Audiobook Reviews

October 25, 2008

  • One for the Money

    Rating: Awards: Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Category: Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (…)

October 24, 2008

  • Shakespeare by another Name

    Rating: Awards: Author: Mark Anderson Narrator:  Simon Prebble Category: Biography Publisher: HighBridge Audio Release Date: 2005 Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins Abridged

    An Overview: The true origins of the works of Shakespeare have remained a mystery as the actor by that name never left England, so the general consensus amongst experts is that he couldn't possibly have written the amazing works attributed to him. (…)

October 23, 2008

  • Two for the Dough

    Rating: Awards: Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lori Petty Category: Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Release Date: 2000 Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins Abridged

    An Overview: Two for the Dough is the second installment of the Stephanie Plum numbers series by Janet Evanovich. (…)

October 22, 2008

  • Three to Get Deadly

    Rating: Awards: Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Category: Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (…)

October 21, 2008

  • Housekeeping

    Rating: Awards: Author: Marilynne Robinson Narrator: Becket Royce Category: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: 2005 Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins Unabridged

    An Overview: If you’re a fan of Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead, you won’t be disappointed by her first novel Housekeeping. (…)

October 20, 2008

  • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    Rating: Awards: Author: David Sedaris Narrator: David Sedaris Category: Contemporary Culture Publisher: Hachette Audio UK Release Date: 2006 Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins Abridged

    An Overview: So, David Sedaris can be hilarious. (…)

October 19, 2008

  • On Chesil Beach

    Rating: Awards: Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Ian McEwan Category: Fiction Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: 2007 Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins Unabridged

    An Overview: On Chesil Beach is an exposition of one couple’s present and past, that centers on their tumultuous wedding night. (…)

October 18, 2008

October 17, 2008

  • At Home in Mitford

    Rating: Awards: Author: Jan Karon Narrator: Jan Karon Category: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Release Date: 2005 Length: 3 hrs Abridged  

    Overview:  At Home in Mitford: The Mitford Years, Book 1

    At Home in Mitford is the first book in a series of four, written by Jan Karon. (…)

October 16, 2008

October 15, 2008

  • Plum Island

    Rating:  Awards: Author: Nelson Demille Narrator: David Dukes Category: Mystery Publisher: Random House Release Date: 1997 Length: 4 Hours Abridged

    An overview: Plum Island  (includes a brief interview with author, Nelson Demille)

    The potential hazards of the federal Animal Disease Research Center on Plum Island are frightening—but they are not to blame for the string of murders suddenly plaguing a small town nearby. (…)

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October 11, 2008

  • The Long Walk

    Rating: Awards: Nominee, 2008 Audie Award, Solo Narration - Male Author: Slavomir Rawicz Narrator: John Lee Category: Bios & Memoirs: Personal Memoirs Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Release Date: 2007 Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins Unabridged

    An Overview: Is it possible to escape from Siberia? (…)

October 10, 2008

  • The Vampire Lestat

    Rating: Awards: Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Michael York Category: Fiction Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2000 Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins Abridged

    An Overview: We first met Lestat in The Vampire Lestat as the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac narrates the tale of his own life and Lestat's evil deed toward him. (…)

October 9, 2008

  • How the Irish Saved Civilization

    Rating: Awards: Author: Thomas Cahill Narrator: Donal Donnelly Category: History Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Release Date: 2001 Length: 8 hrs Unabridged

    An Overview: How the Irish Saved Civilization is an untold story of Ireland’s heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval europe. (…)

October 8, 2008

  • The John Cheever Audio Collection

    Rating: Awards: Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2004 Audie Award Finalist Author: John Cheever Narrator: Meryl Streep, George Plimpton and others Category: Fiction Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 2004 Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins Unabridged

    An Overview: Chosen from the Pulitzer Prize winning compilation. (…)

October 7, 2008

  • Standing in the Rainbow

    Rating: Awards: 2003 Audie Award Winner, Solo Narration by the Author or Authors, 2003 Author: Fannie Flagg Narrator: Fannie Flagg Category: Fiction Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: 2002 Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins Abridged

    An Overview: Take a nostalgic journey to Elmwood Springs, Missouri and follow the happenings of this all-American hometown as its quirky and endearing characters are born, grow up, and fade into old age. (…)

October 6, 2008

  • Gap Creek

    Rating: Awards: Oprah book of the month Author: Jill Hill Narrator: Robert Morgan Category: Fiction Publisher: HighBridge Audio Release Date: 2001 Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins Abridged

    An Overview: Gap Creek: It is cusp of the twentieth century in rural North Carolina as seventeen year old Julie Harmon begins her narration of life in the harsh, unforgiving Appalachian Mountains. (…)

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