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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- De: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 52,307
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 47,982
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 47,905
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- De Christine T en 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- De: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrado por: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Don't Marcellus' part lure you in
Revisado: 01-27-23
Marcellus carries the whole thing. the humans points of view dialog and narration were awful.
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The Circle
- De: Dave Eggers
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9,358
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8,525
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 8,541
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A solid, just not great social network dystopia
- De Darwin8u en 10-10-13
- The Circle
- De: Dave Eggers
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
Meh
Revisado: 12-05-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Not so much
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The world and the culture that was created at The Circle.
Could you see The Circle being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Yes, because it is very topical. A good vehicle for the stars of High School Musical.
Any additional comments?
This book attempted to be a jack of all trades but mastered none. It was engaging but not convincing. Never living up to its promise, it left me wanting more depth of detail, characters and their motivations.
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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
- De: Therese Anne Fowler
- Narrado por: Jenna Lamia
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,994
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,782
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,782
When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen years old and he is a young army lieutenant stationed in Alabama. Before long, the "ungettable" Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn't wealthy or prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting, absurdly, that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. Her father is deeply unimpressed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great! From the first page to the last.....
- De L.W. en 03-30-13
- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
- De: Therese Anne Fowler
- Narrado por: Jenna Lamia
It is barely allright
Revisado: 04-10-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narrator and the author... but that's it.
If you’ve listened to books by Therese Anne Fowler before, how does this one compare?
No
Would you be willing to try another one of Jenna Lamia’s performances?
Probably not
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No
Any additional comments?
It made Zelda's Fitzgerald's life boring....
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To Be Sung Underwater
- A Novel
- De: Tom McNeal
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that "picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio". Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back. But 20 years later, Judith's marriage is hazy with secrets....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can you go back again? And why would you want to?
- De Pamela Harvey en 07-14-12
- To Be Sung Underwater
- A Novel
- De: Tom McNeal
- Narrado por: Susan Boyce
Meh
Revisado: 12-18-12
Would you try another book from Tom McNeal and/or Susan Boyce?
The romance was too smooth, the performance was too staccato, I wanted to like it but didn't. It would serve well for those who like Bridges of Madison County or any Sparks book.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The author was good at pulling you in.
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The Weird Sisters
- De: Eleanor Brown
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 637
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 426
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 424
The beloved New York Times best seller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father - a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse - named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to.
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3 out of 5 stars
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"I am not bound to please thee with my answers."
- De Sabrina en 03-09-11
- The Weird Sisters
- De: Eleanor Brown
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
Boring and Preachy
Revisado: 03-31-11
I can usually find something good thing to say about a book ... not this time.
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Sister Water
- De: Nancy Willard
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7
Sam Theopolis entered the Woolman household like a clown with treasures up his sleeve. He kept the absent-minded Jessie from permanently checking out of reality, and he brought an inconceivable joy to Jessie's younger daughter and grandson. But just when the current of their lives seemed smooth and untroubled, tragedy struck like a squall. With eccentric characters reminiscent of Anne Tyler, Willard takes the reader on a quirky journey of the heart.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lovely prose. but...
- De Helen en 03-06-11
- Sister Water
- De: Nancy Willard
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Lovely prose. but...
Revisado: 03-06-11
... I kept falling asleep. I rallied because it was a good story that was well-written. I can only blame the narration. I couldn't understand why a man narrated what was a woman's story... and, why the man chosen used such a prissy voice when narrating the female characters.
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The Lion in Winter
- De: James Goldman
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina, Kathleen Chalfant, Full Cast
- Duración: 1 h y 37 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Insecure siblings fighting for their parents' attention; bickering spouses who can't stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman's classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Falls flat
- De Helen en 04-04-10
- The Lion in Winter
- De: James Goldman
- Narrado por: Alfred Molina, Kathleen Chalfant, Full Cast
Falls flat
Revisado: 04-04-10
I had thought that this play was so well-written that any reading would be wonderful.... I was wrong. This recording cannot begin to compare to Peter O'Toole's and Katherine Hepburn's Henry and Eleanor. What particularly hurt this recording was Eleanor's timing - so much was missed.
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The Swan Thieves
- De: Elizabeth Kostova
- Narrado por: Treat Williams, Anne Heche, Erin Cottrell, y otros
- Duración: 17 h y 56 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 524
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 530
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe has a perfectly ordered life--solitary, perhaps, but full of devotion to his profession and the painting hobby he loves. This order is destroyed when renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient. In response, Marlowe finds himself going beyond his own legal and ethical boundaries to understand the secret that torments this genius, a journey that will lead him into the lives of the women closest to Robert Oliver.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Such Potential Wasted
- De Sara en 08-13-14
- The Swan Thieves
- De: Elizabeth Kostova
- Narrado por: Treat Williams, Anne Heche, Erin Cottrell, Sarah Zimmerman, John Lee
Don't Listen When Driving!
Revisado: 01-28-10
And allow for double the listening time because you will be constantly falling asleep... most especially throughout Treat Williams' readings. I don't place the whole blame on Treat Williams; Anne Heche was shrill (I get it - her character was shrill - but it was still very annoying). Finally, and ultimately, I don't think the greatest narrator could have saved this slow and tedious book.
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The Devil's Dream
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens, Tom Stechschulte, Sally Darling
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Devil's Dream is an animated, lyrical novel that is meant to be savored as spoken word. Consummate storyteller Lee Smith's creation will delight anyone who enjoys the sound of language and a good story.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Several generations of a family
- De Kindle Customer en 01-10-05
- The Devil's Dream
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens, Tom Stechschulte, Sally Darling
Such a Great Listen
Revisado: 01-28-10
I really enjoyed the telling of this story... the narration elevated the story from an okay read to folk art.
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Slumdog Millionaire
- De: Vikas Swarup
- Narrado por: Christopher Simpson
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 992
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 992
Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel, the inspiration for the award-winning film, opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all 12 questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales, Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Absolutely, 100 Per cent, Correct!"
- De Karen P. Smith en 06-11-09
- Slumdog Millionaire
- De: Vikas Swarup
- Narrado por: Christopher Simpson
Loved , loved, loved it...
Revisado: 10-02-09
Great story and great narration....
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