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Anita

San francisco, CA, USA | Member Since 2006

HELPFUL VOTES

10 reviews
34 ratings
84 titles in library
0 purchased in 2013

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The Help

UNABRIDGED
- by Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by Jenna Lamia , Bahni Turpin , Octavia Spencer , Cassandra Campbell
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
(24394)
Performance
(11084)
Story
(11113)

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!"
"Couldn't stop"

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I was so sad when the book / audio ended...
I wanted to keep listening to the stories of theses women. Great narration by several women.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Last Lecture

UNABRIDGED
- by Randy Pausch , Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrated by Erik Singer , Randy Pausch
The Last Lecture

UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 39 mins)

By Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

Narrated By Erik Singer, Randy Pausch

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1978)
Performance
(441)
Story
(443)

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave - "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" - wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have... and you may find one day that you have less than you think").
Kelli says: "How to Live"
"Good"

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Good book - inspirational in its simplicity but obviously sad...

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Ghost Writer: A Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Robert Harris
- Narrated by Roger Rees
The Ghost Writer: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 47 mins)

By Robert Harris

Narrated By Roger Rees

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(418)
Performance
(118)
Story
(121)

Adam Lang has been Britain’s longest serving—and most controversial—prime minister of the last half century. As pressure mounts for Lang to complete this memoirs, he hires a professional ghostwriter to finish the book. As he sets to work, the ghostwriter discovers many more secrets than Lang intends to reveal, secrets with the power to alter world politics - secrets with the power to kill.
Jim says: "What a HUGE Surprise!"
"Good mystery"

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Good mystery novel, well narrated - a fun book

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men

UNABRIDGED
- by Harold Lamb
- Narrated by Charlton Griffin
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 1 min)

By Harold Lamb

Narrated By Charlton Griffin

Overall
(238)
Performance
(46)
Story
(46)

In the early 13th century, a simple nomad chieftain managed to cobble together a powerful kingdom in the highlands of northern Asia, which was subsequently to challenge the greatest powers of the day. He was triumphant in all directions. This leader was Timujin, whose name meant "Iron Man". He became Genghis Khan, "Universal Ruler", the greatest conqueror ever known - a warrior feared from the British Isles to the tip of the Korean peninsula.
Curatina says: "Fabulous!"
"Ugh..."

Overall
Performance
Story

So wanted to listen to this as I am interested in the subject, but just couldn't get into it....very boring....

1 of 3 people found this review helpful
Labyrinth

UNABRIDGED
- by Kate Mosse
- Narrated by Donada Peters
Labyrinth

UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 38 mins)

By Kate Mosse

Narrated By Donada Peters

Overall
(494)
Performance
(86)
Story
(84)

July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery: two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth; between the skeletons, a stone ring, and a small leather bag.
A User says: "One of my Audible favorites"
"Fun Book"

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Fun book, good historical mystery...good narration.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Leonardo's Swans

UNABRIDGED
- by Karen Essex
- Narrated by Kathe Mazur
Leonardo's Swans

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 14 mins)

By Karen Essex

Narrated By Kathe Mazur

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(70)
Performance
(7)
Story
(7)

Isabella d'Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blonde and a precocious lover and collector of art. Worldly and ambitious, she has never envied her less attractive sister, the spirited but naive Beatrice, until, by a quirk of fate, Beatrice is betrothed to the future Duke of Milan.
Michael Allen says: "Good, but not Captivating"
"OK, not great"

Overall
Performance
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This was an entertaining book, but wasn't great.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting

UNABRIDGED
- by Tracy Kidder
- Narrated by Tracy Kidder
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 36 mins)

By Tracy Kidder

Narrated By Tracy Kidder

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(145)
Performance
(34)
Story
(32)

Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the best sellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative". In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him.
Roy says: "My Favorite of Kidder's Books"
"Good book but..."

Overall
Performance
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This was a great story.
I am a huge fan of Traci Kidder and of his previous book...BUT...he was painful to listen to.
Nasal voice in an un-emotional mono-tonal drone...a pity....

4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Cutting for Stone: A Novel

UNABRIDGED
- by Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by Sunil Malhotra
Cutting for Stone: A Novel

UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 58 mins)

By Abraham Verghese

Narrated By Sunil Malhotra

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(4074)
Performance
(1520)
Story
(1525)

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother's death in childbirth and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics - their passion for the same woman - that will tear them apart.
Robert says: "An Epic Medical Novel"
"Loved it!"

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Probably one of my new top 10 books of the past few years. Engagingly brilliant book and wonderful narration....couldn't stop listening to it...

4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2

UNABRIDGED
- by Stieg Larsson
- Narrated by Simon Vance
The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2

UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 38 mins)

By Stieg Larsson

Narrated By Simon Vance

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(16475)
Performance
(6445)
Story
(6447)

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.
David says: "irritatingly engrossing"
"Good listen"

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Loved books 1& 2...can't wait for "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest" to come out on audible.
Fun story, good narration

6 of 8 people found this review helpful
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

UNABRIDGED
- by David Wroblewski
- Narrated by Richard Poe
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 45 mins)

By David Wroblewski

Narrated By Richard Poe

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(2667)
Performance
(604)
Story
(598)

Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents and an unusual breed of dogs on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. But when tragedy strikes the Sawtelle family, Edgar flees to the surrounding wilderness. He comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him.
Ella says: "Just OK"
"Great story"

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This is a great story, wonderfully narrated.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful