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lasvegaslisa

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  • The Possibility of Everything: A Memoir | [Hope Edelman]
    The Possibility of Everything: A Memoir
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    The Possibility of Everything: A Memoir

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Hope Edelman
    • Narrated By Hope Edelman
    Overall
    (13)
    Performance
    (4)
    Story
    (4)

    In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in the larger world. Into her stagnant routine dropped Dodo, her three-year-old daughter Maya's curiously disruptive imaginary friend. Worried about how to handle Dodo's apparent hold on their daughter, she and her husband made the unlikely choice to take Maya to healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them banish Dodo, and all he represented, from their lives.

    lasvegaslisa says: "a boring listen"
    "a boring listen"
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    Unless you have been to Belize, this book is terribly boring. In addition, the narrator has very little tonal inflection and sounds more like a robot than a human.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Madame Bovary: A Signature Performance by Leelee Sobieski | [Gustave Flaubert]
    Madame Bovary: A Signature Performance by Leelee Sobieski
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    Madame Bovary: A Signature Performance by Leelee Sobieski

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 36 mins)
    • By Gustave Flaubert
    • Narrated By Leelee Sobieski
    Overall
    (94)
    Performance
    (29)
    Story
    (27)

    A Signature Performance: Leelee Sobieski’s Emma is sultry but vulnerable, offering a sympathetic rendering of the heroine and her plight, allowing the listener to draw his own conclusions about Madame Bovary in this cautionary tale of love, passion, and desperation.

    lasvegaslisa says: "Very tough to get through!"
    "Very tough to get through!"
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    Although I have always had a rule that I never give up on a book before I finish it, this one was tough. The narrator was abominable! She tries so hard to have good diction that she sounds like an automaton. Then, when she does use emphasis, it is usually inappropriate. The narrator ruined the story.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Help | [Kathryn Stockett]
    The Help
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    The Help

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Kathryn Stockett
    • Narrated By Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (24216)
    Performance
    (10921)
    Story
    (10945)

    Why we think it’s a great listen: The most celebrated performance in all of Audible’s history, The Help has nearly 2,000 5-star reviews from your fellow listeners. We hear the print book’s not bad, either. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another.

    Jan says: "What a great surprise!"
    "This is a great story with fabulous narration."
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    This book was so enjoyable! The various narrators made it especially fun to listen to, with their Southern accents.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Turn in the Road: A Blossom Street Book, #8 | [Debbie Macomber]
    A Turn in the Road: A Blossom Street Book, #8
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    A Turn in the Road: A Blossom Street Book, #8

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Debbie Macomber
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
    Overall
    (109)
    Performance
    (71)
    Story
    (69)

    In the middle of the year, in the middle of her life, Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. They’re driving to Florida for Ruth’s 50th high school reunion. A long-time widow, Ruth would like to reconnect with Royce, the love of her teenage life. She’s heard he’s alone, too…and, well, she’s curious. Maybe even hopeful. Bethanne herself needs time to reflect, to ponder a decision she has to make. Her ex-husband, Grant – her children’s father – wants to reconcile now that his second marriage has failed.

    Doris says: "Wonderful Book!"
    "Loved It"
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    This was a great listening book. It was very cleverly written and very enjoyable!

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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