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Nancy

fort lauderdale, FL, United States | Member Since 2009

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  • The Bonfire of the Vanities | [Tom Wolfe]
    The Bonfire of the Vanities
    UNABRIDGED

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

    • UNABRIDGED (27 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Tom Wolfe
    • Narrated By Joe Barrett
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (657)
    Performance
    (260)
    Story
    (267)

    Tom Wolfe's best-selling modern classic tells the story of Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader who has it all: wealth, power, prestige, a Park Avenue apartment, a beautiful wife, and an even more beautiful mistress - until one wrong turn sends Sherman spiraling downward into a humiliating fall from grace. A car accident in the Bronx involving Sherman, his girlfriend, and two young lower-class black men sets a match to the incendiary racial and social tensions of 1980s New York City.

    Alain says: "The Reader !"
    "Wow"
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    Story

    Why didn't I read this sooner? This is a fabulous story. It held my attention like few others.

    6 of 7 people found this review helpful
  • The Lost Symbol | [Dan Brown]
    The Lost Symbol
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    The Lost Symbol

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By Dan Brown
    • Narrated By Paul Michael
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (7567)
    Performance
    (1891)
    Story
    (1934)

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object is discovered in the Capitol Building. The object is an ancient invitation, meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. And when Langdon's mentor is kidnapped, Langdon's only hope of saving him is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him.

    Frank says: "Not his best"
    "Disappointing"
    Overall
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    Story

    I think this book was written to be a movie. I was particularly irritated with the "I know someting you don't know, Grasshopper" characters. My last Dan Brown.

    1 of 2 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
    (24390)
    Performance
    (11082)
    Story
    (11111)

    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!"
    "Sorry when it was over"
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    An amazing book. I normally restrict my listening to driving. I threw out the rule book for this one.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 1 | [Stieg Larsson]
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 1
    UNABRIDGED

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Stieg Larsson
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (20996)
    Performance
    (7722)
    Story
    (7769)

    Why we think it’s a great listen: How do you one-up a book that’s already a global literary phenomenon? Hire Simon Vance to (flawlessly) interpret the loves, lives, and murders of Sweden’s cold and secret-filled world. A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It's about the disappearance 40 years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden.

    Pamela Murphy says: "COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN"
    "A marvelous story teller"
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    I've already downloaded The Girl Who Played With Fire.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Cold Mountain | [Charles Frazier]
    Cold Mountain
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    Cold Mountain

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 21 mins)
    • By Charles Frazier
    • Narrated By Charles Frazier
    Overall
    (512)
    Performance
    (153)
    Story
    (152)

    One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished America in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor.

    M. Dunn says: "Cold Mountain (Unabridged)"
    "Maybe the movie's better?"
    Overall
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    I could not get into this story at all. I basically skipped to the end.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Audacity of Hope (Free Introduction) | [Barack Obama]
    The Audacity of Hope (Free Introduction)
    ABRIDGED

    The Audacity of Hope (Free Introduction)

    • ABRIDGED (15 mins)
    • By Barack Obama
    • Narrated By Barack Obama
    Overall
    (8)
    Performance
    (3)
    Story
    (3)

    In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics: a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy".

    Nancy says: "Why not?"
    "Why not?"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    It was free, but then I realized I like to hear his voice. Pass the Koolaid.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Neighbor | [Lisa Gardner]
    The Neighbor
    UNABRIDGED

    The Neighbor

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Lisa Gardner
    • Narrated By Emily Janice Card, Kirby Heyborne, Kirsten Potter
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1063)
    Performance
    (437)
    Story
    (435)

    It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy: a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. But from the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Joneses - a snug little bungalow, she senses something off about the picture of wholesome normality the couple worked so hard to create.

    Kate says: "Listen to "Say Goodbye" first"
    "Entertaining"
    Overall
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    A fun whodunit even though you know whodunit.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Scarecrow | [Michael Connelly]
    The Scarecrow
    UNABRIDGED

    The Scarecrow

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By Michael Connelly
    • Narrated By Peter Giles
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2287)
    Performance
    (686)
    Story
    (682)

    Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.

    P. Giorgio says: "Depth & Breadth"
    "Never bored"
    Overall
    Performance
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    My first Michael Connelly. Not my last.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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