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Boring
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When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny....
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Masterful Narration Continues
- By Gina on 05-13-16
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book 3
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 64,098
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 58,685
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Story5 out of 5 stars 58,558
When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves.... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I solemnly swear that I am up to no good
- By Andrew on 11-23-17
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Book 2
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 73,379
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 66,916
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Story5 out of 5 stars 66,774
Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start.
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Of all the trees, we get one that hits back!
- By Andrew on 11-20-17
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Little Fires Everywhere
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43,145
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38,789
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38,730
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.
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3 out of 5 stars
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"Little Whiny People Everywhere"
- By jaycon on 08-06-19
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The Stand
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 47 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43,582
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39,702
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39,679
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
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My First Completed Stephen King Novel
- By Meaghan Bynum on 02-20-12
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 144,658
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131,073
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130,682
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 138,081
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 125,369
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Story5 out of 5 stars 124,695
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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Whew. What a story.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-03-19
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Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 87,875
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79,752
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Story5 out of 5 stars 79,521
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not for me
- By kindleuser on 10-05-19
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Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter
- Peter Rabbit and Friends
- By: Beatrix Potter
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. This volume brings together 21 of Potter's tales and verses in one audiobook. Hear Peter Rabbit outwit old Mr. McGregor, and Squirrel Nutkin come within a tail's length of being an owl's dinner. Listen as a family of mice save the kind tailor of Gloucester, and as Peter and Benjamin Bunny battle a barn cat. Learn how one fierce rabbit is set on the road to honesty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How fun! A Newfound Treasure.
- By Mr. Ess on 03-26-16
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The Boy from the Woods
- By: Harlan Coben
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,700
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,457
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,444
Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn't know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing. No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father-with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde - with whom she shares a tragic connection - to use his unique skills to help find Naomi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Coben could do a whole series on Hester!!!!
- By shelley on 03-18-20
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Warwick Davis, Noma Dumezweni, Jason Isaacs, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,148
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,850
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,836
Performed by talented actors from across the Wizarding World, this is the first ever audiobook edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which was originally written in 2007 by J.K. Rowling and has raised money for her children's charity Lumos ever since. As familiar to Hogwarts students as "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" are to Muggle children, Beedle's stories are a collection of popular fairy tales written for young witches and wizards. So, if you're wondering what's in store in this brand-new audio edition...well, your ears are in for a treat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect for the entire family
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 03-31-20
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Tell Me Lies
- By: J. P. Pomare
- Narrated by: Aimee Horne
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,542
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,531
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,491
Psychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career. On a warm spring morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. He is looking down at his phone, with his duffel bag in hand as the train approaches. That’s when she slams into his back and he falls in front of the train. Margot’s clients all lie to her, but one lie cost her family and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Utterly Compulsive! That Ending OMG
- By Tracy on 03-05-20
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42,162
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37,987
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37,772
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists, criminologists, military psychologists.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By GMbienlire on 10-26-19
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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,982
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,652
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,632
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier, the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city, is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stereotypes and melodrama
- By Nat Smith on 01-27-20
Publisher's Summary
Colleen McCullough always vowed that she would never write another sweeping family saga in the vein of The Thorn Birds, but luckily for her millions of fans she has now written Bittersweet, an epic novel of love, betrayal, ambition and redemption.
Set in the 1920's and 30's in Australia, Bittersweet follows the lives of four sisters - two pairs of twins. Edda, Grace, Kitty, and Tufts are the daughters of Reverend Thomas Latimer, and are about to become the first batch of nurses to be professionally trained in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. For Edda, it is the closest she can come to her dream of being a doctor. For Grace, the hospital is a terrifying place of sickness and mess, while Tufts discovers her hidden talents. For Kitty, it is a way to escape the suffocating love of her mother, who can see nothing beyond Kitty's astonishing beauty.
As career dreams clash with romance, and the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, each of the sisters will be forced to confront her own secret desires and dreams, and discover the true nature of love.
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- Lyn McQuade
- 12-10-13
This was awful
What disappointed you about Bittersweet?
I have been a huge Colleen McCulloch fan but this was just awful. The storyline was nothing and the use of so called Australian slang "starve the lizards"???? An English guy comes out to an Australian country town to run a hospital and while interviewing staff for their positions tells one of the nurses he wants to marry her, without even knowing who she is. Come on!!!
What could Colleen McCullough have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
She could have done a little research into country life in Australia.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Deidre Rubenstein?
Anyone - Mickey Mouse would have done a better job.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Bittersweet?
90% of them, it was all just so implausible.
Any additional comments?
I couldn't finish this book, I thought I did well to get through the first half. It was painful to listen to.
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- Paddington
- 12-07-13
An entertaining Australian novel
I am a big fan of Colleen McCullough. I have read most of her books and I am looking forward to her next! Having been a nurse in my earlier years straight from school in Australia I recognised some of the aspects of the nursing way of life that Colleen describes. Life was quite strict for a nurse even in the late 60's and 70's. I loved the historical setting and the characters portrayed. It is not attempting to be a great piece of literature but it held my interest throughout. It was entertaining and charming with twists that made it work well.
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- Thylacine
- 11-20-13
Great reading of a good story
What made the experience of listening to Bittersweet the most enjoyable?
The way in which the narrator was able to fit her voice so well to the various characters both male & female.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I enjoyed all the characters as they each had their own story to tell, my least favourite though was Charles Burdem.
Which scene was your favorite?
When Charles found the letter from Kitty.
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- Linda
- 04-29-14
Bittersweet
What did you like best about Bittersweet? What did you like least?
The story line was reasonable but it felt ver drawn out
What was most disappointing about Colleen McCullough’s story?
The reader was distracting. Her volume fluctuated which meant I missed quite a bit.
How could the performance have been better?
Kitty could have been less irritating as a character. The story could have been shorter and the reader more relaxed
Was Bittersweet worth the listening time?
Not really. I was irritated by this story
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- Shakya
- 02-26-14
Loved this story and the characters, informative
Colleen McCullough writes amazing stories and this one is no different. The story is informative as well as interesting and the characters loveable and so real. I drank so much tea during the telling of this tale and felt like I was there with them enjoying a scone to go along with my tea. I even made a batch at one point and ANZAC biscuits. Very Australian and well placed in history. The narrator brought the book to life.
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- debra
- 01-07-14
"Not My Cuppa Tea"
Would you try another book from Colleen McCullough and/or Deidre Rubenstein?
I was once a fan of Colleen McCullough..but that was when I was in my teens! In retrospect I believe I was a romantic simple girl. This book was boring soppy and unrealistic..how can there be four women so very very beautiful and clever and ahead of their times? Now really!
What do you think your next listen will be?
Not a Colleen McCullough book!
What didn’t you like about Deidre Rubenstein’s performance?
Everything! Within the first 5 minutes I wasnt sure if I could listen to this book, she was horrible! It was a challenge..not only listening to the narrator, but getting through the story! Her voice grated on my nerves!
What character would you cut from Bittersweet?
All of them! Especially Kitty....she was just far toooo beautiful. (she actually tried to grate her face because she couldn't stand being so beautiful)
Any additional comments?
This book was predictable, boring, unrealistic and very annoying.
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- carole
- 12-19-13
Not for me
Reading the preview of this book, I was so looking forward to listening, however very disappointed.. I found quite boring.. maybe others will enjoy but not for me.
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- Al
- 11-27-15
Extremely enjoyable
So enjoyed this book, great author who keeps you interested and finishes the book off well. Easy to listen to hard to put it down.
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- nelly dean
- 08-28-18
Fantastic !
Wish Colleen was alive so I could ask her which town and which pollies she modelled this book on .
Love the whole darn story ..really grabbed me from the beginning . The double set of twins to two diff mothers is amazing .
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