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  • The Westing Game | [Ellen Raskin]
    The Westing Game
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    The Westing Game

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By Ellen Raskin
    • Narrated By Eric Michael Summerer
    Overall
    (182)
    Performance
    (98)
    Story
    (103)

    One fateful day, 16 people gather for the reading of the will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing's murderer. Only two people hold all the clues. One is a Westing heir...and the other is the listener!

    Richard says: "A Great Suspense Story"
    "Great Mystery!"
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    One of my all-time favorite books. I love the continual twists right to the end!

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Garden Intrigue: Pink Carnation, Book 9 | [Lauren Willig]
    The Garden Intrigue: Pink Carnation, Book 9
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    The Garden Intrigue: Pink Carnation, Book 9

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 33 mins)
    • By Lauren Willig
    • Narrated By Kate Reading
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (106)
    Performance
    (86)
    Story
    (85)

    Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as an insufferably bad poet. The French surveillance officers can't bear to read his work closely enough to recognize the information drowned in a sea of verbiage. In the ninth installment of Lauren Willig's best-selling Pink Carnation series, the atrocious poet teams up with an American widow to prevent Napoleon's invasion of England.

    Janine says: "Disappointed. :("
    "A Light, Mindless Romance"
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    If you are looking for a light, mindless romance, that makes you laugh, this book is perfect. If you want a scholarly work on the Napoleonic Wars, you will be sadly disappointed. As I was seeking the first, I was very pleased with this latest addition and look forward to the next book in the series as soon as Lauren Willig can write it!

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Green Mars | [Kim Stanley Robinson]
    Green Mars
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    Green Mars

    • UNABRIDGED (27 hrs and 11 mins)
    • By Kim Stanley Robinson
    • Narrated By Richard Ferrone
    Overall
    (323)
    Performance
    (113)
    Story
    (117)

    The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet.

    J says: "Great Story Continued"
    "Just read a plot summary"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    The book drags on and while some of the points are interesting, I was not too upset that I fell asleep for large portions of the narrative.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Temptation of the Night Jasmine | [Lauren Willig]
    The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
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    The Temptation of the Night Jasmine

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 20 mins)
    • By Lauren Willig
    • Narrated By Justine Eyre
    Overall
    (198)
    Performance
    (85)
    Story
    (83)

    The much- anticipated fifth installment in the inventive and original Pink Carnation series.

    Bethany says: "Disapointing Reader"
    "Narrator Change Mid-Series"
    Overall
    Performance
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    The story itself was enjoyable as all the books in the Pink Carnation Series have been, but the change in narrator made the listening less that I had hoped.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | [Mary Roach]
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Mary Roach
    • Narrated By Shelly Frasier
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2974)
    Performance
    (1503)
    Story
    (1514)

    For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.

    Matthew says: "Darn funny if you're open to the idea."
    "Not as creepy as you would expect from cadavers"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Mary Roach does an excellent job of tackling this "taboo" topic in a respectful and informative way.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Time Traveler's Wife | [Audrey Niffenegger]
    The Time Traveler's Wife
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    The Time Traveler's Wife

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Audrey Niffenegger
    • Narrated By Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
    Overall
    (3610)
    Performance
    (1025)
    Story
    (1031)

    Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

    Terry says: "A superficial romance with a time-travel twist"
    "Interesting Concept"
    Overall
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    Throughly enjoyable. I didn't know what to expect with this selection, but I was hooked right to the end.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Secret History of the Pink Carnation | [Lauren Willig]
    The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
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    The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 36 mins)
    • By Lauren Willig
    • Narrated By Kate Reading
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (696)
    Performance
    (262)
    Story
    (264)

    Deciding that true romantic heroes are a thing of the past, Eloise Kelly, an intelligent American who always manages to wear her Jimmy Choo suede boots on the day it rains, leaves Harvard's Widener Library bound for England to finish her dissertation on the dashing pair of spies the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. What she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: a secret history that begins with a letter dated 1803.

    Jeny says: "Thoroughly entertaining"
    "Hilarious!"
    Overall
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    As a fan of the Scarlet Pimpernel, I absolutely loved the Secret History of the Pink Carnation! The exploits of the ladies both in the past and modern day kept me interested and glad that there were several more books to follow! If you are looking for a laugh and aren't too fussy about your historical accuracy, this is definitely worth a try!

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Shadows Return: Nightrunner, Book 4 | [Lynn Flewelling]
    Shadows Return: Nightrunner, Book 4
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    Shadows Return: Nightrunner, Book 4

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 2 mins)
    • By Lynn Flewelling
    • Narrated By Adam Danoff
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (118)
    Performance
    (52)
    Story
    (53)

    With their most treacherous mission yet behind them, heroes Seregil and Alec resume their double life as dissolute nobles and master spies. But in a world of rivals and charmers, fate has a different plan. After their victory in Aurnen, Alec and Seregil have returned home to Rhminee. But with most of their allies dead or exiled, it is difficult for them to settle in. Hoping for diversion, they accept an assignment that will take them back to Seregils homeland.

    J. Timber says: "PHENOMENAL!!!"
    "Alert - Narrator Change"
    Overall
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    The story was fine, but the new narrator can't compare to the previous guy, this really killed the series for me.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Town Like Alice | [Nevil Shute]
    A Town Like Alice
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    A Town Like Alice

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Nevil Shute
    • Narrated By Robin Bailey
    Overall
    (733)
    Performance
    (261)
    Story
    (260)

    Wanting to repay a wartime debt to the Malays, Jean Paget returns. There she hears a story which leads her to Australia.

    Laurie says: "great story!"
    "I Never Get Sick of Listening to This One"
    Overall
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    Not your typical war/post-war story. This is my favorite Nevil Shute book, and the narration by Robin Bailey sets the scene perfectly.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel | [Baroness Orczy]
    The Scarlet Pimpernel
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Baroness Orczy
    • Narrated By Michael Page
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (142)
    Performance
    (73)
    Story
    (78)

    The Scarlet Pimpernel hides the identity of a British nobleman who, masked by various disguises, leads a band of young men to undermine the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution. The Scarlet Pimpernel makes daring raid after daring raid into the heart of France to save aristocrats condemned to the guillotine. At each rescue, he leaves his calling card: a small, blood-red flower - a pimpernel - mocking the power of Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety.

    John says: "Delightful"
    "Great Book, Great Narrator, Great Listen"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Any romantic can't help but love this tale. Spies, dandies, imminent death, what more could you want.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Enchantment | [Orson Scott Card]
    Enchantment
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    Enchantment

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By Orson Scott Card
    • Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
    Overall
    (1051)
    Performance
    (376)
    Story
    (379)

    As one of the most consistently exciting writers to emerge in the last 25 years, Orson Scott Card has been honored with numerous awards, while immersing readers in dazzling worlds only he could create. Now, in Enchantment, Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of Sleeping Beauty into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure.

    Jana says: "Unique and engaging."
    "Sleeping Beauty with a Twist"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Orson Scott Card did as well with this fairytale as he has with the Ender books.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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