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Suzanne

Member Since 2009

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10 reviews
24 ratings
405 titles in library
14 purchased in 2013

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Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

UNABRIDGED
- by Irene Spencer
- Narrated by Laural Merlington
Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 10 mins)

By Irene Spencer

Narrated By Laural Merlington

Overall
(184)
Performance
(65)
Story
(64)

Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law, Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. When the government raided the fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's brothers' Mexican ranch. They lived in squalor and desolate conditions in the Mexican desert with Verlan's six brothers, one sister, and numerous wives and children.
Paul Mullen says: "Eye Opening... Difficult Listen... Honest"
"Shattered Dreams"

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Fantastic listen! There is so much controversy around pural marriage, it was great to hear about it from someone who lived it! Laurel Merlington's reading was superb!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel, Book 2

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- by Sylvia Day
- Narrated by Jill Redfield
Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel, Book 2

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 19 mins)

By Sylvia Day

Narrated By Jill Redfield

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1680)
Performance
(1526)
Story
(1535)

Gideon Cross: As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t want to. He was my addiction…my every desire…mine. My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful…except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity. We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession.…
Maryann says: "This narration is why we buy audiobooks."
"Boring!"

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You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Jill Redfield does a great job, in both books!

Any additional comments?

TRYING to create drama to continue this series really didn't work! It tries, but just doesn't have that kick that the first one did!!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

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- by Scott Zesch
- Narrated by Grover Gardner
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 18 mins)

By Scott Zesch

Narrated By Grover Gardner

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(166)
Performance
(67)
Story
(68)

On New Year's Day in 1870, 10-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comanches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years living in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.
Roy says: "Kidnapped - 10 Year Old Adolpy Korn"
"Soooo interesting!"

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Love this book! I had heard a bit about these children, but this book goes into alot of details about the fate of these kids, although sad, an interesting part of American history.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The English American

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- by Alison Larkin
- Narrated by Alison Larkin
The English American

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 10 mins)

By Alison Larkin

Narrated By Alison Larkin

Overall
(827)
Performance
(207)
Story
(208)

When Pippa Dunn, adopted as an infant and raised terribly British, discovers that her birth parents are from the American South, she finds that "culture clash" has layers of meaning she'd never imagined. Meet The English American, a fabulously funny, deeply poignant debut novel that sprang from Alison Larkin's autobiographical one-woman show of the same name.
Michael says: "Outstanding"
"Entertaining!"

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I found this book to be a good, light read! I love it when authors read their own books, it gives the book such a flare!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Well of Loneliness

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- by Radclyffe Hall
- Narrated by Cecilia Fage
The Well of Loneliness

UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 15 mins)

By Radclyffe Hall

Narrated By Cecilia Fage

Overall
(60)
Performance
(18)
Story
(18)

Stephen Gordon (named by a father desperate for a son) is not like other girls: she hunts, she fences, she reads books, wears trousers, and longs to cut her hair. As she grows up amidst the stifling grandeur of Morton Hall, the locals begin to draw away from her, aware of some indefinable thing that sets her apart. And when Stephen Gordon reaches maturity, she falls passionately in love - with another woman.
Erick says: "Loved it!"
"Interesting!"

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Worth the read, though a bit slow at times, hence the age of the book! I have to say I hadn't really thought about gay/lesbian history much, but I do now!!!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting

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- by Anne L Macdonald
- Narrated by Kymberly Dakin
No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting

ABRIDGED (4 hrs and 46 mins)

By Anne L Macdonald

Narrated By Kymberly Dakin

Overall
(57)
Performance
(15)
Story
(15)

Drawn from diaries, letters, and personal reminiscences, No Idle Hands tells an intimate and sometimes hair-raising story of hand knitting in America from Colonial times onward. Women knit through the hardships of covered-wagon travel across the West. They knit to save their husbands and sons from freezing to death on battlefields....
Suzanne says: "Give us more!!"
"Give us more!!"

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I am a long time knitter, and although I loved the stories/facts in this book, it just brushed the surface! I felt there was too much unsaid!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful
The Kitchen House: A Novel

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- by Kathleen Grissom
- Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy , Bahni Turpin
The Kitchen House: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 55 mins)

By Kathleen Grissom

Narrated By Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(5238)
Performance
(3347)
Story
(3331)

Orphaned while onboard ship from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house. Under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter, Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set apart from them by her white skin. Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress battles opium addiction.
Margaret says: "For the love of all things Holy, READ THIS!!!"
"Loved it!!!"

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I could not stop listening, I had to know what was going to happen! I spent alot of time in the south as a child and this book brought me right back!! The readers were fantastic! Even though I loved this story, the author's note at the end really put the frosting on the cake!! A must read!!!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

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- by Candice Millard
- Narrated by Paul Michael
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 18 mins)

By Candice Millard

Narrated By Paul Michael

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1453)
Performance
(482)
Story
(487)

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
Stephen says: "River of Doubt"
"Very Interesting!!"

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I didn't know much about the Amazon, or it's early explorers, so I found this interesting and worth listening.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Light in August - First Chapter

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- by William Faulkner
- Narrated by Will Patton
Light in August - First Chapter

UNABRIDGED (48 mins)

By William Faulkner

Narrated By Will Patton

Overall
(144)
Performance
(23)
Story
(24)

An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities.
Suzanne says: "It definitely caught me!!"
"It definitely caught me!!"

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I can't say as I'm a fan of Oprah's pics, so I wasn't even going to listen, but now I can't wait to hear the rest!

12 of 12 people found this review helpful
The Forgotten Garden

UNABRIDGED
- by Kate Morton
- Narrated by Caroline Lee
The Forgotten Garden

UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 38 mins)

By Kate Morton

Narrated By Caroline Lee

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(3780)
Performance
(1708)
Story
(1729)

Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident 10 years ago, feels like she has lost everything known and dear to her.
Susan says: "Comfort food for my ears"
"Loved this book!!!"

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Loved this story, a little bit of everything, mystery,romance, fun....Caroline Lee did a wonderful job reading!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful