Riding Lessons
A Novel (The Riding Lessons Series, Book 1)
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Narrated by:
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Maggi-Meg Reed
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By:
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Sara Gruen
About this listen
An unforgettable story of a devastating accident that ends the career of an Olympic contender equestrienne and sets off a chain of events that comes to a crisis point nearly 20 years later.
As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at 18, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished.
Now, 20 years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father’s New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables - and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl...and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch.
But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.
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Charla Rae Denny was the perfect wife with a perfect life, content to keep the home fires burning while her husband, JB, competed as a champion bull rider. Then their son died in a tragic accident-and everything fell apart. Divorced and saddled with a hill of bills and a failing ranch, Charla must now cowboy up to put her life back together. James "JB" Denny doesn't stay where he isn't welcome. So when Charla shut him out of her grieving heart-and their home-a year ago, he took comfort where he could find it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good book
- By Rhonda K Everhart on 02-18-19
By: Laura Drake
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Leaping Hearts
- By: J. R. Ward
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Story4 out of 5 stars 331
Everyone thinks A.J. Sutherland is crazy to buy a rogue stallion that no rider or trainer has been able to tame. But if anybody has the hustle to make something out of that hell-raiser, it’s her. She can’t do it alone, however, and goes after the great Devlin McCloud, an equestrian legend with a bad leg - and a worse attitude.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Light easy listen equestrian based romance
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 07-04-12
By: J. R. Ward
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Breaking Free
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
When her reckless driving brought unimaginable tragedy, Maggie Roberts found herself in prison grieving for the loss of her son. During the course of her 10-year sentence, she found a renewed purpose working with retired Thoroughbred racehorses. But now she's faced with the transition back into society, starting over yet again and alone in the world - until she meets Gil Winters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and satisfying
- By Deborah Reardon on 03-18-09
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After the Rain
- By: Renee Carlino
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Kris Koscheski
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Nate Myers graduated from UCLA medical school at the top of his class, ready to follow in the footsteps of his father, a superstar cardiothoracic surgeon. Six years later, Nate's career is being ruined by a malpractice suit. Questioning himself for the first time, he retreats to a Montana cattle ranch to visit his uncle and gain perspective. There he meets a beautiful young woman named Avelina who teaches him more than he ever knew about matters of the heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect.
- By jodiod on 06-30-16
By: Renee Carlino
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Worth the Fall
- McKinney Brothers, Book 1
- By: Claudia Connor
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,977
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,820
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,818
Abby Davis isn't wearing a skimpy bikini or sipping umbrella drinks, not when she's busy chasing around four little ones. And Matt McKinney isn't looking for fun - he's a Navy SEAL, a grown man with a long list of missions and fallen brothers. Abby has brought her children to this beach to start over, to give them the enjoyable memories they deserve. Matt has been sidelined by a combat injury, and he is haunted by the loss of his best friend and the promise he made: to remain a SEAL - focused and dedicated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and Emotional
- By 🌸DARA on 08-27-16
By: Claudia Connor
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The Vault of Dreamers
- Vault of Dreamers Series # 1
- By: Caragh M. O'Brien
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 97
The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success: every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first-year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting premise best suited for YA readers
- By Linda J on 02-23-15
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Among the Lesser Gods
- By: Margo Catts
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the deadly fire she accidentally set as a child to her mother's abandonment and now an unwanted pregnancy, she knows better than most that small actions can have terrible consequences. Yet when her grandmother calls and asks her to watch over the children of a recent widower in a small, isolated town in Colorado, she takes it as a chance to finally organize her life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Without a doubt...
- By RueRue on 10-07-19
By: Margo Catts
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Country Nights
- By: Winter Renshaw
- Narrated by: Greyson Ashe, Alastair Haynesbridge
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
When some pretty little thing shows up at my doorstep with a suitcase, claiming she rented my house for the summer, I waste no time informing her that my house isn't for rent. Some Internet jack*ss scammed her out of all her money, but that's not my problem. Only when I find her sleeping in her car a couple days later, I can't turn my back. I make her an offer: room and board in exchange for working on my ranch. She agrees, and I open my doors to a girl who sings too loud, sticks her nose where it doesn't belong, and distracts me with her tight jeans and those full lips.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow and Easy
- By Misty Walker on 11-13-17
By: Winter Renshaw
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Long Time Coming
- By: Edie Claire
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 278
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Story4 out of 5 stars 273
Years and distance kept the memories at bay. But back at home, the past is ready and waiting to haunt her... Eighteen years have passed since Joy's childhood best friend, Jenny, met her death in a tragic car accident just a few days after their senior prom. A broken Joy left their small Kentucky hometown shortly after - determined never to come back. But when her father's illness forces her to return, she realizes that neither time nor distance have truly healed her troubled soul.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Annoying heroine
- By Ally on 05-22-14
By: Edie Claire
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
- Mara Dyer, Book 1
- By: Michelle Hodkin
- Narrated by: Christy Romano
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 896
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 793
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Story4 out of 5 stars 800
Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is. She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Sure About Mara Dyer
- By C. Betts on 07-30-14
By: Michelle Hodkin
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High Country Bride
- By: Linda Lael Miller
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 643
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 638
One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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good book but not what was in the summary:
- By Zandra Zavalza on 01-30-16
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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
- By: Janelle Brown
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 787
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Story4 out of 5 stars 681
A smart, comic pause-resister about a Silicon Valley family in free fall over the course of one eventful summer from the author of Watch Me Disappear and Pretty Things. When Paul Miller’s pharmaceutical company goes public, making his family IPO millionaires, his wife, Janice, is sure this is the windfall she’s been waiting years for - until she learns, via messengered letter, that her husband is divorcing her (for her tennis partner!) and cutting her out of the new fortune.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect Life Ain't So Perfect
- By Theresa on 12-28-08
By: Janelle Brown
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Calder Pride
- By: Janet Dailey
- Narrated by: Judith Ivey
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Cat is a Calder through and through: proud, headstrong, intelligent, and extremely beautiful. When her fiance is accidentally killed, she retreats to the family homestead to mourn, vowing never to give her heart to another man. But one reckless night with a handsome, gray-eyed stranger changes her life forever, and gives her a son with striking gray eyes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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worst reader ever
- By Jane Digan on 12-28-11
By: Janet Dailey
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The Gardener
- By: S. A. Bodeen
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Mason has never known his father, but longs to. All he has of him is a DVD of a man whose face is never seen, reading a children’s book. One day, on a whim, he plays the DVD for a group of comatose teens at the nursing home where his mother works. One of them, a beautiful girl, responds. Mason learns she is part of an experiment intended to render teenagers into autotrophs—genetically engineered, self-sustaining life-forms who don’t need food or water to survive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Strong concept, weak delivery
- By Word Nerd on 03-04-11
By: S. A. Bodeen
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A Feral Darkness
- By: Doranna Durgin
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 212
As a child, dog-loving Brenna Fallon naively invokes an ancient Celtic deity to save her beloved hound - and inadvertently anchors the new-found power at a spring on her family's farm. She doesn't know she's also left an opening for a far more malevolent force. Years later, thanks to the actions of several angry young men, Brenna discovers the terrible potential of that gateway.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could not get past the 2nd chapter
- By The Garpttsr on 08-04-17
By: Doranna Durgin
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Until You're Mine
- A Novel
- By: Samantha Hayes
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 451
Claudia Morgan-Brown finally has it all. Pregnant with a much-wanted first baby of her own, she has a happily established family of two small step-sons and a loving husband with a great career. But she is also committed to her full-time job as a social worker, and her husband travels often. So when Claudia hires Zoe to help her around the house in anticipation of the baby’s arrival, it seems like the answer to her prayers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Having trouble..
- By karen on 01-27-15
By: Samantha Hayes
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The Last Breath
- By: Kimberly Belle
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 200
Humanitarian aid worker Gia Andrews chases disasters around the globe for a living. It's the perfect lifestyle to keep her far away from her own personal ground zero. Sixteen years ago, Gia's father was imprisoned for brutally killing her stepmother. Now he's come home to die of cancer, and she's responsible for his care - and coming to terms with his guilt.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narration is really, really bad.
- By Sandy on 07-25-19
By: Kimberly Belle
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- Anonymous User
- 07-31-24
Love the book but what’s with the random music?
I read this book in high school and as an equestrian I loved it. Listening to it again as a 28 year old I still love the story and the narrator’s accents are on point. I personally thought the narrator was good but she does definitely drive the main characters mood swings and behavior to a point. I get she is going through it but jeez she made a mess of things. My thing in the narration is what is the random music? Why is that in there?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amanda
- 06-19-24
I didn’t know a 35yr olds sound 60
I read this book originally in 2004, freshman in high school at an equestrian school, and again in my 30s. Loved this book.
Who the f was this narrater? Her accents are incredible, specially for her older parents, and John Claude, even the pastor. But to portray a mid 30s character, it was very cringey. I had a really hard time getting through the entire thing.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Walter Ward
- 09-29-22
Horrible
I’m not sure which is worse the story or the narrator. I’m not finished but the character has no redeeming qualities but I am wondering if I dislike her or the voice that is hers in this narration. The only redeeming quality is the accents used for the other characters…those were good.
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