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- Ken Haas
- 10-21-20
very satisfying
This was an engaging read with an exceptional voice that reminds me of John Green's style.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-07-23
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Just ok not bad not good not very engaging just ok, the narration is killer, I feel like he was narrating to 6 year olds. Two black leads but it didn’t feel black
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- brownskinblue
- 07-06-23
This was so good!!!
I really enjoyed the read! The narration took some time to get used to, but once I did it was good as well. Overall a really good story with nuance that doesn’t best you over the head. Love hearing from the male point of view as well, BRAVO!
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Monique is a preacher’s daughter who detests the impossible rules of her religion. Everyone expects her to wait until marriage, so she has no one to turn to when she discovers that she physically can’t have sex. After two years of trying and failing, her boyfriend breaks up with her. To win him back, Monique teams up with straight-laced church girl Sasha—who is surprisingly knowledgeable about Monique’s condition—as well as Reggie, the misunderstood bad boy who always makes a ruckus at church, and together they embark upon a top-secret search for the cure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good girl
- By MF on 11-07-22
By: Joya Goffney
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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
- By: Joya Goffney
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 277
Quinn keeps lists of everything - from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally felt seen in a Novel
- By Twyla Arbuckle on 07-08-21
By: Joya Goffney
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Now That I've Found You
- By: Kristina Forest
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, 18-year-old Evie Jones is poised to be Hollywood’s next big star. That is until a close friend’s betrayal leads to her being blacklisted.... Fortunately, Evie knows just the thing to save her floundering career: a public appearance with America’s most beloved actress - her grandma Gigi, aka the Evelyn Conaway. The only problem? Gigi is a recluse who’s been out of the limelight for almost 20 years. Days before Evie plans to present her grandma with an honorary award in front of Hollywood’s elite, Gigi does the unthinkable.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice Read
- By Doha on 09-13-22
By: Kristina Forest
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Fake It Till You Bake It
- A Novel
- By: Jamie Wesley
- Narrated by: Kassiopia DeVora
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 100
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego's newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell. When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the bakery and rehabilitate Jada's image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Language, Language, Language
- By luv2read on 01-04-23
By: Jamie Wesley
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Opposite of Always
- By: Justin A. Reynolds
- Narrated by: Nile Bullock
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 164
When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling - hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Opposite of Always
- By mom2ccbm on 06-25-19
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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
- By: Junauda Petrus
- Narrated by: Junauda Petrus, Bahni Turpin, J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 262
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 236
Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus' bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both. Junauda Petrus' debut brilliantly captures the distinctly lush and lyrical voices of Mabel and Audre as they conjure a love that is stronger than hatred, prison, and death and as vast as the blackness between the stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Gawd
- By AmazonCustomer on 09-21-19
By: Junauda Petrus
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Love in Color
- Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
- By: Bolu Babalola
- Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Nneka Okoye, Bolu Babalola, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 148
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life. A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether she should uphold her family’s politics or be true to her heart. In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Evolving Ancient Wisdom
- By Sarah Applegate on 05-06-21
By: Bolu Babalola
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Red at the Bone
- A Novel
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,586
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,355
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,348
Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative 10 times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of this child.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magic
- By Nanette L. Stearns on 09-22-19
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A Song Below Water
- A Novel
- By: Bethany C. Morrow
- Narrated by: Andrea Lang, Jennifer Haralson
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society that wants to keep her kind under lock and key. Nevermind she's also stuck in Portland, Oregon, a city with only a handful of black folk and even fewer of those with magical powers. At least she has her bestie Effie by her side as they tackle high school drama, family secrets, and unrequited crushes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-30-20
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Zora Books Her Happy Ever After
- By: Taj McCoy
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
Zora has committed every inch of her life to establishing her thriving DC bookstore, making it into a pillar of the community, and she just hasn’t had time for romance. But when a mystery author she’s been crushing on for years agrees to have an event at her store, she starts to rethink her priorities. Lawrence is every bit as charming as she imagined, even if his understanding of his own books seems just a bit shallow. When he asks her out after his reading, she’s almost elated enough to forget about the grumpy guy who sat next to her making snide comments all evening.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A mess
- By Ciana on 06-04-23
By: Taj McCoy
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
- By: Ryan Douglass
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, Michael Crouch
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Story4 out of 5 stars 310
Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student - the handsome Allister - and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Brings up too much trauma
- By TheColorNerd on 10-14-21
By: Ryan Douglass
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Pet
- By: Akwaeke Emezi
- Narrated by: Christopher Myers
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 417
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 416
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BLACKITY BLACK ASS BRILLIANCE
- By Jameelah Jones on 11-09-19
By: Akwaeke Emezi
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
- By: Ben Philippe
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
Norris is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Texas. Plunked into a new high school, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it’s time to go back to Canada, where he belongs. Yet those labels soon become actual people to Norris....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming...but profuse profanity.
- By Dajah B. on 01-28-19
By: Ben Philippe
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Rules for Being a Girl
- By: Candace Bushnell, Katie Cotugno
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl.... Marin has always been good at navigating these unspoken guidelines. A star student and editor of the school paper, she dreams of getting into Brown University. Marin’s future seems bright - and her young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. Beckett, is always quick to admire her writing and talk books with her. But when “Bex” takes things too far and comes on to Marin, she’s shocked and horrified. Had she somehow led him on? Was it her fault?
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!
- By Laya Fisher on 04-11-20
By: Candace Bushnell, and others
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Bad Habits
- By: Amy Gentry
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4 out of 5 stars 107
Claire "Mac" Woods—a professor enjoying her newfound hotshot status at an academic conference—finally has the acceptance and admiration she has long craved. But at the conference's hotel bar, Mac is surprised to run into a face from a past she'd rather forget: the moneyed, effortlessly perfect Gwendolyn Whitney, Mac's foil, rival, and former best friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- By SLuzaz on 02-15-21
By: Amy Gentry
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Tweet Cute
- A Novel
- By: Emma Lord
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Emily Shaffer
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 366
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 326
Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming - mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and thorn in Pepper’s side. He works in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tweet Cute
- By whatcha.listening.to on 03-28-20
By: Emma Lord
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If I'm Being Honest
- By: Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
- Narrated by: Emma Lysy
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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