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Carolyn

If I am not reading I am listening to a story sometimes both.

Oshkosh, WI, United States | Member Since 2009

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  • Poison Flower: Jane Whitefield Series # 7

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By Thomas Perry
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
    Overall
    (127)
    Performance
    (106)
    Story
    (105)

    In this exciting seventh entry in Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series, Jane spirits James Shelby, a man unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, out of the criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles-but the price of Shelby's freedom is high.

    John says: "Non-stop action all the way"
    "Love Jane's Attitude"
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    If you have read the whole series then you will love this one just as much or more.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • All of Me

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 42 mins)
    • By Anne Murray, Michael Posner
    • Narrated By Anne Murray
    Overall
    (14)
    Performance
    (7)
    Story
    (7)

    In this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid.

    Carolyn says: "Great Job Good Book"
    "Great Job Good Book"
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    Would you consider the audio edition of All of Me to be better than the print version?

    I did not read the print version but loved listening to Anne read her own book.


    What did you like best about this story?

    I am the same age as Anne so I could really relate to all the history of her life time.


    What about Anne Murray’s performance did you like?

    Hey she sounds like her songs so if you are a fan what could be better plus there are a few bits of them throughout the book.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    I would not make a movie of this book since she is alive and well and there is no actress that can be her....not even her daughter who is her own person.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Blood Gospel: The Order of the Sanguines, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell
    • Narrated By Christian Baskous
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (154)
    Performance
    (138)
    Story
    (139)

    An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators - Sergeant Jordan Stone, a military forensic expert; Father Rhun Korza, a Vatican priest; and Dr. Erin Granger, a brilliant but disillusioned archaeologist - are sent to explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl. But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb's sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ's own hand....

    tom says: "narration"
    "Just can not listen to this one after the 1st chap"
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    Would you try another book from James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell and/or Christian Baskous?

    I have read most of James Rollins books and that is why I got this one but after listening to the first chapter of the protracted killing of a child, in light of the sadness I feel over last months mass murder of children I just knew I could not listen to any more of this book.


    What could James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

    Wrong book at wrong time I guess


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

    Anger and Sadness at it's start so the rest of the book might be just fine but I will never know.


    3 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • A Memory of Light: Wheel of Time, Book 14

    • UNABRIDGED (41 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated By Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2727)
    Performance
    (2475)
    Story
    (2500)

    Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, listeners have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over 40 million copies in over 32 languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork.

    Terrell Sanders says: "The saga that brought 'Epic' back to fantasy"
    "Outstanding!"
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    What made the experience of listening to A Memory of Light the most enjoyable?

    What a wonderful job Brandon Sanderson did to end the Wheel of Time books. Couldn't be any better. He really managed to bring it all together.


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Matt, his character is so much fun.


    What about Michael Kramer and Kate Reading ’s performance did you like?

    The best narrators period.


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

    So many characters have to die in the last battle I mourned each one of them.


    Any additional comments?

    Even though this book was 41 hours long I did not wish it to end.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Intercept: A Jeremy Fisk Novel, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By Dick Wolf
    • Narrated By Peter Ganim
    Overall
    (65)
    Performance
    (54)
    Story
    (54)

    Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet flying over the Atlantic Ocean reminds everyone that vigilance is not a task to be taken lightly. But for iconoclastic NYPD detective Jeremy Fisk, it may also be a signal that there is much more to this case than the easy answer of this being just the work of another lone terrorist. Fisk suspects that the event might also be a warning sign that another scheme has been set in motion.

    Katherine says: "Page turner"
    "Not a bad read"
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    Would you try another book from Dick Wolf and/or Peter Ganim?

    If there is a sequel I would read it but I hated the way it ended. Read like a movie and the tense moments were dragged out to long but over all ok.


    Has The Intercept turned you off from other books in this genre?

    no


    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • Frozen Heat

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Richard Castle
    • Narrated By Johnny Heller
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (304)
    Performance
    (262)
    Story
    (266)

    NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase left on a Manhattan street. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to the unsolved murder of her own mother. Paired once again with her romantic and investigative partner, top journalist Jameson Rook, Heat works to solve the mystery of the body in the suitcase while she is forced to confront unexplored areas of her mother's background.

    GEORGE says: "Almost Impossible to Put Down/Turn Off This Book!"
    "Did not bother to read."
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    This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

    No one I know


    Would you ever listen to anything by Richard Castle again?

    No


    How did the narrator detract from the book?

    He was not the problem


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

    Anger, disappointment, stereo type of a good womans possible actions.


    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Heat Rises

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Richard Castle
    • Narrated By Johnny Heller
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (487)
    Performance
    (410)
    Story
    (419)

    The bizarre murder of a parish priest at a New York bondage club opens Nikki Heat's most thrilling and dangerous case so far, pitting her against New York's most vicious drug lord, an arrogant CIA contractor, and a shadowy death squad out to gun her down. And that is just the tip of an iceberg that leads to a dark conspiracy reaching all the way to the highest level of the NYPD.

    ShySusan says: "Another good one from Castle."
    "Not worth reading"
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    What disappointed you about Heat Rises?

    Hate the male character Rook he is arrogant conceited jerk. And the female character is portrayed as caring about this person...that is demeaning and so full of ........


    What was most disappointing about Richard Castle’s story?

    Rook


    Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Johnny Heller?

    no one


    What character would you cut from Heat Rises?

    Rook


    Any additional comments?

    Waste of time and money to have gotten this series

    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Naked Heat

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By Richard Castle
    • Narrated By Johnny Heller
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (614)
    Performance
    (368)
    Story
    (369)

    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"
    "The male in this story makes me puke!"
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    What would have made Naked Heat better?

    If you had let the Rook character out of these books the stories would be just fine. What an arrogant A...hole. No woman would really let this jerk touch her..... I suppose because this is a male author he can make the woman do anything.......but nothing about this author's book is realistic.


    Would you be willing to try another book from Richard Castle? Why or why not?

    No


    Would you be willing to try another one of Johnny Heller’s performances?

    Maybe


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Naked Heat?

    All those with Rook in them


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Rising Thunder: Honor Harrington, Book 13

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By David Weber
    • Narrated By Allyson Johnson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (600)
    Performance
    (542)
    Story
    (543)

    Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington and the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new, technologically powerful, and utterly nefarious enemy. And as if that weren’t task enough, Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling, but still mighty, Solarian League.

    Christopher says: "Almost like a Pre'cis of current events."
    "Moved the story along"
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    This book finally moved the story along quite a bit after all the set up in the last book.
    I listened to all three parts in two days and most of the time could follow who was who.

    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Kill Shot: An American Assassin Thriller

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Vince Flynn
    • Narrated By George Guidall
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2897)
    Performance
    (2442)
    Story
    (2428)

    For months, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With each kill, the tangled network of monsters responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians becomes increasingly clear. He is given his next target: a plump Libyan diplomat who is prone to drink and is currently in Paris without a single bodyguard. Rapp finds him completely unprotected and asleep in his bed. With confidence in his well-honed skills and conviction of the man’s guilt, he easily sends a bullet into the man’s skull. But in the split second it takes the bullet to leave the silenced pistol, everything changes.

    Linda says: "I'd listen to Guidall read the tax code, so..."
    "Listened all in one Day"
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    I thought with this book being another "younger days" prequel so to speak it might not be all that good but I was wrong. It is a continuation of American Assassin and so "all" the characters from the first ten books are of course younger which gives room for more overall personality expansion.
    It has to be difficult to write these kinds of books since technology expanded so quickly in the last twenty years it is hard to remember what was available when even though there are no dates given.
    If I were reading this series for the first time I would start with the last two books and there will probably be at least a third considering the way this one ended.
    Of course this is all pure fantasy like comic book hero's, in the real world I doubt we have such a man nor would I actually want one. Lyn

    10 of 11 people found this review helpful

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