B. Morrison
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Boy Swallows Universe
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.
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Hard to press stop!
- By Fiona_S on 08-10-2018
- Boy Swallows Universe
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
Long drawn out and highly repetitive story.
Reviewed: 05-05-2020
a long drawn out story conflicted characters, if its a childs viewpoint, far too advanced a perspective, despite the claimed experiences. moments of laugh out loud humour but not enough to be cedibly poignant.
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Circe
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally best-selling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, inspired by Homer's Odyssey. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft.
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An absorbing book beautifully read
- By Helen Wilson on 26-12-2018
- Circe
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
Great way to tell a story
Reviewed: 25-10-2019
For a minor deity Cersie was an amazing character of strength, good will and empathy.
Really enjoyed the reader. Ms Weeks made each character so distinctive and read so meliflouously.
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The Book of Life
- The All Souls Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 23 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception.
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Fantastic narrator and book
- By Phoebe Jarvis on 05-02-2018
- The Book of Life
- The All Souls Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Good yarn.
Reviewed: 21-08-2019
Too repetitive, the story is great. The reader is exceptional. Too bad that the descriptions are so repetitive.
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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Just brilliant
- By Tony on 12-01-2019
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
A well considered tale.
Reviewed: 25-04-2019
An extremely well composed thank you note from a woman of deep energy and feeling. Isn't the world a better place for the life they shared with us.
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Emma [Naxos Edition]
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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One of Jane Austen's most popular novels. Arrogant, self-willed, and egotistical, Emma is her most unusual heroine.
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A long journey to an expected ending
- By B. Morrison on 28-01-2019
- Emma [Naxos Edition]
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
A long journey to an expected ending
Reviewed: 28-01-2019
Narrator was the best part. Story is good but long and tiresome in its description of character's especial qualities or shortcomings. However, quite enjoyable, even if predictable.
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The Break
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
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The story of a relationship that everyone thought was forever and which is now in danger of being for never, The Break is about getting older and staying in love when life, real life, is trying to pull you apart.
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A Light Hearted Romp
- By Anna Spencer on 11-10-2017
- The Break
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Disappointing
Reviewed: 19-08-2018
This is the first of Marion Keyes books that I've struggled to engage with. I found the characters thin and superficial, the plot disappointing, but the reader was excellent.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live. Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world....
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So much better than completely fine
- By Bec on 29-10-2017
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
Delightfully engaging characters and story.
Reviewed: 19-08-2018
slow to start and my first thought was 'oh it's a variation of Girl On The Train .' Wrong! Eleanor exhibits somewhat Aspergers type characteristics and her observations are incredibly intense, but her interactions with the minor characters of the story are fun, funny, credible and engaging. The reader delivers beautifully. Thank you for this delightful and insightful story.
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The Girl on the Train
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey, India Fisher, Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed.
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Slow start, pretty good overall
- By RXXXS on 16-02-2015
- The Girl on the Train
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey, India Fisher, Clare Corbett
a predictable drag.
Reviewed: 07-03-2017
narrator's were good. story was slow and predictable. I won't be looking to watch the film.
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The Obsession
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father’s crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can’t outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she’s ever known.
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Slow in some parts
- By Jayne on 16-09-2016
- The Obsession
- By: Nora Roberts
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Shocking start, weak and predictable ending
Reviewed: 16-12-2016
Narrator and production were good. Story was disappointing. Characters seemed predictable and too sterio typed.
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