Joan Wysong
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The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 17
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Approached in the park by a shadowy figure, Angus Lordie is mistaken for a journalist and becomes privy to some controversial plans of the Scottish Parliament—but just what is he meant to do about it? At school, a new member of Bertie’s class, Galactica MacFee, quickly comes between Bertie and Olive, leaving him no choice but to skip town. And the indomitable Irene finds herself yet again in Edinburgh … but this time there might be romance in the air.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not very good compared to other 44 books
- By B Sampson on 09-23-24
- The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 17
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
always great
Reviewed: 05-22-24
it was too short. the early books of the series were 10 and 12 hours long. this one was 8.
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,596
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,471
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,447
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Social Study
- By Henry V on 02-26-21
- Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best book I ever read
Reviewed: 11-09-23
I bought this book when it first came out and never touched it. After I found that it was rated as one of the best of the year , I thought I'd better check it out. I started it and let if go for a bit, it seemed too strange.
But I picked it up again and Im so glad I did. It is a wonderful book. In so many ways it would take too much space to say. It is a life affirming tale of gaining innocence and losing it and regaining it forever.(I hope). I deeply hope for a sequel. and want to follow Sussana Clarke as an author (that is what I was trying unsucessfully to do) when I got this review thing.. So heres my review along with a request to FOLLOW Susanna Clarke. Thanks Joan Wysong
PS Ive listened to it 5 times and never cease to find something new in it.
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A Christmas Carol: Dickens on Dickens
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Gerald Dickens
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story5 out of 5 stars 74
Gerald Dickens, great, great grandson of Charles Dickens, reads this traditional Christmas tale, in which Ebenezer Scrooge is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors. Published in 1843, A Christmas Carol has become as much a part of Christmas as trees and stockings, plum pudding and mistletoe, enjoyed by children and adults alike. This audiobook includes a special feature, as family member Gerald Dickens recounts his understanding of this classic story.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I didn't care for the narrator
- By Chip Atkinson on 07-19-17
- A Christmas Carol: Dickens on Dickens
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Gerald Dickens
THIS ONE AUDIBLE TITLE IS CHRISTMAS TO ME1
Reviewed: 12-15-21
After experiencing Gerald Dickens one man show of this title for 20 years, listening to the taped performance and now listening on Audible, every year, many times thereafter, I can truly say that this Audible performance IS Christmas for me. It is an amazing performance and such a GREAT addition to my holiday season. Thank you, Mr Dickens, Gerald Dickens, and Audible.
Joan Wysong
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Jacob T. Marley
- By: R. William Bennett
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,861
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,580
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,561
"Marley was dead to begin with...." These chillingly familiar words begin the classic Christmas tale of remorse and redemption in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Now R. William Bennett rewinds the story and focuses the spotlight on Scrooge’s miserly business partner, Jacob T. Marley, who was allowed to return as a ghost to warn Scrooge away from his ill-fated path. Why was Marley allowed to return? And why hadn’t he been given the same chance as Ebenezer Scrooge? Or had he?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Save My Five Stars for Books like This!
- By Gillian on 01-27-14
- Jacob T. Marley
- By: R. William Bennett
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
ASTONISHING
Reviewed: 12-15-21
After listening for 20 years to the taped and audible rendition of the Christmas Carol by Dickens own great -great grandson Gerald Dickens, and after seeing his incredible one man show of his ancestors book numerous times, I find there is an amazing addition to my Christmas listening.
This is an astonishing performance of an amazingly wonderful book highlighting Jacob Marley's part in the story .It is beautifully performed and totally engrossing. Thank you so much . Joan Wysong
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Under the Whispering Door
- By: TJ Klune
- Narrated by: Kirt Graves
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,574
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,978
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,975
Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely, simply lovely
- By DDB on 09-23-21
- Under the Whispering Door
- By: TJ Klune
- Narrated by: Kirt Graves
I'M MAKING PLANS NEVER TO DIE
Reviewed: 11-05-21
According to the "great" reviews this book is about what happens after death. It turns out to be a big love affair between two men, one of whom is dead.. If this is what happens after death, Im planning never to die!!!!!!
Please if you've got gay literature------ label it as such.
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The Wife in the Attic
- By: Rose Lerner
- Narrated by: Elsa Lepecki Bean
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,845
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2,840
Goldengrove’s towers and twisted chimneys rose at the very edge of the peaceful Weald, a stone’s throw from the poisonous marshes and merciless waters of Rye Bay. Young Tabby Palethorp had been running wild there, ever since her mother grew too ill to leave her room. I was the perfect choice to give Tabby a good English education: thoroughly respectable and far too plain to tempt her lonely father, Sir Kit, to indiscretion. I knew better than to trust my new employer with the truth about my past. But knowing better couldn’t stop me from yearning for impossible things.
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2 out of 5 stars
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MEH
- By Pamela Hepburn on 02-14-21
- The Wife in the Attic
- By: Rose Lerner
- Narrated by: Elsa Lepecki Bean
Big Waste of Time
Reviewed: 06-12-21
This book was long, drawn out, and in some places disgusting. It was compared to Jane Eyre-----, RIDICULOUS. I cant wait to remove it from my library. Thank heavens I can do that.
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,357
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,674
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,666
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure, and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A princess in a castle can't fend for herself
- By Summer on 11-11-19
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
A GREAT READ
Reviewed: 04-03-20
I enjoyed this book tremendously. It is beautifully written and quite engrossing. Ive recommended it to several people, one who just called me and said it was the best book she'd read in 10 years. It was a Daily Deal and a great introduction to the author who I will explore. Thanks you Joan Wysong
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The Hike
- A Novel
- By: Drew Magary
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,655
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,086
When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kafkaesque novel that went on way too long
- By Ketil on 01-06-17
- The Hike
- A Novel
- By: Drew Magary
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
An Amazing Story
Reviewed: 04-03-20
This book is a book that I never would have chosen with a regular credit. Too strange. But it was a Daily Deal and cheap so I got it. It took a while before I could relate to it. There was a lot of violence and ugly language. Several times I thought of forgetting the whole thing.BUT I persevered and got completely caught up in it. (During these troubled times, anything that you can get caught up in is GREAT)
I wondered how the author could possibly draw all the strange happenings together . He did and the ending was terrific, as was the book in retrospect. I may read more of this author. I also really liked the 10,000 Doors of January. Think Ill write a review of it as well. (It was a Daily Deal as well. Joan Wysong
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45,436
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41,118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40,947
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- By Cathy Lindhorst on 08-27-17
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Fabulous
Reviewed: 03-17-18
A. Wonderful engrossing book! I loved the Count and the ending was splendid! Thank you!
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Lost Among the Living
- By: Simone St. James
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,730
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,574
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,571
England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to Wych Elm House, the family's estate in the Sussex countryside. But there is much she never knew about her husband's origins...and the revelation of a mysterious death in the Forsyths' past is just the beginning.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Story
- By Isobel on 05-07-16
- Lost Among the Living
- By: Simone St. James
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Lost Among the Living
Reviewed: 09-14-17
This book and its audible narration was one of the most engrossing books I've ever gotten from Audible. So glad I got it! Joan Wysong
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