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The Incredible Winston Browne
- By: Sean Dietrich
- Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column. Sheriff Winston Browne has watched over Moab with a generous eye for a decade, and by now he’s used to handling the daily dramas that keep life interesting for Moab’s quirky residents. But just after Winston receives some terrible, life-altering news, a seemingly mute runaway with no clear origin arrives in Moab. The residents do what they believe is right and take her in - until two suspicious strangers arrive and begin looking for her.
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A new favorite!
- By Highlandannie on 07-16-21
- The Incredible Winston Browne
- By: Sean Dietrich
- Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
Sean Dietrich hits another home run!
Reviewed: 03-09-21
Sean Dietrich hits another home run! I listened to The incredible Winston Browne on Audible as opposed to reading the actual book because I am in my car so much. Now, I am glad I did because the narration was the perfect way to really settle into this book with the characters and the setting.
The characters are all very memorable but the main focus of this book, Winston Browne, is no doubt my favorite. This book brings back all the nostalgia of the past and makes you crave the simpler times, the small towns, and the interactions with people on an everyday basis. In this age of social media, social distancing, mistrust, and cancel culture, this is a reminder that we would be so much better off if we could go back to these times of love, friendship, hope, forgiveness, and respect for each other.
I had the pleasure of meeting Sean in person at a book signing here in Mobile, Alabama and his humbleness, genuine kindness, and just down to earth demeanor makes him so likeable, and just makes me love the books that much more.
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Thirteen
- A Novel (Eddie Flynn, Book 3)
- By: Steve Cavanagh
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house - and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury.
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You don't have to read the previous books
- By Susan 🎧Audible-a-holic🎧 Crowe on 09-03-19
- Thirteen
- A Novel (Eddie Flynn, Book 3)
- By: Steve Cavanagh
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
A decent read
Reviewed: 07-06-20
This book was the group read of the month. I was a tad bit disappointed by Thirteen. Even though the plot is definitely interesting the writing is mediocre. Having said that, it does keep your interest enough to keep reading somehow. The author relies much too much on detailed accounts of the murders without key characters being developed fully. Also, the book progresses pretty evenly for about 75% of the book and then seems to go off the rails at the end. Plot twists are always good if they are built into the entirety of the book a little at a time but this was like the author threw in 17 plot twists in the last 7 chapters and it came across as far-fetched. Overall, it is pretty good, not exceptional. The narration was ok. The only con to it was when it shifted characters sometimes it was hard to tell as there were few differentiating components.
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The Darkest Corners
- By: Kara Thomas
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them. Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn't have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one.
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Excellent!
- By Trista on 04-22-16
- The Darkest Corners
- By: Kara Thomas
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Well Written YA Debut
Reviewed: 06-26-20
Starts a bit slow but enjoyable from the get go- The author develops the characters very nicely. I will say you don't figure out the ending until you get there. I did think it ended a little too quickly, with lots of information being sort of summarized instead of really getting to see the what it meant for the characters, but I think that mostly stood out to me because the rest of the book was so well developed. On the whole, this was really good read.
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Lost Boy Found
- By: Kirsten Alexander
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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In 1913, on a summer's day at Half Moon Lake, Louisiana, four-year-old Sonny Davenport walks into the woods and never returns. The boy's mysterious disappearance from the family's lake house makes front-page news in their home town of Opelousas. John Henry and Mary Davenport are wealthy and influential, and will do anything to find their son. For two years, the Davenports search across the South, offer increasingly large rewards, and struggle not to give in to despair.
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Hate the cliffhanger at the end.
- By Philip Daniel on 09-23-20
- Lost Boy Found
- By: Kirsten Alexander
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Waited for an ending that never came
Reviewed: 06-23-20
Ive heard of haply endings, sad endings, and even ordinary endings but this is a whole new thing. I feel like this book was on the way to the publisher and the last 4 chapters were dropped and they just went with ot anyways. a long slow build to a story you think is going to come to a conclusion and just never does.
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The Winter People
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer McMahon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, 19-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary....
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Get past the narration of the first chapter
- By Brook on 04-19-14
- The Winter People
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer McMahon
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur
Supernatural Thriller
Reviewed: 06-15-20
Really enjoyed this book. The way the different characters perspectives are all tied together is very well told. Character development was good. Storyline was good. Narration was good. Kept you guessing until the end.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.
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Bad part
- By Edgars Dumins on 05-19-20
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Fell a little flat
Reviewed: 06-09-20
Good for a prequel but felt a bit forced and uneven. Felt like the writing could have gone on but deadline came so had to finish and just threw the rest in the epilogue.
Narrator was ok but lacked expression and when there were songs (and there were many) he talked them out (somewhat painfully) instead of actually trying to do a medley with them or even a softer tone. Overall good read.
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