand the mental trauma of time travel and believes the SEAL's experience with the future has triggered this violence.
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What an amazing find!
- De Veronica en 03-07-18
- The Gone World
- De: Tom Sweterlitsch
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley
overly complicated yet transparent
Revisado: 01-18-25
This was 3.5 stars for me. This was a tough book. It had gruesome, vividly described murders that should have trigger warnings.
Good time travel is very hard to write, and this one was confusing, which means it was more complicated than I would prefer, but with one piece of the plot that was overly clear. Each time Shannon goes to the future to save the world from ending as a white hole eats Earth, she makes it worse. That was too easy to figure out.
The narrator was 5 stars, bravo!
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