The Girl Who Reads Too Much
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Red London
- Red Widow, Book 2
- De: Alma Katsu
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Fiona Hardingham
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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After her role in taking down a well-placed mole inside the CIA, Agent Lyndsey Duncan arrives in London fully focused on her newest Russian asset, deadly war criminal Dmitri Tarasenko. That is until her MI6 counterpart, Davis Ranford, personally calls for her help. Following a suspicious attack on Russian oligarch Mikhail Rotenberg's property in a tony part of London, Davis needs Lyndsey to cozy up to the billionaire's aristocratic British wife, Emily Rotenberg.
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"Mission Creep"
- De Lisa Davidson en 03-18-23
- Red London
- Red Widow, Book 2
- De: Alma Katsu
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Fiona Hardingham
A++ Spy Novel w Strong Female Characters
Revisado: 10-18-24
I loved this, I hope there will be more in this series. So timely to current events. The characters are great. Such a departure from the usual, where women are either honeypots or baddass assassins, with no nuance inbetween. Lindsay is a complex character, I love her.
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The Book of Elsewhere
- A Novel
- De: Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner, Asia Kate Dillon, China Miéville, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s known simply as “B.” And he wants to be able to die. In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself. One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.
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Confusing at first but quite amazing
- De Brett en 07-27-24
- The Book of Elsewhere
- A Novel
- De: Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
- Narrado por: Allan Corduner, Asia Kate Dillon, China Miéville, Edoardo Ballerini, Joshua Manning, Lily Rabe, Michiel Huisman, Keanu Reeves
Impressive feat of storytelling!
Revisado: 08-28-24
I'm so glad they turned the BRZRKR comics into a book, this was quite a feat of imagination! I was interested in the idea of the comics, but comic books always leave me wanting MORE WORDS. Like, where's the rest of the story? I'm a bookworm at heart. So, this was great for me. Written beautifully, wow, the prose was a treat. I didn't find the story hard to understand, you just have to be patient and let it unfold. All the research and detail that went into this was really impressive.
The narration was engaging. Everyone did a good job. I wish Keanu read more, he was so great.
That said...this isn't a happy story by half. It's thought provoking and action packed, but left me with this overall feeling of melancholy that stayed with me for days.
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Skin Trade
- An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
- De: Laurell K. Hamilton
- Narrado por: Kimberly Alexis
- Duración: 18 h y 21 m
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When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Ten officers and one executioner have been slain - paranormal style. Anita heads to Vegas, where's she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. It's a good thing he always has her back, because when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it.
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Better than the last few
- De Paranormal Pam en 07-29-09
- Skin Trade
- An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
- De: Laurell K. Hamilton
- Narrado por: Kimberly Alexis
More like classic Anita...
Revisado: 05-25-23
This book felt more like Obsidian Butterfly and the older, what I think of as "classic Anita" books. There was actual action in it. There's some weird sex too, don't get me wrong, but at least there's some vampire hunting to go along with it. It was fun to have Edward and Bernardo back. I wouldn't call Olaf fun, but he's a great bad guy for sure. Not sure why Anita hasn't done something about him yet, but maybe we get that in a future book.
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Bullet
- An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
- De: Laurell K. Hamilton
- Narrado por: Kimberly Alexis
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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The Mother of All Darkness - the first vampire - wants to enter into a new human body...and the one she has in mind belongs to Anita Blake.
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For Adult Ears Only
- De Leslie en 06-03-10
- Bullet
- An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
- De: Laurell K. Hamilton
- Narrado por: Kimberly Alexis
Waste of a credit...
Revisado: 05-25-23
Well, this was a waste of an audible credit. The last book, Skin Trade, was a bit more like the old Anita books, which I love dearly, so I took a chance. This book is more of the same that turned me off this series, like in Narcissus in Chains and the few that followed. It's just one weird yet somehow boring sex scene after another. No mystery, no actual vampire slaying. So tiresome. Blech.
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The Lady and the Highwayman
- De: Sarah M. Eden
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls' school in 1830s Victorian London. She is also a well-respected author of stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories - the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the working-class men. Under the pseudonym Charles King, Elizabeth has written about dashing heroes fighting supernatural threats, intelligent detectives solving grisly murders, and dangerous outlaws romancing helpless women.
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Cute and fun story
- De D. Adriene en 09-30-19
- The Lady and the Highwayman
- De: Sarah M. Eden
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
Boring until the last hour...
Revisado: 04-07-22
This was pretty boring up until the last hour. I might have liked it a little better if I hadn't despised the narration. Her voice is so annoying. I found myself zoning out. The story is ok. Fairly ridiculous in parts. I liked the Penny Dreadful sections up until their endings, which were totally lame.
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The Curse of The Pharaohs
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 2
- De: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrado por: Susan O'Malley
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and her archaeologist husband Radcliffe. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Luxor.
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I agree..Barbara IS better
- De Dee en 11-30-04
- The Curse of The Pharaohs
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 2
- De: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrado por: Susan O'Malley
A great story, but not the best narrator...
Revisado: 03-18-22
When it comes to listening to Amelia Peabody mysteries, Barbara Rosenblatt is definitely the way to go. This narrator, it pains me to say, really butchered the voices. Her English accent is terrible. The story, however, is classic Amelia fun!
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Certain Dark Things
- A Novel
- De: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrado por: Aida Reluzco
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, is smart, beautiful, and dangerous. Domingo is mesmerized.
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Pretty good
- De Zachary en 09-27-21
- Certain Dark Things
- A Novel
- De: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Narrado por: Aida Reluzco
Everything I Wanted...
Revisado: 11-09-21
I feel like I've been waiting my whole life for this book. It had EVERYTHING I wanted and everything I didn't even know I wanted. I loved Atl and Domingo. I hope the author will write a sequel someday, or something set in this vampire world. It was FIRE! And, the narrator just KILLED it, she was amazing!
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My Sweet Folly
- De: Laura Kinsale
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Through their innocent correspondence, a lonely young wife grows to love an imaginary man thousands of miles away. But when he returns to England from India, her idea of reality is turned upside down. Drawn from a safe world of tea and parlor chat into madness and mystery, she cannot find her own cherished Robert in the frightening stranger who claims her love. Laura Kinsale personally chose the exceptional talent of Nicholas Boulton to voice her favorite heroine, sweet, witty Folie with her ferret, Toot.
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Delightful Journey of Romance vs Reality
- De 🌸DARA en 09-12-13
- My Sweet Folly
- De: Laura Kinsale
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
Hard to finish...
Revisado: 11-09-21
I love most of Kinsale's books, but this one was hard to finish. The writing was beautiful and the historical detail was fascinating. I loved Folly, who was good and sweet and clever. I did NOT like Robert, not even in the very beginning. He was just an irredeemable jerk, or as the kids are calling them these days, an "alphahole", even when he wasn't "going mad". I didn't like the way he talked down to Folly. He didn't have that Loveable Rogue™ thing about him that many of her heroes do, that I admit I can eat with a spoon.
The plot of this book ranged from hot mess to raging dumpster fire. It was all over the place. And I felt so sorry for dear Nicholas Boulton with his beautiful voice, who had to narrate the most ridiculous intimate scene ever aloud. Oh my god, it was supposed to be hot but I was just HOWLING with laughter the whole time.
Don't start reading Kinsale's books here or judge her talent by this book. Read The Prince of Midnight and Lessons in French. Then if you need more, read Seize the Fire and The Dream Hunter. They're her best work, which I've all given 5 stars.
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L.A. Weather
- A Novel
- De: María Amparo Escandón
- Narrado por: Frankie Corzo
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters - Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude.
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DNF and wanted to return this book!
- De Diana S. en 09-12-21
- L.A. Weather
- A Novel
- De: María Amparo Escandón
- Narrado por: Frankie Corzo
Holy never-ending audio book, Batman!
Revisado: 10-19-21
I hate to say it, but I just didn't like any of the main characters. They were so narcissistic and self-absorbed that I didn't care what happened to them. They weren't really bad people, but they certainly weren't good either. The only likeable people in the whole book were Lola, the nanny, who was the only adult who had any sense, and Dani. And the twins, I guess, but they were just toddlers. I almost liked Oscar, the poor father who is clearly depressed but no one can pull their head out of their own bum long enough to notice, until I finally found out his big secret, and he turned out to be just as ridiculous as the rest of them.
This book just dragged on and on, and the juicy things that were happening to these people should have been interesting, but it all just fell flat somehow. The writer's style is also very straightforward and expository, not much style, so there's not even that to fall back on. I guess there was interesting information here, about LA and Mexico and the Alvarado's Californio heritage. One redeeming point. I could keep ranting about how bad this book was, but it's already taken up way too much of my time. Save your credit, don't waste it on this trash fire.
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Unconditional
- De: Ant Richards
- Narrado por: Ant Richards, Laura Piñero, Carmen Olarte
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
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This is not a love story. Unconditional is a story about love. When Chris and his father Phil decide to spend a long weekend break in Bilbao, their relationship is stretched to the limit. All because of a woman. Chris learns the hard way how actions have consequences. Phil also learns that it takes unexpected blows to put love to the test.
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A Father’s Love for his Son = Unconditional Love
- De MJ en 01-04-23
- Unconditional
- De: Ant Richards
- Narrado por: Ant Richards, Laura Piñero, Carmen Olarte
A Wry & Heartwarming Coming of Age Tale
Revisado: 08-20-21
I think this little shorty is Ant Richard's best work yet! It's a wryly narrated coming of age tale through the eyes of Chris, a seventeen year old boy on the cusp of manhood, on holiday with his dad in Bilbao, Spain. I found it honest, accurate, and highly amusing! Chris, like most teenagers, is full of cheek & moodiness, and his [mis]adventures stumbling through his first solo night with some girls in Bilbao is full of blunder and learning experiences. By the end young Chris actually learns a thing or two about how to behave as a human being--and the twist even made me cry a little! Well done all around. ::standing ovation::
The actors did an excellent job bringing this tale to life! Richards, the author himself, has a voice made for narration, and Piñero and Olarte did such a great job as well!
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