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Narrated by:
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Dara Rosenberg
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By:
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Jean Meltzer
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A Most Anticipated Book selected by * PopSugar * Bustle * Buzzfeed * Bookpage * Goodreads Members
"The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read." (Debbie Macomber, number one New York Times best-selling author)
Oy! to the world
Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: She loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a best seller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach.
But when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance, her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkah’s not magical. It’s not merry. It’s not Christmas. Desperate not to lose her contract, Rachel’s determined to find her muse at the Matzah Ball, a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah, even if it means working with her summer camp archenemy - Jacob Greenberg.
Though Rachel and Jacob haven’t seen each other since they were kids, their grudge still glows brighter than a menorah. But as they spend more time together, Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkah - and Jacob - in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze.
"A luminous celebration of all types of love, threaded with the message that everyone is worthy of it.” (Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk)
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For the past 20 years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even more unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn’t begin to imagine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Distractingly bad narration
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By: Georgia Clark
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Bad Habits
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Claire "Mac" Woods—a professor enjoying her newfound hotshot status at an academic conference—finally has the acceptance and admiration she has long craved. But at the conference's hotel bar, Mac is surprised to run into a face from a past she'd rather forget: the moneyed, effortlessly perfect Gwendolyn Whitney, Mac's foil, rival, and former best friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
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By: Amy Gentry
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The Stuff that Never Happened
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
Annabelle McKay knows she shouldn’t have any complaints. She’s been in a stable marriage that’s lasted almost three decades and has provided her with two wonderful children and thousands of family dinners around a sturdy oak table. Other wives envy the fact that Grant is not the type of man who would ever cheat on her or leave her for a younger woman. The trouble is Annabelle isn’t sure she wants to be married to Grant anymore. The trouble is she’s still in love with someone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t pass this one up.
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By: Maddie Dawson
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Chasing Perfect
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 758
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 760
There is only one thing wrong with the charming community of Fool’s Gold, California: the men don’t stick around! This problem has to be fixed, fast, and Charity Jones may be just the city planner up to the challenge. Charity immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer – except its sexy, famous, world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy…but it may just be what they both need!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful narration
- By Kimberly on 05-17-10
By: Susan Mallery
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Pride and Protest
- By: Nikki Payne
- Narrated by: Kacie Rogers, Ron Nery Jr.
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- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94
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Liza B.—the only DJ who gives a jam—wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks fly—but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but she’ll settle for getting him out of her head.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The CHEMISTRY
- By Kristen Killen on 09-18-23
By: Nikki Payne
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Before I Called You Mine
- By: Nicole Deese
- Narrated by: Mikhaila Aaseng
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100
Lauren Bailey may be a romantic at heart, but after a decade of matchmaking schemes gone wrong, there's only one match she's committed to now - the one that will make her a mother. Lauren is a dedicated first-grade teacher in Idaho, and her love for children has led her to the path of international adoption. To satisfy her adoption agency's requirements, she gladly agreed to remain single for the foreseeable future; however, just as her long wait comes to an end, Lauren is blindsided by a complication she never saw coming: Joshua Avery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very special book
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By: Nicole Deese
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On the Corner of Love and Hate
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- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
When Emmanuelle Peroni’s father - and mayor of her town - asks her to help rehab Cooper Endicott’s image, she’s horrified. Cooper drives her crazy in every way possible. But he’s also her father’s protégé, and she can’t say no to him without him finding out the reason why: Cooper and her have a messy past. So Emmanuelle reluctantly launches her father’s grand plan to get this Casanova someone to settle down with and help him lose his Lothario reputation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet, Sassy and Intelligent
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By: Nina Bocci
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Scars and Stilettos - 2nd Edition
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Scars and Stilettos: At 13, after being abandoned by her mother one summer and left to take care of her younger brother, Harmony becomes susceptible to a relationship that turns out to be toxic, abusive, and ultimately exploitative. She eventually finds herself working in a strip club at the age of 19, and her boyfriend becomes her pimp, controlling her every move and taking all of her money. Ultimately, she discovers a path to freedom and a whole new life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A religious book
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By: Harmony Dust
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Snap Out of It
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- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4 out of 5 stars 115
After three marriages and a lot of living, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she’s reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who’s been burned by that four-letter word, LOVE, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships. Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT.
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5 out of 5 stars
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REFRESHINGLY WONDERFUL
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By: Maddie Dawson
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Color Me In
- By: Natasha Díaz
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, 16-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings about this book
- By Rachel Kohlbrenner on 02-02-20
By: Natasha Díaz
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The Loudest Silence
- By: Olivia Janae
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Rising star cellist Kate Flynn is new to Chicago and her job at the Windy City Chamber Ensemble. On day one, she is surprised by the board's intriguing president, Vivian Kensington. Not only does the woman come with a formidable reputation, but she's also deaf. However, between a familiar face Kate isn't ready to see again and the difficulties of being a single mom, she isn't sure Chicago is the right place for her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Tried to like it
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By: Olivia Janae
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The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 82
Rose Napolitano is fighting with her husband, Luke, about prenatal vitamins. She promised she’d take them, but didn’t. He promised before they got married that he’d never want children, but now he’s changed his mind. Their marriage has come to rest on this one question: Can Rose find it in herself to become a mother? Rose is a successful professor and academic. She's never wanted to have a child. The fight ends, and with it their marriage.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Amateurish and Frustrating Book
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Serious Moonlight
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she's cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great characters wrapped in a mystery inside a romance
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By: Jenn Bennett
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One More for Christmas
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- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
For sisters Samantha and Ella Mitchell, Christmas is their most precious time of the year. But this year, they’ll be buying presents for the most unexpected guest of all - their mother. It’s been five years since they last saw each other. But when their mom calls out of the blue, Samantha and Ella cautiously agree to spend Christmas all together in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cannot Finish
- By Abbe Mortimore on 11-12-20
By: Sarah Morgan
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Red's Hot Honky-Tonk Bar
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- Narrated by: Savannah Richards
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
Unruly Red knows she’s no one’s idea of a sweet old granny. But with one long-distance phone call, the fortysomething bar owner with the tattoos and tight jeans is suddenly responsible for two young grandchildren she hardly knows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a surprise
- By Donna on 02-07-18
By: Pamela Morsi
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In the Time of Our History
- By: Susanne Pari
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 41
Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
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By: Susanne Pari
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Fault Lines
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- By: Emily Itami
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4 out of 5 stars 118
Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children, and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It’s everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether she would rather throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband and hanging up laundry.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confused by the choice of narrator
- By Bri T. on 02-13-22
By: Emily Itami
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When it comes to relationships, 34-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say "Bah, humbug". The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming with prospects, and anyway, Kate's found fulfillment in her career as a designer and in her delicious side job baking for her old friend Matt's neighborhood café. But then her best friend signs her up for a dating agency that promises to help singles find love before the holidays. Twenty-three days until Christmas. Twelve dates with 12 different men. The odds must finally be in her favor...right?
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LOVED the story-didn’t love the profanity
- By A. Hill on 12-05-20
By: Jenny Bayliss
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Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist
- By: Codi Hall
- Narrated by: Brooke Bloomingdale, Edward Thomas
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,518
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,040
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,017
Nick Winters and Noel Carter have known each other their whole lives. After years of shared family holidays, working together on the Winters’ Christmas tree farm, and being each other's safe haven, they wouldn't dream of crossing the line from friends to something more.... But when Nick comes home for the holidays after serving overseas and finds that his long-term girlfriend has decided to get her stocking stuffed elsewhere, Noel is there to pick him up and show him that instead of a Blue Christmas he can still have a Wonderful Christmastime without his cheating ex.
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2 out of 5 stars
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LOOK UP NICK AND NORAHS INFINITE PLAYLSIT
- By The Boss Babes Guide to Bad Boys & Better Books on 12-01-20
By: Codi Hall
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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
- Dash & Lily, Book 1
- By: Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
- Narrated by: Ryan Gesell, Tara Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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At the urge of her lucky-in-love brother, sixteen-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of dares on her favourite bookshop shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept. Curious, snarky Dash isn't one to back down from a challenge – and the Book of Dares is the perfect distraction he's been looking for. As they send each other on a scavenger hunt across Manhattan, they're falling for each other on paper. But finding out if their real selves share their on-page chemistry could be their biggest dare yet….
By: Rachel Cohn, and others
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Eight Dates and Nights
- By: Betsy Aldredge
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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New Yorker Hannah Levin is allergic to exactly two things, horses and tinsel. Unfortunately, she’s surrounded by both when she’s snowed in at her grandmother’s home in a small Texas town. Super lonely, missing latkes and reliable Wi-Fi, Hannah wanders into an old deli where she meets the only other Jewish teen around, Noah, who happens to be equal parts adorable and full of annoying, over the top festival of lights spirit that he’s determined to share with Hannah one itchy Hanukkah sweater at a time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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YA contemporary centered around Hanukkah!
- By ChristiReadsALot on 12-16-23
By: Betsy Aldredge
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Most Wonderful
- A Christmas Novel
- By: Georgia Clark
- Narrated by: Patti Murin, Kristen Sieh, Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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The holidays are fast approaching, and the Belvedere siblings are a mess. Liz, a Hollywood showrunner and responsible eldest, has no idea how to follow up her hit show’s first season, or how to deal with her giant crush on its star, Violet Grace. Birdie turned her chronic middle-child syndrome into a career as a stand-up comic, but since she spends more time wooing women than working on new material, she’s facing one-hit-wonder status, especially once she gets axed by her manager.
By: Georgia Clark
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Eight Winter Nights
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky, Jason Clarke
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,827
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,811
Last year, Rachel Bacharach met the man of her dreams at a Hanukkah party — and then her outgoing best friend Tamara swooped in and “called” Oz Caplan for herself. It’s a typical outcome for the dependable, bookish Rachel, who is never able to extinguish the spark she immediately felt for Oz. But being secretly in love with her best friend’s boyfriend all year hasn’t been easy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just no...
- By R Forrest on 12-02-20
By: Liz Maverick
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If the Tide Turns
- By: Rachel Rueckert
- Narrated by: Pilar Witherspoon
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting history
- By shpr2014 on 09-20-24
By: Rachel Rueckert
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-03-21
Fun with Pearl's of wisdom about love and MECFS!
Fun easy read love story. A respite from crazy covid life. Author exemplifies MECFS well, a rarity, and more books need to be written about ME and life with illness. Sadly many with ME are more gravely disabled, and in real life people aren't so accepting, but hope that will change. Refreshing to have Judaism portrayed positively.
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- allison cardwell
- 10-13-22
The Matzah Ball
This was a delightful love story that understands the difficulties of relationships between people . The author balances being true to one’s faith with being open to the traditions of others in a loving respectful way. Can’t wait to see the movie!
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- Firefly
- 05-21-23
Entertaining & Heartwarming Read
Great reader. Funny & entertaining light read. Never boring and never dragged. Recommended for romance buffs.
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- Tracy
- 05-11-24
Loved it!
So happy to finally have a Hanukkah Story….now waiting for the movie to come out. Also have to go eat some rugelach. Yum!
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-20-21
Mazel Tov!
I finished this in less than 24 hours. It's fantastic! It's like Hanukkah for Hallmark without the cringey dialog some movies have. Good character development and a movie ready ending are just what I needed this time of year.
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- Angela
- 01-09-23
Excellent!
Great holiday theme; enjoy the wonder & magic of Christmas & Chanukah family and young love! Smile…
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- Gooodjuju
- 02-09-23
Feel good story
I loved listening to this story. I cared about the characters. I’m sad it’s over and I miss Rachel, Jacob, Mickie, and Toby 💙
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- Barbara M Betson
- 01-20-23
I loved The Matzah Ball!
I LOVED this book & read it in hardcover in one day. It is a beautiful story. It should be made into a Hallmark Channel movie. Now I’m listening to it and enjoying it just. I love the happy feeling this book gives me.
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- Phil
- 12-05-22
Great representation, but a bit repetitive
Lots to love about this sweet story—representation of a Jewish main character, plus chronic illness, plus a holiday romance other than Christmas. I personally also like the closed door and second chance aspects of the romance. But it got quite repetitive at times. It seemed like they spent the whole novel referring to each other by their full names, and the “summer camp arch nemesis” line got a bit old. Those are fairly minor issues, so overall I give it 4 stars.
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- Brooke
- 12-09-23
Fantastic!!!
One of my favorite listens for 2023!! Thank you for writing such an amazing story with disability representation!!!!
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