Ronad Halvorson
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
- Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
The Cherries
Reviewed: 11-27-24
What a book. I was crying at the end. What a life. I want to go help pick cherries next year.
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Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
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Making my 3 adult daughters read this
- By Teresa H. on 04-07-22
- Lessons in Chemistry
- A Novel
- By: Bonnie Garmus
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Great Book
Reviewed: 10-18-23
Best book I listen to this year. It does a great job dealing with complicated situation. I want start listening again!!!
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
- Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Great story
Reviewed: 10-09-23
What a great book. I love the characters. Wonder what the future will bring. A different approach to aliens.
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The Hundred-Foot Journey
- A Novel
- By: Richard C. Morais
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Born above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. But when tragedy pushes the family out of India, they console themselves by eating their way around the world, eventually settling in Lumière, a small village in the French Alps.
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Great details & writing in a flawed story
- By David Shear on 02-12-14
- The Hundred-Foot Journey
- A Novel
- By: Richard C. Morais
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
the last fourth
Reviewed: 09-21-23
i loved the book until he went to Paris. You knew what would happen. could have been better. Was he ever in love?
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Deeper than the Dead
- By: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Three children, running in the woods behind their school, stumble upon a partially buried female body, eyes and mouth glued shut. Close behind the children is their teacher, Anne Navarre, shocked by this discovery and heartbroken as she witnesses the end of their innocence. What she doesn't yet realize is that this will mark the end of innocence for an entire community, as the ties that bind families and friends are tested by secrets uncovered in the wake of a serial killer's escalating activity.
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A pleasant surprise
- By John Wayne Tucker on 02-09-10
- Deeper than the Dead
- By: Tami Hoag
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Early on a great writer
Reviewed: 06-30-23
A great story. Even in one of her first stories it show how well she can tell a tale.
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Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena—a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man—Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past.
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Wow.
- By Robert Bryant on 01-19-22
- Honor
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Great Story
Reviewed: 06-24-23
A story about how the past can effect the present. This book is a story about love, hate, lies and truth. A great story!
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Pushing Brilliance
- By: Tim Tigner
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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Framed for murder and on the run, former Olympic biathlete Kyle Achilles is also in the crosshairs of assassins' guns. Why? He has no idea. He's fighting blind against two master strategists and one extraordinary invention - known as Brillyanc. Achilles' only ally is the other prime suspect, a beautiful Russian mathematician who is either the best or worst person to ever enter his life. Katya was engaged to Achilles' brother - before he died. Chasing clues while dodging bullets, Achilles and Katya race around the globe, uncovering a conspiracy.
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A fantastic author with best narrator. Get this!
- By Real Director on 09-11-16
- Pushing Brilliance
- By: Tim Tigner
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
Great story
Reviewed: 04-11-23
A book about what technology could do. Given the current Russia could see this occurring. A great listen.
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.
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Best audiobook ever
- By KayMac on 09-02-19
- The Lager Queen of Minnesota
- A Novel
- By: J. Ryan Stradal
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
What is family?
Reviewed: 02-09-23
Family is love but requires work. The book starts out slow but last 2/3 was great. Didn’t want to stop listening. Narrator was great.
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The Mountains Sing
- By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
- Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North.
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Incredible first English language novel
- By Gregory Barbee on 03-23-20
- The Mountains Sing
- By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
- Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
What a great book
Reviewed: 07-31-21
This book was so good. I almost wanted to start it all over again from the beginning. I felt like I was there with the characters as they were involved in different situation. This book should be required for every high school student to read.
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The Choice
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, including boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies, he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door.
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Wow
- By Marie C on 10-13-07
- The Choice
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
Turn the music OFF
Reviewed: 07-23-21
Story a starts out good. The last third seems like author didn’t know how to end the story. The music distracted from the story and I could only listen for a short time until the music drove me turn the book off.
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