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  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel | [Maria Semple]
    Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
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    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
    (803)
    Performance
    (700)
    Story
    (695)

    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!"
    "Loved this book."
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    I really liked this book. Great story with interesting characters. It dragged a bit in spots, but overall was funny, touching, and believable. I would definitely read another book by this author.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Stay Close | [Harlan Coben]
    Stay Close
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    Stay Close

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Harlan Coben
    • Narrated By Scott Brick
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1305)
    Performance
    (1054)
    Story
    (1063)

    Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all.

    Alisha says: "Perfect narration, what you expect from Coban"
    "Awful performance."
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    It might just be me, but I cannot stand the reading of Scott Brick, the narrator. Everything he reads sounds the same and he has no ability to modulate his voice based on the content he is reading. I listened to him perform one of Brad Metzler's novels and barely tolerated it, but the story was so good I didn't want to stop. I recently returned another Metzler audiobook once I discovered this same performer. And now again. From now on I will pay closer attention to who the narrator is prior to purchasing. I did not listen to enough of the book to even rate the content.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Seating Arrangements | [Maggie Shipstead]
    Seating Arrangements
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    Seating Arrangements

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 9 mins)
    • By Maggie Shipstead
    • Narrated By Arthur Morey
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (61)
    Performance
    (51)
    Story
    (49)

    Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff. Winn's wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne's sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn.

    Amanda says: "A Vivid Portrait"
    "Liked it a lot!"
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    Seating Arrangements was a really good book about family dynamics and relationships. I'm sure most people could relate to at least some of the characters. It helps to remind us that constantly striving for more is not the route to happiness.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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