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Martha L. Lee

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  • Stay Tuned

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Lauren Clark
    • Narrated By Gillian Vance
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (6)
    Performance
    (6)
    Story
    (6)

    For TV producer Melissa Moore, crisis management comes with the job. From employee disputes to her high-maintenance boss, there's not much she hasn't seen or can't handle. But no one - including Melissa - expects a fistfight during the ten o'clock news. When sexy-but-crazy Alyssa Andrews lands a punch on her co-anchor's face, Melissa jumps on set to help. She's determined that WSGA's reputation won't be destroyed on her watch. Both anchors are fired and Melissa agrees to fill in - but not before polishing her look from haircut to heels.

    P Allen Mac says: "Solid Story"
    "Slow story or just annoyingly bad narration?"
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    What did you like best about Stay Tuned? What did you like least?

    I liked the "idea" of the book. I didn't like anything else...


    What could Lauren Clark have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

    A different narrator may have made it a 3 star overall experience. As it is,


    Would you be willing to try another one of Gillian Vance’s performances?

    No...


    If this book were a movie would you go see it?

    No...


    Any additional comments?

    Disappointing.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • House Rules

    • UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Jodi Picoult
    • Narrated By Mark Turetsky, Nicole Poole, Andy Paris, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2655)
    Performance
    (897)
    Story
    (896)

    One of America’s most popular authors, Jodi Picoult has earned a reputation for crafting riveting, topical fiction. In House Rules she examines how being different can have dire consequences. Teenager Jacob Hunt has Asperger’s syndrome. A forensic science wizard, he follows his scanner to show up at crime scenes and give law enforcement officials his advice.

    Charlotte says: "Great book until the ending"
    "Timely. Learn and listen."
    Overall
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    If you could sum up House Rules in three words, what would they be?

    Compassionate,complex, compelling.


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    The mom. A single mom raising two boys, one with special needs, advocating all the time, trying to do her best for her son with special needs. Jodi Pcoult displays the way a good mom loses sight of the forest for the trees, and how this one lost sight of the needs of her other son, herself, and her family as a whole, while focusing with laser precision on what one of her boys needed. I like how very human this mom is portrayed to be, flawed, but likable.


    What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    The narrators were so good...they never, ever "got in the way" of the story. Great choice of narrators.


    Who was the most memorable character of House Rules and why?

    Jacob. He is a combination of kids I love in my real life...


    Any additional comments?

    Fantastic audible, worth 2 credits, but I am glad it was only one!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Slumdog Millionaire

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Vikas Swarup
    • Narrated By Christopher Simpson
    Overall
    (448)
    Performance
    (178)
    Story
    (178)

    Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel, the inspiration for the award-winning film, opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all 12 questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales, Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question.

    Karen says: ""Absolutely, 100 Per cent, Correct!""
    "Didn't see movie, but what a fabulous "listen"!"
    Overall
    Performance
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    What did you love best about Slumdog Millionaire?

    compelling story, sympathetic character,


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Slumdog Millionaire?

    The scene in the apartment house when he sleeps with his arm through a hole in the wall to comfort his "sister" friend. His escape from the orphanage home after his horrific understanding of what was to become of him and his friend...


    What does Christopher Simpson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    Beautiful diction...


    Who was the most memorable character of Slumdog Millionaire and why?

    Main character, but his relationships were so strong, that they were outstanding.


    Any additional comments?

    I have been raving about this audible book, and plan to buy it as gifts.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Summons & The Brethren

    • UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By John Grisham
    • Narrated By Frank Muller, Michael Beck
    Overall
    (99)
    Performance
    (82)
    Story
    (84)

    The Summons: Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi. Now the judge is a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. The Brethren: They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. In prison these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich, very fast.

    Michael says: "Great Performance"
    "Grisham is very exciting on audible!"
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    If you could sum up The Summons & The Brethren in three words, what would they be?

    I want more!


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    The judges.


    What about Frank Muller and Michael Beck ’s performance did you like?

    The judges when they realized they may have been outsmarted.


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

    In the Summons, the scene with the bricks thrown through the windows. In TheBrethren, the release of the Brethren.


    Any additional comments?

    This was a great value... One credit for two fabulous reads/listens...

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Winter Sea

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Susanna Kearsley
    • Narrated By Rosalyn Landor
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1772)
    Performance
    (1430)
    Story
    (1428)

    History has all but forgotten.... In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next best-selling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write. But then she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction....

    Pamela says: "Love it"
    "Had a hard time understanding the male characters."
    Overall
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    What disappointed you about The Winter Sea?

    Having to try so hard to understand the dialog.


    What was most disappointing about Susanna Kearsley’s story?

    I can't get far enough into it to make a determination.


    What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

    Disappointment


    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 39 mins)
    • By Maria Semple
    • Narrated By Kathleen Wilhoite
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (721)
    Performance
    (631)
    Story
    (624)

    Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

    Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle - and people in general - has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands.

    Bobbie says: "Best listen of the summer!"
    "Need more Maria Semple!"
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    Where does Where'd You Go, Bernadette rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    Top 5 percent. I didn't want to turn it off for any reason.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

    I love the unexpected,unpredictable parts. I loved the parts that made me laugh that I may just borrow in my own life: "torch"!


    Which character – as performed by Kathleen Wilhoite – was your favorite?

    Kathleen wilhoite's performance was brilliant! I think I loved her portrayal of "the Admin" most.


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

    Yes...but it would be a spoiler to post it


    Any additional comments?

    Funny, emotionally touching, suspenseful, quirky, and real.

    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Joshilyn Jackson
    • Narrated By Joshilyn Jackson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1118)
    Performance
    (969)
    Story
    (945)

    A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family. Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's strong and big-hearted grandmother....

    Taryn says: "My first but not last for this author"
    "Listen...you will not be disappointed!"
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    Have you listened to any of Joshilyn Jackson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    Yes. I love them all.


    Any additional comments?

    I love her writing, her storyline, her, characters, her voice, her narration... More, please!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Arm Candy

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Jill Kargman
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (11)
    Performance
    (6)
    Story
    (6)

    For two decades, 39-year-old Eden Clyde has been enjoying wealth and glamour as the muse and lover of Otto Clyde, the ultra-famous and much older king of the art world. Genetically, she hit the lottery, but Eden is unlucky in love: 18 years ago she put aside her dream of true love and marriage and has turned a blind eye to Otto’s philandering in exchange for a life without want. But as 40 looms overhead, she feels the cost of the arrangement finally taking its toll on her happiness.

    Elizabeth says: "unreadable"
    "Too boring to finish"
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    Would you try another book from Jill Kargman and/or Joyce Bean?

    I will listen to Joyce Bean's narration again. The narration is fine.


    Any additional comments?

    I really wanted to like it. I got through half of it, and finally realized I don't want to waste time trying to enjoy something I just don't. I was disappointed. Narration was fine.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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