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bethany

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SALEM, NH, United States | Member Since 2010

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  • 54 ratings
  • 266 titles in library
  • 25 purchased in 2013
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  • The Grapes of Wrath

    • UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 5 mins)
    • By John Steinbeck
    • Narrated By Dylan Baker
    Overall
    (932)
    Performance
    (791)
    Story
    (796)

    At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s, The Grapes of Wrath is perhaps the most American of American classics. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s, The Grapes of Wrath is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are forced to travel west to the promised land of California.

    Parola138 says: "Pleased"
    "so far so good BUT"
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    just purchased this today & have been listening for a few hours, the pace of the narrator is a little slower compared to what i am used but he is excellent for this story & voices are great, i have tried "reading" grapes of wrath many times but could never get through it.
    ;
    the only draw back for this audio book is the startling harmonica music at the end of each chapter, it is so loud it shakes you out of the mood the narrator has created, i had to rush to turn down the volume & then turn it back up to hear the narrator again.
    i would already have given this 5 stars but the music is just so annoying, i am listening to it on my kindle it may be better if i listen to it on my laptop when i can possibly have the volume spikes adjusted.

    overall excellent for only 1 credit

    8 of 13 people found this review helpful
  • The Life of Elizabeth I

    • UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 56 mins)
    • By Alison Weir
    • Narrated By Davina Porter
    Overall
    (49)
    Performance
    (42)
    Story
    (42)

    The New York Times best-selling author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The War of the Roses, historian Alison Weir crafts fascinating portraits of England’s infamous House of Tudor line. Here Weir focuses on Elizabeth I, also known as the Virgin Queen, who ascended to the throne at age 25 and never married, yet ruled for 44 years and steered England into its Golden Age.

    ShoeLover says: "Inside the politics of Elizabeth I"
    "loved it"
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    Would you consider the audio edition of The Life of Elizabeth I to be better than the print version?

    i love audio to much to try the print version of anything with rare exceptions


    What was one of the most memorable moments of The Life of Elizabeth I?

    the differences between Elizabeth and Henry the VIII


    What does Davina Porter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    i love davina porter, as a narrator she is ideal for british history.


    Any additional comments?

    listen to the autobiography of henry the viii first and then listen to this one, if you are a history buff like i am you will love it.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Dangerous Liaisons

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 39 mins)
    • By Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
    • Narrated By Gabriel Woolf
    Overall
    (45)
    Performance
    (19)
    Story
    (19)

    The story, composed entirely of letters written by the various characters to each other, tells of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two rivals who use sex as a weapon to humiliate and degrade others, uncaring of those who face social ruin or whose hearts are broken. It depicts a decadent and corrupt aristocracy exposing the perversions of the so-called Ancien Regime. The relevance of this grew due to the ensuing the French Revolution.

    Steve says: "Amazing story."
    "could be good"
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    the preface was nearly impossible to understand sounding as if the narrator had swallowed the microphone, i am finding the the sound quality is not very good at all and i am glad i paid only about $2 for it

    i feel that if the audio was cleaned up a bit the narrator would not be able to ruin the story so much

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Fortunate Pilgrim

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Mario Puzo
    • Narrated By John Kenneth
    Overall
    (16)
    Performance
    (9)
    Story
    (10)

    Lucia Santa has traveled 3,000 miles of dark ocean, from the mountain farms of Italy to the streets of New York, hoping for a better life. Instead, she finds herself in Hell's Kitchen, in a bad marriage, raising six children on her own. As Lucia struggles to hold her family together, her daughter confronts the adult world of work and romance while her eldest son is drawn into the Mafia. Meanwhile, her youngest son aspires to American pursuits she cannot understand.

    ann says: "Puzo's Best"
    "excellent book & more so for the narrator"
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    this book is just amazing, funny & truly charming..i listen to a great deal of audio & i can not imagine this book read by another narrator.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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