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Brigette

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, United States | Member Since 2012

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42 titles in library
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Naked Heat

UNABRIDGED
- by Richard Castle
- Narrated by Johnny Heller
Naked Heat

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 2 mins)

By Richard Castle

Narrated By Johnny Heller

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(616)
Performance
(370)
Story
(371)

In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling Heat Wave, Richard Castle does it again with his thrilling new mystery. Tough, sexy, professional, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City’s top homicide squads. In what’s sure to be another smash sensation, listeners will once again follow Nikki Heat and hotshot reporter Jameson Rook as they trade barbs and innuendos all while on the trail of a murderer!
Blanche says: "enjoyable mystery"
"FUN Listen!"

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If you like the show the book is very similar and just as fun.

What did you like best about this story?

The interaction between the characters

Which character – as performed by Johnny Heller – was your favorite?

Rook

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it was fun to come back to...

Any additional comments?

The narrator, Johnny Heller was great!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Shadow of Night

UNABRIDGED
- by Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
Shadow of Night

UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 30 mins)

By Deborah Harkness

Narrated By Jennifer Ikeda

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(3991)
Performance
(3550)
Story
(3531)

Now, picking up from A Discovery of Witches' cliff-hanger ending, Shadow of Night plunges Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens. Deborah Harkness has crafted a gripping journey through a world of alchemy, time travel, and magical discoveries.
Hallie says: "Even better than A Discovery of Witches"
"LOVE IT!"

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What made the experience of listening to Shadow of Night the most enjoyable?

This was wonderful and I am looking forward to the 3rd installment, I have listened to the 1st and 2nd books twice already and will probably listen again, each time I find something new : )

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

UNABRIDGED
- by Nicholas D. Kristof , Sheryl WuDunn
- Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 33 mins)

By Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

Narrated By Cassandra Campbell

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(393)
Performance
(178)
Story
(175)

An old Chinese proverb says "Women hold up half the sky." Then why do the women of Africa and Asia persistently suffer human rights abuses? Continuing their focus on humanitarian issues, journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take us to Africa and Asia, where many women live in profoundly dire circumstances.
Ella says: ""Women hold up half the sky""
"Good Education!!"

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What did you love best about Half the Sky?

This book was difficult to listen to at times, some of the stories were so sad. There were parts with too much data (statistics) and it was difficult to absorb in an audio book. Overall though this book made me want to do something about the issues that affect women worldwide.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Beautiful Ruins

UNABRIDGED
- by Jess Walter
- Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Beautiful Ruins

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 53 mins)

By Jess Walter

Narrated By Edoardo Ballerini

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(3808)
Performance
(3277)
Story
(3257)

The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot - searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier.
Cindy says: "Best Mistake I Ever Made On Audible..."
"This was OK"

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What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Overall the book was only OK, it did not grab my interest from beginning to end

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Crocodile on the Sandbank: The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Crocodile on the Sandbank: The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 51 mins)

By Elizabeth Peters

Narrated By Barbara Rosenblat

Overall
(2242)
Performance
(1060)
Story
(1056)

Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
Carrie says: "Nice break from the usual-"
"Great Read!!!"

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Would you consider the audio edition of Crocodile on the Sandbank to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version but the audio version was excellent

What did you like best about this story?

Loved the lead character, she made me smile and at times laugh out loud

What about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance did you like?

Wonderful performance!!!!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The whole book was excellent...

Any additional comments?

I am looking forward to the rest of the series!!

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
A Discovery of Witches

UNABRIDGED
- by Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
A Discovery of Witches

UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 2 mins)

By Deborah Harkness

Narrated By Jennifer Ikeda

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(7484)
Performance
(5128)
Story
(5144)

Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library.
Barbara says: "A feast for the mind and imagination"
"Great Listen!!!!"

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If you could sum up A Discovery of Witches in three words, what would they be?

Interesting...Intelligent...Engaging!!!!
This is a great read/listen, I would recommend highly.

What did you like best about this story?

The development of characters and quality of writing, I couldn't wait to listen to the next part.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

UNABRIDGED
- by Cheryl Strayed
- Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 6 mins)

By Cheryl Strayed

Narrated By Bernadette Dunne

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1720)
Performance
(1481)
Story
(1487)

At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
Melinda says: "Amazing Undertaking--Good Book"
"Very disappointed"

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Would you try another book from Cheryl Strayed and/or Bernadette Dunne?

No I would not try another book written by Cheryl Strayed, I feel that the book Wild depicted a very selfish and self centered young lady that is lucky she survived the PCT!!!!

0 of 1 people found this review helpful