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CLAUDIA

BRENTWOOD, CA, United States | Member Since 2008

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29 reviews
61 ratings
284 titles in library
14 purchased in 2013

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How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

UNABRIDGED
- by Paul Bloom
- Narrated by Jeremy Johnson
How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 1 min)

By Paul Bloom

Narrated By Jeremy Johnson

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(424)
Performance
(100)
Story
(98)

Yale psychologist Paul Bloom presents a striking new vision of the pleasures of everyday life. The thought of sex with a virgin is intensely arousing for many men. The average American spends over four hours a day watching television. Abstract art can sell for millions of dollars. Young children enjoy playing with imaginary friends and can be comforted by security blankets. People slow their cars to look at gory accidents, and go to movies that make them cry.
Robert says: "Easy to understand, well read."
"Informative"

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I enjoyed this book thoroughly. I like that the author used news/current stories to explain the reasons behind certain human behaviors

8 of 10 people found this review helpful
Daughter of Smoke and Bone

UNABRIDGED
- by Laini Taylor
- Narrated by Khristine Hvam
Daughter of Smoke and Bone

UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 32 mins)

By Laini Taylor

Narrated By Khristine Hvam

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1166)
Performance
(1037)
Story
(1048)

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages - not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color.
Coffee says: "Amazing story & INCREDIBLE Narrator!"
"Good book! Recommending to all my friends"

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Imaginitive & captivating story. Great character development and plot. I can't wait for book 2

1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Help

UNABRIDGED
- by Kathryn Stockett
- Narrated by Jenna Lamia , Bahni Turpin , Octavia Spencer , Cassandra Campbell
The Help

UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 19 mins)

By Kathryn Stockett

Narrated By Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and others

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(24221)
Performance
(10925)
Story
(10949)

Why we think it’s a great listen: The most celebrated performance in all of Audible’s history, The Help has nearly 2,000 5-star reviews from your fellow listeners. We hear the print book’s not bad, either. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another.
Jan says: "What a great surprise!"
"Absolutely Fantastic"

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I LOVED this book. I've never read a book that stirred up so many different emotions in me. Could hardly put it down.
I heard this book is being adapted to film. I hope they do it justice.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Kiss of Midnight: The Midnight Breed, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Lara Adrian
- Narrated by Hillary Huber
Kiss of Midnight: The Midnight Breed, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 26 mins)

By Lara Adrian

Narrated By Hillary Huber

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(1021)
Performance
(556)
Story
(555)

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell's deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night---or this man---is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed---a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.
Stacy says: "A Whole New Take on Vampire Mythology"
"Not for Me :("

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Why Did I Waste a Credit On This? Not my cup of tea. I did not even finish this. The characters were cheesy and the writing style was poor. Maybe I am just getting sick of the whole vampire thing.....

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Wake: Wake Series, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Lisa McMann
- Narrated by Ellen Grafton
Wake: Wake Series, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 24 mins)

By Lisa McMann

Narrated By Ellen Grafton

Overall
(72)
Performance
(36)
Story
(37)

For 17-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime. She can't tell anybody about what she does - they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone.
nina says: "Really BAD Narrator !!"
"Mildly Entertaining"

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This book was just "ok". Good concept, but the writing style is poor. Appropriate for teens, but way too juvinile for adults.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Everlost

UNABRIDGED
- by Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by Nick Podehl
Everlost

UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 1 min)

By Neal Shusterman

Narrated By Nick Podehl

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(95)
Performance
(48)
Story
(50)

Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident...but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to go, either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.
Word Nerd says: "Interesting concept"
"Great book for Kids"

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Nice story for kids to enjoy

0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The Fetch

UNABRIDGED
- by Laura Whitcomb
- Narrated by Jack Garrett
The Fetch

UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 44 mins)

By Laura Whitcomb

Narrated By Jack Garrett

Overall
(11)
Performance
(3)
Story
(2)

In the role of death escort, a Fetch is not supposed to step from Heaven back to Earth. A Fetch is not supposed to fall hopelessly in love with a mortal either. But Calder is a Fetch like no other. And when his actions land him amid the clash and clang of the Russian Revolution, he sets off a chain of events with dire consequences for both the living and the dead.
CLAUDIA says: "The Fetch"
"The Fetch"

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I liked this story. Not as much as
"A Certain Slant of Light" , but this was entertaining. The main character (Angel/Fetch) was likable and plot of the story flowed well. I look forward to reading more from Laura Whitcomb.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
You Slay Me: Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Katie MacAlister
- Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
You Slay Me: Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 35 mins)

By Katie MacAlister

Narrated By Barbara Rosenblat

Overall
(449)
Performance
(201)
Story
(202)

You Slay Me is a lusty romance novel with amusing supernatural undercurrents. When courier Aisling Grey is dispatched to Paris to deliver a priceless dragon statue to a rich and eccentric female collector, she finds the intended recipient the apparent victim of a demonic ritual. And that's just the beginning of Aisling's discoveries.
Candice says: "Funny and Charming"
"Yuck"

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Totally cheesy. What a waste of a good credit

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1

UNABRIDGED
- by Rick Riordan
- Narrated by Jesse Bernstein
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1

UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 1 min)

By Rick Riordan

Narrated By Jesse Bernstein

Overall
(2872)
Performance
(1067)
Story
(1086)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself.
Martha says: "Great Story!"
"Loved it"

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Really fun book. Kept me entertained the whole way through

0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

ABRIDGED
- by Stieg Larsson
- Narrated by Martin Wenner
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

ABRIDGED (7 hrs and 26 mins)

By Stieg Larsson

Narrated By Martin Wenner

Overall
(301)
Performance
(89)
Story
(89)

It's about the disappearance 40 years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden...and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.
Willliam says: "Wishing I got the "unabridged" version"
"Eh..."

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The writing is good. Descriptive and great character development.....but slow. I got half way through and lost interest.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful
The Reckoning: Darkest Powers, Book 3

UNABRIDGED
- by Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by Cassandra Morris
The Reckoning: Darkest Powers, Book 3

UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 28 mins)

By Kelley Armstrong

Narrated By Cassandra Morris

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(370)
Performance
(177)
Story
(177)

"My name is Chloe Saunders. I'm 15, and I would love to be normal. But normal is one thing I'm not. For one thing, I'm having these feelings for a certain anti-social werewolf and his sweet-tempered brother - who just happens to be a sorcerer -- but, between you and me, I'm leaning toward the werewolf. Not normal. My friends and I are also on the run from an evil corporation that wants to get rid of us - permanently. Definitely not normal."
A User says: "NOT HER BEST, STILL BETTER THEN MOST THE REST!!!!!"
"Enjoyed It"

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Not the most captivating book, but it was fun to listen to.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful