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Blackwater: The Complete Saga
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 30 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido’s first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It powerfully draws you in and you can’t stop thinking about the next chapter
- By "virgmorr" on 03-29-25
- Blackwater: The Complete Saga
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
It powerfully draws you in and you can’t stop thinking about the next chapter
Reviewed: 03-29-25
He is a master storyteller. My only criticism is that he could have put in more spookiness and he leaves loose ends with some events like he just walked away.
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Melmoth
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4 out of 5 stars 136
For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history’s darkest waters - and now it is heading in our direction.It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts - or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very good. intense
- By Nick Thomson on 11-25-18
- Melmoth
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
Not a good creepy Gothic ghost story after all
Reviewed: 03-11-25
Really thought this was going to be a good creepy Gothic/ghost story. Most definitely had supernatural elements and started out creepy, but the author overdid it to the point that you were expecting the creepiness and it wasn’t that creepy anymore. And her stories went off on tangents, half of which just weren’t that interesting. And there were very few characters whose personalities were someone you wanted to be in sympathy with. Just a bunch of selfish people. I did not enjoy it in the end, and I am unsure whether I think the narrator made it worse. It might’ve been better or had I read it not listened.
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Firefly: Aim to Misbehave
- The Firefly Series, Book 9
- By: Rosiee Thor
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 207
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
It all started with the geese. The Firefly crew is eager to get paid for their latest job, but when payment arrives as a gaggle of geese instead of a purse, their stay on the planet Brome gets an indefinite extension. No matter that the geese will fetch a pretty penny once they get somewhere to sell them. Without coin, they can’t buy fuel, and without fuel, they can’t get offworld. Serenity is stuck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great as always
- By Crispinberen on 11-26-24
- Firefly: Aim to Misbehave
- The Firefly Series, Book 9
- By: Rosiee Thor
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Story line not as strong as some, but firefly is always great
Reviewed: 01-05-25
The storyline seemed a little weak compared to the other Firefly fanfiction. Especially trying to understand the motivation for Book in this one. But it’s still a great narrator and fun to spend time with these wonderful characters.
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
- A Novel
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,558
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,358
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,355
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The narrator completely ruined it.
- By rosenh on 09-13-21
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
- A Novel
- By: Becky Chambers
- Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
Gets to the heart of social issues amd humanity by way of alien cultures
Reviewed: 06-05-24
What I love about Becky Chambers books is that she does have hard science about space exploration and alien cultures but somehow it really is about humanity. What makes a being human regardless of their biology.
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The Last House on Needless Street
- By: Catriona Ward
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,553
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,093
In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can only listen in 1-2 hour segments!
- By Brenda on 10-04-21
- The Last House on Needless Street
- By: Catriona Ward
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
OMG end already
Reviewed: 12-27-23
Ridiculous ending. Poor writing and inconsistent characters’ actions can’t be fixed by trying to invent twists just for the sake of twists. I kept listening bc other reviews said it was so weird and surprising. The middle held my attention finally but the story kept going beyond what it needed. I so quit caring.
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Stolen Focus
- Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Johann Hari
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,908
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,513
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,496
In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Needs a little sharpening
- By LEE on 02-01-22
- Stolen Focus
- Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Johann Hari
Tell everyone you know to read this
Reviewed: 10-12-23
Or better yet, tell them to listen to the author read it because he is a great storyteller. This information is terrifying and overwhelming, and it’s not what you have already heard about, even though you probably think you have. But it is also full of solutions and great science to back up everything. I am now a huge fan of Johann Hari.
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Manhattan Beach
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Egan
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind, Vincent Piazza
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,626
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,630
Anna Kerrigan, nearly 12 years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Anna observes the uniformed servants, the lavishing of toys on the children, and some secret pact between her father and Dexter Styles. Years later her father has disappeared, and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love !!
- By MNC on 10-28-17
- Manhattan Beach
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Egan
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind, Vincent Piazza
Not Her Best but OK
Reviewed: 06-06-23
It started out pretty strong, but then it fell into stereotypes and superficial behaviors and actions by the characters. I would say it’s not one of her best, but it’s OK. You definitely learn a lot about that time. But she left holes in the various storylines and took some simple choices where she could’ve gone much more complex More deep and interesting.
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Network Effect
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,799
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,715
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,695
You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable AI you’ll listen to this century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Hope You Remain Unmurdered
- By pondo on 05-06-20
- Network Effect
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
I love the murder bought diaries, and this is my least favorite so far
Reviewed: 05-16-23
I had a tough time with my attention staying put with this one… I kept trying to figure out why. There was just something about the story that was dry and got too into the weeds. I still love the narrator, and I overall still love the whole series. Looking forward to the next ones going back up to better.
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All Systems Red
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,943
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,840
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,823
All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I just wish all four stories were one book...
- By Garrett Stone on 11-05-18
- All Systems Red
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
My only criticism is that it was too short!
Reviewed: 01-25-23
To me, this is just a perfect sci-fi. It has hard science in it, but it also has humor and humanity, even though we’re talking about robots. I am going to read everything this author has in this series.
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The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe
- By: Arvind Ethan David
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, Jewel Staite
- Length: 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,029
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,431
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,416
A man awakens, adrift in deep space, with little memory of who he is - only to discover that he is the commander of a space mission; the rest of the crew is gone; and he is apparently a writer of some small renown named Neil Gaiman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful, but read Neil’s books first
- By J. Angel on 03-18-21
- The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe
- By: Arvind Ethan David
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, Jewel Staite
So Cool that Neil Narrates!
Reviewed: 01-11-23
If you’re a Gaiman fan you’ll love it. Quick and fun as you’d expect. I’d love more
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