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Kim

GREENVILLE, SC, United States | Member Since 2012

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14 reviews
22 ratings
66 titles in library
9 purchased in 2013

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Like Water for Chocolate

UNABRIDGED
- by Laura Esquivel
- Narrated by Kate Reading
Like Water for Chocolate

UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 56 mins)

By Laura Esquivel

Narrated By Kate Reading

Overall
(155)
Performance
(50)
Story
(52)

Tita is the youngest daughter of Mama Elena, the tyrannical owner of the De la Garza ranch. As the youngest, she is expected to remain single and stay at home to care for her mother. So when Tita falls in love, Mama Elena arranges for Tita's older sister to marry Tita's young man.
Linda says: "A delicious story"
"One of My All Time Favs"

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This is a beautiful story combining magical realism, cooking and Latinas. The narration was good but I felt it needed a younger voice.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Dearly Devoted Dexter: Dexter, Book 2

UNABRIDGED
- by Jeff Lindsay
- Narrated by Jeff Lindsay
Dearly Devoted Dexter: Dexter, Book 2

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 29 mins)

By Jeff Lindsay

Narrated By Jeff Lindsay

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(78)
Performance
(76)
Story
(76)

Dexter Morgan has been under considerable pressure. It’s just not easy being an ethical serial killer - especially while trying to avoid the unshakable suspicions of the dangerous Sergeant Doakes (who believes Dexter is a homicidal maniac... which, of course, he is). In an attempt to throw Doakes off his trail, Dexter has had to slip deep into his foolproof disguise. While not working as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department, he now spends nearly all his time with his cheerful girlfriend, Rita....
Robert Moore says: "Like a Bizaree Alternate Universe for Show Fans!"
"Lots of Lizard Brain Fun"

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Story

Jeff Lindsay does a great job of narrating his own book. I will continue to read this series.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One

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- by Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by Steven Pacey
The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One

UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 18 mins)

By Joe Abercrombie

Narrated By Steven Pacey

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(2460)
Performance
(1463)
Story
(1477)

Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain and shallow, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men.
Eugene says: "Great Book"
"Tried and Tried but Just Can't Continue"

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I've so wanted to read something by Joe Abercrombie since I'm a big fan of GRRM, Rothfuss and Lynch but try as I might I cannot get into this one. I've gone through 12 chapters and still I don't know what's going on or even who the main protagonist is. Plus the narrator's voice inflections are grating on me. I will try another of his, but I'm giving up on this one.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

UNABRIDGED
- by Jenny Lawson
- Narrated by Jenny Lawson
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 41 mins)

By Jenny Lawson

Narrated By Jenny Lawson

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1122)
Performance
(1023)
Story
(1034)

For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.
Linda says: "Every Negative Reviewer is Just Jealous!"
"Funny, light entertainment"

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Good first novel I hope she writes more. Love her irreverent style and follow her blog.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
John Dies at the End

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- by David Wong
- Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne
John Dies at the End

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 26 mins)

By David Wong

Narrated By Stephen R. Thorne

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(803)
Performance
(716)
Story
(722)

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why?
Cassandra says: "Vulgar Funny. 4.95 Sale Win."
"Bizarre"

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Very odd but very enjoyable book. I'd describe it as bizarro sci fi. If you are into that sort of thing, this one is for you :)

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Snow Child

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- by Eowyn Ivey
- Narrated by Debra Monk
The Snow Child

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 51 mins)

By Eowyn Ivey

Narrated By Debra Monk

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(725)
Performance
(614)
Story
(602)

Debut novelist Eowyn ivey’s experience living in the Alaskan wilderness brings a palpable authenticity to The Snow Child. Alaska in the 1920s is a difficult place for Jack and Mabel. Drifting apart, the childless couple discover Faina, a young girl living alone in the wilderness. Soon, Jack and Mabel come to love Faina as their own. But when they learn a surprising truth about the girl, their lives change in profound ways.
Bonny says: "Magical, realistic and well worth listening to"
"Heartwarmng story"

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This is a sweet, touching story about a childless couple and a mysterious little girl who comes to them when they need it most.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Hexed: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 2

UNABRIDGED
- by Kevin Hearne
- Narrated by Luke Daniels
Hexed: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 2

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 52 mins)

By Kevin Hearne

Narrated By Luke Daniels

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(4967)
Performance
(4365)
Story
(4376)

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn’t care much for witches. Still, he’s about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are not just bad, they’re badasses with a dark history on the German side of World War II. With a fallen angel feasting on local high school students, a horde of Bacchants blowing in from Vegas, and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire vying for his attention, Atticus is having trouble scheduling the witch hunt.
Adam says: "Authenticity, Humor and Brilliant Writing"
"Shallow and Mysogynistic"

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Performance
Story

Hounded was decent--ight entertainment, amusing dog and just slightly sexist which I brushed off as simply Mr Hearne writing "guy lit". Hexed takes the author's obvious woman problems to a new level. Luke Daniels is a great narrator, however.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The World We Found

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- by Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by Soneela Nankani
The World We Found

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 41 mins)

By Thrity Umrigar

Narrated By Soneela Nankani

Overall
(13)
Performance
(12)
Story
(11)

Best-selling author and PEN and Beyond Margins Award finalist Thrity Umrigar’s acclaimed novels “resonate with rich prose and vibrant depictions of India” (Booklist). In The World We Found, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta - once friends at the University of Bombay - reconnect 30 years later when Armaiti is diagnosed with cancer. Coming together, all four women are forced to reexamine their lives.
Kim says: "Thought Provoking"
"Thought Provoking"

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This is a lovely story of four college friends, now in their forties. It starts off beautifully by describing the changes in their lives and how they have stayed the same. One of them is terminally ill and initiates a reunion. This creates a conflict involving the friend who was forced to convert from Hindu to Muslim by her husband during the rising religious tensions in India. This book addresses issues of religious conflict, personal change and lost idealism. It is a decent read, especially if you are from India.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Full Dark, No Stars

UNABRIDGED
- by Stephen King
- Narrated by Craig Wasson , Jessica Hecht
Full Dark, No Stars

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 56 mins)

By Stephen King

Narrated By Craig Wasson, Jessica Hecht

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1999)
Performance
(761)
Story
(759)

"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922", the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.
Parusski says: "Eerie, honest, frightening!"
"More warped stories from the mind of Stephen King"

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This is a collection of short horror stories with greed as a theme. All were creepy and disturbing. The narration was excellent.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

UNABRIDGED
- by Gretchen Rubin
- Narrated by Kathe Mazur
Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 20 mins)

By Gretchen Rubin

Narrated By Kathe Mazur

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(68)
Performance
(58)
Story
(56)

One Sunday afternoon, as she unloaded the dishwasher, Gretchen Rubin felt hit by a wave of homesickness. Homesick - why? She was standing right in her own kitchen. She felt homesick, she realized, with love for home itself. “Of all the elements of a happy life,” she thought, “my home is the most important.” In a flash, she decided to undertake a new happiness project, and this time, to focus on home. And what did she want from her home? A place that calmed her and energized her. A place that, by making her feel safe, would free her to take risks.
Jamie says: "Worthwhile Follow-Up to The Happiness Project"
"Mostly Helpful"

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Most of Gretchen's tips and ideas are inspiring and thought provoking, a few are annoying. The narration is about the same...mostly just fine, sometimes annoying

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

UNABRIDGED
- by William L. Shirer
- Narrated by Grover Gardner
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

UNABRIDGED (57 hrs and 13 mins)

By William L. Shirer

Narrated By Grover Gardner

Overall
(2435)
Performance
(1559)
Story
(1565)

Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.
Jonnie says: "Held my interest for 57 hours and 13 minutes"
"Amazing and Horrifying"

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This is a big chunk of book! It is everything you ever wanted to know about the Third Reich. Shirer is thorough, extremely thorough, yet somehow not boring. The narrator also keeps things flowing, without sounding like a droning history teacher. Very well done.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful