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To Kill a Mockingbird
- De: Harper Lee
- Narrado por: Sissy Spacek
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
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A gift to be treasured
- De David Shear en 07-09-14
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- De: Harper Lee
- Narrado por: Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek IS Scout!
Revisado: 03-21-24
I hadn't read the book in decades, but I wanted to take a listen to remember some of the best parts. Sissy Spacek is an incredible narrator for this book. She embodies the young Scout as well as the adult narrator. The rhythm of her reading is near perfect. It is both conversational and narrative. what is often remembered as a high school requirement, becomes a vivid panorama of southern life, and the universality of the human condition and how we treat others.
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The Guest Room
- A Novel
- De: Chris Bohjalian
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Grace Experience
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother's bachelor party, she expects a certain amount of debauchery. She brings their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening, leaving her Westchester home to the men and their hired entertainment. What she does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards before driving off into the night.
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Blah, Blah, Blah
- De Julie en 01-07-16
- The Guest Room
- A Novel
- De: Chris Bohjalian
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Grace Experience
The Story Goes in an Unexpected Direction, and is all the Better for It!
Revisado: 02-24-24
I am a fan of this author, and so I decided to try this book without knowing anything about it beforehand. The story is chilling, in ways that I think I'm going to need some time to digest. It is both tragic and hopeful.
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The Sleepwalker
- A Novel
- De: Chris Bohjalian
- Narrado por: Cady McClain, Grace Experience
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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When Annalee Ahlberg goes missing, her children fear the worst. Annalee is a sleepwalker whose affliction manifests in ways both bizarre and devastating. Once, she merely destroyed the hydrangeas in front of her Vermont home. More terrifying was the night her older daughter, Lianna, pulled her back from the precipice of the Gale River Bridge.
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Awful narration
- De Janet en 01-12-17
- The Sleepwalker
- A Novel
- De: Chris Bohjalian
- Narrado por: Cady McClain, Grace Experience
Didn't see the ending coming!
Revisado: 02-12-24
This was one of those stories that I was certain I knew the resolution to as it was going on. I am so glad that I was wrong. Both narrators did a wonderful job with this book. And as an added bonus, one of the narrator's character identity (The one read by the amazing Grace Experience) is only revealed at the end.
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The Bassoon King
- My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
- De: Rainn Wilson
- Narrado por: Rainn Wilson
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a best-selling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”).
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Exquisite narration!
- De Johanna en 11-13-15
- The Bassoon King
- My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
- De: Rainn Wilson
- Narrado por: Rainn Wilson
Very good in parts
Revisado: 07-30-23
Some quite entertaining stories from Rainn Wilson. Unfortunately, the memoir bogs down when he discusses his faith. Like a vegan who can't seem to shut up about veganism, Wilson continues on and on about his faith. That may be very satisfying for some listeners. It was not for me and I found myself getting bored at the end.
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Silence
- Nell Brach, Book 1
- De: S. E. Green
- Narrado por: Susan Marlowe
- Duración: 4 h y 22 m
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A dead teenage girl. A growing suspect list. A town full of liars. At 28, Detective Nell Brach is both the youngest and the first woman to make detective in her close-knit Tennessee community. Assigned her first case as lead investigator, she’s determined to prove herself and find out what happened to the 13-year-old “good girl” found in the woods. However, the deeper Nell and her new partner, Vaughn, dig, the more potential suspects they discover…including Nell’s lover, a local judge.
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A Whodunit That Ends With NOBODY Doing It!
- De WMA en 03-06-23
- Silence
- Nell Brach, Book 1
- De: S. E. Green
- Narrado por: Susan Marlowe
A Whodunit That Ends With NOBODY Doing It!
Revisado: 03-06-23
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I really enjoyed Susan Marlowe's reading of this book. Her mastery of the narrative form and accents is truly wonderful. The story is interesting, and the characters all seem to have their secrets. Where the book breaks down, I think, is Green's predilection for unfinished business. It's all well and good to have red herrings throughout a story, but when each and every alternative ends up a dead end, and the circumstances of the death in the book are discovered to be completely unrelated to anything the author has set up in the previous pages, one has to wonder if they just ran out of steam while writing it and went for the let down ending. I found myself wondering why I bothered paying attention to this little tidbit or that when ultimately, the death was not maliciously caused at all. Even the framework of the early suspicions ("The Quiet Game") is unresolved at the end. The narrator simply states that the game is ended once and for all. Say what? Green doesn't really even describe this supposedly insidious game in any kind of detail, and now its threat is totally removed forever? The ending of the story felt rushed and slipshod. It's a shame because I think there are some very good bones there.
Also, I'm not sure what criteria is being used to name this writer as a "best selling author", but there are several word usages in this book that are just plain incorrect. It makes me wonder what kind of editor worked on the manuscript that allowed those mistakes.
I spent 7/8ths of this book really enjoying the story and Susan Marlowe's reading of it. The last 1/8th is a real disappointment.
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The Big Bang Theory
- The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
- De: Jessica Radloff
- Narrado por: Jessica Radloff, Fleet Cooper, Abhay Ahluwalia, y otros
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon. To the casual viewer, it’s a seemingly effortless comedy, with relatable characters tackling real-life issues, offering a kind of visual comfort food to its millions of dedicated fans. But the behind-the-scenes journey of the show from a failed pilot to a global sensation is a fascinating story that even the most die-hard fans don’t know in its entirety. The Big Bang Theory:The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series is a riveting, entertaining look at the sitcom sensation.
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Good story but...
- De Angie C Chen en 10-19-22
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
- De: Jessica Radloff
- Narrado por: Jessica Radloff, Fleet Cooper, Abhay Ahluwalia, Anna Williford, Suehyla Young, Allan Robertson
Expected a Bigger Bang
Revisado: 02-01-23
As an audiobook, a collection of statements by different people isn't really "narrated" per se... It's read aloud. There's not much storytelling here, as Radloff prefers to have the subjects talk about the show in their own words. Something gets lost in translation, however, when the book has probably 50 different sources, but only 4 or 5 voices to read those statements. Every quote has to be prefaced by the name of the person who said it. In an audiobook, there's no getting around that unless you had every single person interviewed doing their own VO. (and even then, you'd need an introduction to identify each speaker at least once.
So much time is taken up with, "Jim Parsons..." followed by someone kind of imitating his voice. Frankly, it's annoying. The readers vary in quality, also. There were several mispronunciations in the course of the book, and one can't help but wonder WHERE the editor was for "Epi-TOME" or "ig-NOR-ent" or referring to Judging Amy's lead actress as "Amy Brennan".
My understanding is that Radloff is a writer. Well, in her portions of what's been written (ie: NOT the direct quotes) there is a shocking amount of repetition. Things are "SO exciting/stressful/difficult", or they're "REALLY nice/exciting/stressful/difficult" The same descriptors are used over and over and over. It begins to sound like a middle-schooler's oral report where they're trying to pad out the word count.
There are a few interesting stories contained within, however, and that's why I stuck with it the whole way through. I'm not sure that if Johnny Galecki tells a story, and then Melissa Rausch tells the same one essentially the same way that it makes for compelling reading, though. After a while, you start to feel like you already HEARD that story before, and you've lost your place in the text!
Also, there are about 30 minutes of just acknowledgements at the end. I'll copy to listening to it when I could have shut it off, but I honestly thought with that much time left that there would be some kind of denouement. There was not... Just a long list of thank you's that started to sound like Radloff was describing finishing some epic work.
It's not epic. Sure, it's long, but this and anticlimactic bang of middling size.
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My Girls
- A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
- De: Todd Fisher
- Narrado por: Todd Fisher
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, two unspeakable losses. The stunned public turned for solace to Debbie’s only remaining child, Todd Fisher. The son of "America’s Sweethearts" Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Todd grew up amid the glamorous wealth and pretense of Hollywood. Thanks to his mother, Todd remained down to earth, his own man, but always close to his cherished mom, and to his sister through her meteoric rise to stardom and her struggle with demons that never diminished her humor, talent, or spirit.
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Detailed & heartfelt tribute
- De Lili en 07-08-18
- My Girls
- A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie
- De: Todd Fisher
- Narrado por: Todd Fisher
Fisher casts himself as the hero
Revisado: 12-14-22
Biographies are, by their nature, unreliable histories. Written by the winners (survivors), books like this should be taken with a grain of salt. There are some fascinating stories told here, and I take nothing away from that. It's ostensibly the tale of two amazing women whose work ethics and demons make for some interesting adventures. Todd Fisher does just about everything he can to paint himself as the white knight. Of course, he was there, and we weren't, but there are moments in this book where his alleged reactions strain credibility.
About midway through the book, Fisher goes on an extended tangent about being Born Again. I'm not sure who would find this interesting or even appropriate to the topic, but a large portion of the book becomes very "I" and "me". It got so bad, that I started to wonder what the hell this had to do with either Carrie or Debbie. Of course, it had very little to do with "his girls", but it seems like some Born Again Christians just can't resist talking about themselves and their journeys. (I guess they missed that part of the Bible that says not to "make a show" of their religion!)
This book offered a few insights into two complex women, but falls short as a tribute or biographical treatise.
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On Good Authority
- A Novel of Suspense
- De: Briana Una McGuckin
- Narrado por: Lauren Irwin
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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When lady’s maid Marian Osley and footman Valentine Hobbs assume their positions at the cliff-top estate of Valor Rise, they already share a history. Raised together as paupers in a London workhouse, they indulged in S&M games of imaginary crimes and sublime punishment. Now they’ve been unexpectedly reunited - in subservience to the brooding Wythe Bornholdt and his frail wife, Diana. A master and mistress with their own dark secrets.
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Full of Gothic Atmospheric and Simmering Emotions
- De Emily en 02-12-24
- On Good Authority
- A Novel of Suspense
- De: Briana Una McGuckin
- Narrado por: Lauren Irwin
Sense and Sensibility Meets Story of O
Revisado: 10-29-22
If On Good Authority were simply an Upstairs Downstairs tale, it would be a really good read. If it were like a better written 50 Shades of Grey, then it would be a really good work of erotic fiction. By folding the two in together, McGuckin has created something quite extraordinary in this novel. It is a riveting read of control and powerlessness and power regained. Lauren Irwin's voice is perfectly suited to this story of the master as Monster and the beast within all of us. Without giving plot points away, I will praise Briana McGuckin's use of suspense as well. I pride myself as a fairly astute reader, and yet the reveal elluded me until the very end. Highly recommend this book!
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Ginger Kid
- Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd
- De: Steve Hofstetter
- Narrado por: Steve Hofstetter
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade...when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his listeners through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds. This YA nonfiction is sure to be the beloved next volume for the first generation of Wimpy Kid fans who are all grown up and ready for a new misfit hero.
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Loved it.
- De Justin en 06-28-18
- Ginger Kid
- Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd
- De: Steve Hofstetter
- Narrado por: Steve Hofstetter
What makes a standup comedian tic*?
Revisado: 04-09-22
A really interesting set of stories from comedian and heckler buster Steve Hoffstetter. From his shy beginnings as a gawky kid in NYC through his formative experiences at Hunter College High School, we follow his trajectory: cringing at his failures and cheering his triumphs.
*"tic" is used purposely here.
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Voicemails from My Sister
- Stories of a Schizoaffective Sibling
- De: Kate Russell
- Narrado por: Kate Russell
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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In Voicemails from My Sister, author Kate Russell explores her sister Sibby's bipolar schizoaffective disorder through true stories that illustrate the disease and how medication both helped and hindered its progress. From her mother's drug use during pregnancy, which led to an incomplete diagnosis, to Sibby's current mental status, as a 37-year-old ward of the state, Kate breaks down her sister's disease by highlighting events that contributed to the uprise and decline of her well-being.
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Entertaining
- De Anonymous User en 05-06-25
- Voicemails from My Sister
- Stories of a Schizoaffective Sibling
- De: Kate Russell
- Narrado por: Kate Russell
Another harrowing trip down the rabbit hole!
Revisado: 02-11-22
Russell's childhood and a good part of her adult life hasn't exactly been the stuff of Norman Rockwell paintings. Substance abuse, Alcoholism, violence, poor choices, and ignorance are just SOME of the things her parents suffered from...and as result, so did Kate and her younger sister. That she lived to tell the tale in this and her first book is nothing short of miraculous.
Lest you think that the whole thing is a downer, Russell sprinkles some humourous anecdotes throughout. Perhaps it's the dark gallows humor of a survivor, but there are clearly lighter moments.
I highly recommend this book for anyone living with addiction either personally or with loved ones.
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