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Southern As A Second Language: A Novel
- Dixie, Book 3
- De: Lisa Patton
- Narrado por: Lisa Patton
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,020
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 942
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 936
Not only do Southerners talk slowly, but sometimes the whole language is hard to understand. No one realizes that more than Memphis belle Leelee Satterfield. Watching her tackle life and love in Vermont was only the tip of the iceberg when it came to antics, charades, mischief, and romance. Now that she’s back in Memphis, and starting a new relationship with Peter, the Yankee chef from her New England inn, you’d think she’d sit back and enjoy her newly crafted life back home in Dixie. But that just wouldn’t be as much fun.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narration
- De McSE en 08-23-17
- Southern As A Second Language: A Novel
- Dixie, Book 3
- De: Lisa Patton
- Narrado por: Lisa Patton
Could not get past the terrible narration
Revisado: 07-08-23
Boy what a shock when this book started. It was totally terrible. Too bad. The first two books were quite entertaining.
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Dimestore
- A Writer's Life
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For 45 years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the rugged Appalachian Mountains, the Grundy of Lee Smith's youth was a place of coal miners, mountain music, and her daddy's dimestore. It was in that dimestore - listening to customers and inventing life histories for the store's dolls - that she began to learn the craft of storytelling.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation matters!
- De Tricia en 03-26-16
- Dimestore
- A Writer's Life
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
Did not like the narrator.
Revisado: 06-18-18
Though Lee Smith has reached her seventies, she has a wonderful gentile Southern accent that sounds much younger. The narrator sounded like an old lady from New York.
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Beach House Reunion
- De: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrado por: Mary Alice Monroe
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 481
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 428
Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Everything is comfortingly the same, yet each detail is rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara release the hold of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new love, career, and hope for the future.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More of the same
- De Josie en 05-30-18
- Beach House Reunion
- De: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrado por: Mary Alice Monroe
Mediocre
Revisado: 06-18-18
I have loved this series. This one seems so formulaic. It seems like it was written only to meet some contractual agreement.
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Long Black Veil
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrado por: Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
On a warm August night in 1980, six college students sneak into the dilapidated ruins of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, looking for a thrill. With a pianist, a painter, and a teacher among them, the friends are full of potential. But it's not long before they realize they are locked in - and not alone. When the friends get lost and separated, the terrifying night ends in tragedy, and the unexpected, far-reaching consequences reverberate through the survivors' lives.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration is unbearable
- De ltc en 04-14-17
- Long Black Veil
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrado por: Jennifer Finney Boylan
Could barely get into it.
Revisado: 05-08-17
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator totally detracted. Her voice was terrible for this. I could not listen to it.
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Unhinged
- A Memoir of Enduring, Surviving and Overcoming Family Mental Illness
- De: Anna Berry
- Narrado por: Anna Berry
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 29
Despite all her best efforts to break the cycle of catastrophic, destructive patterns of mental illness, Anna Berry found herself at the end of her rope - unemployed, penniless, homeless, and in the throes of a psychotic episode that threatened to destroy her life. Alone and unwell, she manages to find her grip on life, seeks the help she needs, and embarks on a life and career that illustrate that mental illness does not have to be ruinous.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Written from Personal Experience....
- De Amazon Customer en 02-17-15
- Unhinged
- A Memoir of Enduring, Surviving and Overcoming Family Mental Illness
- De: Anna Berry
- Narrado por: Anna Berry
Shallow presentation
Revisado: 04-25-16
Would you try another book from Anna Berry and/or Anna Berry?
Depends on what it is.
How could the performance have been better?
I realize that Anna Berry deserves to read her own story, but her performance came across as whiny. It was hard to feel much sympathy.
Any additional comments?
The book seemed very superficial and focused basically on how the mental illness in her family impacted her. A better understanding of her mother's story would have helped.
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The Book of Life
- All Souls, Book 3
- De: Deborah Harkness
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ikeda
- Duración: 23 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29,681
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 26,853
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26,744
Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to number one on the New York Times best seller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present - facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches - with one significant exception.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hopes Dashed
- De Elkay en 08-01-14
- The Book of Life
- All Souls, Book 3
- De: Deborah Harkness
- Narrado por: Jennifer Ikeda
A Bit of a Bore
Revisado: 10-08-14
Would you try another book from Deborah Harkness and/or Jennifer Ikeda?
I really enjoyed the first two books in the series and was excited when Book 3 came out. I just could not get excited about the story. There really was nothing new and fresh.
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The Bad Miss Bennet
- A Novel
- De: Jean Burnett
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 138
Lydia was never the most upstanding of the Bennet sisters, but who ever said that moral rectitude was fun? At least she bested her elder sisters and was the first to get married. She never could understand what all the fuss was about after she left Brighton with her gallant. It is a shame, though, that Mr. Wickham turned out to be a disappointing husband in so many aspects, the most notable being his early demise on the battlefields of Waterloo. And so Lydia, still not yet twenty and full of enterprising spirit, is in urgent need of a wealthy replacement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great fun
- De MMRudy en 12-19-12
- The Bad Miss Bennet
- A Novel
- De: Jean Burnett
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
Sounded like an older women.
Revisado: 12-02-13
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Like others, I did not find this to be about Austen's Lydia. The character is supposed to be 19, but the narrator sounds like a middle-aged woman. I found this very disconcerting and I just couldn't get past it. Might be a good read, but a terrible book to listen to.
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The Demonologist
- The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren - The True Accounts of the Paranormal Investigators Featured in the film 'The Conjuring'
- De: Gerald Brittle
- Narrado por: Todd Haberkorn
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,735
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,242
If you think ghosts are only responsible for hauntings, think again. The Demonologist reveals the grave religious process behind supernatural events and how it can happen to you. Used as a text in seminaries and classrooms, this is one book you can't put down. For over five decades, Ed and Loraine Warren have been considered America's foremost experts on demonology and exorcism. With over 3,000 investigations to their credit, they reveal what actually breaks the peace in haunted houses. Don't miss the Warrens in the new blockbuster movie The Conjuring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WARNING!: THIS IS BASED ON REAL CASES,TERRIFYING!
- De eric en 08-05-13
- The Demonologist
- The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren - The True Accounts of the Paranormal Investigators Featured in the film 'The Conjuring'
- De: Gerald Brittle
- Narrado por: Todd Haberkorn
Deadly dull
Revisado: 08-18-13
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Audio evidence and more detail. It was all very superficial.
Would you ever listen to anything by Gerald Brittle again?
No.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Didn't have a good voice
What character would you cut from The Demonologist?
Not Applicable.
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The Casual Vacancy
- De: J.K. Rowling
- Narrado por: Tom Hollander
- Duración: 17 h y 51 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 7,000
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6,190
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 6,231
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early 40s, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils.... Pagford is not what it at first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pagford upon Avon
- De Darwin8u en 09-27-12
- The Casual Vacancy
- De: J.K. Rowling
- Narrado por: Tom Hollander
The Dursleys World
Revisado: 12-02-12
What disappointed you about The Casual Vacancy?
There is not a single likeable character in this book. It's as if you are reading about the Dursleys and the people in their community. Such a disappointment. I could not even finish it. Not worth the time.
Which scene was your favorite?
None
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The narrator
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The Shoemaker's Wife
- A Novel
- De: Adriana Trigiani
- Narrado por: Annabella Sciorra, Adriana Trigiani
- Duración: 18 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 254
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 210
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 211
The majestic beauty of the Italian Alps at the turn of the 20th century is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy. When Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal, he is banished and sent to hide in America. Soon Enza's family faces disaster and she, too, is forced to go to America. Unbeknownst to each other, they both build fledgling lives in America. Ciro masters shoemaking and Enza takes a factory job until fate intervenes and reunites them. But it is too late....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Authors should write and actors should perform
- De Taryn en 04-21-12
- The Shoemaker's Wife
- A Novel
- De: Adriana Trigiani
- Narrado por: Annabella Sciorra, Adriana Trigiani
Lovely book. Lousy author narration
Revisado: 06-14-12
Would you listen to The Shoemaker's Wife again? Why?
I would read it again, but not listen to it. I love Adriana Trigiani's books. I have read them all, but her narration nearly ruined the book for me.
What other book might you compare The Shoemaker's Wife to and why?
I love all of her books about shoemakers. This is a prequel to her Valentine books.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
There was no reason to change narrators. I have seen that done with other books, but only when it is a different character.
If you could rename The Shoemaker's Wife, what would you call it?
I would not change the name.
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