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Mary

Calgary, AB, Canada

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  • The Spirit Clearing: A Michael Talbot Adventure

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Mark Tufo
    • Narrated By Sean Runnette
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (173)
    Performance
    (156)
    Story
    (158)

    After a horrific accident Mike wakes to find himself blind in one eye. He now sees things that others can't, and nobody will listen to him. That is, until he meets Jandilyn Hollow. Will she be able to pull him out of the depths of his despair? Can love transcend even death?

    Amanda says: "Spiritually deep and moving"
    "Really enjoyable!"
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    Once again, Sean Runnette is Mike Talbot. Sean has captured the essence of Mike Talbot's character and delivers over & over. Best of all, he can do female voices well enough that one doesn't cringe or want to pitch a book at him like some male interpretations of a women's voice.
    I think the only big problem I had was trying to separate this Mike Talbot with the adult Mike Talbot fighting zombie's. I really didn't enjoy this Talbot as much. I think it would have been much better to create a wholey different character.

    I have loved all the books I have "read" of Mark Tufo (maybe with the exception of Timothy). The writing was strong enough to cause me to actually cry at the death of one of the characters and believe me, thats not an easy thing to do!

    I truly think that if you buy this book, you will not be disappointed.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Alien 3: The Novelization

    • ABRIDGED (2 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Alan Dean Foster
    • Narrated By Lance Henriksen
    Overall
    (10)
    Performance
    (9)
    Story
    (9)

    Here, even the wind screams. Abandoned hulks of machinery rust in the colorless landscape. Dark, oily seas beat against a jagged black shore. And the remnants of a reentry space vehicle crash into the rough waves. In it sleeps Ripley, a woman who has battled the enemy twice. It killed her whole crew the first time. The second time, it slaughtered a spaceload of death-dealing Marines. Now on this prison planet that houses only a horde of defiant, captive men, she will have to fight the ultimate alien horror one more time.

    Charles D. Burke says: "The audiobook was much better than the film."
    "a real high in low!"
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    I really hate to give any sort of negative review but this audio book is so awful I almost feel its my duty. I think what really makes book bad is the narration. Frequently the narration can really make or break a story it this book may not be as awful as I think it is just because of Lance Henriksen's naration. There isn't anything really wrong with Mr. Henriksen's narration, its just that he should have not been hired for this vocal. His voice was soft and almost soothing so the fright I should have felt when Ripley was fighting her alien and the Company has come to collect both her & the alien was just not there.

    Save your credit or your $$ & run, don't walk away from this book!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Feeding Ground

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 9 mins)
    • By Sarah Pinborough
    • Narrated By Peter Bishop
    Overall
    (5)
    Performance
    (5)
    Story
    (5)

    It's Blane Gentle-King's lucky day. A drug-dealing prince who rules a London apartment complex, he's languished the last three months in jail, accused of murder. His cellmate has worn his nerves wire-thin. Over the past weeks, fewer and fewer guards have stalked the prison, and the prisoners' meals have dwindled to one a day. At first Blane fears he and everyone else will starve behind bars, until his right-hand man and childhood friend Charlie Nash shows up to spring him....

    Cathryn says: "Just Great"
    "I'm sorry this story is truly TERRIBLE!"
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    I gave extra points for narration as Peter Bishop wasn't distracting trying to do voices he wasn't capable of as in other story & there was a tragic scene in one of the streets that Lyssa Graham wrote quite well. However I couldn't finish the book but did fast forward to the end.

    Sympathy star scores aside, give this story a miss its just not worth the credit spent.

    Thank you for reading my review.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Breeding Ground

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Sarah Pinborough
    • Narrated By Lyssa Graham
    Overall
    (11)
    Performance
    (11)
    Story
    (11)

    Life was good for Matt and Chloe. They were in love and looking forward to their new baby. But what Chloe gave birth to isn’t a baby. It isn’t even human. It’s an entirely new species that uses humans only for food—and as hosts for their young.As Matt soon learns, though, he is not alone in his terror. Women all over town have begun to give birth to these hideous creatures, spidery nightmares that live to kill—and feed. As the infestation spreads and the countryside is reduced to a series of web-shrouded ghost towns, will the survivors find a way to fight back?

    Madeleine says: "Interesting Premise, Not Well Explored"
    "Painful story to get through :-0"
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    This story could have been so much more than bits an pieces from "Midwich Cuckoo", 'The Day of the Triffids and "Alien'. It did have real moments of 'icky" and "eerie" but the inabilility of the narrator to do a credible male voice was really, realy distracting. Lyssa Graham did do a good job narrating but only the female voices. Sarah's characters were drawn okay; it was easy to feel really sad for the females who suddenly found themselves pregnant with these disgustingly awful babies but no reason is given or suggested as to why major events happened.

    If the story had been much longer I could never have been able to listen to the end. With this story, it was touch and go all the way.

    Thank you for reading my review, I hope I have helped.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Tunnelers

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 1 min)
    • By Geoff Gander
    • Narrated By Darlene Allen
    Overall
    (2)
    Performance
    (1)
    Story
    (1)

    When a traumatized mining foreman is placed under the psychiatric care of Dr. Vincent Armstrong, the doctor thinks he has started just another shift. But as the victim begins to remember what drove him temporarily insane, Armstrong's interest becomes personal, and he makes a series of discoveries that threaten to tear apart his carefully constructed scientific view of the world, and show in horrifying clarity that his patient is anything but delusional.

    Mary says: "Intriguing and well written story, very enjoyable!"
    "Intriguing and well written story, very enjoyable!"
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    I loved this story!
    Although it is a very short story, it had to successfully make its point in a minimal number of words, every word counts in a short story. The rising tensions in the story were carried well till the end. I truly was on the edge of my seat and very sorry to have it end.

    Darlene Allen did a commendable job of narration and I understand this story is Geof Ganders first published story. Well done both of you! I will keep on the lookout for your next work!

    thank you

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Boleyn Inheritance

    • UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By Philippa Gregory
    • Narrated By Lucy Scott, Emma Powell, Candida Gubbins
    Overall
    (48)
    Performance
    (18)
    Story
    (19)

    It is 1539, and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing, sickly king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife. The dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves, who has her own reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father. Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, Anne senses a trap closing around her.

    Caroline says: "I'm glad I downloaded it!"
    "Amazing story! characters brillantly alive"
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    Anyone who knows me would never believe I would enjoy a book about court intrigue in Tudor times. But I was so taken with the way Ms Gregory drew the charcters & kept the plot line moving! Katherine Howard was beautifully shown to be an innocent pawn of the Duke of Norwich. I kept hoping he would be found out and put in his place until the bitter end.

    I will be listening to each book in the series and recommend you listen to at least one of Phillipa Gregory's book of the series you will get so much enjoyment that I envy you the new experience!

    thank you for reading my review; I hope it helps

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • 'Til Death Do Us Part: Zombie Fallout, Book 6

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By Mark Tufo
    • Narrated By Sean Runnette
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (505)
    Performance
    (477)
    Story
    (482)

    BT, Gary, and Mrs. Deneaux race to the Talbot compound in a desperate bid to turn the tides of a lost war. Is Michael dead? This is the question plaguing the Talbots as they prepare for the final showdown with a merciless enemy hell-bent on their absolute destruction.

    Teddy says: "Series Back on Track"
    "Another great book, listen and enjoy!"
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    I truly love the characters Mark Tufo has created for his Talbot stories. The strenghts and weakenesses are interesting and the plotlines move smoothly along. I have listened to every audio book Audible has listed that he has written and with the exception of one (Timothy) had a most wonderful time. To be honest I almost didn't listen to the first book because I found Mike Talbot to be really irritating but I came back and soon listened every chance I got.

    I guess the downside (& you know there almost always is at least one) is that because the same character names were used in each book, I kept getting confused between the young Mike Talbot of Indian Hill, Spirit Hill and the Mike Talbot in the original zombie book series. The only way to avoid trying to sort the different aspects of Mike Talbot's growth is to just sit back and thoroughly enjoy the books and try to patiently wait till the next booik of the series.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By David Wellington
    • Narrated By Bernadette Dunne
    Overall
    (104)
    Performance
    (34)
    Story
    (34)

    All the official reports say they are dead—extinct since the late ’80s, when a fed named Arkeley nailed the last vampire in a fight that nearly killed him. But Arkeley knows what most people don’t: there is one left. In an abandoned asylum she is rotting, plotting, and biding her time in a way that only the undead can. When state trooper Laura Caxton calls the FBI looking for help in the middle of the night, it is Arkeley who gets the assignment.

    Flavius says: "A Pleasant Time-Killer"
    "Totally Enjoyable from front to back!"
    Overall
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    I have listened to all of the Vampire stories in this series and was drawn in to the series without a hope turning the story off. The discription of the characters both alive and undead were well done and storyline moved along beautifully.

    Bernadette Dunne did a bang up job of narrating and i was very glad the lead character's gender preference was as balanced as one could get considering she saw her lover cut to pieces on the bedroom floor then had to fight her when she had become a vampire (how's that for a relationship ending badly)!

    I would have preferred to give more than a 5 star rating but unfortunately we all have to work within limitations at times.

    Listen to the stories in this series and you will be glad you did!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Hunter's Moon and Other American Gothic Tales

    • UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By Kevin J. Anderson
    • Narrated By Ashton Smith
    Overall
    (25)
    Performance
    (7)
    Story
    (7)

    Hunter's Moon is a collection of six spine-tingling stories: "Bringing the Family", "Hunter's Moon", "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall", "A Glimpse of the Ankou", "Loco-Motive", and "Drilling Deep".

    Jon says: "Great Listening"
    "Ashton Smith is PERFECT for this role!"
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    Hunter's Moon is a short book so my review will be just as short. Most of the storys were really well written, the mood well set, everything well laid out. Problem is that at the end of all but one or two, I kept waiting for an end! I was frequently surprised when just as I am totally into the story, Ashton would announce the following story! I kept feeling like my elbow was falling off of my arm chair (you probably have all felt that at least once in your life, right)!

    Most disagreeable!

    Ashton Smith was perfectly cast to do the vocals for this book. His roughly, gravelly voice lent a perfect compliment to the all too short stories and I would like to listen to his narration in future stories.

    Thank you for reading my review, I hope it helps.

    Kindest Regards, m

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Brian Keene
    • Narrated By Eric Medler
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (42)
    Performance
    (40)
    Story
    (39)

    One morning the residents of Walden, Virginia, woke up to find the rest of the world gone. Just...gone.

    Surrounding their town was a wall of inky darkness, plummeting Walden into permanent night. Nothing could get in - not light, not people, not even electricity, radio, TV, Internet, food, or water. And nothing could get out. No one who dared to penetrate the mysterious barrier has ever been seen again. Only their screams were heard. But for some, the darkness is not the worst of their fears. Driven mad by thirst, hunger, and perpetual night, the residents of Walden are ready to explode.

    Mary says: "One of the very BEST stories!"
    "One of the very BEST stories!"
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    It's been some time since I have listened to this story so here goes. I truly struggle to think of a negative thing to say about this story: it is short so has to make every word count.I visualized pretty much everything I heard and when I am able to do that I know I have essentially been part of something really special.

    If you like sci fi and mysteries, you will like this book. I would rank this story as one of the most enjoyable "reads" I have had. Eric Medler was more than able to assume the female voices without seeming petulant or whiny as some storys have had by other narrators and really, I think its as much vocal skill as plain physical limitation of the male voice to reach the female voice.

    Thank you for reading my review, I hope it helps you when deciding to read this book.

    Kindest Regards, m

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful

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