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Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Jack Diller is just one more struggling actor on the road to nowhere. He’s got an agent who barely remembers his name, his ex-girlfriend has hooked up with a Silicon Valley dude, and the milk in his fridge is so far past its sell-by date it’s historic. The only way Jack can scrape together a bare existence is by delivering food to exactly the types of successful people he wishes he could be. Then, one day, a very strange audiobook shows up on his phone.
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Entertaining and slightly thought provoking, overall humorous
- By Jaxon on 05-30-22
- Self Help
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman
Excellent!
Reviewed: 09-22-22
I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, I figured I knew where the twists would be and it ended up surprising me. Will Wheaton did a fantastic job narrating and Ron P was simply the icing on the cake. Hilarious, attention capturing (I had trouble stopping it, oh the irony) and well worth the listen.
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Paper & Blood
- Book Two of the Ink & Sigil Series
- By: Kevin Hearne
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes book two of an “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) spin-off series, as an eccentric master of rare magic solves a supernatural mystery Down Under!
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Disappointing
- By Alex Sumner on 08-17-21
- Paper & Blood
- Book Two of the Ink & Sigil Series
- By: Kevin Hearne
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Excellent second book
Reviewed: 12-10-21
Amusing, entertaining and fun, Luke Daniels always makes these books even better than they are. Not exactly sure what all the fuss is about with political references in either of the two books in this series, but if you don’t like opinions different than your own, you are definitely reading the wrong author. Buck Foy had me laughing out loud multiple times and I’m already looking forward to the next book in this series.
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Dead Acre
- By: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his servitude and fade away. His not-so-sacred duty as a Hand of God? Use his new abilities to hunt down demonic beings that have infiltrated the mortal realm. This time, the White Throne has sent him to the middle of nowhere: a Western town called Dead Acre with a saloon, a moldy church, and little else worth talking about. There isn’t even a sheriff.
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Incredible Must Read
- By Heather Stark on 11-25-20
- Dead Acre
- By: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
Fantastic
Reviewed: 12-10-20
Please continue this story!! It was gripping from moment one and I didn’t see the twist at all. The voice actor was superb! Highly recommend.
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Have a Nice Day
- By: Billy Crystal, Quinton Peeples
- Narrated by: Justin Bartha, Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.
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Midlife crisis in the white house
- By Kingsley on 11-02-18
totally worth the listen!
Reviewed: 12-04-18
fantastic!!! they had me at the cast alone, but the entire thing is superbly well done. highly recommend.
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
- By: Scott Lynch
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
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An orphan's life is harsh---and often short---in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains---a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans---a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards.
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Stupendous, but be warned.
- By Luke A. Reynolds on 11-30-09
- The Lies of Locke Lamora
- By: Scott Lynch
- Narrated by: Michael Page
Fantastic book!
Reviewed: 03-30-16
Well written, excellent characters, plot twists like crazy and very well narrated. Looking forward to the second book in the series.
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The Master of All Desires
- By: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
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It is 1556 and the queen's astrologer, the prophet Nostradamus has uncovered a secret that could destroy the kingdom of France. The queen, Catherine de Medicis, a dabbler in black magic, has decided to get rid of the king's mistress by seeking out the legendary Undying Head of Menander the Magus, known as the Master of All Desires. But she does not know that evil befalls all those who wish upon this accursed object. And the head, in its coffer, has fallen into the possession of a charming, wryly perceptive but stubborn young woman: Sybille Artaud de la Roche.
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Great story, but not so great narration
- By Nikky on 03-25-14
- The Master of All Desires
- By: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
Great story, but not so great narration
Reviewed: 03-25-14
Where does The Master of All Desires rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I'd say fairly high. The plot was great, with the twists and interesting characters I've come to expect from JMR. A little history, a little intrigue, a little mystery, and some unredictable romance, it was a good book I was certainly driven to finish.
What did you like best about this story?
The wit of the characters. They never let you down in humor, cunning or determination. And they were never fully good or fully bad; they were believable.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Hollis McCarthy?
Oh gods, she was awful. I almost gave up in the beginning. She makes poor Sabille sound like a complete airhead in the beginning, and all the men sound ridiculous, but luckily the story kept me going and eventually the narrator toned the every-single-word breathlessness down a bit and it was easier to listen to. If you can just suffer through, I think the story will catch you like it did me and you can listen past the narrator. One small point in her favor is that she didn't butcher the French pronunciations.
Who was the most memorable character of The Master of All Desires and why?
Oh, such a close call here. Nostradamus was fantastic, his familiar was wonderful, but I think it was the Aunt Pauline who stole the show.
Any additional comments?
This was a great listen, even past the awful narration. Stick with it and by the end I think you will be pleased you did.
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