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Ann Barrette

Brookfield, WI, US | Member Since 2004

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  • 11 purchased in 2013
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  • Seating Arrangements | [Maggie Shipstead]
    Seating Arrangements
    UNABRIDGED

    Seating Arrangements

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 9 mins)
    • By Maggie Shipstead
    • Narrated By Arthur Morey
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (60)
    Performance
    (50)
    Story
    (48)

    Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn's wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne's sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn.

    Amanda says: "A Vivid Portrait"
    "A caricature of pathetic people"
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    Can't really say there was any humor here as some have said. Kept waiting for a character, any character to display some redeeming quality. But every time a new character was introduced, they seemed to be more pathetic than the previous one. The plot was shallow at best, the performance was so-so, and I was glad when it was over.

    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • The Cutting Season: A Novel | [Attica Locke]
    The Cutting Season: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED

    The Cutting Season: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 11 mins)
    • By Attica Locke
    • Narrated By Quincy Tyler Bernstine
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (188)
    Performance
    (161)
    Story
    (156)

    Caren Gray manages Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation that sits between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where the past and the present coexist uneasily. The estate's owners have turned the place into an eerie tourist attraction, complete with full-dress re-enactments and carefully restored slave quarters. Outside the gates, a corporation with ambitious plans has been busy snapping up land from struggling families who have been growing sugar cane for generations, and now replacing local employees with illegal laborers. Tensions mount when the body of a female migrant worker is found in a shallow grave on the edge of the property.

    C. Telfair says: "Mystery + Atmosphere = A Definite Winner!"
    "Couldn't listen"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What would have made The Cutting Season better?

    The Narrator


    Would you be willing to try another one of Quincy Tyler Bernstine’s performances?

    Don't know. Seemed to move slowly and never finished it.


    Any additional comments?

    This book was hard to stick with. Difficult to listen to the the narrator, so monotone and uninteresting. Also, things were introduced but then the back stories would take you in an entirely different direction. Maybe the author's intent but not enough there to keep one's interest.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel | [Susan Vreeland]
    Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED

    Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Susan Vreeland
    • Narrated By Kimberly Farr
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (107)
    Performance
    (53)
    Story
    (54)

    It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows, which he hopes will honor his family business and earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll. Publicly unrecognized by Tiffany, Clara conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which he is long remembered.

    William says: "Great Take on A Historical Story"
    "Too many story lines."
    Overall
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    Story

    After the first few chapters I thought this would be a good book. The story started to become many. By the end of the book the plots were not only about Clare but women's suffarage, plight of immigrants in the early 1900's, birth of unions, Tiffany glass works, Louis Comfort Tiffany, a love story, personal tragedy, not to mention the tedious cutting, selecting and placing of every shard of glass. There was just too much to call it one story. I finished because the narration was good and I paid for it.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Blackhouse | [Peter May]
    The Blackhouse
    ABRIDGED

    The Blackhouse

    • ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Peter May
    • Narrated By Peter Forbes
    Overall
    (96)
    Performance
    (88)
    Story
    (86)

    A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface and soon, he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.

    dumbclub says: "Unputdownable"
    "A-Maz-Ing great listen."
    Overall
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    Story

    Could not wait to listen to more. The story never left you wanting for more. It just kept getting better as it went on. The narration was impeccable and spot on. Highly recommended.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • While I Was Gone | [Sue Miller]
    While I Was Gone
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    While I Was Gone

    • ABRIDGED (5 hrs)
    • By Sue Miller
    • Narrated By Blair Brown
    Overall
    (19)
    Performance
    (10)
    Story
    (10)

    In the summer of 1968, Jo Becker ran out on the marriage and the life her parents wanted for her, and escaped, for one beautiful, idyllic year, into a life that was bohemian and romantic, living under an assumed name in a rambling group house in Cambridge. It was a time of limitless possibility, but it ended in a single instant when Jo returned home one night to find her best friend lying dead in a pool of blood on the living room floor.

    ZoeyMomma says: "Don't waste your time..."
    "Join the pity party."
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    The main character in this book has no redeeming characteristics. Nor do any of the rest of the well under developed characters. Not a fan.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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