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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 562
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 523
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Story4 out of 5 stars 523
For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Buyer's Remorse
- By Amy on 03-31-25
- When the Moon Hits Your Eye
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
First time for everything
Reviewed: 04-05-25
Well there's a first time for everything I guess, because I was just deeply disappointed by a John Scalzi book. He is my favorite author by a huge margin. This book was not fun to read, did not keep me engaged, and I skipped through quite a bit of it because I was just so uninterested.
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Echo Burning
- Jack Reacher, Book 5
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,506
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,710
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,689
Thumbing across the scorched West Texas desert, loner Jack Reacher has nowhere to go and all the time in the world to get there. Cruising the same stretch of two-lane blacktop is pretty Carmen Greer. But for Reacher, the lift comes with a hitch. Carmen's got a story to tell, and it's a wild one. All about her husband, her family secrets, and a hometown that's pure Gothic. She's also got a plan. Jack Reacher's part of it. And before the sun sets, this ride could cost them both their lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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very dissapointed
- By Amazonian on 12-23-15
- Echo Burning
- Jack Reacher, Book 5
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
Mixed Feelings
Reviewed: 02-09-24
The story was a good mystery to solve with a satisfying ending. However, the narrator was hard for me. Had trouble understanding words at times and was difficult to follow transitions between the two story arcs. I had to listen at a much slower speed than I like to.
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,756
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,750
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Will's narration of the book was fabulous!
Reviewed: 01-24-24
Another fabulous book by Scalzi and another fabulous narration by Will Wheaton. So funny and full of surprises.
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A Day in the Life of an Airline Pilot
- By: Robert Lawrence
- Narrated by: Michelle Volz
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
My name is Robert Lawrence. I am an airline pilot. Before becoming an airline pilot, I imagined that pilots earned huge salaries, traveled to exotic locations, and cavorted with beautiful people. I was mistaken. In this audiobook, I explain how I prepare for a flight; what happens in the flight deck; why delays occur; and what I do when I am done flying for the day. I also share passenger behaviors that drive flight crews crazy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Inside Look and Interesting Story
- By Rick on 08-09-18
- A Day in the Life of an Airline Pilot
- By: Robert Lawrence
- Narrated by: Michelle Volz
Great Insights into ATP Life
Reviewed: 07-27-23
This book lived up to its title as I was hoping. I too have dreamed of being an airline pilot and wondered what it was truly like for them. I feel like this was a very honest and thorough account of a day in the life of a real pilot.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,315
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,000
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,983
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I'm listening with a permanent smile on my face
- By Lucy A. Pithecus on 03-15-22
- The Kaiju Preservation Society
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Worth The Wait
Reviewed: 03-28-22
I've waited so long for another book from my favorite author narrated by my favorite narrator. This was well worth the wait. Funny and smart and really enjoyable.
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Dead Silence
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,234
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,108
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,108
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t finish
- By Donald Klaczko on 03-12-22
- Dead Silence
- By: S.A. Barnes
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
Great story in the Event Horizon genre
Reviewed: 03-03-22
Really loved the story. It's similar to Event Horizon, but definitely has its own original twists and turns. I was skeptical at first because I loved Event Horizon and it set a high standard, but this is its own chilling and exciting story. Definitely recommend to fans of Event Horizon.
If I had to make one critical observation, it would be narration. Good overall, but there were 2 things that were kinda annoying and distracting. When she tried to do some of the male voices it was hard to get through. I found myself hoping that dude would leave the scene so she'd stop trying to do his voice. The other was when she was trying to do hysteria or high-adrenaline parts. I would turn down the volume so it wasn't as frustrating.
Great story and definitely worth a listen!
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Persepolis Rising
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,250
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,085
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,018
The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times best-selling Expanse series - now a major television series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beginning of a new story
- By Michael G Kurilla on 12-17-17
- Persepolis Rising
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Depressing, Hopeless and Boring
Reviewed: 07-13-21
Huge fan of the series, but this was by far my least favorite book. Characters are all much older and the story was incredibly depressing and hopeless ... dare I say even moreso than when Marco hurled the asteroids at Earth.
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 192,370
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 175,915
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Story5 out of 5 stars 175,363
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
- Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Smart, Exciting and Touching.
Reviewed: 06-28-21
Absolutely loved the story. I'm not a scientist, but I'm guessing Andy as usual has thoroughly researched the topics and made it as accurate as possible. Could not put it down and neither could anyone else in my family.
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Galaxy's Edge, Part II
- Galaxy's Edge, Book 3, 4
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,105
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,251
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,223
Legion Dark Ops calls upon Chhun, Wraith, and the survivors of Victory Company to form an elite Kill Team of legionnaires in the aftermath of the Battle of Kublar. Their mission is clear: find and eliminate those responsible for the Kublar disaster. Standing between them and their objective are a maze of corrupt Republic officials, a spy on the verge of losing himself in deep cover, and the Zhee - a murderous species that will stop at nothing. But the biggest threat of all might be the truth they seek to uncover - a truth that could ignite a revolution. And engulf the galaxy in flames.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not sure what happened here.
- By Joe A. Consumer on 10-17-18
- Galaxy's Edge, Part II
- Galaxy's Edge, Book 3, 4
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Battle Dribble
Reviewed: 10-08-20
Book 3 was fine. Book 4 was nothing more than redundant battle scenes that basically filled space and added nothing to the story.
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Beezer
- Beezer, Book 1
- By: Brandon T. Snider
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Eric Yves Garcia, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,876
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,160
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,133
Beelzebub, the prince of demons, is bored. It's his destiny to one day rule the dark underworld known as the Red Realm, but it's sooo boring down there. All he wants to do is lay around all day in the lava pits (ahhh), boss everyone around (rude!), and maybe play a cruel prank (or two). But Beelzebub's father has had it with his son's nasty attitude. No one backtalks the Red King. NO ONE. A disgraced Beelzebub is banished by his father and cursed to spend his days in the worst place either of them can imagine. EARTH.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What do I know?
- By R. MCRACKAN on 02-02-20
- Beezer
- Beezer, Book 1
- By: Brandon T. Snider
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Eric Yves Garcia, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Margaret Ying Drake, Ellen Archer, Steve Rimpici, Jennifer Van Dyck, Neil Hellegers, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Gabriel Vaughan, Josh Hurley
Misophonia Nightmare
Reviewed: 02-28-20
Fun story, and easy to follow with engaging characters. However, the obnoxious eating in nearly every chapter was absolute torture. I had to skip through several scenes, which was unfortunate because my son was really enjoying the book until it took a horrible turn. I nearly gave up on the entire thing in Chapter 2. Theatrical performances are one thing, but disgusting slop chewing and sloshing is not the way to win over an audience. Whoever thought this was a good idea should be hanged from their thumbs in a public library and flogged with dead fish. If my reaction was the one you intended, then congrats. Mission accomplished, Jerk.
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