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The Pope of Palm Beach Audiobook by Tim Dorsey

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tim Dorsey) — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:15:01 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pope of Palm Beach Subtitle: A Novel Author: Tim Dorsey Narrator: Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 01-30-18 Publisher: Harper Audio Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From Florida's "compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) king of mayhem, the New York Times best-selling author Tim Dorsey, comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms. No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they're on a frenzied literary pilgrimage that leads them back to Riviera Beach, the cozy seaside town where the boys spent their formative years. Growing up, Serge was enthralled by the Legend of Riviera Beach, aka Darby, a welder at the port who surfed the local waves long before the hot spots were hot. A god on the water, the big-hearted surfer was a friend to everyone - the younger surfers, cops, politicians, wealthy businessmen, and ordinary Joes - a generosity of spirit that earned him the admiration of all. Meanwhile, there was a much murkier legend that made the rounds of the schoolyards from Serge's youth - that of the crazy hermit living in a makeshift jungle compound farther up the mysterious Loxahatchee River than anyone dared to venture. Then Serge moved away. But never forgot. Now he's back, with those legends looming larger than ever in the rearview mirror of his memory. As his literary odyssey moves north from Key West, closer and closer to his old stomping grounds, Serge digs into the past as only Serge can. Along the way, he unintentionally disturbs some long-forgotten ground, attracting the attention of a cast of villains that only Florida can produce. As the body count grows, so does the list of questions: Why are the guys in the hard hats worried about the monkeys? When do you hack a motel air-conditioner? How does Coleman get high with cat toys? Who is expecting the dildo? And will book tours ever be the same after Serge decides to check one out? Told in alternating flashbacks between Serge and Coleman's childhoods and the present day, The Pope of Palm Beach is a witty and deliciously violent delight from the twisted imagination of Tim Dorsey.

The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga Audiobook by Aleron Kong

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Aleron Kong) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:24:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga Subtitle: Chaos Seeds, Book 1 Author: Aleron Kong Narrator: Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 04-27-17 Publisher: Tamori Publications LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5224 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: *The Acclaimed Debut Novel of the Best Selling Chaos Seeds Saga* *A mesmerizing tale reminiscent of the wonder of Ready Player One and the adventure of Game of Thrones* *#1 Audiobook 2017* *#1 in Cyberpunk and Video Game Fantasy* *Over Four THOUSAND positive reviews on Goodreads* *Welcome my friends!* *Welcome... to "The Land!"* Tricked into a world of banished gods, demons, goblins, sprites and magic, Richter must learn to meet the perils of The Land and begin to forge his own kingdom. Actions have consequences across The Land, with powerful creatures and factions now hell-bent on Richter's destruction. Can Richter forge allegiances to survive this harsh and unforgiving world or will he fall to the dark denizens of this ancient and unforgiving realm? A tale to shake "The Land" itself, measuring 10/10 on the Richter scale, how will Richter's choices shape the future of The Land and all who reside in it? Can he grow his power to meet the deadliest of beings of the land? When choices are often a shade of grey, how will Richter ensure he does not become what he seeks to destroy? ps - Gnomes Rule Members Reviews: Laughter, Tears, Mystery and Anger You know its hard to not love a book that brings up the emotions you never want to let out. This book was not only hilarious but it also gave you that rage for villains you hate. It tore at your heart at parts and then left you confused with the mystery's that bring you back wanting more of everything. I'd recommend this Saga to anyone, even those who arent much into LitRPG because they will never want to put it down once they have had a taste. Great Story It felt like I was listening to an RPG that was being played in real time. Very well done. This is good if youve ever played a MMORPG. I didnt think watching a character level up could be so interesting. If youve played a RPG video game before youll get a lot of the references. The is a great first book and I already bought the second. Oh and the performance by Nick Podehl was out standing. He has an outstanding character voice range. Excellent book made better I purchased and read through the first 6 books in just over a week and the series is amazing. I saw the free sample of the first audio book on the author's Facebook page and after listening to it I was blow away that an already great series could get better. This was the first audio book I have ever purchased and it was well worth it. The story is amazing and Nick Podehl took the story to a whole new level with his excellent voice acting. I am eagerly looking forward to the next installment. Welcome to the Land!!! Ok so if you have never listened to or read a litrpg your in for a treat! Aleron Kong does an amazing job of world building, character development, funny real world reference "alot of the litrpg out is russian based and some of the references mean little to the English crowd". If you have ever played an mmo and thought man I want to live in this world than this book is for you! The Land is a vibrant world with amazing characters "Sion is my favorite"! Nick Podehl is the narrator and his performance is great, the sound effects are spot on. I won't give you any spoilers but if your even remotely interested in the summary give this book a go and you will fall in love!

Slaughterhouse-Five Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kurt Vonnegut) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:60:15 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: James Franco Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-03-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6298 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Slaughterhouse-Five is the now famous parable of Billy Pilgrim, a World War II veteran and POW who has, in the later stage of his life, become "unstuck in time" and who experiences at will (or unwillingly) all known events of his chronology out of order and sometimes simultaneously. Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence). The "unstuck" nature of Pilgrim's experience may constitute an early novelistic use of what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder; then again, Pilgrim's aliens may be as "real" as Dresden is real to him. Struggling to find some purpose, order, or meaning to his existence and humanity's, Pilgrim meets the beauteous and mysterious Montana Wildhack (certainly the author's best character name), has a child with her, and drifts on some supernal plane, finally, in which Kilgore Trout, the Tralfamadorians, Montana Wildhack, and the ruins of Dresden do not merge but rather disperse through all planes of existence. Slaughterhouse-Five was hugely successful, brought Vonnegut an enormous audience, was a finalist for the National Book Award and a best seller, and remains four decades later as timeless and shattering a war fiction as Catch-22, with which it stands as the two signal novels of their riotous and furious decade. Critic Reviews: "James Franco is an inspired choice as narrator for this anti-war classic. While still young, he still manages to sound world-weary.... Franco has fun with the offbeat characters and Vonnegut's quirky text but keeps the overall tone thoughtful.... Franco's reading gives the 1960s classic a freshness that will appeal to both new listeners and Vonnegut's many fans." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: Everything is nothing, with a twist. I've read Slaughterhouse-Five several times and I'm still not sure I know exactly how Vonnegut pulls it off. It is primarily a postmodern, anti-war novel. It is an absurd look at war, memory, time, and humanity, but it is also gentle. Its prose emotionally feels (go ahead, pet the emotion) like the tug of the tides, the heaviness of sleep, the seduction of alcohol, the dizziness of love. His prose is simple, but beautiful. Obviously, part of the brilliance of this novel is born from the reality that Vonnegut is largely playing the notes of his own song (obviously, obscured by an unreliable narrator, time that is unstuck, and generous kidnapping aliens). It is the song of someone who has seen horrible, horrible things but still wants to dance and smile (so a Totentanz?). Emperor, your sword won't help you out Sceptre and crown are worthless here I've taken you by the hand For you must come to my dance I had to work very much and very hard The sweat was running down my skin I'd like to escape death nonetheless But here I won't have any luck It is essentially art pulled out of the tension between despair and hope, grief and celebration, love and death. It is a classic not because it has a message about war, but because it has a message about life.

Beartown Audiobook by Fredrik Backman

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Fredrik Backman) — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:08:34 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Beartown Author: Fredrik Backman Narrator: Marin Ireland Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3927 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The number-one New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream - and the price required to make it come true. People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made, and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. Beartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world. Critic Reviews: " Beartown is, at its heart, a hockey story. However, with author Backman telling that story and Marin Ireland performing it, this audiobook transcends the cliché of 'the big game' and becomes a multifaceted study of humanity, integrity, and loyalty. Ireland narrates in a remarkably adaptable way; her chameleon voice is devoted to developing character, and she's so effective that she makes the story come to the fore... Ireland nimbly skates her own way through a novel that is gorgeously written, meticulously plotted, and nearly perfectly performed. This one is not to be missed." ( AudioFile) Members Reviews: A Barrel To The Head, A Slug To The Gut-- This is the story of one young person putting the barrel of a shotgun to the head of another young person. It's the story of how big dreams die hard and little, more tender dreams die even harder. This is not your usual Fredrik Backman book; it has none of the fanciful tenderness, the sentimentality. It's a hard-hitting look at what a town, what its people, what its children will do when the worst happens and you realize you are alone, just you and your ability to look your children in the face saying, "I couldn't protect you", you and your ability to look in the mirror saying, "What does it mean to be human?" I expected more of a "Miracle on Ice" component but I was sorely wrong and quite happy about it. Backman takes the love of parents, friends, siblings and piles it on; takes the tension and ratchets it up, notch by painful notch until you have nothing to do but look inside yourself and wonder if you can stand any more pain, any more human frailty, any more doubt when there are so many, many shades of gray. Marin Ireland has a brittle tone, and I wondered why a male narrator wasn't gotten until I realized that the many female characters wouldn't have been done justice to. Ireland gets it right, plus she does male characters quite well.

Critical Failures Audiobook by Robert Bevan

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robert Bevan) — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:13:25 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Critical Failures Subtitle: Caverns and Creatures, Book 1 Author: Robert Bevan Narrator: Jonathan Sleep Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 09-02-14 Publisher: Robert Bevan Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6263 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Tim and his friends find out the hard way that you shouldn't question the game master, and you shouldn't make fun of his cape. One minute, they're drinking away the dreariness of their lives, escaping into a fantasy game and laughing their asses off. The next minute, they're in a horse-drawn cart surrounded by soldiers pointing crossbows at them. Tim now has the voice and physique of a prepubescent girl. Dave finds that while he lost a foot or two in height, he somehow acquired a suit of armor and a badass beard. Julian's ears have grown ridiculously long and pointy. And Cooper... well Cooper has gotten himself a set of tusks, a pair of clawed hands, and a bad case of the shits. He also finds that he's carrying a bag with a human head in it - a head that he had chopped off when they were still just playing a game. Shit just got real, and if they want to survive, these four friends are going to have to tap into some baser instincts they didn't even know existed in their fast-food and pizza delivery world. It's fight, flight, or try to convince the people who are trying to kill them that they don't really exist. Members Reviews: Audible Studio...More Please! If you have a problem with base humor, you will want to pass this book up. I played Dungeons & Dragons when I was young, which is where Caverns & Creatures comes in without bothering a trademark. I would say all folks that enjoy MMORPGs would like the book but younger readers may not realize D & D is the predecessor of online fantasy gaming and will not find the humor of 20-sided dice and the pains of a dungeon master as funny as the older folks that played games before the Internet; however, C & C shares enough MMORPGs characteristics, especially since the characters are sucked inside the game, that fantasy gamers would enjoy this book almost as much. I emailed a request for the rest of the series to be put on audio. I don't think the audio version exists but there are a number of books. Maybe if I get enough votes here, audible will raise an eyebrow at how many people like it. Very Entertaining I thought this book was very entertaining. Shakespeare it was not, but there was a nice coherent story with good character development. This will obviously appeal to people who have played games like D&D. I mean it references character sheets, charisma, random encounters, and rolling a 1, so there you go. It is not a 'gritty' book. There is much joking and bumbling along with the action. It goes pretty much how you would expect it to go if a bunch of casual gamers had to actually become their characters. Some of the content was kinda stereotypical, but I still think it was handled in a funny way. I enjoyed it. If you like gaming and don't take yourself too seriously, I think you will enjoy it too. The narrator was awesome. He did great with the different voices and characters and their expression. Lowbrow and light I went from five Game of Thrones books back to back, to this - so I probably wasn't in the right headspace. Was very interested in the concept, but the humor was so lowbrow it centered around bodily functions and high school level cursing just to curse.

Hardcore Twenty-Four Audiobook by Janet Evanovich

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Janet Evanovich) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:48:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four Subtitle: Stephanie Plum, Book 24 Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1742 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: This Jersey girl hits hard - 24/7. The blockbuster Stephanie Plum series continues with Hardcore Twenty-Four from number one New York Times best-selling Janet Evanovich. Members Reviews: No laughs, no fun I had hoped that the other reviews exaggerated when they addressed the low quality of this book. alas, they did not. This was without question the worst of all of the Stephanie Plumb titles and it was so disappointing. I have always liked this series because it is light and funny. Until this book I have always laughed my way through each book. This time I don't think I laughed once. Adding Diesel to the mix was unnecessary and I agree with previous reviewers that character and plot development were lacking. I love this series and don't want to see it end. Please bring back the fin books that I know and love. Sign I love Janet Evanovich and I love this series but I think I'm just about burned out on it. The story itself just didn't work for me. I was a little irritated that Diesel was in it because we've all been left hanging for the last few years with his series. Don't get me wrong, I love Diesel, but I NEED him to be in his series with Lizzie so that series can keep going. Besides Diesel, I felt like Ranger had a very small part in this book. And the scenes seemed a bit rushed with him. The whole concept of this story was a bit far fetched, even for this series. I don't know, I guess I'm just over the whole thing. Just stop! For the last several books, it has been the exact same thing. Lula eats everything and acts crazy, Grandma Mazur is inappropriate, Mom is becoming an alcoholic from Grandma and Stephanies behavior, and Stephanie cant decide between Morelli and Ranger. Oh, and destroys several cars. Only this time with zombies. Janet please either end the series or put a little effort into it!! Hardcore Twenty-Four Disappointed! This was by far the worst book I have read in a very long time. There was a story? I have always looked forward to Janet's books but that ship has now sailed. I think Stephanie should retire and leave town. Joe, Ranger and Diesel should get over her and move on. Stephanie in a Rut Through No Fault of Her Own Free Stephanie!!! The last 8 or so books in the once-dynamic Plum series have become formula books: Predictable in the structure of the plot. Fortunately, this one has some of delectable comedy and satire that made the series irresistible. Unfortunately, it totally lacks the romantic tension that made the series so compelling in its heyday. Also missing is any growth in any of the characters or any real insight into them, as we used to get during the series' heyday. It was a great mix in the old days! But now, it's as if the author has become more interested in her other works, but can't give up this series. When it's time for another Plum book, she just pulls out the same old recipe and whips something up, without putting her heart into it. After all of this time, I have ceased to care whether Stephanie chooses Ranger or Joe. It's time to Free Stephanie!

Good Omens Audiobook by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Neil Gaiman) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:46:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Good Omens Author: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 11-10-09 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13189 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Put New York Times best-selling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett together...and all Hell breaks loose. ©1990 Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers Critic Reviews: "Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again." (Amazon.com review) Members Reviews: At long last!! I have had this book in print format since 1990 and have probably read it at least 15 times. It has always made me feel better when I was a little depressed and I have been waiting for it to come to Audible US even since I saw it on the British Audible website (www.audible.co.uk). It is a wonderfully funny book with much to say about what we call "the human condition" and I love it, but I feel I should warn potential readers that the humor is decidedly British. When my sister read this book her comment was that she thought it was trying to be funny, but she kept missing the point of the jokes. So while I strongly recommend this book, that recommendation is mostly aimed at those who understand and appreciate British humor. I have only one complaint about the way this book was read. Martin Jarvis should have paid more attention to those places in the book where line spacing was used to separate different threads of the story. Normally readers, when coming across those kind of breaks, supply their own silence to let listeners know that a different story thread is picking up, but Mr. Jarvis often runs directly from one thread to another without supplying any audio indication that the story line was changing. This is a minor point, but I found it annoying at times. With the above caveats I heartily recommend this book to any Neal Gaiman or Terry Pratchett readers! As good as ever! Would you listen to Good Omens again? Why? Hilarious story, told beautifully. Each character is well-realized, and this was so much fun to listen to. Satisfyingly Hilarious The best of two worlds - Pratchett and Gaiman - combine smoothly to form a seamlessly great story. Very enjoyable, start to finish. You will laugh out loud so many times, it should be required reading/listening for sad people. And they aren't cheap laughs - the social commentary and observations on human nature leave you satisfied and shaking your head with their cleverness. Hillarious! I've read this book a few times,but as a trucker need something to help focus and stay awake on looong night time drives. This book fit the bill perfectly...well almost, Martin Jarvis does a wonderfull job giving the characters life but I didn't like Adams voice,he sounded kinda snooty,not how I heard it in my head at all.

Spoonbenders Audiobook by Daryl Gregory

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Daryl Gregory) — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:28:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Spoonbenders Subtitle: A Novel Author: Daryl Gregory Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1883 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Teddy Telemachus is a charming con man with a gift for sleight of hand and some shady underground associates. In need of cash, he tricks his way into a classified government study about telekinesis and its possible role in intelligence gathering. There he meets Maureen McKinnon, and it's not just her piercing blue eyes that leave Teddy forever charmed but her mind - Maureen is a genuine psychic of immense and mysterious power. After a whirlwind courtship, they marry, have three gifted children, and become the Amazing Telemachus Family, performing astounding feats across the country. Irene is a human lie detector. Frankie can move objects with his mind. And Buddy, the youngest, can see the future. Then one night tragedy leaves the family shattered. Decades later the Telemachuses are not so amazing. Irene is a single mom whose ear for truth makes it hard to hold down a job, much less hold together a relationship. Frankie's in serious debt to his dad's old mob associates. Buddy has completely withdrawn into himself and inexplicably begun digging a hole in the backyard. To make matters worse, the CIA has come knocking, looking to see if there's any magic left in the Telemachus clan. And there is: Irene's son Matty has just had his first out-of-body experience. But he hasn't told anyone, even though his newfound talent might just be what his family needs to save themselves - if it doesn't tear them apart in the process. Harnessing the imaginative powers that have made him a master storyteller, Daryl Gregory delivers a stunning, laugh-out-loud new novel about a family of gifted dreamers and the invisible forces that bind us all. Critic Reviews: "Hilarious, heartfelt and brimming with humanity." (Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest) "Masterful...gracefully balances the outrageous melodrama of Chicago mobsters and shadowy government agencies with the ordinary mysteries of family dynamics.... Readers will emerge from the fray sure they know each Telemachus down to the smudges on their hearts. A skillfully written family drama that employs quirk and magic with grace." ( Kirkus Reviews) " Spoonbenders is brilliant. With the Telemachus clan, Daryl Gregory has created a family that is part J.D. Salinger and part David Foster Wallace. But the most impressive trick in the novel isn't how they read minds. Gregory's real gift is how he uses them to show the depths of the human heart." (Christopher Farnsworth, author of Killfile and Blood Oath) Members Reviews: Slow start, but patience is your friend here. What did you love best about Spoonbenders? Gregory does a great job of weaving storylines and really nails the voice of each character. I just also appreciated the good old fashioned storytelling aspect to this book. He deftly combines realism and magic all while maintaining a sense of humor. What does Ari Fliakos bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Ari Fliakos is a ridiculously good narrator, the best I've heard. Not only are his voice masks on point, his inflection in every sentence is perfection - it's as though he spends hours prepping each page. I would listen to anything he reads. If you could take any character from Spoonbenders out to dinner, who would it be and why? Teddy Telemachus ...

My Man Jeeves Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:14:33 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Man Jeeves Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 02-21-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1074 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: This collection, the first book of Jeeves and Wooster stories, contains eight stories, including "Absent Treatment", "Helping Freddie", "Rallying Round Old George", "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good", "Fixing It for Freddie", and "Bertie Changes His Mind". Members Reviews: Jeeves and Pepper Despite the title, more than half the book is stories about Reggie Pepper. Same flavor as the Jeeves books, and of course Wodehouse is excellent, but if it's Jeeves you want, you'll do better with another title. Misleading title Once again I should have read the reviews. I do love Wodehouse and this reading is very good, but as another reviewer pointed out, these are not all -- or even MOST -- Jeeves and Wooster stories. The Jeeves shorts included are also in several other collections I own, as expected, and the Reggie Pepper stories are in a similar vein but definitely lack the charm of Bertie Wooster's self-told tales. Worth the sale price or for diehard fans only. Very very very funny!!! P.G. Wodehouse was truly a humor genius. This book is full of hilarious mishaps and adventures, and the first person narration makes it all the more laugh out loud hilarious! DO NOT MISS P.G. WODEHOUSE - Listen to them all - you will not be disapointed if you like humor. Best Narrator, but wish I'd known it was reprinted I have always loved Jeeves stories, and when I got this collection among my first Audible purchases, it quickly became my fallback whenever I had finished a heavier book and wanted something light to fill in before picking up another. I think I've listened to it at least a couple dozen times now, and I still enjoy it. Sure, I've got the stories practically memorized, and the plots will never surprise me, but they're still worth a chuckle. I only wish I had known that all the Jeeves stories in this book were reprinted in Carry On, Jeeves before I bought that one as well. If buying the books in print, I would rather have had the full Jeeves collection in Carry On, Jeeves, minus the Reggie Pepper stories in My Man Jeeves, which I've never found quite as entertaining. For that reason, I'd give it two stars if not for Simon Prebble's narration. I think he makes a far better Jeeves than any other I've heard so far, and his renderings of some of the elderly relatives in the stories make it worth listening to some of them twice in a row just to hear a specific passage again. The one that comes to mind most is the uncle's shock and outrage upon seeing the portrait for the first time in the Hard-Boiled Egg. Definitely recommended. If only Prebble had narrated the other Jeeves books on Audible. ditto, ditto... ...to the previous reviews--I found this an OK listen, far from Wodehouse's best AND it is as much Reggie Pepper as Jeeves and Bertie. The situations and gags are repetitive if you've read much Wodehouse. Some of this collection seems to be earlier sketches of what developed into full length books. Also, I found the humour weaker than the five "Jeeves" novels I've listened to- Wodehouse's gags work better in the longer form, because face it, though brilliant, Jeeves and Bertie have limited range.

Lamb Audiobook by Christopher Moore

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Christopher Moore) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:39:46 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lamb Subtitle: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Author: Christopher Moore Narrator: Fisher Stevens Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-07 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5313 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more (except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdalan) and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight. Critic Reviews: "Moore...gets style points for his wild imagination as Biff recalls his journey with Jesus...into and out of the clutches of Balthasar, then into a Buddhist monastery in China and finally off to India, where they dabble in the spiritual and erotic aspects of Hinduism. The author gets more serious in his climax, offering a relatively straightforward, heartfelt account of the Passion and Christ's final days that includes an intriguing spin on how the Resurrection might have happened." (Publishers Weekly) "An instant classic...terrific, funny, and poignant." (Rocky Mountain News) Members Reviews: Perfect for intelligent comedy! After many laughs in the first 10 minutes, I couldn't believe this book could contain 15 hours of worthwhile listening. Currently at hour 13, I can't believe the journey I have taken with J.F.C. and Biff -- experiencing wonders of the East and loving the bibilical references that have me chuckling every minute - sometimes several times a minute. As a semi-learned bibilcal scholar, I found the author's creativity to be brilliant! For example - did you know how chinese food became tradition on J.C.'s b-day? Or how bunnies became associated with bad J.C. days? Now you will. I'm very impressed Moore could put so many humorous references for such an epistle! Perfect for a long drive, or a whole weekend of cooking for Easter dinner! Best in a couple long segments rather than several smaller segments! A Worthy Book, indeed This is a favorite book of mine. Biff is Jesus' best childhood friend, and Biff has been raised from the dead to write his witness of Jesus' young life. Problem is, Biff is a real smart-arse. Typical of Christopher More, there is plenty of chuckles. Fortunately for us, it's better written than anything else he's written. I've given this book to friends of different faiths, both liberal and conservative, and did not O-ffend. Fisher Steven's narration is a bit scratchy, but you get past it. The witness account of Biff is funny, touching, moving and lasting. Blasphemus or righteous? I was skeptical of this book. I thought, how dare someone write their own version of events?! But I decided to have an open mind, after all, I absolutely loved "A Dirty Job". So, here's Biff & Josh (Jesus) growing up in Jerusalem. They have a typical childhood, just two young boys growing up in Roman controlled Israel. Getting into typical little boy mischief with the Roman guards, going to school together, and both having a crush on the same girl (Mary of Magdalen) ; with the exception that Josh must deal with being The Messiah. He knows he's The Messiah, because his Mother won't let him forget, being the stereo-typical Jewish Mother that she is. Finally Josh and Biff come of age, and it's time for Josh to figure out what exactly a Messiah is supposed to do.

My Not So Perfect Life Audiobook by Sophie Kinsella

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Sophie Kinsella) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:35:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Not So Perfect Life Subtitle: A Novel Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 02-07-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4976 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet. Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with her perfect family in a posh townhouse, and wears the coolest clothes. Katie's life, meanwhile, is a daily struggle - from her dismal rental to her oddball flatmates to the tense office politics she's trying to negotiate. No wonder Katie takes refuge in not-quite-true Instagram posts, especially as she's desperate to make her dad proud. Then, just as she's finding her feet - not to mention a possible new romance - the worst happens. Demeter fires Katie. Shattered but determined to stay positive, Katie retreats to her family's farm in Somerset to help them set up a vacation business. London has never seemed so far away - until Demeter unexpectedly turns up as a guest. Secrets are spilled and relationships rejiggered, and as the stakes for Katie's future get higher, she must question her own assumptions about what makes for a truly meaningful life. Sophie Kinsella is celebrated for her vibrant, relatable characters and her great storytelling gifts. Now she returns with all of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that are the hallmarks of her best sellers to spin this fresh, modern story about presenting the perfect life when the reality is far from the truth. Critic Reviews: "Katie is a winning heroine.... Kinsella creates characters that are well-rounded, quirky, and a complete joy to read." ( Kirkus Reviews) "Driven by Katie's witty observations and numerous missteps as she attempts to reconcile various aspects of her identity, this novel is smartly satirical and entertaining." ( Publishers Weekly) "Another outstanding novel...a perfect combination of fun, laughable moments rounded out with some deep-seated family and relationship issues." ( Booklist) Members Reviews: Somewhat disappointed Any additional comments? I love Sophie Kinsella, but this book was not a win for me. I did finish it, but at times I didn't feel connected to the book. It was drawn out. I did enjoy the beginning, there were definitely some laugh out loud moments, but not enough to save this book for me. Another winner by Sophie Kinsella! I have never been disappointed by any of Sophie kinsella books. This book was just as wonderful as all the others and I enjoyed every minute listening to it. I just finished it and I'm wanting to read it again immediately... Just in case I missed something. The narrator did a wonderful job, as well. I always know that I will be entertained while listening to a book or reading a book written by Sophie Kinsella! Ok. Full Disclosure: What a welcome reprieve from nasty world politics. Loved this chance to escape into a new Sophie novel. Very different from her other novels, but still full of great wit and loveable characters. Switched my schedule up today and did a bunch of cooking and cleaning just so I could play this audiobook.

Villains Rule Audiobook by M. K. Gibson

biacuaduc@gmail.com (M. K. Gibson) — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:57:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Villains Rule Subtitle: The Shadow Master, Book 1 Author: M. K. Gibson Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-17 Publisher: Amber Cove Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 745 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Hi, how are you? Yes, I am talking to you, the reader of this book's description. It's rude not to answer a person when they ask you a question. Okay, I get it, fourth-wall breaking is overdone. Get over it. This book, Villains Rule, is a fantasy action-comedy which you have to hear. Not because it redefines the genre, far from it. But rather for what it contains. A villain's tale. How often do you get to listen to a story where the villain is the protagonist? No, not an anti-hero, or a brooding monster, nor a hero thinly disguised as a villain. And not evil. If you want evil, take that nonsense to therapy. No, I mean a villain's villain. The ones who use their power because they can, while morality is only a philosopher's complex. This is the story of Jackson Blackwell, the Shadow Master and the top villain adviser. Sadly, even the top villain occasionally gets double-crossed. Trapped in one of the fantasy realms, Jackson has to use his skill and wits to exploit the rules, points out the genre flaws, undermine godly authority, and win the day. Because that is what villains should do, shouldn't they? Listen to this book, have a few laughs, and find out. Members Reviews: Oh my so much fun!! Would you listen to Villains Rule again? Why? Absolutely. I know I missed some of the references and one lines that go to other fantasy stories I know. I also had fun with the story and Jackson. Who was your favorite character and why? I felt I could believe Jackson's thinking and I really liked him. I want to watch movies with Jackson. He would be a hoot at pointing out the flaws in plans, hero and villain. I laughed at the obvious observations pointed out by Jackson in this book. So good and so true! Jackson's written in a way that I liked him even though he wasn't the clean cut good guy. I even felt the fluctuation of praise and irritation of Randy with Jackson - all thanks to Jeffrey's vocal talents and M.K.'s writing. What does Jeffrey Kafer bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Jeffrey performs with heart, stepping in to the characters minds which breathes life to them. When stories are performed with the emotion the characters are feeling, and the narrator feels as to be having fun, the book is brought to a new level of awesome. Jeffrey accomplished that in this work. Jeffrey speaks with different infliction and personality for each character, which makes it easy to know who's who along with keeping my attention. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? At my first big surprise in events, I wanted to give M.K. Gibson a big high five. He told me what not to do. He drew me into doing just that. And I was surprised when he used that. AWESOME JOB!! M.K.wrote it so well, I was drawn into the web. Any additional comments? *I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. At the end of the first prologue, I had to smile. Really. This was something I always thought about, how easy it would be to take down a hero when he's having his "moment". I got a feel of a twist of Grayskull (You know what Grayskull is, from He-Man.) here with other elements mixed in.

The Fangs of Freelance Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:10:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Fangs of Freelance Subtitle: Fred, the Vampire Accountant Series, Book 4 Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 737 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations. From inventorying ghostly castles, to exploring unsettling amusement parks, to negotiating with dangerous mages, it seems there is no end to the uses for an accountant of Fred's specialty. But dangerous as the new jobs are, the greatest threat may come from the past. An old enemy is making waves once more, an enemy who would go to great lengths to destroy Fred and everyone he loves. And this time, they've brought backup. Members Reviews: Amazingly Mundane and Exciting At The Same Time This is the 4th book in the Fred, the Vampire Accountant series and let me say that Fred is just as exciting as he was in the first book. Well, let me clarify. Fred is an accountant who is also a vampire. How exciting can the world of an accountant be? Let me tell you, Fred is unique in his boringness in the afterlife. He is calm, personable, and loyal to his friends in every story. He is a good human being and an abnormal vampire, which makes his story worth listening to. This is a set of stories in the life of Fred that build one upon the next with the ever-growing cast of paranormal characters we have learned to love over the previous 3 books. This time, we get a closer look at the worlds of Neil and Albert, a great Richard and Gideon story, a look into the world of mages with Amy, and finally get to spend some time with Arch. It is great to spend some time with each of these side characters as it builds on the world of Fred. Having just finished the book, the one person we really didn't get to spend any time with this book is Crystal. Crystal is an amazing character but getting involved with the other characters made me not miss her too much. It isn't until the end that I remembered that I hadn't seen much of one of the best girlfriends ever. If I had to sell Drew Hayes to you on only one characteristic of all his work it would be his character development, which once again is front and center in this incredible work. Kirby is back for this fourth rendition and nails it once again as the narrator. If you enjoyed, or even suffered through, the Bill the Vampire series, you will love the more mature telling of a similar story that is much more fun and complex than that story. Friendship between the characters is strong and I couldn't help growing in my friendship with this ragtag group of paranormal Americans. It will be a long year until I get to catch up with my friends once again. Another excellent Fred Loved this book but - Im getting a bit tired of how short they are for the money. Narrator was excellent but sometimes slipped between characters by accident. The story was good but I felt started a bit too quickly from the last, as if it was two books cut up to make money, which I dont like. Still want more but... Drew Hayes is a writing machine Seems like every time I turn around, hes got another great book out. This one is no exception, and might just be my favourite Fred ever.

What the Hell Did I Just Read Audiobook by David Wong

biacuaduc@gmail.com (David Wong) — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 05:32:50 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: What the Hell Did I Just Read Subtitle: A Novel of Cosmic Horror Author: David Wong Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 10-03-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1200 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: It's the story "They" don't want you to listen to. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached". No, don't put the book back on the shelf - it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from listening to it. Yes, it works with audiobooks, too, I don't have time to explain how. While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth they - like you - would be better off not knowing. Your first impulse will be to think that a story this gruesome - and, to be frank, stupid - cannot possibly be true. That is precisely the reaction "They" are hoping for. Members Reviews: Please fix the audio Great book and great narration, but the audio quality is sub par. I hear shades of Stephen Thorne trying to come through, but the audio quality is holding his performance back. Please do right by the author and narrator and have it fixed. Audio sounds like it was produced in a tunnel Just starting to listen to the book so the story can't be reviewed, but the audio quality is terrible. Words with "s" sound clipped, the overall sound is tinny, and it sounds like it was recorded in a tunnel. The audio.. I'm sure this book is good, I'm sure it's great. but the audio quality is horrible. it's very hard to listen to. like they used a tin can to record the vocals. going to delete and redownload, I hope this fixes it. Wong/Pargin does it again. I cannot stress how much I love this entire series of books. When it comes to horror/sci-fi/comedy, the list of books is severely lacking. That's where David Wong comes in. The original John Dies at the End novel is my go to book when I need something to read that puts me at ease. I've read it numerous times. What the Hell Did I Just Read? Is another one to add to that list. Wongs humor is up there with the greats. Other people may argue that it's the equivalent of a raunchy teen comedy. But I see no difference between this book and all of David Sedaris' novels. It's meant to create excitement and wonder and most of all LAUGHS. David Wong is our generations Kurt Vonnegut. The way the story weaves in and out it's very hard for a reader to say "Oh I saw that coming". I encourage everyone to read this book and the rest of the series, you won't be disappointed. Or maybe you will I don't know, I'm just a guy on the internet. READ IT. Ridiculously funny Its just delightfully funny. Read the first two. Excellent audiobook. Never a dull moment. I was skeptical but after a pitch by my friend I was hooked and the movie is great too.

Villains Pride Audiobook by M. K. Gibson

biacuaduc@gmail.com (M. K. Gibson) — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:40:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Villains Pride Subtitle: The Shadow Master, Book 2 Author: M. K. Gibson Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 11-30-17 Publisher: Amber Cove Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 315 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The Shadowmaster is back... whether you wanted him to be or not! Jackson Blackwell, The Shadowmaster, is in over his head this time. After his last adventure, where he tore fantasy novels a new one, Jackson has to deal with the repercussions of angry gods, angrier conspirators, and the wrath of his pregnant girlfriend! (I know... actual consequences in a comedy/action series? How avant-garde! - I think. Okay look, I really don't know what that means. I've always just wanted to say it and I'm too lazy to look it up.) Thanks to a godly decree and a crafty clause, Jackson has been banished from his home. And the only universe kindly enough to take him in is one infested with comic-book-style superheroes and supervillains. A perfect place to cause mayhem, right? Well, it wouldn't be much of a book if it were. Comics don't play by the rules, and Jackson has been tasked to do something unique. Whatever is a villain to do? Follow the adventure of Jackson Blackwell as he attempts to manipulate his way back to the top while dealing with all manner of dark detectives, godly aliens, expensive power suits, and the most daunting challenge of all... looming parenthood. Members Reviews: laughed myself into tears the second installment of the Shadow Master is as hilarious and formulaic as the first. people who gave the first book five stars really like the author and were in no way paid off. this book is the example of the overall quality of independent writing. As someone who consumes over 300 doughnuts a year, my eye for excellence is sharp and this story if you can call it that delivers on every fundamental level delivering character development and depth while going for cheap jokes causing laughter all through the Meandering plot the book consists of scene set up all about one amazing joke after another and repeated for over 40 chapters. the protagonist a villain named Jackson is little more than an antihero and clearly the authors wish fulfillment put to paper the entire book feels like an excuse for the author to put to page the thoughts that I have in my mind everyday think of it as a published work of comical art but with more stupidity and laughter full of edginess and a lot of sounding cool. while I appreciated the laughs provided there is little else to really enjoy in this book except the two dimensional characters repeated scenes and blatant rip off of archetypes. in summation unless you're a fan of the insipid vapid brain candy that is Indie books these days defiantly buy this book for a plane ride, a long drive and don't wait till it's on sale... the ending is brilliantly hilarious, I must have looked quite ridiculous rolling down the interstate laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.. oh yeah and the narrator does an amazing job of conveying the humor and different characters... including himself as good as the first one if not better this book has such a good premise in so many unique characteristics that other books lack it's it's Indescribable how much I love this book and I hope he makes another one Smart, witty and fun Can't say enough good. The villain in this book is awesome. He goes off into rants that are not only funny, but absolutely true. His schemes are convoluted, his humor is twisted. I CAN'T wait for the next book in this series. Book 2 Very entertaining book 2 in the series.

World War Z Audiobook by Max Brooks

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Max Brooks) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:57:55 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War Z Subtitle: An Oral History of the Zombie War Author: Max Brooks Narrator: Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, Rob Reiner Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-06 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7867 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the 12-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War. Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission. Critic Reviews: "Hard to put down." (Publishers Weekly) "A literate, ironic, strangely tasty treat." (Kirkus Reviews) "Horror fans won't be disappointed: like George Romero's Dead trilogy, World War Z is another milestone in the zombie mythos." (Booklist) Members Reviews: Brilliant production, criminally abridged World War Z is a fantastic book. Brilliant. Hugely entertaining, intelligently speculative, and with just enough of the Brooks flavor of horror and comedy, it's one of the best things I've read in a long time. This is also a fantastic production. It couldn't help but be good with an all-star cast performing a book that was practically made to be an audiobook, consisting as it does of a series of interviews with various people from around the world. As a listen, it was a non-stop thrill. So why rate it only three stars? Because it's abridged. Setting aside my personal distaste for the very idea of abridging a book, chopping up World War Z is practically criminal; excising entire important storylines, like the fall of Russia and the rise of the Holy Russian Empire, reduces the plot from a global faux-history of the world changing, to a typically American comedy-horror zombie story where the good guys win and the world goes back to normal. As well, had this book been left full length, there would have been substantially more of it to enjoy. As it is, I felt cheated, teased, deprived when it ended after less than seven hours. So that's my take: it's a shame that it's only available abridged, because what little of it there is is fantastic. I recommend reading the book, and THEN listening to the audiobook, so that you get the full story as well as the excellent production. I also hope that sooner or later there might be an unabridged audiobook. needs to be unabridged i think it misses out on alot of crucial points because it is abridged... i think that they need to do an unabridged version of the book. i was really disappointed with the abridged version. Great audio book, but... This is a wonderful experience for an audio book, but it needs to be unabridged. I can't think of a reason to truncate this story. One other thing; I wish there was more detail in this book.

Critical Failures II: Fail Harder Audiobook by Robert Bevan

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robert Bevan) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:08:22 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Critical Failures II: Fail Harder Subtitle: Caverns and Creatures Book 2 Author: Robert Bevan Narrator: Jonathan Sleep Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Robert Bevan Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3720 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Finding themselves permanently stuck in this strange new world, the gang tries to make the best of it by finding the nearest tavern and getting shitfaced. The plan goes just fine until they lose Katherine and Chaz. They soon discover that they aren't the first players Mordred has sent to this world. Members Reviews: Low-brow nerd humor that I can't get enough of! Any additional comments? I can not wait for the next story to be released on audio. I'd consider buying the books if I knew how to read, but Jonathan Sleep's narration is half the fun. His delivery is perfect. I was laughing out loud listening to this title. Walking around laughing probably made me look a little crazy, good thing my tinfoil hat covers my headphones. Laughed out loud I have laughed out loud many times during this listening. For fans of light reading with a bunch of dick and fart jokes while trying to make a life in unfamilar, yet very familiar territory , this series is for you. I have both read the book and grabbed the Audible version as soon as it came out, and I have to say; the narrator really brings this world to life. I can't wait for book 3 (which I have already read) to come out in audio . Clever Ok. So I decided to give this series one more try after my disappointment with book one and what a surprise, I really liked it! Book one turned me off with an overload of fart jokes and just basic disgustingness (is this a word?) After swearing I was done with the series, I used an extra credit to pick up book two and found a well written novel that was not afraid to include it's trademark fart jokes, but also a novel with a richly described world full of new characters that also came to be stuck in game due to Mordred. Suddenly the story is not only the exploration of this new world, but also how all the characters are going to work together to return to the real world. Give this one a try and you might be pleasantly surprised as well! Absolutely Fantastic. What was one of the most memorable moments of Critical Failures II: Fail Harder? Cooper, the Half-Orc, receives several magic enhancements to his physical strength in order to climb a large cliff and help their friend Stuart climb down more quickly. One of these buffs is a bardic song, so Chaz of course plays Eye of the Tiger on his lute. Effing classic. What does Jonathan Sleep bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? The voices he gives to these characters absolutely makes this piece. Some of the lines could be in danger of falling flat with a bad narrator, but Jonathan absolutely kills delivery on every joke in the book. If you're into gaming culture, you will be cracking up the entire time; guaranteed. If you could rename Critical Failures II: Fail Harder, what would you call it? Dungeons and Dickheads. Any additional comments? I listened to the whole thing in about two days. Jonathan Sleep is just fantastic with his voice acting, and Robert Bevan has a deep knowledge of D&D culture. The comedy in this book is astounding. The characters are incredibly vibrant and absolutely hilarious. I recommend it to everyone in my party. Was so happy to see book two out this book is awesome the story to the narration is fantastic .

NPCs Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:18:53 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: NPCs Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 09-23-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6818 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: What happens when the haggling is done and the shops are closed? When the quest has been given, the steeds saddled, and the adventurers are off to their next encounter? They keep the world running, the food cooked, and the horses shoed, yet what adventurer has ever spared a thought or concern for the Non-Player Characters?In the town of Maplebark, four such NPCs settle in for a night of actively ignoring the adventurers drinking in the tavern when things go quickly and fatally awry. Once the dust settles, these four find themselves faced with an impossible choice: pretend to be adventurers undertaking a task of near-certain death or see their town and loved ones destroyed. Armed only with salvaged equipment, second-hand knowledge, and a secret that could get them killed, it will take all manner of miracles if they hope to pull off their charade. And even if they succeed, the deadliest part of their journey may well be what awaits them at its end. Members Reviews: Enjoyable if you manage your expectations This book is written for a fairly narrow audience. 1) You must be fond of old school RPGs. Table top dice rolling is best, but something like a text-based MUD would be good, too. Me, I loved Gemstone III. 2) You must be able to laugh at yourself and your fellow players. 3) You must embrace the awkward phrasing that lots of players liked to use to create "character." Aye, 'tis true. 4) You must not be looking for anything deep or meaningful. This is a romp, and the author's tongue never comes fully out of his cheek. If meet these criteria, then enjoy! This book is for you! So so I'm a really big fan of Drew Hayes Fred the Vampire Accountant series. This book though failed to hit the mark for me. It was a bit shorter than I'm used to but the story felt like it was dragging - and when the viewpoint switches it's extremely hard to follow. This happens a lot. I often found myself losing track of what was going on. The narrator performance was pretty good. I can't tell though if there are contextual clues he missed out on passing on. It has some interesting ideas, some cool characters, and such. But I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who didn't really really really like his style. I'm tempted to get the 2nd book in this series (it seems to be a trilogy) but I'm a bit on the fence. My time would probably be better spent on a different series. Charming and Cute Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? If you're a gamer, you may appreciate the meta-ness Hayes offers. Without giving away too much, NPCs takes some of the conventions and tropes of tabletop roleplaying and applies them to a world, treating them more seriously than Order of the Stick does - while still keeping a fairly light tone. The story isn't grand or revolutionary, the characters aren't gripping, but the story still has its own charm and the prose is both readable and has a welcoming feel to it. There are three real action sequences in the book and the first two do get a bit long, because they are told from multiple characters doing their own thing on the battlefield. That said, this point didn't grow too onerous.

Go the F--k to Sleep Audiobook by Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (cover illustration)

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Adam Mansbach) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:24:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Go the F--k to Sleep Author: Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (cover illustration) Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson Format: Unabridged Length: 6 mins Language: English Release date: 06-14-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16944 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep. Go the F--k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes dont always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbachs profane, affectionate, and radically honest verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, he opens up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity. Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the F**k to Sleep is a book for parents new, old, and expectant. Due to its explicit language, you probably should not play it for your children. Feel free to share the link to this page with tired parents and other people who could use a good swear and a laugh. Critic Reviews: "Total genius." (Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, father of two) "A children's book for grown-ups! I really did laugh out loud - hilarious!" (David Byrne, musician, father of one) "Finally, someone tells it like it really is. This is no-guilt funny and a godsend!" (Cristina Garcia, author of The Lady Matador's Hotel, mother of one) "The viral phenomenon comes to audio in this clever adaptation of Mansbach's "children's book for adults." NOT a family-friendly listen, this audio will have you giggling and looking around to see if anyone else heard what just came through the speakers. Samuel L. Jackson, known for his foul-mouthed onscreen characters to begin with, is a perfect choice for such a lovingly irreverent audiobook. The desperation in his voice rises as the child, who is the object of the parental pleading, refuses to cooperate. By the end, both seasoned and expectant parents will be alternating between laughing and cringing at the exasperation in Jackson's tongue-in-cheek narration. The production begins with a casual introduction from Jackson, which appears to act as an apology for what's to come, as if Jackson (and author, producers, etc.) wants to assure the listener not to worrydespite everything, we DO love our children very much. Even when they refuse to go the f--k to sleep." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: Hilarious Any parent with a shred of a sense of humor will find this book to be a veritable hoot. Being narrated by Sam Jackson; priceless. Read the F--king REVIEW! Before I heard Samuel L. Jackson read this post-modern self-help book in his deep, authoritative, GOD-like voice, I had: restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea, delayed sleep phase syndrome, parasomnias, night terrors, nocturia, caffeine induced insomnia and somniphobia. After listening to this self-help book, I turned over, told my leg to "chill out motherf--ker" and went the f--k to sleep. The perfect narrator for this book! I don't think there could be a better narrator for this book, and Samuel L. Jackson does an excellent job! Perfect for anyone who has ever had children. I always knew about Audible and thought "someday I would get an account". The idea of this book read by this narrator pushed me over the edge.

China Rich Girlfriend Audiobook by Kevin Kwan

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kevin Kwan) — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:23:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: China Rich Girlfriend Subtitle: A Novel Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Lydia Look Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 06-16-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1122 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Kevin Kwan, best-selling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birth father. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: A shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile Singapore's It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China rich. Critic Reviews: "Lydia Look is an expert narrator of this hyperbolic story of billionaires in Asia. She distinguishes between the dizzying, mostly female, cast of characters, juggling middle-aged mothers and young brides as well as bored young men." ( AudioFile) Members Reviews: Rachel Reduced to a Gawking Twit What did you like best about this story? I enjoyed the book but was so disappointed that Rachel has been reduced to a gawking twit - standing around and saying "wowie" to whatever spectacle is in front of her. She was such a well developed character in the first book that this is a real shame. The author uses her almost entirely as a device to represent the reader's awe in the face material excess. I think the narrator exacerbates this in her interpretation of Rachel. She reads her like a teenage voice rather than an adult woman. Lydia Look does an amazing job with all of the other characters so this is just a bad choice because otherwise she is a phenomenal narrator. All that being said I would read through whatever it takes to get to Astrid - what a great character. Looking forward to the next installation! Fun Story. Discontinuity of narrators. I enjoyed the book. Not as fun as the first book. I was disappointed that a new narrator was used. She did a great job, but hearing the characters voices with different accents and intonations than I became familiar with during the first book made it hard for me to become engaged with the audiobook for the first half. Narrator ruins it Any additional comments? I enjoyed the first book. It was fun with a heart. I was looking forward to this new story with some of the characters I'd been so amuzed by last time, but this narrator ruined it. I honestly couldn't listen to it. Her accents were a joke. The British accents sounded like my 12 yr old niece doing a British accent, and the Chinese accents sounded Indian.

The Lilac Bouquet Audiobook by Carolyn Brown

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carolyn Brown) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:47:10 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Lilac Bouquet Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1489 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Come hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings aren't cheap. So she accepts a highly lucrative stint as a home health assistant to retired realtor, and town recluse, Seth Thomas - a decision her great-grandmother Tandy is dead-set against. Seth isn't happy about it, either. The eighty-two-year-old doesn't want a "babysitter" - much less a Massey - something he makes clear when Emmy arrives at his house, an empty mansion built for the woman who broke his heart. But as Emmy stays and the two eventually open up to each other, she learns the reason behind a feud between Seth, Tandy, and Logan's grandfather Jesse Grady that goes back six decades. She also uncovers a secret that forever changes how she sees her past and her future... Members Reviews: I loved this book! Carolyn Brown is becoming one of my favorite authors. This story had me hooked from the first few minutes. Brittany Pressley did a terrific job with this book! Carolyn Brown has done it again! A feud lasting over decades is ended when one sweet person melts the hearts in a small Texas town. I love Carolyn Brown. She has a tue gift for story telling. Be it a series or single standing. I await every story. Thank you Carolyn for every enjoyable moment Good story - iinteresting and touching A story of a small town and big people. Emma Jo is working a special job to earn enough money for a big wedding. She wants to break the Massey family curse of women having children out of wedlock. Therefore, she wants to invite the entire town to her wedding so they will know for sure that she is married. During the period before her wedding Emma Jo is also trying to get to the bottom of the mystery of the feud between her grandmother, Tandy, the man Emma Jo works for, Seth, and her fiance's grandfather, Jessie. The characters are vivid and the story caught my attention from the very first. The narrator is good. The Lilac Bouquet I found this book in the Comedy section. The narrative throughout the book suggest a serious non-comical theme of a young woman whose goal it is to have big wedding so that she will be the first girl in her family to marry before having children. Her lifestyle does not support this goal. Only by God's grace does she attain it. There are other moral, or biblical, issues which are lightly addressed in the book but I found the constant contrast of the character constantly saying one thing and doing another a little confusing. The deliverance did not seem to be comical. Perhaps a satire? What an enduring story! I fell in love with the story from the beginning. I cried tears of joy at the end. Forgive others and yourself and live for today and sometimes you just have to let go of the past to do so!!! Please listen and enjoy.

The Authorities Audiobook by Scott Meyer

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Scott Meyer) — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:32:13 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Authorities Author: Scott Meyer Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 12-10-15 Publisher: Scott Meyer Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2979 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Sinclair Rutherford is a young Seattle cop with a taste for the finer things. Doing menial tasks and getting hassled by superiors he doesn't respect are definitely not "finer things". Good police work and bad luck lead him to crack a case that changes quickly from a career-making break into a high-profile humiliation when footage of his pursuit of the suspect - wildly inappropriate murder weapon in hand - becomes an Internet sensation. But the very publicity that has made Rutherford a laughing stock in the department lands him what could be the job opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to work with a team of eccentric experts, at the direction of a demanding but distracted billionaire. Together, they must solve the murder of a psychologist who specialized in the treatment of patients who give people "the creeps". There is no shortage of suspects. Members Reviews: If you liked Magic 2.0, get this book I devoured the Magic 2.0 books. I found them clever and at times laugh out loud funny. So I decided to pick this one up. I was not disappointed. The wit of the prior series was present and the characters were fun and well performed by the reader. The story is by no means earth shattering, but clever enough to hold my attention and definitely entertaining. Another fun book by Scott Meyer Scott Meyers books are great true to form this book is whimsical with fun dynamics between character. Solid writing without getting too wordy. I jVe enjoyed many of his books most of which have been narrated by Luke Daniels who does a great job portraying the kinds of characters that tend to be in Scotts books All the Authorities They Just Stand Around & Boast Scott Meyer is best known for his Magic 2.0 series, which just hit four entries in length, in which a computer file allows geeks who figure it out to travel through time. The Authorities was his first attempt at breaking out of that series. The good news is that the best elements of Magic 2.0 are applied here as well. The not so good news (but not too bad) is that the story doesn't quite measure up. The story: A geeky Seattle cop is recruited by a famous gazillionaire to be part of a team of private investigators who use modern technology to solve cases (and social networking to self-promote). When a high profile psychoanalyst is murdered, the team has to investigate his group therapy patients to identify the killer, using their Bond-like tech and razor sharp wit to outwit the various and sundry crazies. This idea of a super-wealthy tech guru getting involved in policing did not fly well in the recent Fox TV show APB, canceled after one partial season (although this book was written before the show). On the other hand, the idea of looking a members of a therapy group did work well in Gregg Hurwitz's Tell No Lies (although without the humorous element). But the story is secondary for Meyer. His strength is creating a group of characters who banter back and forth as humorously as possible. As the title of my review says (a line from a Dylan song), The Authorities often just stand around and boast. This works especially well in audio with Luke Daniels narrating (not taking his voices too far over the top as in Magic 2.0). Still, a stronger story would've elevated the proceedings immeasurably. Laugh out loud awkward detective work. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Yes.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Audiobook by Douglas Adams

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Douglas Adams) — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:27:23 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Author: Douglas Adams Narrator: Martin Freeman Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 09-22-06 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2758 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. Critic Reviews: "The looniest of the lot." (Time) "A madcap adventure...Adams' writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy." (United Press International) "The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings...Adams is irresistible." (The Boston Globe) Members Reviews: In love with the girl Only Duglas could make me fall in love with a girl named Fenchurch. Thank you and ... We are sorry for the inconvenience. ... Loved this one the best out of the 6 Would you listen to So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish again? Why? Have listened to it several times already!!!! Favorite of the 6 Hitch hiker books!!! Hitchhiker is just plain fun Hitchhiker is just plain fun. I loved the series when i was young. I read it in college, and again in Med school, and again when i started reading for pleasure again, and now I am going to listen to them all. I cannot wait. I just wish Douglas was alive for more, but I am about to read Coffer's installment (or try) for a 6th book in the series. Missing Adams' classic narration, but still great. I grew up with the audiocassettes of the entire Hitchhiker's series, and loved Doug Adams narration. The story on this one is still one of my favorites of the series, but i do kind of miss the voice delivering the lines that i somehow still know by heart. Biased review, old fan. What can I say? You either love Douglas Adams or you have lived as an illiterate hermit with no exposure to books or humour for your entire life. Its like a SFW-version of the Monty Pythons Flying Circus and with more coherency. I mean I love Monty Python but sometimes you basically had to be one of them to get the joke. And having his old buddy Stephen Fry narrate the story is like a dream come true. To me its what Pride and Prejudice is to others. This is the one I come back to to re-read and Id bring anything from Douglas Adams to a lonely island. British sci-fi at its best.

Split the Party Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 04:06:18 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Split the Party Subtitle: Spells, Swords, & Stealth Series #2 Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-08-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3294 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Fleeing from a vengeful king has sent the former NPCs across Solium's borders, into the kingdom of Alcatham. As wanted fugitives, they head to the small farming village of Briarwillow, hoping to blend in, lay low, and avoid trouble at all costs. Unfortunately, Briarwillow has problems all its own, and its troubles quickly become theirs. If they hope to survive long enough to escape, they'll have to tackle an all-but-forgotten mystery buried at the town's border as well as seek the wisdom of a mysterious group of mages. With time, magic, and at least one god against them, it will take everything they've got to save Briarwillow - and themselves. Members Reviews: Great follow up! Things about this 2nd-of series I liked: the story was interesting, and full of twists. The characters we liked from before have returned. Timiscore grows. New characters add fun. Potential for further great adventures is secured. Things I didn't like: they swear a lot more in this one. (Is that because they're "adventurers" now and must use their unique vernacular?) Also, the narrator seems to have forgotten the voice he established for Grumble in book one. Too bad, 'cause it was so fitting. Looking forward to another! Classic RP -- from the NPC point of view This is the sequel to NPC. It follows up on the first book with a classic rpg situation -- what happens when you split the party. Of course, there is also the puzzlement of the gamers who are also playing in this world as their module seems to keep...well, changing. If you love, camp, funny references to rpg classic situations along with a fine yarn that moves along with a lot of action and just teensiest hint of romance at the end, then you will love this book. Roger Wayne's performance is a perfect imitation of a GM's story telling style, lending a little added verisimilitude to an already great story. Amazing This was an amazing and fun book. Somehow capturing the innocence and power of the first one and building complexity into characters I've come to love. A fun enjoyable book with a great narrator. Can't wait for next one. D & D players will love it very interesting story that continues through the series. But still a story contained in each episode. I really feel like you do need to be a D&D player to enjoy the book as much of it is based on knowing the game and having those types of experiences. Wow! Fantastic exploration of the various character classes! This is perhaps THE most impressive book I've ever read on the nature of the various character classes in D&D / Pathfinder / etc. The true essence of paladins, wizards, barbarians, and rogues are beautifully demonstrated through the characters of Thistle & Timmascor, Grumph, Gabriel, and Eric. This is a must-read book, IMHO, for any fantasy gamer, from Newb to Old timer. Just make sure to read the 1st book first (called NPCs).

Meddling Kids Audiobook by Edgar Cantero

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Edgar Cantero) — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:28:18 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Meddling Kids Subtitle: A Novel Author: Edgar Cantero Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 07-11-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 523 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: With raucous humor and brilliantly orchestrated mayhem, Meddling Kids subverts teen detective archetypes like the Hardy Boys, the Famous Five, and Scooby-Doo and delivers an exuberant and wickedly entertaining celebration of horror, love, friendship, and many-tentacled, interdimensional demon spawn. Summer 1977. The Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in Oregon's Zoinx River Valley) solved their final mystery and unmasked the elusive Sleepy Lake monster - another low-life fortune hunter trying to get his dirty hands on the legendary riches hidden in Deboën Mansion. And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids. In 1990, the former detectives have grown up and apart, each haunted by disturbing memories of their final night in the old haunted house. There are too many strange, half-remembered encounters and events that cannot be dismissed or explained away by a guy in a mask. And Andy, the once intrepid tomboy now wanted in two states, is tired of running from her demons. She needs answers. To find them she will need Kerri, the onetime kid genius and budding biologist, now drinking her ghosts away in New York with Tim, an excitable Weimaraner descended from the original canine member of the club. They will also have to get Nate, the horror nerd currently residing in an asylum in Arkham, Massachusetts. Luckily Nate has not lost contact with Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star who was once their team leader...which is remarkable, considering Peter has been dead for years. The time has come to get the team back together, face their fears, and find out what actually happened all those years ago at Sleepy Lake. It's their only chance to end the nightmares and, perhaps, save the world. A nostalgic and subversive trip rife with sly nods to H. P. Lovecraft and pop culture, Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids is a strikingly original and dazzling reminder of the fun and adventure we can discover at the heart of our favorite stories, no matter how old we get. Critic Reviews: "Cantero (The Supernatural Enhancements) will win readers' hearts with this goofy, smart love letter to childhood adventure and enduring friendship.... The prose is fast and funny, and the quirky, lovable characters are absolutely irresistible." (Publishers Weekly) "Cantero's imagination is vivid, and the story, once it gains speed, continues at a breakneck, roller-coaster pace. He plays with form and style, which makes for an enjoyable romp. Fans of modern takes on Lovecraft and those that are nostalgic for the cartoons of their childhood will like this novel, which is also a sure bet for your Stranger Things-themed display." (Booklist) "Deliriously wild, funny and imaginative. Cantero is an original voice." (Charles Yu, author of How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe) Members Reviews: Fun idea, mediocre execution. Pretentious use of language in a disparate number of voices. Reminded me of the over use of adjectives that one usually finds in high-school writing. The concept was good, but the author couldn't figure out whether this was a goofy satire or serious thriller.

Breakfast of Champions Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kurt Vonnegut) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:21:42 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Breakfast of Champions Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: John Malkovich Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1959 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, Best Male Narrator, 2016 Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions. His recurring cast of characters and American landscape was perhaps the most controversial of his canon; it was felt by many at the time to be a disappointing successor to Slaughterhouse-Five, which had made Vonnegut's literary reputation. The core of the novel is Kilgore Trout, a familiar character very deliberately modeled on the science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), a fact that Vonnegut conceded frequently in interviews and that was based upon his own occasional relationship with Sturgeon. Here Kilgore Trout is an itinerant wandering from one science fiction convention to another; he intersects with the protagonist, Dwayne Hoover (one of Vonnegut's typically boosterish, lost, and stupid mid-American characters), and their intersection is the excuse for the evocation of many others, familiar and unfamiliar, dredged from Vonnegut's gallery. The central issue is concerned with intersecting and apposite views of reality, and much of the narrative is filtered through Trout, who is neither certifiably insane nor a visionary writer but can pass for either depending upon Dwayne Hoover's (and Vonnegut's) view of the situation. America, when this novel was published, was in the throes of Nixon, Watergate, and the unraveling of our intervention in Vietnam; the nation was beginning to fragment ideologically and geographically, and Vonnegut sought to cram all of this dysfunction (and a goofy, desperate kind of hope, the irrational comfort given through the genre of science fiction) into a sprawling narrative whose sense, if any, is situational, not conceptual. Reviews were polarized; the novel was celebrated for its bizarre aspects and became the basis of a Bruce Willis movie adaptation whose reviews were not nearly so polarized. (Most critics hated it.) Editorial Reviews: Editors Select, June 2015 - There's a line in Amy Poehler's Yes Please where she says that 'teenage bodies should be filled with Vonnegut and meatball subs.' That was me. I devoured Vonnegut's unique voice; his genre blending; his irreverence; and, most of all, his dark humor. All of these things are on full display in Breakfast of Champions a book that, as the narrator deceptively points out at the start, is about the 'meeting of two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men on a planet which was dying fast,' but is actually so much more. John Malkovich's narration is a true masterstroke. The renowned actor's distinctive voice embodies the charm and menace implicit in Vonnegut's work, especially as the fourth wall crumbles and Vonnegut's omniscient narrator becomes a character in his own book. And so on. Members Reviews: Kurt Was Right to Grade This a C Breakfast of Champions was the first of Kurt Vonnegut's novels that I read upon its original publication. Like many others, I was introduced to KV via Slaughterhouse-5 and went back and read his entire back catalogue while awaiting his next title.

Razor Girl Audiobook by Carl Hiaasen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carl Hiaasen) — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:51:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Razor Girl Subtitle: A Novel Author: Carl Hiaasen Narrator: John Rubinstein Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2698 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad Monkey. When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield - the eponymous Razor Girl - and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose. There's Trebeaux, the owner of Sedimental Journeys - a company that steals sand from one beach to restore erosion on another...Dominick "Big Noogie" Aeola, a NYC mafia capo with a taste for tropic wear...Buck Nance, a Wisconsin accordionist who has rebranded himself as the star of a redneck reality show called Bayou Brethren...A street psycho known as Blister who's more Buck Nance than Buck could ever be...Brock Richardson, a Miami product-liability lawyer who's getting dangerously - and deformingly - hooked on the very ED product he's litigating against...And Andrew Yancy - formerly Detective Yancy, busted down to the Key West roach patrol after accosting his then-lover's husband with a DustBuster. Yancy believes that if he can singlehandedly solve a high-profile murder, he'll get his detective badge back. That the Razor Girl may be the key to Yancy's future will be as surprising as anything else he encounters along the way - including the giant Gambian rats that are livening up his restaurant inspections. Critic Reviews: "Rejoice, fans of American madness who've sought fulfillment in political reportage. South Florida's master farceur is back to reassure you that fiction is indeed stranger than truth.... [Hiaasen's] plotting is so fine-tuned that preposterous complications that would strain lesser novelists fit right into his antic world. Relax, enjoy, and marvel anew at the power of unbridled fictional invention." (Kirkus Reviews) "[An] immensely entertaining wild ride.... Merry Mansfield, the Razor Girl, is sharp, that's for sure, and one of the coolest characters Hiaasen has ever brought to the page.... This is the ultimate beach read for anyone with a taste for Hiaasen's skewed view of a Florida slouching toward Armageddon." (Jane Murphy, Booklist) "Breezy, enjoyable...fast-paced...readers will be hoping that Yancy and the other quirky denizens of Hiaasen's Florida will soon be back for another screwball adventure." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Best book this year! If you like Hiaasen or liked Bad Monkey - Stop reading reviews and just read the book. This is written for those with a dark sense of humor and a guilty pleasure for the news of the weird (or what we here in South Florida refer to as the 6:00 local news). Hiaasen hits it out of the ball park again with an insane bunch of characters, each equal parts loathsome and loveable. It was a delight to have Yancy, our hero from Bad Monkey, back. The star of the show though is Merry. The two of them - him trying to salvage his police career and her penchant for petty crime - would make a great series, but thats wishful thinking. Like his other books, this isn't just a wild crime novel, it's a hidden editorial on popular culture and environmental stewardship or lack thereof.

Swamp Team 3 Audiobook by Jana DeLeon

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Jana DeLeon) — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:21:03 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Swamp Team 3 Subtitle: A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 4 Author: Jana DeLeon Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1184 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Jana DeLeon, a new installment in her best-selling Miss Fortune series. What's a little arson between friends? Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana, dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter Trahan, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small bayou town, someone sets her friend Ally's house on fire. Carter, who'd just started pursuing Fortune on a personal basis, goes back into cop mode and admonishes her to stay out of his investigation. This time, he swears, he won't issue any warning before arresting her. But with her friend's safety hanging in the balance, Fortune can't resist taking matters into her own hands and calls on her partners in crime fighting, Ida Belle and Gertie, to help. This is a mission for Swamp Team 3. Members Reviews: One of the best series I have ever read Would you listen to Swamp Team 3 again? Why? This series is captivating, fun, and provides an exceptional listening experience. What did you like best about this story? The characters are superbly developed, their personalities well defined, and the mystery is always at the heart of the story What does Cassandra Campbell bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Cassandra Campbell is by far the best narrator of any book I have purchased on Audible. Her inflection, different voices, and understanding of each individual character are unmistakably deep. Who was the most memorable character of Swamp Team 3 and why? Fortune, Idabel, Gertie, and Carter make for great characters as well as the unmistakable charm of Ally. These characters are discussed in a way you would discuss old friends. Any additional comments? I know this book series is about strong women and was developed for women. But as a 45 year old father of three, married for 26 years, I find this book series to be amazing. It is hard to put down and I am chewing through these books ate rate of 2 per week. I have even upgraded my membership just so I can get more of them. I will be extremely disappointed when the series is over. Trust me, this series is a fantastic read for men too. Busy month This one was different from the rest in the series and it's a welcome deviation. First we get to know more about Ally and get a lot more of Carter (wink, wink). It's just hard to believe that 4 books into the series and really only a month has gone by inteh lives of these quirky characters. Need to work on Cajun pronunciation. Hebert is pronounced. "A-bear" not He Bert LeBlanc is pronounced "La-Bla" not la blank Fantastic series Any additional comments? Don't miss this series - start from the first book to build on the characters and situations. These people become family. And the stories grip you from the beginning to the end. What a fantastic series! Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Yes! Yes! Yes! It's THAT good! What other book might you compare Swamp Team 3 to and why? They are all perfect.

Black Hat Audiobook by Domino Finn

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Domino Finn) — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 04:23:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Black Hat Subtitle: Afterlife Online, Book 2 Author: Domino Finn Narrator: Justin James Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-01-17 Publisher: Blood & Treasure Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 140 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Lifes a grind. Living in a virtual game world sounds like the ultimate dream. Plenty of action, intrigue, and guess who gets to be the big hero? But what happens when that digital reality gets flipped on its head? Bad guys are after your sweet loot, your fancy title is loaded with unrealistic expectations, and achieving such a high level comes with a big fat target on your back. It isnt long before Talon and company learn that, in an MMO, the daily grind is a literal fact of life. Something has to give, so when a new crusader faction rolls into town, Talon senses an opportunity. Not just to get out of Dodge, but to navigate unforgiving terrain to the edge of the world where he can make a difference. Have a real impact. Be a real hero. The catch? An awakened dragon, a city of cutthroats, and a mystical executioner with a sharpened axe to grind. Welcome to the first of a few very long days. Members Reviews: So much better Every complaint I had about the first book is fixed this time around. I connected more to the characters and I loved watching the world expand. Once again, the narrator was amazing, and even if you don't pick up this book you should look into other books he's narrated. If you like this kind of book, it's worth the credit. indecision in this book the main character is racked it indecision and lack of willpower. it effectively disempowers him until the very end and even then it just reverses the power dynamic without got thoughts, reasoning, or build up in character development. like a light switch he goes from being useless to useful. overall felt like a big change from the first book.

Undeath and Taxes Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:41:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Undeath and Taxes Subtitle: Fred, the Vampire Accountant Series #2 Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 10-06-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1805 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected - he became a certified parahuman accountant. Myths and legends, as it turns out, are not so great at taking appropriate deductions and keeping their receipts, and Fred is more than happy to return to a life others view as woefully dull, expanding his accounting business to cater to various monsters and their respective financial needs. Said monsters are, unfortunately, still spectacular at pulling Fred into trouble, though. And despite merely wanting to stick with simple paperwork, Fred once again finds that he is going to have to deal with enchanted weaponry, government agents, possessed houses, and one enigmatic dragon's interest. In the parahuman world, any business can turn deadly, even one as mundane as accounting. Members Reviews: Enjoyable, novel, creative, and fun If you read enough fantasy, it starts to get repetitive. This series completely shakes up the standard formula while creating loveable characters, and situations that had me stuck in my car in a fit of giggles. The book is made up of several short stories, but I never found this to be an issue. I have been pushing this book on everyone I know. You would have to be some sort of serious grumpy pants to not enjoy Fred's extraordinary normal way of problem solving in the supernatural world. Fearless Fred strikes again Have you listened to any of Kirby Heybornes other performances before? How does this one compare? Kirby Heyborne has the perfect voice to be Fred, it's completely how I would imagine it in real life, and Any additional comments? I thought this was a lighthearted easy listen. You get to enjoy a new perspective on being a vampire that is less scandalized then the usual way they are portrayed. The only problem that I really had with this story, was that each story started by reiterating the same information (i.e. how he's now a vampire, and an accountant). This allows each story to stand alone, but is slightly less appealing when listening to them all consecutively. Getting better all the time Would you consider the audio edition of Undeath and Taxes to be better than the print version? yes because my faimly can enjoy it together What was one of the most memorable moments of Undeath and Taxes? the house charlotte What does Kirby Heyborne bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? enjoyment of the book,and the voicing of the characters brings them to life Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? both Any additional comments? want more of this world three books are not enough Monstrous fun. Better than the first. The character's are still great, and the story telling is better. The subtle humor is always fun. i love this series if you are reading this as a review of a stand alone book, well it's funny, it's cute, it's fun to listen to, and the narration is perfect for the main character. but don't miss the first book. they are all like that.

My Ride Is a Bitch Audiobook by Michael Anderle

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Michael Anderle) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:20:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Ride Is a Bitch Subtitle: The Kurtherian Gambit, Book 13 Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Emily Beresford Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: LMBPN Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 193 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: It's out there, it's always been out there - just no one believed it. Governments, black ops, rich businessmen.... All want alien tech, and some are going to great lengths, illegal lengths, to procure it. Someone went so far as to endanger a young girls family. A young girl who wrote a letter to the Queen Bitch. Now, those that are searching for the technology will have to deal with TQB. If there is one thing that will get Bethany Anne's attention... it's mistreating the defenseless. Bethany Anne tries to stay out of the world's business, but they just keep doing stupid stuff.... Sucks to be them. Members Reviews: Advances the series but not much of a story I realize these books are more like a serialized novel than standalone books. Still, I would like to have some kind of a story that reaches a conclusion at the end of the book. This book advances the overall series but doesn't have a satisfying storyline. Emily does a pretty good job again but it bugs me when a word is mispronounced. Nothing new This one was just a bunch of little encounters. No big enemy. Pretty much leaves us in the same spot as at the end of the last book. A good continuation Would you consider the audio edition of My Ride Is a Bitch to be better than the print version? The whole storyline is good I love it but the whole military culture of it is starting to get on my nerves. Fun series that is a credit drain Is there anything you would change about this book? Make books longer. Combine books. Books 12 and 13 should have been one book. My guess is book 14 could be as well. This has happened all through the series. Feels like a money grab. Enough with the filler at the end of every book. I don't care what Emily has to say. Don't get me wrong the series is a fun listen but come on..... Also why release a million spin-off series on audible when the main series hasn't been fully released? Action, Action, Action!!! Book 13 is packed full of action on multiple fronts. A new threat emerges with alien like technology; a discovery of an ancient race; and greedy humans spark action from TQB. Also, it seems TQB may have a leak with some of the information shared with hostiles. My only disappointment is that 7 hours went by way to fast listening to the story and now I have to wait another month for book 14. The narrator did a great job!

Bloody Acquisitions Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 22:02:14 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bloody Acquisitions Subtitle: Fred, the Vampire Accountant, Book 3 Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1496 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred's undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was. Unfortunately it also seems that he's no longer the only vampire to appreciate the up-and-coming city of Winslow, Colorado. A new clan of vampires is moving in, and they aren't well known for tolerating outsiders in their territory. Now Fred must cope with the growing presence - and threat - of other vampires even as he struggles to keep up with his business' demands and make time for his friends. Between hidden parahuman towns, crazed vampire hunters, quarreling mages, and the world's least subtle spy, it will take all of Fred's wiles just to keep his head above water. And as the new clan sinks their fangs deeper and deeper into his city, the undead accountant is faced with a choice between two equally unappealing options: flee his home or stand against an entire clan of fellow vampires. Members Reviews: God I Love This Series Would you consider the audio edition of Bloody Acquisitions to be better than the print version? Yes. What other book might you compare Bloody Acquisitions to and why? Indexing by Seanan McGuire. They both have a season-of-a-series-rather-than-a-book-feel. What does Kirby Heyborne bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? He is able to bring the characters to life in a way that the print version is just not able to. In movies their are the "safe characters" the kind that are simple yet very fascinating that most actors can play and almost no can say they did a bad job. Then their are actors who can take the stupidest, blandest and/or boring character/s and make the most enjoyable character/s of the entire movie. And finally you have those rare times when one of those great actors portrays one of those "safe characters" and you get one of most compelling performances of all time. This is the audible equivalent of those kind of performances. Any additional comments? I have said before and I'll say it again. This is one of my favorite series of all time. I really can't say anymore than buy it, you won't regret it. how to make boring in to fun this book and ita prequels are all great. the only down side is that its only the third book. the story of Fred needs more books and it would be fun to know more about the extended universe this book exist in. also the narator is perfect for this bool. 5 stars all around. Fearless Fred strikes again What about Kirby Heybornes performance did you like? Kirby Heyborne has the perfect voice to be Fred, it's completely how I would imagine it in real life. Any additional comments? I thought this was a lighthearted easy listen. You get to enjoy a new perspective on being a vampire that is less scandalized then the usual way they are portrayed. The only problem that I really had with this story, was that each story started by reiterating the same information (i.e. how he's now a vampire, and an accountant). This allows each story to stand alone, but is slightly less appealing when listening to them all consecutively. A masterful listen The third book in the Fred, vampire accountant series is another great addition to the series. The book is well written and I love how the author mixes in action, humor and storytelling.

Nine Women, One Dress Audiobook by Jane L. Rosen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Jane L. Rosen) — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:07:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nine Women, One Dress Subtitle: A Novel Author: Jane L. Rosen Narrator: full cast Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 07-12-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1240 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A charming, hilarious, irresistible romp of a novel that brings together nine unrelated women, each touched by the same little black dress that weaves through their lives, bringing a little magic with it. Natalie is a Bloomingdale's salesgirl mooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend, who's engaged to someone else after just two months. Felicia has been quietly in love with her boss for 17 years and has one night to finally make the feeling mutual. Andie is a private detective who specializes in gathering evidence on cheating husbands - a skill she unfortunately learned from her own life - and lands a case that may restore her faith in true love. For these three women, as well as half a dozen others in sparkling supporting roles - a young model fresh from rural Alabama; a diva Hollywood star making her Broadway debut; and an overachieving, unemployed Brown grad who starts faking a fabulous life on social media, to name just a few - everything is about to change thanks to the dress of the season, the perfect little black number everyone wants to get their hands on.... Cast of narrators: Critic Reviews: "In her warm and witty debut novel, Jane L. Rosen writes a love letter to New York City and the tapestry of women who come here with high hopes and big dreams. A little black dress hasn't gotten this much attention since Breakfast at Tiffany's. Whether you're in a stylish sheath or your flannel pajamas, this book will make you feel like a million bucks." (Katie Couric) "Sweet, delicious, the perfect summer read about the perfect black dress." (Jo Piazza and Lucy Sykes, authors of The Knockoff) Members Reviews: A perfect fit for fans of "Love, Actually." It's a delight! If you are a fan of "Love, Actually," you will love the storytelling style of this sweet, funny, delightful book--wonderfully performed by an ensemble cast. I have listened to so many audiobooks but this is the first time I've taken the time to write a review. That's how much I enjoyed it. I listened on a recent road trip and would recommend this book to anyone who needs a lift or a laugh. Nine Women, One Dress is a perfect fit. The Life-changing "Little Black Dress" Loved it ! This was just so much fun, great character vignettes, romance, and the all-important little black dress. If you love fashion this is a perfect, quick listen. All the narrators were great. I loved this book! I thought this book would be just a fun summer read, which it was, but it was so much more. The characters had depth, and the performances were fantastic. Great Narration I felt like I was listening to a play. The usual one, maybe two narrators was replaced by a cast in this book. They were wonderful. The story was enjoyable, and a fun ode to NYC. I loved that all of the story lines came together. Perhaps that made it more of a fantasy than a plausible story, but what's wrong with that? Nine Women, One Dress is a delight, and a fun summer listen! I wonder if anyone's got dibs on the movie rights yet... Just do it I could not stop listening to this amazing story! So wonderfully narrated and heartwarming story!

Mrs. Fletcher Audiobook by Tom Perrotta

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tom Perrotta) — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:08:48 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mrs. Fletcher Author: Tom Perrotta Narrator: Finn Wittrock, Carrie Coon Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 796 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From one of the most popular and best-selling authors of our time, a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the front lines of America's culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A 46-year-old divorcée whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her all-too-placid life - serving as executive director of the local senior center by day and taking a community college course on gender and society at night - Eve can't curtail her own interest in a porn website called MILFateria.com, which features the erotic exploits of ordinary middle-aged women like herself. Before long, Eve's online fixations begin to spill over into real life, revealing new romantic possibilities that threaten to upend her quiet suburban existence. Meanwhile, miles away at the state college, Eve's son, Brendan - a jock and aspiring frat boy - discovers that his new campus isn't nearly as welcoming to his hard-partying lifestyle as he had imagined. Only a few weeks into his freshman year, Brendan is floundering in a college environment that challenges his white-dude privilege and shames him for his outmoded, chauvinistic ideas of sex. As the New England autumn turns cold, both mother and son find themselves enmeshed in morally fraught situations that come to a head on one fateful November night. Sharp, witty, and provocative, Mrs. Fletcher is a timeless examination of sexuality, identity, parenthood, and the big clarifying mistakes people can make when they're no longer sure of who they are or where they belong. Members Reviews: Mrs. Dalloway Something about this calls to mind a modern Mrs. Dalloway, with other characters' perspectives thrown in. I liked it and listened compulsively, though I can't quite say why it grabbed me. Excellent voice performances. I'd give the story a 3.7. I haven't had time to digest fully, but I'm not sure if I'd recommend it, or to whom. This'll keep me thinking for a bit. Strong characters but ridiculous plot The characters were well developed and had strong voices. But I found the plot both ridiculous and a little boring. I don't regret listening to this but I am glad it's over. A very good book if you let it open up to you This author has often skirted greatness, not always making it but coming very close. This was a heartwarming during a story that spoke to me on many levels although it's in the times the author was trying to be a little tongue-in-cheek I don't think he's really ready for that yet. Give the book time let her talk to you and at the end it's worth the reward you will receiveo Junk A book written by a man who is fantasizing about women. I doubt much of it will relate to women. Worst book I've ever forced myself through Vapid, ridiculous, predictable. Truly awful. I kept going figuring something interesting was about to happen. Alas, it never did.

Notorious Nineteen Audiobook by Janet Evanovich

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Janet Evanovich) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:43:38 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Notorious Nineteen Subtitle: A Stephanie Plum Novel Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-12 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2888 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Number-one best-selling author Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels are: "irresistible" (Houston Chronicle), "stunning" (Booklist), "outrageous" (Publishers Weekly), "brilliantly evocative" (The Denver Post), and "making trouble and winning hearts" (USA Today). New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don't just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don't do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track down the con man. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape...or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff's lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it's hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case. The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money - or maybe just desperate - Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again - a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid's dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone.... Or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she'll have to remember: No guts, no glory. Members Reviews: Yawn. This same story line over and over again, with no resolution on Joe and Ranger, is geting very old and boring. The author is taking us for granted - and for idiots. I will give her one more book to breathe some life into the Stephanie series (which was wonderful in the earlier books). If she doesn't, I give up and will not go to #21. Stephanie should marry Joe, have children and juggle her immediate family, dog, grandma and dad, along with bounty hunting. "Aunt LuLu" could love the precocious kids. The kids could be smarter than Stephanie is and solve her mysteries for her - or anything except the same old "Joe is hot", "Ranger is hot", "my car blew up" etc. There are certainly funny parts to this book, but that's about all it is - a few funny parts wrapped up in the same old story line. To make it even worse, the Joe I grew to know and love is getting very little attention and is becoming plain vanilla. Come on author. I know you made a lot of money already and are not too interested in writing great books, but either liven up this series or put it to bed. Tedious Formulaic with same-old same-old I have listened to all 19 of the Stephanie Plum novels.

The Pursuit Audiobook by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Janet Evanovich) — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:13:40 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pursuit Subtitle: A Fox and O'Hare Novel, Book 5 Author: Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 06-21-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1719 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, writer for the Monk television show, team up once again for the fifth book in their rollicking, New York Times best-selling Fox and O'Hare series! Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top 10 fugitives on the FBI's most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beachfront retreat in Hawaii. What the kidnapper doesn't know is that Nick Fox has been secretly working for the FBI. It isn't long before Nick's covert partner, Special Agent Kate O'Hare, is in hot pursuit of the crook who stole her con man. The trail leads to Belgium, France, and Italy and pits Nick and Kate against their deadliest adversary yet: Dragan Kovic, an ex-Serbian military officer. He's plotting a crime that will net him billions...and cost thousands of American lives. Nick and Kate have to mount the most daring, risky, and audacious con they've ever attempted to save a major US city from a catastrophe of epic proportions. Luckily they have the help of an eccentric out-of-work actor; a bandit who does his best work in the sewers; and Kate's dad, Jake. The pressure's on for Nick and Kate to make this work - even if they have to lay their lives on the line. Members Reviews: Fast, Funny, and Sexxxy This is one of my favorite in the series. The plot is fast paced. It doesn't have the overly complicated scams of the previous books, well, it's a complicated scenario but more interesting. The double and triple crossing was great. The characters, once again, are highly entertaining. This one had one scene with the secondary characters that made me laugh out loud. Plus, there's some bonus steamy scenes that add to the whole caper. I'd recommend it to fans of the series and new comers. Great addition to my Fox & O'Hare library! Evanovich and Goldberg have another winner! Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare are at it again, this time in Europe. FBI agent Kate O'Hare and her ex-military special forces soldier dad Jake get lots of father-daughter bonding time using explosives and big guns. Jake's addition to the crew a couple of novels back pays off again. The rest of the crew from California are also in on the con. Nick Fox remains the ultimate con man while running a con against a really evil Serbian con man and killer. I love this series. It is great fun. Having Scott Brick narrate these wonderful novels adds to the enjoyment. best one yet!! if you've listened to from the beginning of the series your going to love this one. great action and wonderful characters plus some of your favorites . love this series Robert's Review An other great book, a must have for your collection . It keeps you on the edge of your seat. The narrative is through the roof. GREAT JOB JANET!!! Can't wait for the next one. Fox and O'Hare Do it Again Where does The Pursuit rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? I go through a lot of audiobooks. A lot. I work a desk job that is fairly monotonous and if I didn't have books to listen to, my brain would melt. That said, of all the books I've listened to within the past few months (~20) I remember the details of this one much more than others.

The Knockoff Audiobook by Lucy Sykes, Jo Piazza

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Lucy Sykes) — Tue, 19 May 2015 15:43:50 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Knockoff Subtitle: A Novel Author: Lucy Sykes, Jo Piazza Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 05-19-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1579 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her 20-something former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the magazine, famous for its lavish 768-page September issue, into an app. When Imogen returns to work at Glossy after six months away, she can barely recognize her own magazine. Eve, fresh out of Harvard Business School, has fired "the gray hairs", put the managing editor in a supply closet, stopped using the landlines, and hired a bevy of manicured and questionably attired underlings who text and tweet their way through meetings. Imogen, darling of the fashion world, may have Alexander Wang and Diane von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she can't tell Facebook from Foursquare and once got her iPhone stuck in Japanese for two days. Under Eve's reign, Glossy is rapidly becoming a digital sweatshop - hackathons rage all night, girls who sleep get fired, and "fun" means mandatory, company-wide coordinated dances to Beyoncé. Wildly out of her depth, Imogen faces a choice - pack up her Smythson notebooks and quit or channel her inner geek and take on Eve to save both the magazine and her career. A glittering, uproarious, sharply drawn story filled with thinly veiled fashion personalities, The Knockoff is an insider's look at the ever-changing world of fashion and a fabulous romp for our Internet-addicted age. Critic Reviews: "Sykes and Piazza brilliantly satirize and skewer the freakiest aspects of today's changing fashion landscape with all its blogtastic insanity. Bravo girls!" (Simon Doonan, creative ambassador for Barneys New York and author of The Asylum: True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion) "This is what it's really like working at a glossy, New York fashion magazine. Makes The Devil Wears Prada look like My Little Pony." (Toby Young, best-selling author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ) "In the interest of full disclosure I must reveal that Lucy is my MUCH older twin (by over half an hour). So I am biased. But even if Lucy weren't my sister, I would still say that The Knockoff is a bang-on, absolutely of-the-moment, super-trendy, amazingly witty take on the world of online and magazine fashion. " (Plum Sykes, best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes) Members Reviews: Buy it Now! I loved this book! The narrator was fantastic, I felt like I was in the office with the ladies, stressing out and eating bird food! The story was engaging and touching, a coming of age saga with a techy twist. I can't believe I'm saying this but The Knockoff blew away The Devil Wears Prada. If you enjoyed the book or even the movie, you'll love this! Entertaining! I loved this book, couldn't wait to hear more. Kept you on the edge of your seat and perfectly described as a mix of The Devil wears Prada and Silicon Valley! Love love love Very entertaining I loved the story and the characters. The villainess was stereotypically bad, but in a very enjoyable way to detest. Fun listen! Give the narrator a chance. In my initial review of the book, which was hastily written after only listening to the book for an hour, I bashed the narrator for yelling the entire time and giving me a headache.

You Can't Spell America Without Me Audiobook by Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Alec Baldwin) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:00:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: You Can't Spell America Without Me Subtitle: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) Author: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen Narrator: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen, Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 92 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump's presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars and experts on greatness generally. "I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences and, what do you call them, paragraphs. My previous books were great and sold extremely, unbelievably well - even the ones by dishonest, disgusting so-called journalists. But those writers didn't understand Trump, because, quite frankly, they were major losers. People say if you want it done right you have to do it yourself, even when 'it' is a 'memoir'. So every word of this book was written by me, using a special advanced word processing system during the many, many nights I've been forced to stay alone in the White House - only me, just me, trust me, nobody helped. And it's all 100 percent true, so true - people are already saying it may be the truest book ever published. Enjoy." Until Donald Trump publishes the ultimate account of his entire four or eight or one and a half years in the White House, the definitive chronicle will be You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump. Trump was elected because he was the most frank presidential candidate in history, a man eager to tell the unvarnished truth about others' flaws and tout his own amazing excellence. Now he levels his refreshingly compulsive, un-PC candor at his landslide election victory as well as his role as commander in chief and leader of the free world. There are intimate, powerful, mind-boggling revelations throughout. You are there with him during his private encounters with world leaders, a few of whom he does not insult. You are there at the genius Oval Office strategy sessions with his advisers. You are there in his White House bedroom as he crafts the predawn Twitter pronouncements that rock the world. And, of course, you are there on the golf course as Trump attempts to manage the burdens of his office. President Trump explains each of the historic decisions that have already made America great again and how he always triumphs over the fake news media. You'll learn what he really thinks of his cabinet members and top aides not related to him, of the first lady and the first daughter and the additional three or four Trump children. You Can't Spell America Without Me is presented by America's foremost Trump scholar, Kurt Andersen, as well as America's foremost mediocre Trump impersonator, Alec Baldwin. Members Reviews: Not worth you money I love Alec. I've loved everyone of his books. This one was a waste of time. I was disappointed that about 1/2 through the he has someone Kurt narrate the book. I thought it would be funny. Nope, not at all. This book was a bad idea for me and for Alec. Great idea for a short read, not enough for a book The idea is cute, the narration is good--but there isn't enough here to sustain a full length book. After and hour or two, one can only be depressed and it is hard to go on. Baldwin plus others Alec Baldwin only reads about a third of the book, however, the other narrators are fine.

The Golden House Audiobook by Salman Rushdie

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Salman Rushdie) — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:12:05 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Golden House Subtitle: A Novel Author: Salman Rushdie Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 243 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture - a hurtling mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities. On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of "the Gardens", a cloistered community in New York's Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on 20 blocks; and D, at 22 the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife, at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king - a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens' world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down. Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie's triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention - a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age. Critic Reviews: "A ravishingly well-told, deeply knowledgeable, magnificently insightful, and righteously outraged epic which poses timeless questions about the human condition. Can a person be both good and evil? Is family destiny? Does the past always catch up to us? In a time of polarizing extremes, can we find common ground? Will despots and their supporters be forever with us? Will humankind ever learn? Can story and art enlighten us? As [Salman] Rushdie's blazing tale surges toward its crescendo, life, as it always has, rises stubbornly from the ashes, as does love." (Booklist ) "Where Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities sent up the go-go, me-me Reagan/Bush era, Rushdie's latest novel captures the existential uncertainties of the anxious Obama years.... A sort of Great Gatsby for our time: everyone is implicated, no one is innocent, and no one comes out unscathed." (Kirkus Reviews) Members Reviews: PERFECTION Beautifully written with narration that takes you to another place . Emotional, political, sad but still very satisfying. Highly recommend this experience. Amazing. Rushdie always has a way with words, and this narrator somehow manages to do 5 different accents. It was a true pleasure to listen to this. Superb An intellectual game of storytelling with loads of obscure literary, musical, and historical allusions. The narrator, a young New Yorker and would-be film writer-director becomes an intimate friend with a multigenerational family of extraordinarily wealthy immigrants from an undisclosed country.

Dangerous Minds Audiobook by Janet Evanovich

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Janet Evanovich) — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 04:15:18 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dangerous Minds Subtitle: A Knight and Moon Novel Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 839 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by New York Times best-selling author Janet Evanovich. Buddhist monk Wayan Bagus lost his island of solitude and wants to get it back. The island was about 200 miles northeast of Samoa. It had a mountain, beaches, a rainforest, and a volcano. And now it's gone. Poof! Vanished without a trace. Brilliant and boyishly charming, Emerson Knight likes nothing better than solving an unsolvable, improbable mystery. And finding a missing island is better than Christmas morning in the Knight household. When clues lead to a dark and sinister secret that is being guarded by the National Park Service, Emerson will need to assemble a crack team for help. Since a crack team isn't available, he enlists Riley Moon and his cousin Vernon. Riley Moon has a Harvard business degree and can shoot the eyes out of a grasshopper at 50 feet, but she can't figure out how to escape the vortex of Emerson Knight's odd life. Vernon has been Emerson's loyal and enthusiastic partner in crime since childhood. He now lives in an RV behind Emerson's house. Together this ragtag, mismatched trio will embark on a worldwide investigation that will expose a conspiracy 100 years in the making. Members Reviews: It was enjoyable. I relisten to Curious Minds before starting this. I still enjoyed the characters immensely however it had a Stephanie Plum feel in the 2nd book that the first one didn't particularly have. it was a lot of the same characters we see in the Plum books just different people playing the parts. It was a wonderful listen but I won't be so gung ho to listen/read the next one especially if it stays the same course, I may wait awhile but I will listen/read it. Please enjoy this book, it was a good, these were just my observations. ehhhh i didnt think it was horrible but it was a bit annoying. she could have done so much more with the story. Glad Lorelei King read it because I wouldn't have finished it. I love JE and her humor! Was really hoping that the Knight and Moon characters would really develop. It just didn't happen, especially Emerson. Stephanie Plum in Hawaii I enjoyed the story but with Lorelei King reading it the characters sound exactly like the Stepanie Plum books characters ( Vernon sounds like Lula and Riley sounds like Staphanie) and it was difficult to keep the book straight when I kept thinking of Lula & Stephanie. It would be a good idea to have different readers to ensure each series sounds like its own group of characters rather than all of the characters from all the series sounding alike. Could not get past a male Lula! I love ms King reading the Stephanie Plum books ...all of them. This one was disappointing because all the characters sounded to familiar and the story was not interesting or even plausible ..very disappointed!!

Club Dead Audiobook by Charlaine Harris

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Charlaine Harris) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:24:15 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Club Dead Subtitle: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #3 Author: Charlaine Harris Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 09-24-08 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5085 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: In this entry from Anthony Award-winner Charlaine Harris' New York Times best-selling series, the gorgeous and feisty telepath hits the road to find her missing boyfriend, who may have run off with his former lover - a notorious vamp. Listen to titles in the Sookie Stackhouse series. ©2003 Charlaine Harris; (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Members Reviews: Simply Fantastic I have read all of the first 8 books in the series, and am anxiously awaiting book 9 coming out in May. The author has stated she is currently writing book 10 so more Sookie to come. This books takes us on a new spin in Sookie's love life, but one that I can promise just keeps getting more and more exciting as each book moves forward. I recently started purchasing them on audio because my husband is interested in the story, but not to actually read it. This is one of my favorite in the series. If you are new to the Sookie Stackhouse series, begin with Dead Until Dark and continue on from there. Don't read/listen to them out of order or you will lose so much. There are also many short stories and novellas about Sookie in other books that Charlaine Harris has co-authored with other writers, so look for those as well! Eric is to die for... I'm up to book seven but so far this is my favorite, Eric- this vulnerable unabashed version makes you melt. I was looking for something to peak my interest after finishing the Twilight Saga, and the HBO series drew my to the author. Audio books in the past failed to hold my interest for too long, but the combination of great writing and an amazing narrator makes this series addictive. Another great Sookie book Charlaine Harris is really a great suspense writer in that there are quite a few twists and turns and I truly have a tough time putting them down. That in combination with the intrigue of Sookie's love life and where it might end keeps me wondering and wanting to read ahead. I personally am not too disappointed in the direction her love life is taking and in fact am hoping for the change. Make sure you start with the first book "Dead Until Dark" and continue on in the series as one takes place in time right after the other and the books would lose alot of their meaning and enjoyment without the history. Speaking of which, Book No. 4 is not available on Audio yet so I am having to actually READ the book before downloading Book 5. I love this series! Whether you've read this series in print or not this is an excellent series! I've read all the books and I still love to listen on Audio. This series is one of my favorites. Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Simply wonderful listening! The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries are an enjoyable new twist on supernatural fiction. Start with book one and go through all the sequels. I sure hope this author continues with this series!

Reincarnation Blues Audiobook by Michael Poore

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Michael Poore) — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:42:49 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Reincarnation Blues Subtitle: A Novel Author: Michael Poore Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-22-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 242 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over 10,000 lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself. First we live. Then we die. And then...we get another try? Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to "get it right". Answer all the big questions. Achieve wisdom. And become one with everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her. More than just Milo's lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living - as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he'll never have to leave her side again. But Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle - if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut's, Michael Poore's Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. Because it's more than Milo and Suzie's story. It's your story, too. Critic Reviews: "Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman's Sandman as penned by a kindred spirit of Douglas Adams." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Members Reviews: WAY more intense / disturbing than I expected Brilliant story and great, non-distracting narration. However, most of Milo's earth lives (particularly the future / dystopian ones) are extremely disturbing. I wasn't prepared for this based on the description or other reviews. I loved the concept, the message, the characters and the writing. But I also had nightmares. Read at your own risk. read it incredibly poignant at times, hilarious and creepy at others. Absolutely worth the short time it takes to read. REALLY REALLY GOOD BOOK!! I absolutely loved this book! So unique and well written. It was like hundreds of little stories in one big story, but all connected. It made my brain tingle. I highly recommend it. Second review This is the second review I've written in ten years and 500 titles from audible. This book moved me. It is beautiful, funny, realistic and fanciful at the same time. Simply wonderful. Unique view on life. This book was worth a credit for entertainment purposes and unique outlook of how life could possibly be. Was a fun read, but was sometimes frustrating to listen to at times, making me want to skip a few minutes from redundancy and obviouse foolishness. The characters where memorable and all unique. the world building and story lines where very well thought of and portrayed. The narrator did an excellent job and had a wide range of voices for each character which were easily decipherable and likeable. I would recommend this to anyone with an open mind that can appreciate a different perspective of life and spirit. I have no books that come to mind that I know are similar.

Neanderthal Seeks Human Audiobook by Penny Reid

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Penny Reid) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:48:42 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Neanderthal Seeks Human Subtitle: A Smart Romance, Knitting in the City, Volume 1 Author: Penny Reid Narrator: Jennifer Grace Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 06-25-14 Publisher: Penny Reid, Author Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1486 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan- aka Sir McHotpants- witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn - the focus of her slightly, albeit harmless, stalkerish tendencies - to make her an offer she can't refuse. Members Reviews: What am I missing?? Meh. *2.5 stars* I'm not trying to be Debbie Downer over here, but with all the hype with this story, I was just expecting... more. This book is described as a "smart romance," when in reality it is simply the typical trope of the billionaire/millionaire player guy with baggage who doesn't want to settle down for anyone but makes an exception for his special snowflake, who happens to be a naive, virgin-esk young girl. (aka, Fifty Shades of Grey) And Jane is too tall (!) with too big of a butt and boobs that are too big (!), but doesn't realize she is attractive at all... of course. I'm not saying that this book is bad, because it isn't, but it isn't anything out of the ordinary, even including putting a geeky, socially EXTREMELY unaware girl as the MC. I couldn't understand how she didn't pick up on her security guard (view spoiler). No one could be that dense, especially after the 100s of clues. My main issue is that this story dragged on and on. I listened as an audiobook, which was nicely narrated, and I felt like nothing happened! It is a loooong audiobook, over 14 hours, and I literally couldn't take it anymore at about 10 hours. It was too much, too much of a TSTL female MC and the bossy male MC that I've seen before. It felt like it needed to be edited down by 100 pages (or 4 hours) to be cohesive and well-paced, and it felt VERY self-pubbed to me. I guess I'm just not seeing what everyone else did. Sure, I enjoyed when Jane spouted some obscure facts and was entertained by her oddities, but that can only take a book so far. Could Not Stop Listening..... This is a really fun listen. On the surface this is a nerd-gets-hot-guy story, but Janie is not a typical nerd and the author does a good job making her character's insecurities believable and not annoying. Janie is a 26 year old, smart girl that is insecure and querky due to her background. She starts out having a bad day but meets Quinn, the good looking building security guard, that helps her land a new job. They develop a relationship despite Janie's insecurities, ex boyfriend issues and family dramas. There were parts of the story that were predictable (Janie not realizing Quinn's position in the company), but there is enough other stuff going on with the characters to keep me engaged and listening. I also enjoyed the humor of this story, I liked the eccentric trivia and Janie's internal dialogues. Over all this is a very solid contemporay romance/ chic-lit story and a highly enjoyable listen. I highly recommend this one - especially at $6 with the Whispersync. Smart Romance Says It All What did you love best about Neanderthal Seeks Human? I loved Janie's knowledge of random things and her curiosities -- robot companions was too funny because it was too random.

Today Will Be Different Audiobook by Maria Semple

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Maria Semple) — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:05:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Today Will Be Different Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 1047 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action - life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office - but not Eleanor - that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. Today Will Be Different is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Weird, but fascinating. This was a fun story to listen to, even if I have no idea what the point really was. The narrator made some choices for the characters that I think would have sounded much differently in my head if I were reading the book. Sometimes I think she made characters sound more shallow and crazy than the words sounded to me. There were also at least 3 three blatant mispronunciations of words. (Not faulting the narrator, but I always wonder how those sneak past editors and such.) Having said that, I did laugh out loud at some of it, especially her super-annoying portrayal of Timby. I swear that's how my kids sound on my worst days. And the things he said - so spot on for a typical kid in 2010s that I thought he might be my kids' classmate. All in all, interesting, entertaining, and weird. Great story but narration was hit and miss I love Maria Semple's previous books, and loved this one too. But this narrator! How do I describe her? At times she was brilliant, but at other times her performance really detracted from the story. The narrator's son Timby may have been a normal kid if I read the paper version, but instead his voice was a mix of whine and high-pitched nasally French horn. Kids don't sound like that! The poet in the story had a hokey southern accent despite the fact that the story was set in Seattle. A posh modern artist sounded like a 1940's Brooklyn gangster. And worst of all, a disabled man in a wheelchair was made to sound like he had an intellectual, rather than physical, disability. The narrator was often spectacular and I'm sure she is talented. Maybe the producer convinced her to use these exaggerated and frankly strange voices? In any case, I wish she hadn't. So disappointing - Bernadette fans will be sad Any additional comments? This is a ridiculous book, I adored Where'd you go Bernadette and this book does not compare. I found this boring and miserable to follow. Eleanor, the protagonist, is impossible to connect with. The writing is no where near the caliber of Where'd you go Bernadette. Also, this book is peppered with not so subtle propaganda.

QualityLand (Dunkle Edition) Hörbuch von Marc-Uwe Kling

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marc-Uwe Kling) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:15:02 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> Titel: QualityLand (Dunkle Edition) Autor:: Marc-Uwe Kling Erzähler: Marc-Uwe Kling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 26 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-22-17 Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 17 Stimmen Kategorien: Fiction, Humor Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Willkommen in QualityLand! In der Zukunft ist alles durch Algorithmen optimiert: QualityPartner weiß, wer am besten zu dir passt. Das selbstfahrende Auto weiß, wo du hinwillst. Und wer bei TheShop angemeldet ist, bekommt alle Produkte, die er bewusst oder unbewusst haben will, automatisch zugeschickt. Kein Mensch ist mehr gezwungen, schwierige Entscheidungen zu treffen - denn in QualityLand lautet die Antwort auf alle Fragen: o.k. Trotzdem beschleicht den Maschinenverschrotter Peter immer mehr das Gefühl, dass mit dem System etwas nicht stimmt. Warum gibt es Drohnen, die an Flugangst leiden, oder Kampfroboter mit posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung? Warum werden die Maschinen immer menschlicher, aber die Menschen immer maschineller? Marc-Uwe Kling hat die Verheißungen und das Unbehagen der digitalen Gegenwart zu einer verblüffenden Zukunftssatire verdichtet. Visionär, hintergründig - und so komisch wie die Känguru-Trilogie. Die dunkle und helle Ausgabe unterscheiden sich durch Empfehlungen/Nachrichten/Werbung, die zwischen den Kapiteln eingefügt sind und jeweils ein anderes Weltbild zeichnen. Hörer der dunklen Edition finden hier den Newsfeed der hellen Edition: qualityland.de/hell. Hörer der hellen Edition finden hier den Newsfeed der dunklen Edition: qualityland.de/dunkel Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Newsfeeds erst nach Veröffentlichung der beiden Editionen verfügbar sind. ©2017 Marc-Uwe Kling, Potsdam / Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg (P)2017 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg Mitglieder Bewertungen: etwas albern... ...aber einige Aspekte sund uerlegwnswert. hatte akkerdungs mehr erwartet. mehr Spannung, mehr Denkanstoss, mehr.... vin Vielwm.... Incredibly funny In German, but if you understand German I strongly recommend this book. Many many good laughs in this!

The Zombie Survival Guide Audiobook by Max Brooks

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Max Brooks) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:21:57 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Zombie Survival Guide Subtitle: Complete Protection from the Living Dead Author: Max Brooks Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-06 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1608 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack: 1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don't need reloading. 5. Ideal protection: tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. Don't be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset: life. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is an audiobook that can save your life. Critic Reviews: "One would expect the son of Mel Brooks to have a genetic predisposition to humor, and indeed, he does, and he exhibits it relentlessly here." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Amusing, but still terrifying This is a pretty good book to listen to you if you want some fictional info-tainment on zombies. The content is humorous, but it still inspires a feeling of panic and terror if such a thing were to actually happen. The first hour was lackluster, when it's describing the origins and physiology of zombies. However, it suprisingly gains momentum when it gets to the section on weapons, defense, terrain, etc... Though it's meant to be purely fictional, the ideas presented can still be used in other massive-disaster scenarios. The information is still useful even though it's centered around a zombie outbreak. I'd definately recommend this if you enjoyed World War Z. In addition, a good half of the book is similar to World War Z, as it tells the stories of survivors, but not as gripping and with as much detail as said book. It's done in a historical-drama, following zombie outbreaks from the 50,000 BC, ancient Rome, imperial China, all the way to the present, and how people in those time era and places thought of the zombies and how they fought them. It's ripe with intelligent, though fictional, tips and strategies. Not anyone could have just written this book. I really enjoyed it. I am now Zombie Proof Written much like a survival guide, this book gives instruction for eveything from a Zombie attack to Zombie's underwater, the best way to stop a Zombie, and how to avoid Zombie's altogether. I listened to this book on a very drive at night, I found myself really listening as if a Zombie were going to try to attack me at a rest stop! Never losing its seriousness, this book is an odd one. I liked it and still think of Zombie's showing up on the beach. Interesting topic, but not a good audiobook. I'm a big fan of anything zombie/zombie survival, so I really enjoyed the content of the book, but the whole 'guide' genre doesn't really lend itself to audiobook format. Skip this one and get World War Z by Max Brooks instead. A zombie hunter's best friend Want to know how to defend against radioactive zombies? This book covers that scenario. Want to know how to fight zombies underwater? This book covers that too. Want to know how to survive years, possibly decades, during the reign of the living dead? Once again, Max Brooks has your back.

Bucky F*cking Dent Audiobook by David Duchovny

biacuaduc@gmail.com (David Duchovny) — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:09:27 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bucky F*cking Dent Subtitle: A Novel Author: David Duchovny Narrator: David Duchovny Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 04-05-16 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 309 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From beloved actor and cultural icon David Duchovny comes a surreal and hilarious new audiobook. Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next great American novel, and spends the waning malaise-filled days of the Carter administration at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while slinging peanuts to pay the rent. When Ted hears the news that his estranged father, Marty, is dying of lung cancer, he immediately moves back into his childhood home, where a whirlwind of revelations ensues. The browbeating absentee father of his youth is living to make up for lost time, but his health dips drastically whenever his beloved Red Sox lose. And so, with help from a crew of neighborhood old-timers and the lovely Mariana - Marty's Nuyorican grief counselor - Ted orchestrates the illusion of a Sox winning streak, enabling Marty and the Red Sox to reverse the Curse of the Bambino and cruise their way to World Series victory. Well, sort of. David Duchovny's richly drawn Bucky F*cking Dent is a story of the bond between fathers and sons, Yankee fans and the Fenway faithful, and grapples with the urgent need to find our story in an age of irony and artifice. Culminating in that fateful moment in October of '78 when the meek Bucky Dent hit his way into baseball history with the unlikeliest of home runs, this tragicomic audiobook demonstrates that life truly belongs to the losers - that the long shots are the ones worth betting on. Bucky F*cking Dent is a singular tale that brims with the hilarity, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life. Critic Reviews: "Listeners will have no trouble discerning among curmudgeonly Marty, cynical Ted, and good-natured grief counselor Mariana. Nor will they lose interest in the character-driven tale while anticipating each witticism and relishing Duchovny's droll delivery. A highly recommended and essential addition to audio collections." - Booklist Members Reviews: David Fucking Duchovny I took a trip to Louisiana and bought the audiobook for my plane ride there. I have never been one for audiobooks, but listening to this book in David's voice--the way he wanted you to read the book; every pause, every sigh. The book itself is amazing. The story is honestly so pure and good. But listening to it in David's voice brings so much more to the story. Good job, David. Good job. A Home Run for Duchovny A great story of family, love, loss, promise, and wit. Duchovny tells a tale spanning the history of a lifetime, two lifetimes really, in what is at once poignant and unapologetically deadpan. Loved it! I especially love when the author reads his own book because it is the most pure rendering of what he intended. In this case Duchovny not only wrote an enjoyable novel, his reading made it even better for me. Damn David, nice f*cking job. Damn David, nice f*cking job. And here I thought you were just another pretty boy. Now I got to go call my dad. Keep swinging, you hit this one out of the park. Loved it! I loved the flawed and endearing characters. Knowing firsthand what losing a child feels like, I thought the author did a good job with the layers and colors of that emotion. Very strong performance by the author.

The Rules of Supervillainy Audiobook by C.T. Phipps

biacuaduc@gmail.com (C.T. Phipps) — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:11:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rules of Supervillainy Subtitle: The Supervillainy Saga Volume 1 Author: C.T. Phipps Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 10-23-15 Publisher: Amber Cove Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2773 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Gary Karkofsky is an ordinary guy with an ordinary life living in an extraordinary world. Supervillains, heroes, and monsters are a common part of the world he inhabits. Yet, after the death of his hometown's resident superhero, he gains the amazing gift of the late champion's magical cloak. Deciding he prefers to be rich rather than good, Gary embarks on a career as Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy. But is he evil enough to be a villain in America's most crime-ridden city? Gary soon finds himself surrounded by a host of the worst of Falconcrest City's toughest criminals. Supported by his long-suffering wife, his ex-girlfriend turned professional henchwoman, and a has-been evil mastermind, Gary may end up being not the hero they want but the villain they need. Members Reviews: Fun! I'm a huge fan of the Dresden Files and Bill the Vampire. This series is starting off in the same irreverent, hilarious tone. The nerdy, yet loveable, hero (well, supervillain), the quirky sidekicks... my son and I listened to the first 2 hours of this on Sunday afternoon in the car. We both resumed on our personal devices as soon as I stopped the car. It's now Tuesday, and he's asked me to purchase the next book! This is huge! Phipps is a new to me author, but quickly becoming a favorite. Kafer does a great job with the audio, his voices are all perfect, and the sound quality is excellent. Amazing - Get it! This is honestly one of the best books I have ever read/listened to in my entire life, and I have read a lot of books. The cover and blurb did not catch my attention. I passed over it the first time I saw it, but a friend mentioned it, so I listened to the audiobook. Within a few minutes, I downloaded it on Kindle Unlimited to enjoy it twice. I will reread and re-listen to it many, many times. The humor is very unique and exactly in my taste. I could not ask for anything better than this book. The plot is very silly, but the humor is threaded into it brilliantly. If this author had a hundred books like these, I would buy a new bookshelf and fill it with them. I have never gushed over a book before, except for one book series that is still my favorite. My friends can't get me to shut up. I can't believe I almost missed out on this treasure. I want to include quotes from the book, but I'll leave the surprise for the readers/listeners. The narrator did this book justice. He brought an amazing book to life. I loved the performance and his dry tone was perfect for Gary. I did have some trouble confusing Gary with the cloak's voices, but it wasn't distracting. Overall, Jeffrey Kafer did a great job and I would be happy to listen to more audiobooks by him. C.T. Phipps did an absolutely amazing, fantastic, exceptional, brilliant job and I WILL read anything he publishes. I want the second book in this series yesterday. I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Use My Powers for Wha??? Thank you so much for sharing this precautionary tale. Since obtaining my powers I've had quite a lot of peer pressure to use them for good. I attribute some of this to the fact that I still haven't officially "come out of the lair." But I also may have been a bit hasty in choosing my first sidekick.

The Whole Town's Talking Audiobook by Fannie Flagg

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Fannie Flagg) — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:55:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Whole Town's Talking Subtitle: A Novel Author: Fannie Flagg Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-29-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 685 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe comes another unforgettable, laugh-out-loud, and moving novel about what it means to be truly alive. Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening out at the cemetery. Still Meadows, as it's called, is anything but still. Funny and profound, this novel in the tradition of Flagg's Can't Wait to Get to Heaven and Thornton Wilder's Our Town deals with universal themes of heaven and earth and everything in between, as Flagg tells a surprising story of life, afterlife, and the mysterious goings-on of ordinary people. Members Reviews: Epic Novel I have always enjoyed a Fannie Flagg story. She has such interesting and wholesome characters. This story takes place in Elmwood Springs, Missouri from 1889 to 2021. Our protagonist is Swede Loudor Nordstrom. He has a mail order bride and eventually becomes the Mayor of Elmwood Springs. Then he dies and Lordor wakes up in the cemetery. Turns out after people die they remain for a while as spirits in the cemetery. The story winds its way through generations of Elmwood citizens. Flagg goes back and forth between the living community and the dead one. The book is well written and has a different approach to telling a story with the intertwining of characters living and dead. There is little action and the pace is slow. There is a bit of suspense late in the book with a murder. Mainly the story is about fascinating characters. As usual Flagg displays a wide range of emotions throughout the story. The book makes for a different old fashion type of story. I discovered after the fact that this is book four in a series called Elmwood. Kimberly Farr does a good job narrating the book. Farr is a theatre actor and audiobook narrator. Skipping stones I was in the mood for a bright witty slice of life that I usually find in Fannies writing, but this did not quite fit the bill. I loved the concept of the spirits of passed-on villagers reuniting in the cemetery on the hill, but nothing much was made of it. Because of the long time line and massive cast that was covered, there was no depth to any of them. It was like looking at small snapshots of a large family tree and not really getting to know who the members were at heart. The original Swedish settlers were the best formed and I was drawn in early on. But as the generations passed, less and less care was given to character development so that by the time we get to the late 20th century and beyond, mere minutes are given to whole decades. Like skipping stones on a pond, only small areas are actually touched and the ripples only go so far and no depth is achieved with the contact. Reducing the cast and focusing on key characters would have been more satisfying. I liked it well enough maybe close to a 3.5, but cant quite round up to 4. The narration nearly had me quitting and returning the book within the first hour. At less than 1 minute the sample didnt give me enough of an idea of the style, but the ponderously slow delivery with dramatic pauses made it a reading, not a story telling if you get the difference.

Class Mom Audiobook by Laurie Gelman

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Laurie Gelman) — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:10:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Class Mom Subtitle: A Novel Author: Laurie Gelman Narrator: Laurie Gelman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 236 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Laurie Gelman's clever debut about a year in the life of a kindergarten class mom - a brilliant send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics. Jen Dixon is not your typical Kansas City kindergarten class mom - or mom in general. Jen already has two college-age daughters by two different (probably) musicians, and it's her second time around the class mom block with five-year-old Max - this time with a husband and father by her side. Though her best friend and PTA president sees her as the "wisest" candidate for the job (or oldest), not all of the other parents agree. From recording parents' response times to her emails about helping in the classroom to requesting contributions of "special" brownies for curriculum night, not all of Jen's methods win approval from the other moms. Throw in an old flame from Jen's past, a hypersensitive "allergy mom", a surprisingly sexy kindergarten teacher, and an impossible-to-please Real Housewife wannabe causing problems at every turn, and the job really becomes much more than she signed up for. Relatable, irreverent, and hilarious in the spirit of Maria Semple, this is a fresh, welcome voice in fiction - the kind of audiobook that real moms clamor for and a vicarious listen for all mothers, who will be laughing as they are liberated by Gelman's acerbic truths. Members Reviews: Don't waste your audible credit!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR AUDIBLE CREDIT! There is a reason authors hire others to narrate their books. This author reads her own book and her voice is super scratchy and annoying. Surprised at the other ratings that this was a good book. Very entry level book, poorly written and is more like two moms having a convo with dry humor. Very disappointed that this was recommended from audible. Save your money! I am a teacher and yes I have also been a classroom mom. This book is so unrealistic it's not even funny. There are parts that don't even make sense. The beginning was funny but half way through I couldn't wait to finish. Loved this book AND the narrator Where does Class Mom rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? This is one of my favorite audio books. It's easy to follow while also following the road as I drive and kept me constantly entertained. What did you like best about this story? I really, really enjoyed this book. My class mom days are behind me, my youngest is in high school, but I really enjoyed this look back. I thought certain lines were laugh our loud funny and the characters were certainly relate-able for any suburban soccer mom. I was sad when it was over and also that Gelman doesn't have any other books for me to listen to. What does Laurie Gelman bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? I thought Gelman was a great narrator. She sounds just like a lot of my friends. In fact, i would BE her friend. This is one book in which the author reading it was a positive rather than a negative. She really gave a voice to Jen- her main character. Beware of narrator I will try the print version instead. The narrator, in my opinion, is intolerable. I literally couldn't listen to it and exchanged the title. I listened to maybe 3 chapters. Read Aloud Storytime Once I wrapped my head around the fact that I have to accept this book is being read to me it made it much easier to finish.

Truth or Beard Audiobook by Penny Reid

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Penny Reid) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:09:31 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Truth or Beard Subtitle: Winston Brothers, Book 1 Author: Penny Reid Narrator: Joy Nash, Chris Brinkley Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-15 Publisher: Cipher-Naught Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 565 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Beards, brothers, and bikers! Oh my! Identical twins Beau and Duane Winston might share the same devastatingly handsome face, but where Beau is outgoing and sociable, Duane is broody and reserved. This is why Jessica James, recent college graduate and perpetual level-headed good girl, has been in naïve and unhealthy infatuation with Beau Winston for most of her life. His friendly smiles make her tongue-tied and weak-kneed, and she's never been able to move beyond her childhood crush. Whereas Duane and Jessica have always been adversaries. She can't stand him, and she's pretty sure he can't stand the sight of her.... But after a case of mistaken identity, Jessica finds herself in a massive confusion kerfuffle. She has spent her whole life paralyzed by the fantasy of Beau and her assumptions of Duane's disdain; therefore she's unprepared for the reality that is Duane's insatiable interest, as well as his hot hands and hot mouth and hotter looks. Not helping Jessica's muddled mind and good girl sensibilities, Duane seems to have gotten himself in trouble with the local biker gang, the Iron Order. Certainly, Beau's magic spell is broken. Yet when Jessica finds herself drawn to the man who was always her adversary, now more dangerous than ever, how much of her level-headed heart is she willing to risk? Series description: Everyone in Green Valley, Tennessee, knows that the six bearded Winston brothers have been imbued with an unfair share of charm and charisma...and are prone to mischief. Truth or Beard is book number one in the Winston Brother's series. Each book is a stand-alone, full-length, contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the romantic exploits and adventures of one of the six Winston brothers. Members Reviews: Love this Book Would you consider the audio edition of Truth or Beard to be better than the print version? I love the audio version due to the male and female narrators, it helps emphasize the view points! What was one of the most memorable moments of Truth or Beard? pancake making secrets! Have you listened to any of Joy Nash and Chris Brinkley s other performances before? How does this one compare? I have listened to quite a few of Joy Nash's performances, she does well across the board! Who was the most memorable character of Truth or Beard and why? I love Cleetus :) Any additional comments? I have a 2 hours commute each day and have listened to this book multiple times on my route! A LOVE STORY THAT WAS SIMPLY A JOY TO LISTEN TO Shame on me but I hadn't heard of this Author before so I took a gamble and I'm so pleased I did because this story was one of those listens that you just can't wait to dive and delve back into if life should cruelly call you away from it's mesmerizing pull. It was so well written and narrated I feel that I got to know all of the mixed bag of loveable main characters really well.... they were smart, feisty, shy, sassy, quirky, funny, honest, loving, humble, kind, generous, protective, had strong family values and each and every one of them had a loving bond with their siblings. Jessica always hero worshipped Beau, he was her perfect man....

The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons Audiobook by Virlyce

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Virlyce) — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:21:43 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons Author: Virlyce Narrator: Mare Trevathan Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 09-28-17 Publisher: Jason Liu Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 211 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Blue mages learn skills from beasts. This is the story of one fortunate enough to be taken in by dragons. Members Reviews: Totally Different in a very good way it's... not a parody, and almost not even a novel. more a collection of short stories that just flow into each other? A heck of a ride all the way through, even if the modern speech patterns are hard to swallow at first. Definitely worth your time if you want something new and different from fantasy. stupid title, great book funny and witty, once you ignore the unfortunate title the story is fantastic and the characters engaging A delightful addition to the genre. Fun read, sophomoric but entertaining. The humor is well placed and the dialogue is what you would expect from a good game of dnd. Loved this book!! this book wasn't your average science fantasy book. it had lots of different twists and turns and was very fun to read. I hope the second book follows quickly. I recommend this book if you read a lot of science fantasy as it kind of turns a corner on the genre. Meh This is YA and I basically almost fought through because apparently I've returned too many times in a certain time frame....not like I don't purchase 3 credits all the time but, whatever. I never finished this story as in the fantasy world that has been created one of the most human, American, non fantasy objects and scene was painted right where it made 0 sense. That was it for me.

The Infinite Future Audiobook by Tim Wirkus

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tim Wirkus) — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:41:29 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Infinite Future Subtitle: A Novel Author: Tim Wirkus Narrator: Michael Crouch, Jonathan Davis, Hillary Huber, full cast Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 01-16-18 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a disgraced historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book - and find it. The Infinite Future is a mind-bending novel that melds two addictive tales in one. In the first, we meet three broken people, joined by an obsession with a forgotten Brazilian science-fiction author named Salgado-MacKenzie. There's Danny, a writer who's been scammed by a shady literary award committee; Sergio, journalist turned sub-librarian in So Paulo; and Harriet, an excommunicated Mormon historian in Salt Lake City, who years ago corresponded with the reclusive Brazilian writer. The motley trio sets off to discover his identity, and whether his fabled masterpiece - never published - actually exists. Did his inquiries into the true nature of the universe yield something so enormous that his mind was blown for good? In the second half, Wirkus gives us the lost masterpiece itself - the actual text of The Infinite Future, Salgado-MacKenzie's wonderfully weird magnum opus. The two stories merge in surprising and profound ways. Part science fiction, part academic satire, and part book-lover's quest, this wholly original novel captures the heady way that stories inform and mirror our lives. Audiobook Cast of Narrators: Members Reviews: Mormon Lit Just a head's up, it might be worth noting that this book is effectively a piece of Mormon literature as much as it is pseudo-sci-fi. Most of the characters are practicing mormons, and while clearly not a tract, Mormonism is discussed and defended and a lot of Mormon dogma gets milled over (a central character is Mormon President). Your mileage may vary, I never felt like I was being preached to or converted but you will also notice a lack of things outside of the Mormon reckoning, like cussing, sex or the existence of homosexuals. Some readers will have no problem with this, others who might should consider themselves tipped off. Loved this! I thought it was a fantastic story. It is a quest story essentially, filled with intriguing characters. It has a scifi twist, which I love. The ending will divide people and while I might have liked a little more resolution, I was entirely enchanted by the journey. Highly recommended. The readers were brilliant.

A Phule and His Money Audiobook by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robert Asprin) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:12:35 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Phule and His Money Subtitle: Phule's Company Series, Book 3 Author: Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Captain Willard Phule has whipped his troops into shape, turning Phule's Company from the laughingstock of the Legion into...a crack team of casino security guards. Now his company is deployed to help an underdeveloped planet. And what better way to utilize their major area of expertise - goofing off - than to turn the planet into the biggest intergalactic playground ever? Members Reviews: Five Stars Love this series, Release them all! please! At last, the Phule tradition continues! An enjoyable read in the same tradition as Phule's Company and Phule's Paradise. It took a few years but Asprin and Heck do a good job of picking up where Phule's Paradise left off. Not only do all of our old favorites return (to varying degrees), but we get to make new friends along the way, many of whom carry on Asprin's trademark sense of the ridiculous. Remember how Maxine Pruet had all those horrible plans for our Captain Jester and the Omega Company at the end of Phule's Paradise? Well, they all come to pass in this enjoyable and (surprise!) offbeat sequel, but not without Phule's uncanny knack for getting himself AND his men out of hot water. But the mob boss on Lorelei isn't the only one gunning for Phule. Once again General Blitzkreig is doing his best to see the end of Willard Phule's career in the Space Legion. Things really get rolling (and we hope one of those rolling things isn't our Fearless Leader's head), when Blitzkreig sends the Omega Company back to the original site of Phule's most ignominious escapade. Is this book worth the years of waiting? That depends on the reader. I personally don't think any book is "worth" a seven year wait. If you're looking for something to justify all that waiting, then don't bother. The result would have to be a masterpiece of monolithic proportions...and this one ain't. But if you're looking for the continuation of a story with memorable characters and satirical wit, check it out and enjoy, it's worth the discounted paperback price. I encourage all of Asprin's fool fans...er, Phule fans to try this one out. But remember, don't let years of expectation and anticipation ruin the experience for you. Read A Phule and His Money, then go back and re-read all three books in order. I don't think you'll regret it. Love all of Robert Asprin's books This series is a hoot. Love all of Robert Asprin's books. Five Stars I like this author. An easy read for when you need to get away. The series is fun. Five Stars a

The Black Knight Chronicles: Omnibus Edition Audiobook by John Hartness

biacuaduc@gmail.com (John Hartness) — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:38:19 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Black Knight Chronicles: Omnibus Edition Author: John Hartness Narrator: Nick J. Russo Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-17 Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 101 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The Black Knight Chronicles: lots of vampires. No sparkles. Serious snark. This bundle includes books one through there: Hard Day's Knight, Back in Black, and Knight Moves. Members Reviews: Excellent series reminiscent of Iron Druid Series Wise cracking private eye detectives who happen to be vampires and end up mostly on supernatural cases. The humor is good, the action is good and the narration is good. The three books contained here, A Hard Day's Knight, Back in Black and Knight moves are all very good and consistent with the genre. Enjoyable and entertaining. EXCELLENT. GOOD PLOT AND FAST ACTION. Thank you Audible for the box set of the first three books on this series. The story line is very good with good characters. Jimmy Black and Freg Knightwood are two vampire private investigators. They were hired by a client who was cursed for eternity. They got pulled into a bigger plot involving possession of human children to bring an ancient evil from hell to the world. They were aided by a police detective, a priest, a witch, a fallen angel to save the world. Very well written and performed by Nick J Russo. I hope John G Hartness will write more books on this series my request is that the story be longer than right now. Serious business with humor. I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed this omnibus. I finished each book with a smile on my face. The narrator was terrific and made the story come to life. I voluntarily reviewed this audio book after receiving an advanced copy I requested. Not for me here is why. I think the target age for this series is 13 till 17. the jokes fall flat, the storyline is very basic, and the characters completely lack depth. the book wasn't horrible I've read worse however I will never buy another book in this series. I finished this one however and I don't feel you can actually write a review if you don't finish the book. to me the book was entirely too hokey. the narrator did a decent job, but I became annoyed with him honestly I think due to the poorly written jokes. in summary I would not recommend this book to anyone I know. Love the series I really enjoy this series. It's a lot of fun to read. I was very excited it went on sale for the omnibus. Sad to say it will probably be my last purchase with this narrator. He has the accent for the characters but the vocal acting just isn't there. If you also do not enjoy the narrator but haven't read the series stop listening and just read it on your own. It's a great series with likable characters, a fun story line, and creative storytelling.

Seduction and Snacks Audiobook by Tara Sivec

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tara Sivec) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:27:42 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seduction and Snacks Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs Language: English Release date: 06-17-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 657 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Claire is a 20-something, single mom who grudgingly helps her best friend sell sex toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he's asleep) toddler a better life. When Carter, the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time. With Carter's undisguised shock at suddenly finding out he has a four-year-old son and Claire's panic that her stretch marks and slim-to-none bedroom experience will send the man of her dreams heading for the hills, the pair will do whatever they can to get their happily ever after. Warning: Contains explicit sex, profanity, and enough sarcasm to choke a horse. Members Reviews: OMG I CAN'T BREATH! Laugh out loud till you can no longer breath and have tears running down your face funny! The most hilarious book I have ever read! Warnings: This book contains a lot of profanity, rude remarks, sexual undertones, sex toys, chocolate, violence, drinking, and drugs. This book is not for those who lack a sense of humor or those who are uptight! Now that is out of the way. Let me tell you to GRAB this book now if you are the types of person who can handle all the warnings. You will not regret this book at all. You will laugh like you have never laughed before. I imagine that everyone can relate to this book in one of the many LOL moments, rather it be things you may have thought or things you may have wanted to say to someone but was too nice to say them. The characters are loveable but are no holds bars with their way of speech. I think these characters could even make sailors blush. (Cruse like a sailor) remember those words because sailors aint got nothing on this group! This book starts of with Claire who is a virgin, one night at a college party she meets a guy and decides its time to pop her cherry. From there the laughs begin. I do not want to go into to much of the story so I will stop there. The story is written to where you know what they are thinking inside of their heads ( you know those thoughts you say to yourself but never dare say out loud since its no PC) yeah!!! Then you have those random thoughts that you think so loud that they pop out your mouth and every one's jaws hit the floor! LMAO!!!! This book is all kinds of crazy ass fun! A laugh a minute that one can not ever regret. If you love comedy and/or America's funniest videos, I highly suggest you pick up this book. Engaging and fun read for gym workout. Story was interesting, fun and light. Another great read for time on the elliptical. Only complaint is the almost constant blasphemy when there are less distracting ways to express emphasis, surprise, excitement....Don't call heaven unless you really need to. crack up This book is so zany and the sexual innuendos are hilarious. Thank you for the LOL's Very Good This was one of the funniest books I have ever listened to. Claire was so funny and Gavin was also Claire and Carter had a one night stand when she was in college and got pregnant Carter spend 5 years trying to remember the girl who smelt like chocolate.

Inspector Hobbes and the Blood Audiobook by Wilkie Martin

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Wilkie Martin) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:04:29 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inspector Hobbes and the Blood Subtitle: Unhuman, Book 1 Author: Wilkie Martin Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: The Witcherley Book Company Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Set in a small Cotswold town, Inspector Hobbes and the Blood is a fast-paced comedy cozy mystery fantasy about the adventures of Andy, an incompetent reporter, when he is reluctantly working with Inspector Hobbes, a police detective with a reputation. Andy soon finds himself immersed in a world where not everyone is human, and a late-night visit to a churchyard nearly results in grave consequences, and a ghoulish outcome. An accidental fire leads to Andy having to doss in Hobbes's spare room. Contending with a wave of murder, suicide, and robbery, as well as Hobbes's weirdness, is the just the start; he must also get to grips with Mrs. Goodfellow, Hobbes's housekeeper, who collects teeth. Although they are mostly from humans, she also claims to have some vampire specimens. However, Andy soon finds her wonderful cooking compensates for her eccentricities. Despite Andy believing he is coping, he is nearly unhinged by horror when a stressed Hobbes's concealed nature reveals itself in an orgy of bone-crunching. Yet, coming through unscathed, Andy develops respect and admiration for his host, even when he uses weird, occasionally brutal, methods to begin unravelling the mystery, which would appear to link The Order of the Dragon and Vlad Tepes, the original Dracula, to the crime wave. When Hobbes goes missing, Andy, with the dubious assistance of Dregs, Hobbes's big, bad dog, and armed with a leg of lamb, searches for him. Will he triumph over crazed blood lust and human sacrifice? Can Andy with Hobbes's friends, a binge-drinking dwarf and a troll who looks uncannily human, save the day? And can Andy catch vampirism from false teeth? These and other questions may be answered in Inspector Hobbes and the Blood. Members Reviews: Wilkie Martin writes a clever crime mystery Andy Caplet is a struggling reporter who is socially awkward and easily frightened. Only because the normal reporter for the crime beat was injured by being thrown from a speeding car (implied that he had been gambling or a mafia encounter ) Andy is given the assignment to work with Inspector Hobbes. From that moment onward, Andy is caught in a whirlwind of mystery and intrigue. Of course, it does not help that Andys imagination runs away with him hes seeing trolls, ghouls, witches, and vampires at every turn. Then again, considering he finds himself in a freshly dug grave conversing with two ghouls and the inspector enjoys raw meat and bones, and then there is the housekeeper that collects teeth perhaps his imagination is NOT running wild and it seems that perhaps Inspector Hobbes has a secret of some sort. They have to work together to solve the mysteries and unusual circumstances surrounding the robberies and a murder that are occurring throughout the town. Wilkie Martin writes a clever crime mystery with comedy and a good deal of fantasy mixed in. One cannot help but laugh out loud at some of the antics Andy finds himself in! This is the perfect pair of crime solvers and partners in law! One cannot help but be charmed by the story and the characters. Martin develops his characters fully, with a depth that enables the listeners to connect with them. Martin is also vivid in his descriptions placing the listener into the book. Tim Campbell, the narrator, was equally awesome in his talented reading.

The Games of Supervillainy Audiobook by C. T. Phipps

biacuaduc@gmail.com (C. T. Phipps) — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:51:17 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Games of Supervillainy Subtitle: The Supervillainy Saga Book 2 Author: C. T. Phipps Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 01-14-16 Publisher: Amber Cove Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1766 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Get ready for the action-packed follow up to The Rules of Supervillainy. This time with zombies, zombified heroes and villains, cults, magic, super-science, a dragon, a giant Nazi robot, a Greek demigod, and so much more! Gary and Cloak have returned from the supervillain prison on the moon only to discover the city he plans to conquer and rule with an iron fist has been overrun with the living dead. Once again taking up the mantle of Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy(tm). Gary will have to pull it together quickly, find his wife, his gang, and a whole lot of help to stop the Brotherhood of Infamy from slaughtering the population of Falconcrest City and opening a portal to summon a primal force of destruction. But Gary has a plan, or at least he's sure he'll have one soon. Just give him a second. Members Reviews: Merciless is back!!!! Merciless is back!!! Having returned from the Supervillian Prison on the moon only to discover that his city is overrun by Zombies, Gary knows that he is the only one who can save the world, well with the help from his friends but you know, it's mostly him!! Oh and his wife has been kidnapped (well kind of) by a devastatingly handsome Greek god. What is a supervillian to do?? While a little more serious than the first, this is still thoroughly enjoyable. Poor Gary, he so wants to be a supervillian but things aren't going his way and he is forced (snigger) to do the right thing. Now he has to save his city from the undead and try to hide the fact that the Greek God is extremely handsome (You need to read it to understand ;)) Once again, the author has given us some truly funny quips between Gary and his cloak and made me laugh out loud multiple times, yet he also managed to squeeze a lot of different emotions from me in this book. Gary gets to meet someone and it pulled at my heartstrings, but the biggest gut wrench was what happened to his wife! I have to say though that I loved the twist the author did at the end!! I can't say much else because I'll spoil it, so I'll just say, go read it NOW!!!! Again, the amount of different characters were extremely well written and developed. Usually in books with so many characters I find some of them are just back ground noise, not so here. The author really gives each character time to grow! I loved the Greek God!! The plot is also well written and thought out. We kind of have a bit of everything. "This time with zombies, zombified heroes and villains, cults, magic, superscience, a dragon, a Greek demigod, and so much more!" We also have a load of awesome pop culture reference that made me giddy :) In all, a really excellent second book. This has a bit of everything and I can't recommend it enough. I love the world and characters this author has created and look forward to the third!! Once again, Jeffrey Kafer nails it. He is Gary!!! I don't know what else to say about his narration that I haven't said before. He always does an amazing job with the performance and I never find any faults. *I received a copy of this for review. This in no way affected my thoughts.* Wow, so much good stuff packed into this! This is book 2 of the Supervillainy series, a comedic take on supers. After having been mistakenly sent the hero Nightwalker's magical cloak after he dies, Gary becomes Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy (tm).

Year Zero Audiobook by Rob Reid

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Rob Reid) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:34:57 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Year Zero Subtitle: A Novel Author: Rob Reid Narrator: John Hodgman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 07-10-12 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2195 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: An alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet. Worse, they were lawyering up.... In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe - and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry. Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on humanity's music ever since "Year Zero" (1977 to us), when American pop songs first reached alien ears. This addiction has driven a vast intergalactic society to commit the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang. The resulting fines and penalties have bankrupted the whole universe. We humans suddenly own everything - and the aliens are not amused. Nick Carter has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly, and he's an unlikely galaxy-hopping hero: He's scared of heights. He's also about to be fired. And he happens to have the same name as a Backstreet Boy. But he does know a thing or two about copyright law. And he's packing a couple of other pencil-pushing superpowers that could come in handy. Soon he's on the run from a sinister parrot and a highly combustible vacuum cleaner. With Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick now has 48 hours to save humanity, while hopefully wowing the hot girl who lives down the hall from him. Critic Reviews: "Can you imagine The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy combined with The Social Network? Of course you cannot: because only Rob Reid can. Hilarious, provocative, and supersmart, Year Zero is not merely the first IPSF (intellectual property SF) epic ever written, it is also a plain brilliant novel to be enjoyed in perpetuity, in the known universe and all unknown universes yet to be discovered." (John Hodgman, resident expert, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) "Year Zero is a brilliant satire of the American entertainment industry, and I never stopped grinning." (Kevin Hearne, author of The Iron Druid Chronicles) "This book is already required reading on all of the educated planets in the universe, and now they're letting us Earthlings have a look at it, too. There are at least 3.6 good jokes and 9.7 clever ideas per page. I did the math: that's a really impressive ratio. I never thought I would say this, but this book made me laugh out loud and taught me stuff about copyright infringement. Clever, smart, and so original that people are probably already trying to rip it off. (Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe) Members Reviews: Fantastic Performance by Hodgman The story behind Year Zero is summarized in the writeup, and in many of the other reviews. Folks have thrown around comparisons to Douglas Adams, and while I can understand the impulse, I think they do come at SF from different comedic angles. Hitchhiker's Guide and company have much more of an absurdist bent - the plot will often bend in service to the joke that Adams is trying to reach. Reid has an outlandish premise, and the comedy results from taking this premise and following it all the way through to the furthest logical (illogical?) extremes.

If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? Audiobook by Bill Heavey

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Bill Heavey) — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:07:25 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? Subtitle: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia Author: Bill Heavey Narrator: Ian Patrick Williams Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 06-16-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 88 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Whether he is accidentally cooking his brain with hand warmers or yanking his lure away from a trophy fish just before it takes the bait, Bill Heavey can do no right. For almost a decade, he has chronicled his incompetence on the back page of Field & Stream, where his hilarious dispatches about life as a hapless outdoorsman who lives in suburbia have earned him legions of fans. But Heavey is more than a humorist. The stories in this book range from amusing tales of a modern dad struggling to navigate the finer points of parenting and married life to longer and more serious narratives that involve travel, adventure, and tragedy. No matter what he's writing about, Heavey is a master of blending humor and pathos - and wide-ranging outdoor enthusiasms - into a poignant and potent stew. Members Reviews: Parts were funny, others not so much There were parts of this book that were hilarious, others not so much. I think I was expecting more of a Patrick E McManus flair where you can really visualize the story. So again it was funny but not laugh out loud, tears running down your face funny. Funny because you can relate! If you have ever hunted or fished in your life, you can relate to his stories. He is funny because he always pokes fun at himself. Hilarious This book had me laughin' This is something every outdoorsman can relate to. we've all been in these funny situations Worth every penny! great mix of short stories perfect for when you have a few minutes to spare. if you have ever hunted or fished, you will have a sudden appreciation for the book, accommodations with unmistakable urge to return to the outdoors. it was alright The stories were pretty good. As a hunter i can relate to many. i didnt care for the narrator, the way he read it just wasn't funny to me.

Hot Start Audiobook by David Freed

biacuaduc@gmail.com (David Freed) — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:46:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hot Start Subtitle: The Cordell Logan Mysteries, Book 5 Author: David Freed Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 08-31-16 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 673 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Hot Start, the fifth volume in the Cordell Logan series, is a fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled thrill ride filled with plenty of unexpected twists and full-throttle action. A notorious, international big-game hunter and his beautiful, former dental hygienist wife are gunned down at long range late one sweltering summer night, while swimming naked on their seaside estate in opulent Rancho Bonita, California. Police investigators are convinced that the killer is a strident, outspoken animal-rights activist, with both military experience and a criminal record. The evidence against him would appear overwhelming - until rumors begin to surface that others may have had their own reasons for committing murder. The last thing flight instructor, aspiring Buddhist, and ex-government assassin Cordell Logan wants to do is become involved in the investigation. He and the accused, however, have mutual friends. Reluctant at first, Logan finds himself caught up in an increasingly confounding enigma, one that swirls around a popular congressman with close ties to the White House, a European call girl ring, and a ruthless Czech crime boss who'll stop at nothing to protect his interests. Pursuing the truth will take Logan to places few others would dare go, exposing him to dangers that even he may not survive. Members Reviews: I'm a new fantastic of David Freed! Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Without a doubt, the whole series actually. Any additional comments? I have just finished listening to Cordell Logan series and the only thing I would change is that I think the books are too short. The stories are great and the plots are well constructed with an easy to follow course of events. There are no super human heroics and no surprise characters that jump out at the end of the book to blame the crimes on. Instead what you have is a mystery that is so well crafted that you won't guess who done it until the author reveals who. In this book a husband (who runs big game hunts)and wife are shot from long range. Logan's ex father-in-law calls him because he believes his nephew (an animal rights activist) has been framed and railroaded. David Freed has a great sense of humor and sprinkles some really hysterical lines throughout. Many having to do with his cat Kiddiot. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. If you are able to guess who and why then you are better than I am because I couldn't. If you found this review helpful please indicate so. Thank You. excellent narration combined with great story Wry observations, self-effacing humor, a cat, a great landlady, and other well-formed characters make this world a reader's delight. While the action and activities can be dark, the writing still manages to lighten it up. Based on other reviews, I did skip book 4, not being in the mood for dark reading yet and book 2 based on comments about the narration. This book was not dark, and the life and people observations scattered throughout spiced up the story. Ray Porter did a perfect job on narration, again. A fun 1st person mystery thriller If you like the escape and pace of mystery thrillers but wish that most werent so trite and disengaged, then try David Freed. The Cordell Logan series is intelligent, solid storytelling. The first person narrative strikes the right balance between the lead characters superheroism and his humble struggle to become a better man.

Dr. Anarchys Rules for World Domination Audiobook by Nelson Chereta

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Nelson Chereta) — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:36:02 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dr. Anarchys Rules for World Domination Subtitle: (Or How I Became God-Emperor of Rhode Island) Author: Nelson Chereta Narrator: Eric Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 249 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Dr. Anarchy is a man with a simple dream: to conquer and rule the entire world. While he has yet to achieve his goal, he has managed to become absolute lord and master of one small corner of it. This is the story of what one man was able to achieve though hard work, dedication, careful planning, unhealthy obsession, giant robots, disintegrators, remote controlled grolem dolls, a horde of disposable henchmen, killbots, an annoying cyborg ninja, and 36 rules every supervillain should follow! Members Reviews: Fun read Its really good to see Chereta publishing more books on audible. I am desperately awaiting his next Waldo book and this was a charming detour that reminds me why I enjoy his work so much. This is a fun little romp that is similar to other stories like the dark lord's handbook or super sales on super heros but with its own signature style and charm that makes you feel good. great fun! really fun, witty and entertaining with a great twist ending. characters are brilliant and mock the genre in just the right way. So, there's this girl... This story grows as Nelson tells it. I honestly considered turning the book off in the first 30 minutes, it seemed so predictable. Dr Anarchy is presented as the Saturday morning evil villain, he is way to full of his own self importance and poorly thought out plans. Then there's the girl, who is a Ninja and she comes off as the valley girl who is just using the nerd. The super heroes are initially too shiny with pure goodness, because they are heroes. The first 30 minutes was needed, to lay the ground work. I reminded me of the Disney "Kim Possible" story line, bubble gum of the imagination. But then Nelson begins to enlighten us to what makes each of the characters and Dr Anarchy's Rules. There's a giant robot story in here, it came off as hilarious to me; initially falling into the - Just because you can build it, what are you going to do with it and then going the the other extreme, If you got it, be sure to use it. I liked how the characters were fleshed out, becoming more than what I thought they would. Oh, and the RULES are a bonus, though not all are completely explained. I am hoping that the next installment will provide the background on aliens and the final Ninja throw down. Overall, I am glad I pushed on and now have another author to follow... fun! more like a collection of short stories than a novel, but was a lot of fun to listen to. The best Batman voice Well i enjoyed the crap out of this book, seriously it is hillarious, and i would Love more like this. A continuation on this story would make me go splurt in my Wallet :D

2d6 (Caverns and Creatures) Audiobook by Robert Bevan

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robert Bevan) — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:06:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures) Author: Robert Bevan Narrator: Jonathan Sleep Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-16 Publisher: Robert Bevan Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1120 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: This is a collection of the second six short stories in the Caverns and Creatures series. It includes the following titles: "Nymph-O-Maniacs" "Buzzkill" "Cooper's Christmas Carol" "Sticky White Mess" "Clerical Error" "Cornholed" Members Reviews: Audible needs to work harder to keep C&C coming!!! If you could sum up 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures) in three words, what would they be? Bottom line is Robert Bevan has created an excellent series with Caverns and Creatures. My problem is that Audible does not put Bevan's books out quickly. Also there was no forewarning that this book was coming to audible, I found it by hapchance. Who was your favorite character and why? Cooper - Cooper needs no explanation Which scene was your favorite? All If you could rename 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures), what would you call it? No changes Tears of laughter These stories keep getting better and better. Many of these shorts had me laughing so completely while listening to them in the car that other drivers were looking at me concerned. I look forward to each new release of this series. Blue Balls If you could sum up 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures) in three words, what would they be? Balls deep What was one of the most memorable moments of 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures)? Everything Cooper does What does Jonathan Sleep bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? It's like listening to Space Balls...but better Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Both, plus an erection Any additional comments? Roses are red Balls are blue I love Jonathan Sleep and Robert Bevan too! Childish, puerile, awesome. So I listened to the first Critical Failures book out of boredom. Now I can't wait to hear the other books. 2D6 remains consistent with the previous offerings and I am entertained. Jonathan Sleep's joke delivery fits well with the material and his characters voices give them a fun and easy personality. Looking forward to much more. I feel like a Japanese secretary!" Clinched It By the time you come across the comment I included in the headline for this review you will have no doubt whatsoever that you have made an audiobook purchase you can be proud of. I have never picked up whatever kind of dice used by individuals who found themselves wrapped up in fantasy gaming and all of that nonsense. I was usually too busy being outside in the sun usually either kicking, catching, hitting, throwing or running with balls of varying sizes, shapes and mass. Be that as it may, I have come to love the whole series of audiobooks of which 2d6 is the latest edition. Robert Bevan has hit upon a truly fun storyline that could spawn just about endless different stories and scenarios for the four man / elf / orc crew who run about causing trouble, getting into dicey situations and squeaking through in the end still in one piece but usually covered in some sort of slime, spider splodge (sp.?), snot or runny crap that tends to discharge out of Cooper's septic ass at regular intervals throughout every one of the stories in this audiobook. With this in mind, I am duty bound to say at this point that Cooper's gaseous effusions were shatteringly effective on several occasions. Cooper is the driving force behind each story.

The Secrets of Supervillainy Audiobook by C. T. Phipps

biacuaduc@gmail.com (C. T. Phipps) — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:30:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secrets of Supervillainy Subtitle: The Supervillainy Saga, Book 3 Author: C. T. Phipps Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 07-19-16 Publisher: James Steven Bernheimer Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1242 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Merciless, the Supervillain without Mercy (TM), is back with even bigger problems! How far will he go to fix his wife's current state of being a soulless vampire? Can he ignore his growing feelings for Cindy, despite their difference over the new Star Wars movie? Can he survive the wrath of the president of the United States (whom he accidentally stole billions from)? While he ponders those personal issues, Death has a new mission for him. The greatest hero on Earth has killed, and she isn't pleased. Death wants the murder solved and the perpetrator given the kind of justice only the Avatar of Death can dish out. Unfortunately for Gary, that's only the tip of the psychotic iceberg. Members Reviews: Excellent and multilayered! Wait, what? Aaaaarrrghhhh! Noooohhhh! I really hope the next installment is coming soon. From the progression of the first two books, I assumed this was to be a trilogy. I've been binge-listening and just got to the end of book 3, which leaves sooo many more plot questions! Don't get me wrong, there isn't a terrible cliffhanger, just a device that will put this book on my radar for insta-buy on release day. Overall, I absolutely love this series so far. It's smart, funny, and absolutely irreverent at times. I completely love the voice actor, too. If I could have given this book ten stars, I would have, both for creativity and for execution. The story was ok but overall it was outstanding. This still feels like a dark comedy of a Jack Kirby comic. I love it. All of the rich backgrounds, the characters, the conflicts of being villains vs being good, and it's just still has that nice make it work magic. Now to be fair, had I not heard the first two audio books, I'm not sure I would have liked this one as much. Story wise, this one is fairly average but the narration production and enjoying the characters in action again is what made the fun still sink in. If you enjoyed the first two, I recommend this one as well. good romp with a weak cliffhanger narration's good story is the standard romp and pomp of realistic supers. but the ending comes off as a word count goal line crossing. Good for the series, meh stand alone. Still a great story in the series, but this one felt like it ended in the middle and felt rushed at the end. Lots of action and new characters Gary better known as Merciless, Super Villain, has his hands full. He wants to be a super villain but still finds himself being the super hero for all his badness, he still does ultimate good just in a roundabout way. The story talks about his struggles to rescue his wife Mandy from the soulless life of being a vampire his love for her seems consuming until he falls for another and then voices if its possible they can all have a consensual and approved relationship The President, Mr. Omega wants to destroy all the supers heroes and villains; death wants Ultra Gods death avenged and Gary has to deal with both. The question comes down to whether or not Gary can save the world, stop President Omega, restore his wifes soul, solve the murder of Ultra God and still be a super villain? Lots of action and new characters from the earlier books. And Merciless does not stop with the cliches or sardonic humor EVER. The writing style of C.T.

Space Team: The Guns of Nana Joan Audiobook by Barry J. Hutchison

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Barry J. Hutchison) — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:45:14 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Space Team: The Guns of Nana Joan Subtitle: Space Team Saga, Book 5 Author: Barry J. Hutchison Narrator: Phil Thron Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 12-04-17 Publisher: Zertex Media Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 107 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: "This series just keeps getting better and better!" - PRBC, Amazon The galaxy is at war, and Space Team just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Following one close-call too many, the team hides out on a tiny backwater moon, hoping the hostilities between Zertex and the Symmorium will all just blow over. But when first officer Loren's brother is taken prisoner and sentenced to death by the Symmorium, Cal and the others must make a choice - a choice that could spell the end of Space Team forever.... Packed with space battles, giant robots, and a dangerously obese man being sponged down with soup, The Guns of Nana Joan is the hilarious fifth book in the Space Team saga. Members Reviews: Exciting and seat grabbing Barry J. Hutchison is a fonking genius and Phil Thron knows how to do voices perfectly. With these two working together they do work nothing short of spectacular by bringing the epic tale of the Space Team to life! I will be listening to space team Saga book 5 the guns of Nana Joan for a second time within the second day of buying the book it's just that good. I can't recommend this enough and I'm anxiously waiting the next thank you guys so much! Keep em comin Absolutely love this series, and this installment delivers as good as any... New and entertaining levels of juvenile humor, punny one liners, and the casual throw away references... Read straight through and loved every fonkin minute... Glad to see the accelerated release of the saga to audio... I find myself regularly checking to see if the next ones out). Best one so far really life this series had a sort of uplifting property that makes you Lang and feel good about the future This series is so good! This series is a fresh breath of fun and humor in a sci fi setting that is just getting harder and harder to find. I dont think Ive ever read so many books in a series in a row before. Great stuff, go splurt! It's Spacewonderful! Plenty of Spacelaughs. It's a great Spacelisten. Spend your Spacecredits, now! Can't wait for more.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Audiobook by Tom Robbins

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tom Robbins) — Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:43:60 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Author: Tom Robbins Narrator: Michael Nouri Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Phoenix Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 539 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Sissy Hankshaw, an almost flawlessly beautiful small-town girl with big-time dreams, hitchhikes her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bag in Tom Robbins's magical, funny, and most famous novel. Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax. Along the way, you'll meet such unforgettable characters as Bonanza Jellybean and the smooth-riding cowgirls of Rubber Rose Ranch; Chink, the lascivious guru of yams and yang; Julian, an asthmatic Mohawk; and Dr. Robbins, the preventive psychiatrist and reality instructor. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is Tom Robbins at his offbeat, outrageous, and inventive best. ©1976 by Thomas Robbins (P)1993 Dove Audio, Inc. Critic Reviews: "This is one of those special novels - a piece of working magic, warm, funny, and sane - that you just want to ride off into the sunset with." (Thomas Pynchon) Members Reviews: Better than the sum of its parts I have always wanted to read this book. I saw the Uma Thurman film. I liked enough of it to get me interested in the book. Ten years later I have achieved this ambition and I'm quietly pleased with the achievement. The novel is quirky, if not "out there". It is interestingly serious amongst the throw away one liners, clever phrases and plain ribald humour. It may be a bit too racy for some sensibilities and it must have been damn near banned when it was published. But, for all that, it is clever introspective about the pervading social condition in the US of its day and remarkably forward thinking. I think it is still very relevant, today. It won't appeal to you if you are sensitive about four letter words (including the C word). It won't appeal to you if you think government and authority are always to be respected without question. It won't appeal to you if you are squeamish about birds and animals. It might not even be your cup of tea if you are a serious feminist (because it is feminism from one man's point of view). On the other hand, I think you will really enjoy the belly laughs, the satire and the insight if you suspend your judgment for, say, the first 10 Chapters. I thought Michael Nouri did a wonderful job with the text; 31/2 if I could give that rating. I could hear him on the discovery Channel as the cranes came to roost. The story is very clever too. almost a 4. Overall, I thought it was better than just good, hence the Overall assessment. Good well wrtiiten and read. I still think "Invalids" is his best book on the audible list. Hard to beat ol' Switters. Strange, quere, excellent My first contact to the work of Tom Robbins. What a interesting and funny story. A sinphony of words where one is tempted to rewind or pause often to comprehend the authors thoughts. Irving meets Djian, meets Kotzwinkle... just great!! Even Cowgirls Get the Blues This is a GOOD book! It's at least on par with Robbins other writing. I really enjoyed it. If you enjoyed Fierce Invalids ... or Half Asleep ... then you probably enjoy Robbins irreverent prosaic genius and are entertained by the ideas and the depth he includes in his well constructed stories. He delivers all this in this book too. Don't pass this book up.

I Shall Wear Midnight Audiobook by Terry Pratchett

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Terry Pratchett) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:00:28 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: I Shall Wear Midnight Author: Terry Pratchett Narrator: Stephen Briggs Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-10 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2020 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: It starts with whispers. Then someone picks up a stone. Finally, the fires begin. When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer. . . . Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren't sparkly, aren't fun, don't involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone - or something - is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root - before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her. Chilling drama combines with laugh-out-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil. Members Reviews: Another Treasured Pratchett Every book Terry Pratchett writes is a treasure, and this book is no exception. In Pratchett's fourth book in the TIffany Aching series, he again produces an astutely clever and astounding narrative reflecting the basic natures of humanity, both the good and bad, the just and unjust, the altruistic and spiteful. The nearly 16-year-old Tiffany must navigate the superstitious hatred and violence that is targeting "witches" in general and Tiffany in particular and stop the Clever Man who is generating it. This book delves into the meaner side of humanity, including family-directed violence. Pratchett skillfully navigates these issues in this YA book in such a manner that while the material itself may be considered as for a mature audience, the presentation is ideal for both YA and mature readers alike. Stephen Brigg's performance, as usual, is brilliant and fabulously entertaining, especially his performance of the Nac Mac Feegles. If you enjoyed the other Tiffany Aching novels, i think you will thoroughly enjoy this one, too. I Absolutely Loved It I loved this book. I loved that Tiffany has grown so believably from the first book through the fourth. I loved that the story tackled such big issues. I loved that Tiffany visited Ahnk Morpork and fit so nicely into the larger Discworld. I loved seeing Carot and Anqua and Vimes (I always love seeing Vimes) and The Times and everything that makes the Discworld such a fully realized and amazingly created place. I loved the plot. I loved the sense of threat. I loved that you could appreciate this book even if it was your first discworld book ever, and I loved that there were so many characters and references to past discworld books that made it even better for long time fans. And boy did I love the ending. It was beautiful. It was done so well. It actually brought a tear to my eye. To me, each Tiffany Aching/Wee Free Men book has been better than the last, and this book is a briliant, insightful, exciting, beautiful book I'd recomend to anyone. Bewitching To say Im a bit of a fan of Terry Pratchett is to understate my affection considerably. However the part of the Pratchett cannon that I have never been that keen on are the Witches books. Its not that they arent entertaining, I just never found them as compelling as others. So I picked up this edition with slight trepidation. As it turns out I need not have worried.

Grin and Beard It Audiobook by Penny Reid

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Penny Reid) — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:42:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Grin and Beard It Subtitle: The Winston Brothers, Book 2 Author: Penny Reid Narrator: Cielo Camargo, Chris Brinkley Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 09-05-16 Publisher: Penny Reid, Author Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 565 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Sienna Diaz is everyone's favorite "fat" funny lady. The movie studio executives can't explain it, but her films are out-grossing all the fit and trim headliners and Hollywood's most beautiful elite. The simple truth is, everyone loves plus-sized Sienna. But she has a problem: she can't read maps and her sense of direction is almost as bad as her comedic timing is stellar. Therefore, when Sienna's latest starring role takes her to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she finds herself continually lost while trying to navigate the back roads of Green Valley, Tennessee. Much to her consternation, Sienna's most frequent savior is a ridiculously handsome, charming, and cheeky park ranger by the name of Jethro Winston. Sienna is accustomed to high levels of man-handsome, so it's not Jethro's chiseled features or his perfect physique that make Sienna stutter. It's his southern charm. And gentlemanly manners. And habit of looking at her too long and too often. Sienna has successfully navigated the labyrinth of Hollywood heartthrobs. But can she traverse the tenuous trails of Tennessee without losing her head? Or worse, her heart? Members Reviews: A true gentleman The art of being a true gentleman seems to be slowing ebbing away, as different generations evolve and grandfathers pass away, habits of the gentile are slowly being forgotten. Not in the Winston house though. Jethro Winston is a man that has definitely earned the title 'gentleman.' He has this lovely calm disposition and is someone who would give you the shirt off his back, he is a very selfless man. Sienna Diaz experiences what it is like to be helped by Jethro when she gets lost en route to a cabin she has rented. She is a very well known movie star and is in desperate need for some down time before she starts filming her latest movie in Tennessee. This cabin, tucked away in Green Valley, is the perfect place for her to recharge her batteries and prepare for her upcoming role. Jethro has no idea who Sienna is and he cannot resist helping a damsel in distress, a very beautiful one at that too. In fact helping her out of a spot of bother seems to happen several more times over the passing days. He soon realises that she is not like any other woman he has met before, she is fun and sassy. In fact, he has never enjoyed a female's company like he does Sienna's. Sienna hasn't met a man like Jethro before, he is a tall, bearded, gorgeous and charming Park Ranger. She has definitely met her fair share of men over the years but Jethro is in a completely different league to them. He wants to know her, not the movie star, just Sienna. It is so refreshing for her to met a man who is not affected by her stardom, someone she can just be herself around. There is definitely a connection between them and they both want to explore where it takes them. Other people in their lives are weighing in with opinions on this unlikely coupling but Jethro and Sienna are only focused on how they feel. A good way to be if you ask me. This story is filled with lots of quirkiness and laugh out loud moments. Jethro is a very swoony book boyfriend and I loved how his relationship with Sienna evolved.

Crazy Like a Fox Audiobook by Rita Mae Brown

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Rita Mae Brown) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 20:58:30 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Crazy Like a Fox Author: Rita Mae Brown Narrator: Rita Mae Brown Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 11-10-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A mystery full of colorful characters (both two- and four-legged!), gorgeous country landscapes, timeless traditions, and the breathtaking thrill of the fox hunt. The fox has made short work of the henhouse and is wreaking havoc across the once-peaceful Virginia hunt country. As Master of the Hunt, "Sister" Jane Arnold, her gentleman friend Gray Lorillard, the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club, and their loyal, clever hounds confront a most challenging - and all-too-human - adversary. Members Reviews: Want to go foxhunting with a "ghost"? I love stories that involve the animals. In this series, you will get horses, foxes, dogs and a cat. The animals are families and are written just like human families. You will get to know the foxes and the dogs, since they are such a big part of this series. A man went missing over 30 years ago. Now he is back and just as young as ever. Is he a ghost, a time traveler? He seems to know all about the land and everyone involved in the story. Has he discovered the fountain of youth? Few people will actually see him at first. But there is a video of him. Sister will figure it out and solve the mystery. At least she is close to figuring it out. The man makes his move about the same time. This story will involve a missing man, many love affairs, jewelry, a child and murder. Most of the people involved in the older mystery are dead, but not all. This will make Sister's job a little harder. But in the end, everyone will get what they want or deserve. Another thrilling mystery for Sister Jane I have been reading the Sister Jane series of books since 2006, and always look forward to new additions. I love the character building that Rita Mae has done throughout the series, and how unlike in most mystery series, occasionally returning characters are the "bad guy." The culture is spot on, for what I know of the fox hunting community, as an outsider (though I am a horse person, so not a complete outsider). This book continued to focus on young Tootie who Sister treats as a surrogate grandchild, and her relationship with her own parents, in a great way, and I hope in the next book, Tootie can work more on her life outside of the kennels. The one problem I had was the character Sara was not outlined in the character descriptions, so I had trouble figuring out her role a few times. It kept me reading, hoping for the mysterious character to be able to be redeemed and not killed at the end as he would be in so many author's books. I can't wait for more, though I know it will probably be a few years, I wish this series would get the focus the Sneaky Pie books do, as I feel they've played out. Loved this one Master! This long awaited book is, in true Rita Mae fashion, a gem. It was very good and deeply satisfying. However, Iâm already pining for the next one! It will make you laugh and cry and long for your dearly departed. The author understands and appreciates animals and their behavior. And sheâs a master at plots and storylines. I love the way we ties it all together. Iâm a huge fan and one day Iâd like to just see her from afar in her fox hunting element. Maybe I could be a Hilltopper one day! Great read I was so happy when another book in the Sister Jane series came out. Being from Eastern North Carolina, I have never been involved in fox hunting, but have enjoyed learning about it from the Sister Jane series.

Lingus Audiobook by Mariana Zapata

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Mariana Zapata) — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:29:02 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lingus Author: Mariana Zapata Narrator: Callie Dalton Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 01-26-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1092 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Most people would describe Katherine Berger as a responsible girl with a big heart, a loyal friend who takes care of those close to her, and the possessor of a wicked sense of humor. There was something about her that most people didn't know. "My name is Kat Berger, and I love porn." When 25-year-old Kat is dragged to a porn convention by her best friend, she's both embarrassed and nervous. The last thing she ever expects is to meet someone who makes her laugh like no other. This is a story about acceptance and friendship and a love born out of the most unexpected of places. Members Reviews: Cute little addictive read I started thinking I needed something to listen to while cleaning and found myself not being able to take my headphones out, so here I am 10 hours later having finished it. The story line is so unique and interesting. Girl meets boy, girl finds out boy is in porn and then becomes friends with the boy. Can they become more? Add in some funny one liners and comical situations and it's a hit! I'm very happy to add this to my audible library. Worth the credit no doubt and Callie Dalton does a great job at narration. Her male voice is excellent as well as her female voices to distinguish characters. I'm shocked, it was awesome! I wavered on getting this book even though it came highly recommended. I kept thinking to myself how far into cheesy land can a book go that opens up at a porn convention. It was either going to be really erotic with no plot, or it was going to be a total cheese fest and having me rolling my eyes....instead I got a book that was just simply awesome! There actually wasn't any heat until about 8 hours into the book, instead you got a stream of thought Sex in the City episode for 10 hours, it was great, it was funny, it was characters I could identify with, and it was a love story of uncertainty with ZERO contrived drama. Yes, they met at a porn convention, but this was a very well done classic rendition of girl meets boy, girl likes boy, does the boy like me like me, or just like me as a friend like me? There were zany crazy friends thrown into the mix, the gay friend who got officer spanks-a-lot for his birthday, the petite wild child friend whom the world knows as Zoe Star the Porn Star, but the main character Cat just knows as one of her best friends who farts too much! It was cute, funny, adorable, relatable, with an inner dialogue that would make any author jealous! I want to befriend these characters and I really wish there was a part two, or a Zoe story where we could catch up with these characters again. It was a total escape from reality to read this book, and I will for sure be checking out more by this author! Great for sale, credit, OR BUY! (Yes, I loved it that much!) SEXY, HILARIOUS, MUST READ!!! Any additional comments? I have read all of Zapata's books. I didn't think she could best Kulti, but this one did. My plan now is to listen to 100 more audio books so I can forget Lingus and listen to it anew! For fans of Kulti, this book feels like a funnier, sexier reboot. It has the same premise of a friendship that is more but cannot cross over that line. This type of plot really ramps up the sexual tension...your toes begin to curl in anticipation of the moment friends finally become lovers. Obviously, there is a lot of graphic sex talk in this book, and you must channel your inner Dr. Ruth.

Never Too Late Audiobook by Robyn Carr

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robyn Carr) — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:20:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Too Late Author: Robyn Carr Narrator: Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-15 Publisher: Harlequin Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1236 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Number-one New York Times best-selling author Robyn Carr examines the lives of three sisters as they step beyond the roles of wife, mother, and daughter, and discover the importance of being a woman first. Clare Wilson is starting over. She's had it with her marriage to a charming serial cheater. Even her own son thinks she's given his father too many chances. With the support of her sisters, Maggie and Sarah, she's ready to move on. Facing her 40th birthday, Clare is finally feeling the rush of unadulterated freedom. But when a near-fatal car accident lands Clare in the hospital, her life takes another detour. While recovering, Clare realizes she has the power to choose her life's path. The wonderful younger police officer who witnessed her crash is over the moon for her. A man from her past stirs up long-buried feelings. Even her ex is pining for her. With enthusiasm and a little envy, her sisters watch her bloom. Together, the sisters encourage each other to seek what they need to be happy. Along the way, they all learn that it's never too late to begin again. Members Reviews: don't bother performance was ok but the story was boring. I felt like I just kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did. it was kind of disappointing . 15 Years Too Late I am a huge Robyn Carr fan, which makes me feel guilty about writing a less-than-positive review of Never Too Late. The huge negative factor for me was the main character Claire, who was a whimpy 39 year old woman. Claire stayed with husband Roger for 16 years, roughly 15 years after the 1st time he had cheated on her. When Claire finally filed for divorce after their 5th separation, she instantly has several men trying to date her...why? Martyrs just aren't that interesting. Claire doesn't hold a fulltime job, refering to herself as a housewife, as if she was married to a building. Claire was an attractive, educated woman with a close family, a healthy teenage son and financial security, yet did almost nothing positive with her blessings. If she didn't need to earn a salary, at least she could have volunteered to help those less fortunate. While I appeciated the message "it's never too late to improve your life", I didn't relate to Claire, although she almost got me when she started to rehab an old house. If Claire had stayed with Roger because she was hopelessly in love, financially dependent or needed help with childcare, it would have been somewhat understandable. Sadly, Claire just seemed too immature and lazy. I did enjoy her sisters Maggie & Sarah, some humorous scenes, the perils of raising teens, the scenic small town setting and an excellent narration. The last half of the book got better and ended with a satisfying conclusion. NEVER DISAPPOINTED! The Robyn Carr/Terese Plummer team is ALWAYS a magnificent listen! The storyline held my attention from the very start! And the ending on all of Robyn Carr's books leave me satisfied, fulfilled and happy. This book although not in a series was no exception. I'm amazed at how the characters all come to life through Therese Plummer's wonderful narration. Her male and female voices would make one think that there are two people doing the narrating. Super great job! Well worth the credit! Therese Plummer is a great narrator She has the perfect casual style to make a romance novel come to life.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency Audiobook by Audible Comedy

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Audible Comedy) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:53:57 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: McSweeney's Internet Tendency Author: Audible Comedy Format: Original Recording Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 11-10-17 Publisher: McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Audible Comedy Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The literary humor site brought to life with dramatic performances of the very best pieces by talented comedians. Topics tackled include TSA pre-check, Manspreading, On Fleek, and the Kama Sutra. When you add McSweeney's Internet Tendency to your library you will receive all 16 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 10 minutes.

Fireflies and Magnolias Audiobook by Ava Miles

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Ava Miles) — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:05:31 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fireflies and Magnolias Subtitle: Dare River, Book 3 Author: Ava Miles Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-13-15 Publisher: Ava Miles, Inc Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 264 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From USA Today best-selling author Ava Miles of the number-one national best seller Nora Roberts Land comes an emotional, heartwarming romance with a touch of magic and mystery - perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery. Amelia Ann Hollins might have been raised to be a sweet magnolia, but she's found her inner fire - the quest for justice. The secrets she carries and a tragedy from her past prompt her to volunteer at a legal clinic in the worst part of town. Here she can serve and protect the one she couldn't save. Here she will risk everything. Clayton Chandler's happy life ended when his daddy died tragically when he was a boy. He lost his belief in magic and signs, but Amelia Ann is stirring the embers of passion and faith inside him again. He doesn't plan on risking his heart. To make matters worse, he works for her rock star brother and knows better than to date the younger sister of his best friend. When Amelia Ann volunteers to help with her brother's charity concert, Clayton has nowhere to run. Soon he can no longer deny his fiery passion for Amelia Ann, and as the danger of her calling and her secrets threaten their newfound love, they'll learn fireflies are magical and magnolias can burn hotter than steel. Members Reviews: I love that it's a Nashville Th book Ii live in Tenn the story was well said good story line that just kept going. I enjoyed i I love the story line,I live in Tenn so it really caught me. Well done good imagination. Would love some more from you. Not this one I absolutely loved the 1st book in this series and the next two. Fireflies and Magnolia did not do it. I have tried several times to read it bit just seems to repeat itself. I could not read it. Magical From beginning to the end, enjoyable. A follows up to the 2 previous stories that is as fun as the first two I Loved all 3 Dare River Novels!! I loved it!! Although, I suspected what would happen. It was still great to listen and imagine these Dare river novels in my mind and take me away from my normal life. Naive and lightweight a very narrow worldview, naive and innocent, but doesn't really leave anything behind after the reading. characters are relatively well formed, but too similar to really stand apart

Bloodsucking Fiends Audiobook by Christopher Moore

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Christopher Moore) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:02:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bloodsucking Fiends Subtitle: A Love Story Author: Christopher Moore Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 09-24-08 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3359 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A striking red-head, 20-something Jody is attacked and transformed into a vampire while walking home one night in downtown San Francisco. Befriending 19-year-old Tommy, Jody tries to understand her new undead life, but trouble finds her when the cops start suspecting Tommy of being a local bloodsucking serial killer. Members Reviews: Bloodsucking FUN! OK, I know some of you don't want to "fall" for the humor, but if you'll let yourself go, this book is SO funny. NOT every book is a documentary. If all books were all true, we'd be....non-existent. Give it a try. So clever. So funny. Many laugh-out-loud moments, as many others have said. Very engaging, I listened to it all as quickly as feasible. Enjoyable, and will listen to the others in the same series soon. Narrator SUSAN BENNETT IS AWESOME, and should be booked for work her entire career! She MORE than made it great. Loved her, and she brought more mental visions with the words than expected. Am I right, people that've heard this? Loved it, and I listen to books ALL day long, and I love horror. Even though this wasn't scary per se, it dealt with those ideas, which were more than enough for a good time. You like funny? You like vampires? Get this book. DON'T expect Lestat. Though...... Great book - INCREDIBLE narrator The fun of this book has been thoroughly reviewed, I think - so I will agree with all that has been said on that subject and give a but more credit where credit is due. This narrator is absolutely incredible. I have listened to so many very talented narrators on audible, who bring a life to the book it may not have had from just reading it - those who make a great book even greater. Well, this narrator is right up there at the top! I often think, when I compare the performances on audible to many performances I have seen in film or television, that book narration is a magnet for the most talented, but lunder-recognized of actors... and this book proves it. Congrats to Susan Bennett for a brilliant performance! I hope she features in many books to come. Ok, that said, let me reiterate that this book is loads of fun, very light hearted and moves quickly. The writer is a very witty person, and the humor is never flat, annoying or invasive, like in so many failed horror/humor stories featuring vampires or zombies... Really enjoyable stuff all around. LOL Funny, funny, funny. I normally don't get into humor books such as D. Adams and T. Prachett, but I love Moore. It is so hard to write a book and have something lol funny in every chapter, but Moore does it. The narration is perfect. The follow-up "You Suck" is also excellent. A Novel For the Not So Classic Vampire Fan! I absolutely love Christopher Moore! He is my unsung literary hero and I feindishly gobble up every novel he has ever written and unpatiently await his next work of genious! Blood Sucking Fiends is the first of (so far) three Vampire novels staring Jodi & Tommy, your not so ordinary vampire couple. These novels are sexy, funny and encompass Moore's unending talent for bringing interesting characters that grow and develop and change as each story takes its turns and twists. I highly recommend this one for those of you who love the art of sarcasm and wit. Buy this book! This book made me laugh out loud from start to finish.

The Code of the Woosters Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:27:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Code of the Woosters Subtitle: Jeeves to the Rescue Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 02-17-05 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1010 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Witty Wodehousess best-loved creation is the master-servant team of Bertie Wooster, the charming nitwit, and Jeeves, his effortlessly superior valet and protector. Newsweek says "they are at their best in The Code of the Woosters." This installment involves Gussie Fink-Nottle, the soupey Madeline Bassett, old Pop Bassett, the unscrupulous Stiffy Byng, the Rev. H.P. ("Stinker") Pinker, an eighteenth-century cow-creamer, and a liberal dose of the imperious Aunt Dahlia. There you have it: jolly good fun and grins galore! Jeeves once more to the rescue! ©1938, 1966 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, held by Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate; (P)1990, 2000 Chivers Audio Books Members Reviews: Best Wodehouse narrator Jonathan Cecil has just become my favorite Wodehouse narrator after listening to 2 titles narrated by him and that is saying some after having listened to Frederick Davidson's excellent efforts in the past. Mr. Cecil does an excellent Bertie making him sound the perfect lovable and urbane nitwit we've all come to know and love. His Jeeves is if anything even more accomplished with just the proper amount of wisdom, subservience and pedantry. He does women's voices very well and you would swear this was a full cast production when you factor in the voices for Gussie Fink-Nottle, Roderick Spode, Sir Watkyn Bassett, Stinker Pinker, Stiffy Byng, Madeline Bassett and of course Aunt Dahlia. The story itself stands on its own and the author's reputation and requires no comments from me. Highly recommended title. Enjoy! Cecil's voice plus Wodehouse's plot = delight If Wodehouse were still with us, I feel confident he would grant Jonathan Cecil exclusive rights to all future audio interpretations of his novels and stories. Cecil's vocal characterizations are nothing short of virtuosic (if, as Bertie would say, that is the word I want). By the climactic scene you would swear there are five or six different people in the room with him. And of course, Wodehouse's comedy is as highly honed as ever set down in English. A hilarious collaboration of author and interpreter, this makes for an especially good antidote to rush-hour traffic! a joy! I'm a Wodehouse lover and have enjoyed his books for years. This is one of the few audiobooks that I enjoyed more than reading myself. The narrator is pitch-perfect, and his vocal characterizations are far better than anything I could ever come up with in my own head. My best friend and I listened to it together and had to replay many passages we failed to hear due to our uncontrolled laughter! Don't miss this one! Wodehouse to the Rescue Evelyn Waugh was about right when he said, Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in. This classic from the Monarch or Royal of the Masterhe apparently used both brands of typewriter in the course of a longish authorial careerhas certainly released me more than once from dull hours and duller cares.

Sacre Bleu Audiobook by Christopher Moore

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Christopher Moore) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:30:46 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Sacre Bleu Subtitle: A Comedy d'Art Author: Christopher Moore Narrator: Euan Morton Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 04-03-12 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1825 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is... SacrÉ Bleu. In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. Or did he? Why would an artist at the height of his creative powers attempt to take his life... and then walk a mile to a doctor's house for help? Who was the crooked little "color man" Vincent had claimed was stalking him across France? And why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue? These are just a few of the questions confronting Vincent's friends - baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - who vow to discover the truth of van Gogh's untimely death. Their quest will lead them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late 19th century Paris. Oh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors! A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history - with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure - Sacre Bleu is another masterpiece of wit and wonder from the one, the only, Christopher Moore. Members Reviews: Is Nothing is Sacre'? I'm new to Christopher Moore. I'd seen those signature covers, with the bold chunky letters "M-O-O-R-E" across the front, and was curious..."What new genre is this: vampires named Abby Normal, murderous Santas, the spectre Death in a baby carriage, King Lear as a comedy, Jesus and his boyhood pal Biff...holy merde!...is nothing sacre'?!" I was tempted, but my impression was the subject matter was too surreal, too bawdy, too irreverant, for my tastes. But a novel about wonderful art, Paris, Van Gogh, even if it was fictional comedy....oh! I could not resist. I didn't stop smiling or laughing for 11 hrs. and 40 min. Sacre' Bleu is a brilliantly crafted mish-mash of genres, part historical fiction, part mystery, part fantasy, part mythology, loaded with satire and comedic genius, but also some accurate and interesting history. I get why the fans are zealous, why the reviews are glowing--this is entertaining smart comedy; energetic and colorful, with a cast of who's-who in the world of 19th century artists (even a "cameo" by Descartes and Hemingway) and a story that spans history. The character Toulouse-Lautrec was especially funny, brought to life by the wonderful narration of Euan Morton.The first hour is a little slow, but the pace picks up quickly, and if the plot doesn't draw you in, the amusing banter will. If you are considering Moore for the first time, I can say I enjoyed this listen immensely, but don't think it is for everyone, it's more an acquired taste. It is irreverant, and there is some bawdy humor--if you can't laugh at a dirty joke, and bits of sophmoric humor, you might not appreciate Moore's style. As for me, I want more of anything that can hold my interest AND keep a smile on my face. I'll be reading the Audible members' reviews of other Moore books and choosing another. Not Moore at his funniest, but Moore completely If you're looking for the comedy so readily had in Fool, Dirty Job, and all of the Pine Cove books it isnt here, this is more the kind of deeply drawn absurd comedy that you found in Fluke.

Repo Madness Audiobook by W. Bruce Cameron

biacuaduc@gmail.com (W. Bruce Cameron) — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:41:16 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Repo Madness Subtitle: A Novel Author: W. Bruce Cameron Narrator: R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 08-23-16 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 147 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Ruddy McCann is back in Repo Madness - the laugh-out-loud, thrilling adventure from best-selling author W. Bruce Cameron! Ruddy McCann, former college football star, now Kalkaska, Michigan, repo man, is finally getting his life back on track. He has a beautiful fiancée, Katie Lottner; a somewhat stable job stealing cars; and a lazy, lovable basset hound. With his job suddenly in jeopardy, his fiancée wanting a break, and a new court-ordered psychiatrist insisting he take his medication or violate the terms of his probation, Ruddy finds himself missing the one thing he thought he would be happy to be rid of - the voice of Alan Lottner, dead realtor and Ruddy's future father-in-law. When a woman tells Ruddy that the tragedy that defines his life may in fact be a lie, Ruddy starts to investigate the disappearances of women in the area and soon discovers that his own redemption may be within reach. Alan's voice returns, and Ruddy and Alan work together to bring down a corrupt banker, win back Katie's love, and stop a serial killer before he can strike again. Members Reviews: Finally back, can't wait for more A dry but hilarious second installment that follows our hero, Ruddy (the fearless repo man), through the tribulations of solving a serial murderer case, love, psychiatry, psychotics, and, of course, repo-ing. It's not exactly necessary to read the first book in the series. I actually had forgotten a lot of what happened in the first one, which I also loved so maybe you should read it. If you like quirky characters, amateur detective work, and lazy dogs you will enjoy this book. Repo Madness Worth The Wait! The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man remains one of my favorite Audible experiences. In fact, after listening to Repo Madness, I have begun relistening for the 3rd time! Like its predecessor, Repo Madness is funny, clever, ironic and entirely unique. Outstanding characters, quick witted banter and great suspense collude to deliver another 5 star experience fom Bruce Cameron. Though it stands well on its on, you really should read the series in order. RC Bray does a great job, though original narrator George Wilson was better at capturing the irony and humor. ok I like Bray as a narrator, but I really missed George as the voices of Ruddy and Alan. Easy listening Funny for crime novel. Good who done it. Narrated seemed old for the main character. The story continues - great contemporary fantasy Entertaining, although a tad darker than the first book. The change in narrator made for a change in tone - more brash with a bickering delivery. I recognize the brash and bickering character in the inner voice of the realtor as very similar to a character the same narrator uses in a Military Science Fiction series called Expedition Force, for the character of Skippy - an AI device found that insults humans as monkeys and pulls pranks throughout the series for comedy in the books. But, here in the Repo Man series, the narrator's voice changed the genteel, intelligent, and moral character of the realtor too much and the previous contrast in the two characters - which was the very interesting Thing between them - was thus reduced. This would not have been noticed if the first narrator hadn't already portrayed the difference between the repo man and the realtor's voices. Now the voices barely changed and the realtor's voice was brash and pushy. Oh well.

QualityLand (Helle Edition) Hörbuch von Marc-Uwe Kling

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marc-Uwe Kling) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:46:05 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> Titel: QualityLand (Helle Edition) Autor:: Marc-Uwe Kling Erzähler: Marc-Uwe Kling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 26 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-22-17 Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 9 Stimmen Kategorien: Fiction, Humor Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Willkommen in QualityLand! In der Zukunft ist alles durch Algorithmen optimiert: QualityPartner weiß, wer am besten zu dir passt. Das selbstfahrende Auto weiß, wo du hinwillst. Und wer bei TheShop angemeldet ist, bekommt alle Produkte, die er bewusst oder unbewusst haben will, automatisch zugeschickt. Kein Mensch ist mehr gezwungen, schwierige Entscheidungen zu treffen - denn in QualityLand lautet die Antwort auf alle Fragen: o.k. Trotzdem beschleicht den Maschinenverschrotter Peter immer mehr das Gefühl, dass mit dem System etwas nicht stimmt. Warum gibt es Drohnen, die an Flugangst leiden, oder Kampfroboter mit posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung? Warum werden die Maschinen immer menschlicher, aber die Menschen immer maschineller? Marc-Uwe Kling hat die Verheißungen und das Unbehagen der digitalen Gegenwart zu einer verblüffenden Zukunftssatire verdichtet. Visionär, hintergründig - und so komisch wie die Känguru-Trilogie. Die dunkle und helle Ausgabe unterscheiden sich durch Empfehlungen/Nachrichten/Werbung, die zwischen den Kapiteln eingefügt sind und jeweils ein anderes Weltbild zeichnen. Hörer der dunklen Edition finden hier den Newsfeed der hellen Edition: qualityland.de/hell. Hörer der hellen Edition finden hier den Newsfeed der dunklen Edition: qualityland.de/dunkel Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Newsfeeds erst nach Veröffentlichung der beiden Editionen verfügbar sind. ©2017 Marc-Uwe Kling, Potsdam / Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg (P)2017 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg Mitglieder Bewertungen: This is a True Laugh Out Loud Story Germans can be humorous? With a humor that even North Americans would enjoy?! Yes! This is the first German book I've ever listened to that actually had me laughing out loud as I walked along listening. A light hearted very near future science fiction satire set in Germany - talking self-driving cars, Amazon-like self-ordering online stores, bossy personal digital assistants - all mixed together in a net of sparkling humor and wit. A delight to listen to.

Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs Audiobook by Patrick McManus

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Patrick McManus) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:55:27 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs Author: Patrick McManus Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 10-29-09 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 94 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: In "Muldoon in Love" McManus examines how third-grade crushes can have a disastrous effect on show-and-tell. In "The Big Fix" he explores the insidious relationship between women and flat tires. In "What's in a Name, Moonbeam?" he welcomes into the world a new grandchi ... er ... a new small relative. Norman Dietz's droll narration of these and two dozen more adventures by the author of How I Got This Way and The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw will have listeners - and maybe even a wolf or two - howling. Members Reviews: Great stories! I always find him fun to listen to and laugh at of his stories. Great recommendations for my sons to listen. Not funny Narrator was fine; but this book does not have the quality of humor as McManus' other books. My husband and I were put off. I'd return this. Laughed so hard I cried! Where does Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? I was laughing so hard at work in the service area that I had to turn off my iPod because customers out front thought I had lost my mind! Fun! Awesome! Where does Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? Funny! Love all his books and the narrator does a marvallous job! Who was your favorite character and why? Which scene was your favorite? Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Any additional comments? Stupid, but Funny Gotta' love McManus for his dumb sense of humor that will still make one laugh. I think his books have more appeal for those who love being out-of-doors, but I am not a fisherman or hunter and still enjoy his books.

Cold as Ice Audiobook by John G. Hartness

biacuaduc@gmail.com (John G. Hartness) — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:19:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cold as Ice Subtitle: A Bubba the Monster Hunter Novella Author: John G. Hartness Narrator: John Solo Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 01-05-18 Publisher: Falstaff Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: What do you do when your psychotic grandmother also happens to be Mab, the mad queen of the Winter Court of the Faerie, who has you and your friends imprisoned after you invade her realm searching for the long-lost sister you never knew you had? Well, if you're Bubba the Monster Hunter, you break out of prison, have a dance-off in the middle of a ball, and enter a mortal combat tournament against magical beasties. If you're not Bubba, then I don't know what you'd do! In part two of Bubba the Monster Hunter: Season 4, Bubba's adventures in Fairyland continue as he picks right up where the action in Into the Mystic left off. Join Bubba, Skeeter, Amy, and Father Joe as they try to navigate court politics and the image of Bubba in doublet and hose to find and rescue his sister, Nitalia. Cold as Ice is part two of a four-part story line, beginning with Into the Mystic. These linked novellas will form Bubba the Monster Hunter: Season 4. Members Reviews: An Awesome Listen I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher and found it very entertaining. What do you get when you mix a Redneck Monster Hunter and a Faerie Queen? Lots of excitement and humour. Bubba tales are always a good time with unique characters and a fast paced plot, you'll just keep listening. John G. Hartness is one of my new favourite authors. Humans in Fairyland The narrator did an excellent job portraying Bubba, a redneck from Georgia in Fairyland. If you are into fighting, beheading with laughs thrown in then you will enjoy this audiobook. Looking Forward To More Of Bubba!! Cold As Ice was my first Bubba the Monster Hunter read and it was great. The stories can be read as stand alones but I am looking forward to going back and reading/listening to the others. Bubba is your typical red neck and has a unique perspective on life and Monster Hunting that is enjoyable to the reader. The narrator does a great job at bringing Bubba and the story to life. Fun and entertaining novella. I enjoyed this audio book about a half fae/ human from Georgia that goes to the land of the Fae to find his kidnapped sister. The characters are unusual and likable.I think the narrator did a good Georgia red neck accent. I voluntarily reviewed this audio book after receiving an advanced copy that I requested. Bubba to the Rescue I have to say I love Bubba , Skeeter, and Father Joe they are all lovable and crazy and enjoy their monster hunting but this is a little different as it has fairies which was ok but not my favorite. This book is where Bubba has to fight to save his mother under his evil grandmothers control. Keep them coming and recommend to anyone who enjoys fun characters especially read by John Solo as he is Bubba. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. THANK YOU

The First Bad Man Audiobook by Miranda July

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Miranda July) — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 07:36:30 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The First Bad Man Subtitle: A Novel Author: Miranda July Narrator: Miranda July Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 01-13-15 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 775 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and best-selling author of No One Belongs Here More Than You, a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny - so Miranda July - that listeners will be blown away. Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense nonprofit where she works. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one. When Cheryl's bosses ask if their 21-year-old daughter Clee can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee - the selfish, cruel blond bombshell - who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime. Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual obsession and fierce maternal love, Miranda July's first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling, disorienting, and unforgettable. Members Reviews: The book we've been fighting for Where does The First Bad Man rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? Brilliant first novel. Are there really so few that stream the consciousness of lonely people? What was one of the most memorable moments of The First Bad Man? whatever moments inspired my meditations on impaired narrators and the readers' superior insight; on how lost souls are driven by biology, since they have no other compass; on how playing games opens one up, and then its not a game. And the crtical recognition that exactly what we do in bed, the specific acts, with others and with ourselves, emerge from and are continuations of who we are, our wishes, fears and fantasies, and so very important in understanding these things, every bit as important as our speech and our acts, and our non-sexual thoughts and dreams.. Have you listened to any of Miranda Julys other performances before? How does this one compare? no Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? yes, yes Any additional comments? This is, of course, a dirty book, a very dirty book. It could not be otherwise. Fortunately we are in the hands of a generous author, and all that dirt, and the hot sex, and the other kind, are all in the service of an honest and warm showing of life, and how it works out, rewarding some very satisfying consolations to those who open to it. Couldn't stop listening Miranda July is amazing at crafting and performing this hypnotic story that explores the idea of desire. Highly recommend it. Um, like, what did I just listen to?! To sum up this book- it's a mix of Fight Club and someone's awfully super personal diary. And I liked it. I never buy a book without combing the reviews first. And I saw that this book was raunchy, and I'm pretty ok with raunchy. But, I have to say, this book made me more uncomfortable than American Psycho... Maybe I have issues, but I'm not here to talk about that. This book was funny- like made me laugh out loud funny. Embarrassing, if anyone saw me, but I couldn't help it.

The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Need Audiobook by Deborah Wilde

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Deborah Wilde) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:07:20 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Unlikeable Demon Hunter: Need Subtitle: Nava Katz, Book 3 Author: Deborah Wilde Narrator: Hollie Jackson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Nava is hot on the heels of a demonic serial killer and finally working with her brother. The assignment should be a dream come true, not a nightmarish power struggle made worse by her twin's refusal to believe there's corruption within the Brotherhood. Nava is determined to find proof of their dirty dealings, even as she risks irrefutably breaking her sibling bond. Speaking of clocking annoying males upside the head...Nava is also totally over smoking-hot rock star and fellow hunter Rohan Mitra. There is a veritable buffet of boy options out there, and this girl is now all-you-can-eat. So when her demon hunt brings her first love, Cole, back into her life, her revenge fantasies for closure - on all fronts - are a go. Except neither her old wounds nor her new ones are as healed as she believes. Still, she's got work to do: Brotherhood: unmask. Demons: slaughter. Guy problems: terminate with extreme prejudice. Members Reviews: I hate that I love these books! I hate that I love these books. First, let me give a shout out to the narrator Hollie Jackson. She hit the mark with the new villain in this one. I loved his voice and accent. But for the rest of the book... On one hand I become so annoyed with Nava. Sometimes she pushes me to the point where I want to give up on her. On the other hand, I just can't wait to see her throw the middle finger up to The Brotherhood. I'm torn between loving the overall story and wanting to break up with Nava's antics. In this third installment Nava continues to try to find the witch doctor while her twin tris to talk her out of it. Let me just say her brother is a douche this whole book, but I undertake the tension that's needed there. It comes across as a realistic option for a set of twins who haven't had their difference challenge thier relationship before. The Rohan/Nava love story is really drawn out and takes away from an awesome story. This new villian should have gotten more "stage time". I love a smart, sophisticated bad guy/girl. Then we bring in the Succubus storyline. I was hoping it would have a LOST GIRL feel from the SYFY series but it didn't get as much stage time either. Now don't get me wrong, I love me some Rohan. He is more interesting to me than Nava. But the back and forth thing seemed more like a Ya/Twilight type reading. On top of that the dreaded love triangle is introduced. I almost vomited. In my mouth. In this book, Arie has his powers and a grudge on his shoulders. I could have missed it but there wasn't a clear explanation of why his powers are what he had. All their powers manifest as a personality flaw but i dont understand what his represent. The Twins are put on a mission together. Arie bosses around Nava. Arie flirts with every male in the book. Oh did I mention that of the 5 males introduced in this book only 1 of them are straight. I meant to look and see if this was listed as a LBGT because once again in Book 3 more than 75% of the charters are Gay or Bisexual. At this point, as soon as she introduces a male character I guess at whether they are Gay or Bi. The story of The Brotherhood setting her up is explored. This is what makes the story interesting. I hope this comes more to the fore front with alittle less sexual tenison and high school jealousy. Oh yea... the cover art... leaves something to be desired.

Bluebeard Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kurt Vonnegut) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:39:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bluebeard Subtitle: The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916-1988) Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 284 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Bluebeard, published in 1987, is Vonnegut's meditation on art, artists, surrealism, and disaster. Meet Rabo Karabekian, a moderately successful surrealist painter who we meet late in life and see struggling (like all of Vonnegut's key characters) with the dregs of unresolved pain and the consequences of brutality. Loosely based on the legend of Bluebeard (best realized in Bela Bartok's one-act opera), the novel follows Karabekian through the last events in his life, which are heavy with women, painting, artistic ambition, artistic fraudulence, and as of yet unknown consequence. Vonnegut's intention here is not so much satirical (although the contemporary art scene would be easy enough to deconstruct), nor is it documentary (although Karabekian does carry elements of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko). Instead Vonnegut is using art for the same purpose he used science fiction clichés in Slaughterhouse-Five: as a filter through which he can illuminate the savagery, cruelty, and essentially comic misdirection of human existence. Listeners will recognize familiar Vonnegut character types and archetypes as they drift in and out through the background; meanwhile Karabekian, betrayed and betrayer, sinks through a bottomless haze of recollection. Like most of Vonnegut's late works, this is both science fiction and cruel, contemporary realism at once, using science fiction as metaphor for human damage as well as failure to perceive. Listeners will find that Vonnegut's protagonists can never really clarify for us whether they are ultimately unwitting victims or simple barbarians, leaving it up to the listener to determine in which genre this audiobook really fits, if any at all. Members Reviews: Kurt Vonnegut explores the arts "What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!" Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard A pseudo memoir of Rabo Karabekian a minor Abstract Expressionist whose art literally disappeared (thanks to a poor choice in paints). It is hard to relay what the book essentially is, but obviously it is an autobiography of an almost loner, a hermit with a roommate. He lives in his big house in the Hamptons among the art he bought cheap (Rothkos, Pollocks, etc) years ago. He is being bullied into writing his memoirs by Polly Madison, a writer of cheap blockbuster novels. At its heart, this novel is Vonnegut working his way through some of his previous big themes (war, isolation, humanism, pacifism) along with explorations of art, commerce, &c. This isn't one of his better novels, but is firmly in the middle of the pack. I personally wish Vonnegut spent more time playing with the artistic canvas, but the sections he spent dealing with Rabo apprenticing under Dan Gregory (I get a N.C. Wyeth or Howard Pyle vibe), a very popular illustrator, is worth the entire cost of reading anything clunky in some of the other sections. Masterful A profoundly american experience of wit and solidarity with the world at large, history at large. The best critique of mid century art on record. Still as great as I remember Great book and great performance. I was wondering if it would hold up after 20 years and it did and the performance even made it better. A short, sad, but beautiful narrative A gorgeous exploration into the definition of failure and success.

Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers Audiobook by Wilkie Martin

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Wilkie Martin) — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 03:09:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers Subtitle: Unhuman, Book 3 Author: Wilkie Martin Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 12-08-17 Publisher: The Witcherley Book Company Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Receiving unwanted attention after foiling an armed robbery, the unhuman Inspector Hobbes takes a long-overdue camping holiday with Andy, his accident-prone friend, and Dregs, the delinquent dog. In the bleak and dangerous Blacker Mountains, Andy stumbles across something shocking before falling for an attractive widow, while Hobbes wonders why an old gold mine has reopened. On their return to the sleepy Cotswold town of Sorenchester, Hobbes is dumbfounded when Kathy, a reminder of his hippy days, turns up on the doorstep with her baggage. Since Hobbes has to solve a gold robbery and contemplate some perfectly ordinary rocks, Andy must entertain Kathy while trying to protect his new love from a monstrous opponent working for the sinister Sir Gerald Payne. Despite his usual blunders and an inability to throw straight, Andy displays genuine courage. Can Andy survive dinner with a vampire? Can Hobbes recover the gold? And what is Kathy's relationship to Hobbes? This, the third in Wilkie Martin's Unhuman series of fast-paced comedy crime fantasies, will reveal all. Members Reviews: Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious and Quirky!!! Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious and Quirky!!! Hobbes and Andy are at it again! Hobbes takes a vacation to the Blacker Mountains and Andy goes with him they are going to rough it and of course, poor Andy finds himself smack dab in the middle of a murder case, falling for a smart and beautiful widow, dinner with a vampire, and struggling to maintain his space in Hobbes home! Hobbes is investigating a series of bank robberies, a reopened gold mine, ducking reporters, and dealing with Kathy, his alleged daughter who hails from America. All the while, Hobbes keeps order and keeps Andy from getting hurt too badly! The fun and action are non-stop. One cannot help but love the slapstick humor of Andy and the puns of Hobbes. Andys growth in this book is far more than previous ones; one thing is certain he is loyal and cares greatly for Hobbes, Mrs. Goodfellows, and Dregs. Wilkie Martin delivers yet another delightful book of puns, crazy slapstick humor, and new interesting and dangerous characters! Each book is better than the last, new twists and character growth. I enjoyed the first book and the second one as well but this one is even funnier and more dangerous for Andy and Hobbes than any of the others. I also find that Sid, the Vampire Banker is downright lovable! Tim Campbells performance is spot on! Each character has their own voice and personality that shines due to Campbells amazing talent. Campbell becomes each character, reflecting them and their personality accurately throughout the book. Love to hear him perform the Hobbes series. I cannot imagine another voice as Andy or Hobbes! This was a great listen - it has everything, fun, mystery, intrigue, romance and of course unhumans! There no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook. Audiobook was provided for review by the publisher. Please find this complete review and many others at my review blog. [If this review helped, please press YES. Thanks!] absolutely brilliant such deep, mysterious and wonderful characters. beautifully narrated. couldn't wish for a better listen. thank you.

The Green Mill Murder Audiobook by Kerry Greenwood

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kerry Greenwood) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:18:18 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Green Mill Murder Subtitle: A Phryne Fisher Mystery Author: Kerry Greenwood Narrator: Stephanie Daniel Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 03-01-10 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 763 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things -dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne's premier dance hall) to the music of Tintagel Stone's Jazzmakers, the band who taught St Vitus how to dance. And she's wearing a sparkling lobelia-coloured georgette dress. Nothing can flap the unflappable Phryne -especially on a dance floor with so many delectable partners. Nothing except death, that is. The dance competition is trailing into its last hours when suddenly, in the middle of "Bye Bye Blackbird" a figure slumps to the ground. No shot was heard. Phryne, conscious of how narrowly the missile missed her own bare shoulder, back, and dress, investigates. This leads her into the dark smoky jazz clubs of Fitzroy, into the arms of eloquent strangers, and finally into the sky, as she follows a complicated family tragedy of the great War and the damaged men who came back from ANZAC cove. Phryne flies her Gypsy Moth Rigel into the Autralian Alps, where she meets a hermit with a dog called Lucky and a wombat living under his bunk.... and risks her life on the love between brothers. Critic Reviews: "Australian crime fiction is becoming increasingly popular in North America, but Greenwood's series, thanks to its sparkling evocation of how the 1920s roared Down Under, manages to stand apart from the crowd. Anyone who hasn't discovered Phryne Fisher by now should start making up for lost time." (Booklist) Members Reviews: Enjoyable, fast-paced story What did you love best about The Green Mill Murder? I loved that this mystery is a light read set in the 1920's. In particular, the author started the story at a dance marathon. Between the written word and wonderful narration, you feel the pain of the remaining dance contestants as they use every last ounce of strength to win the contest. I love that the characters were likeable and believable. I was surprised by some of the facts of the story. I even checked a couple of them on-line and found that they were accurate for the time period. That was fun! What does Stephanie Daniel bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Ms. Daniel brings the different social spheres to the listener via the wonderful and varied accents she uses. I'm sure the accents were written into the book, but hearing them just enriched the experience of the story. Very well done. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I did laugh at times. I felt a sense of wonder at the great outdoor scenes and felt the vastness of the places she describes. Although the plight of shell shocked soldiers was present and very well handled (both in story and narration), it did not devastate me to the point of tears (I take my reading very seriously, folks!). I have had enough tears in my life...I do not need more in my reading! Any additional comments? When you are in the mood for a light, well-written mystery, I definitely recommend this book. If the rest of the series is as good as this book, I have many hours of enjoyable listening in my very near future! The best so far This is the best Phryne Fisher story that I have heard so far.

You Have to F--king Eat Audiobook by Adam Mansbach

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Adam Mansbach) — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:31:03 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: You Have to F--king Eat Author: Adam Mansbach Narrator: Bryan Cranston Format: Unabridged Length: 4 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3784 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcom in the Middle) follows in the exasperated footsteps of Samuel L. Jackson, giving voice to the long-suffering father whose indifferent child will just not eat in this hilarious follow-up to Adam Mansbach's international best seller, Go the F--k to Sleep. Mansbach's long-awaited sequel is about that other great parental frustration: getting your little angel to eat something that even vaguely resembles a normal meal. Profane, loving, and deeply cathartic, You Have to F--king Eat breaks the code of child-rearing silence, giving moms and dads (new, old, grand-, and expectant) a much-needed chance to laugh about a universal problem. Anchored by a hilarious performance from Cranston, You Have to F--king Eat is the perfect blend of talented voice actor and subversive fun that expertly captures Mansbachs trademark humor. Due to its explicit language, you probably shouldn't play this one for your kids. Members Reviews: Another role that Bryan Cranston plays to a T. If you could sum up Free: You Have to F--king Eat in three words, what would they be? Fucking EAT kid Who was your favorite character and why? My favorite character was the child, because they caused the main conflict in the book and advanced the plot nicely. Which scene was your favorite? The last scene, it threw a real curveball. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Of course, but I had to clear a few things from my schedule to fit it in. Any additional comments? The credits are quite long. More plot than twilight Would you consider the audio edition of Free: You Have to F--king Eat to be better than the print version? I love the narration but I'd rather read along with pictures. What was one of the most memorable moments of Free: You Have to F--king Eat? Everything from the first swear word to the last. What about Bryan Cranstons performance did you like? Everything. His voice brings me to tears. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? When the child finally ate a pancake. Any additional comments? Highly recommend this to anyone with children who won't eat. It's funny cause it's true! Would you listen to Free: You Have to F--king Eat again? Why? I'll listen to this several times. It's so frustratingly accurate that you have to laugh. Who was your favorite character and why? Bryan Cranston as the aggravated parent is spot on. Have you listened to any of Bryan Cranstons other performances before? How does this one compare? I have not listened to any other audio performances by Bryan Cranston, but I absolutely will now. If you could take any character from Free: You Have to F--king Eat out to dinner, who would it be and why? Bryan Cranston, of course, to see what he'd say when I don't fucking eat! Any additional comments? I enjoyed this so much! Amazingly Accurate! What made the experience of listening to Free: You Have to F--king Eat the most enjoyable? I think having experienced the same emotions as the father in the story it just made things more hilarious. Have you listened to any of Bryan Cranstons other performances before? How does this one compare? Bryan Cranston is a great talent. Not only can he do comedy well, but drama perfectly also. His range is phenomenal and he was a great choice for this title. Any additional comments? I had downloaded Go the F**K to Sleep when it was offered previously and enjoyed it.

After the Rabbit Audiobook by Nelson Chereta

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Nelson Chereta) — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:47:38 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: After the Rabbit Subtitle: Waldo Rabbit Series, Book 2 Author: Nelson Chereta Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 364 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Waldo Rabbit is back! Waldo and Alice continue on their quest, now accompanied by the ogre Gronk. They are headed to Norwich, where they hope to find the third monster that will be Waldo's last familiar. But things are never as simple as they seem. An archlich, White Mage, and murderous rabbits all stand in the way. Yes, that's right, the murderous flesh eating rabbits make their appearance! Waldo is both the hunter and the hunted. Can he find his last familiar before his enemies find him? It looks like everyone is after the rabbit. Members Reviews: I feel cheated/ripped off. Any additional comments? 1. Price! Check the length of the book before you buy. I bought this book as I liked it's predecessor and was excited for the sequel. Sadly I did not even think to check the length as the last book was almost 11 hours. When this book suddenly came to an end I thought it was a joke or something, I was thinking "Um... it should only be about half over at this point." Typically I refuse to buy any book that does not meet or surpass the $1/hour value threshold. Consider that if you have the platinum account one credit equals just under $10. As such this book should have a length of at least 10 hours. It's not even close. 2. While the writing is good it is not an improvement over the first book and the main character is SIGNIFICANTLY lacking in growth. Shockingly so. I mean the fish out of water thing can be fun but let's consider the deceased equine fully pulped at this point. Honestly if he is this dense how in the world has he managed to survive this long? 3. This feels like they just rushed this to publishing in order to cash in as fast as possible. The book feels like it lacks structure. Like the author going to have some but then the editor said, "Nope you're done, we will just go with what you have" It's sad as this is a fun story and the author had a good thing going and now he has lost me as a reader. I won't support this sort of bait and switch tactics. Honestly the audacity is bit much. NY Times best selling authors would never try and short change their readers but these people think that doing so if fine. GLWT. Shouldnt be called book 2 While I really do love the book, the way it's written, the characters and the story. It was so much fun. but this feels like a cheap way to get more money due to book 2 to being just a few more chapters from the book 1. I do not appreciate this but I really do like the series More of the same(meant in the best way possible) A direct sequel and more laughs ensue. If you've read the first one, you wont have much complaint aside from the fact it is slightly shorter. If you haven't read the first one......why aren't you? Fix yourself. Nothing All the elements are in this book but it never really comes together. It's working up to a great story but nothing really happens. Seriously, nothing. I will not get the 3rd, 4th, 100th, etc... At this pace, this will never end. Read first book first, but this is a good read. What made the experience of listening to After the Rabbit the most enjoyable? Absolutely amazing. I love the concept and the characters are very fun. Shakespeare it is not, but if you are looking for good laughs and fun characters, this is the book for you.

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Audiobook by Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans - translator

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Hendrik Groen) — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:40:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Author: Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans - translator Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 07-11-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 26 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: For fans of A Man Called Ove comes a funny, big-hearted tale about an old man who is young at heart. Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing, and he has to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs - not least his new endeavor, the anarchic Old-but-Not-Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in - the woman Hendrik has always longed for - he polishes his shoes (and his teeth), grooms what's left of his hair, and attempts to make something of the life he has left, with hilarious, tender, and devastating consequences. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen will not only delight older listeners with its wit and relevance but charm and inspire those who have years to go before their own expiry dates. Critic Reviews: "Funny and frank - a story with a great deal of heart." (Graeme Simsion, New York Times best-selling author of The Rosie Project) "A story about how friendship, selflessness and dignity lie at the heart of the human experience. When I'm an old man, I want to be Hendrik Groen." (John Boyne, internationally best-selling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) Members Reviews: narration an a+ the narration of this book realky brings it to life. i think the readable version wouldnt have been as enjoyable. excellent!

Vinegar Girl Audiobook by Anne Tyler

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Anne Tyler) — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:32:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Vinegar Girl Subtitle: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 06-21-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 383 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty, and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister, Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work - her preschool charges adore her, but their parents don't always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There's only one problem: His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, all would be lost. When Dr. Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he's relying - as usual - on Kate to help him. Kate is furious: This time he's really asking too much. But will she be able to resist the two men's touchingly ludicrous campaign to bring her around? Critic Reviews: "Everyone loves Anne Tyler." (San Francisco Chronicle) "Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place." (Newsday) "You are involved before you even notice you were paying attention.... Her feel for character is so keen that even hardened metafictionalists [who] would happily fry the whole notion of 'character' for breakfast are reduced to the role of helpless gossips, swapping avid hunches about the possible fates of the characters." (Tom Shone, The New Yorker) Members Reviews: Well worth a listen Any additional comments? I bought this audiobook for two reasons; I was curious about what would be done with such a problematical plot in a current setting and I know Anne Tyler as a very good author. I don't usually read Anne Tyler; I have had enough angst and deep sorrow in my own life that I choose to read books that don't put me through it. If I had had to rate Vinegar Girl in the middle of reading it I would probably have given it 3 stars. There is a lot of family dysfunction and I didn't love the characters. I was pretty uncomfortable; it was not happy reading, but it never reached the point where I thought seriously about not finishing. I am so very glad that I did finish. Anne Tyler really did take The Taming of the Shrew and make it work and beyond that, she made it make sense. If you know Shakespeare, you know the plot; Tyler certainly deviates from the original; she has to in order for the plot to make any sense in today's world. She does hit the high points of the play but I really had no idea how she would bring it all together at the end, but she does, and it is brilliant. I was completely charmed by her ending. I want to mention that I also appreciated that she kept the book very tight; it is short as audiobooks go these days, but it was the right length for what she accomplished; there was no filler in it. It is so much harder to skip filler in audiobooks than in print; I have sometimes loved the plot and characters in a book and have just been worn out by all of the extras thrown in. Thank goodness for a disciplined author and for good editors. Kirsten Potter was brilliant all the way through.

Bill the Vampire Audiobook by Rick Gualtieri

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Rick Gualtieri) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:06:20 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bill the Vampire Author: Rick Gualtieri Narrator: Christopher John Fetherolf Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 01-21-13 Publisher: Rick Gualtieri Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1117 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: There are reasons we fear the night. He isn't one of them. Bill Ryder was a dateless dweeb...then he died. Unfortunately for him that was just the beginning of his troubles. He awoke to find himself a vampire, one of the legendary predators of the night. Unfortunately for him, he was still at the bottom of the food chain. Now he finds himself surrounded by creatures stronger, deadlier and a whole lot cooler than he is. Worst yet, they all want him dead...permanently this time. Bill isn't exactly average, though. A vampire like him hasn't been seen in centuries. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve, unlikely allies, and an attitude problem that makes him too damn obnoxious to quit. Join him in this hilarious tale of monsters, mayhem, and the unlikely hero who's not afraid to tell them all off...even if it gets his teeth kicked in. Members Reviews: Pretty funny, very enjoyable I enjoyed this book a lot. There were a few moments in the beginning before Bill is turned that made me wonder if I was going to be able to stand the guy. A bit over the top with his silliness and horniness. But, that cleared up as the story continued. Definitely worthy of a credit. I went on to listen to the second book, and it was really good too. SOMETIMES MY SUBCONSCIOUS, CAN BE SUCH AN AHOLE HEY, I NEVER SAID I WASN'T SHALLOW This turned out to be a fun book. Like many others, I had my doubts at first. The longer you listen, the more the story grows on you. It is full of sophomoric type humor, but that becomes less so as the story plays out and I thought it had an interesting take on the Vampire genre. Through out the book, I may have laughed out loud about five times. It was humorous, but not hilarious. It was also a border line five star book. It is worth a credit, and certainly worth $4.95. EYE ROLL Most of the sophomore humor relates to Dick Jokes and goggling the female vampires. The main character is a loser and a gamer at the age of 24. When he turns, he is still about 20 pounds overweight and nerdy, while all the other vampires look like runway models. The main female character was a stripper before turning. HEY, SO SHE GOT ME KILLED, THAT'S NO REASON TO STOP PUTTING THE MOVES ON HER. There is no sex. IS UNCOVEN, EVEN A WORD Narrator is actually pretty good, especially when doing characters. When doing just plain narration, he had a tendency to develop a cadence. His voice is also a little high and cheery for a Vampire book, no Bray deepness. Still he deserved the five stars. WHAT WAS THIS, 1985 Author sounds like he grew up in the eighties. There are lots of references to Eighties music. DEALS, MUCH LIKE UNDERWARE ARE CHANGED OFTEN I liked this enough to continue the series, matter of fact you can get the first four books, in an omnibus for one credit. Surprisingly good Good self-deprecating, only moderately geeky main character was easy to like. Every time he did something ... or didn't do something , that could have lead to a hole in the plot, there was an "Oh yeah.." moment that brought things back to a logical conclusion. I'm also reading the Besty Vampire queen series, and they are similar in comic flavor. I say it's surprisingly good, because I only bought it for the low price tag. Totally Fun Snarky Humor Totally fun snarky humor done with an excellent narrator. Fun characters like Bill's roommates and sexy vampires that Bill, aka Dr.

Tourist Season Audiobook by Carl Hiaasen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carl Hiaasen) — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:34:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tourist Season Author: Carl Hiaasen Narrator: George Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 03-05-04 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 956 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt. The cast, which includes a deranged journalist, a visionary ex-jock, and a lovesick detective, is just the kind of company Carl Hiaasen's fans love to keep. Narrator George Wilson's performance lures each quirky character out into the full light of the Florida sun. With over half a million copies in print, this is one of Hiaasen's most popular works. Critic Reviews: "Reading a Hiaasen book is always a high-speed boat ride where laughter can turn to horror and disaster at any moment. Hearing the story aloud adds a dose of realism and sensation....Wilson's narration is perfectly timed, laid-back, and salty." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: Not his best I listened to two other books by this author - Stormy Weather and Skinny Dip and thought they were excellent. This one was not nearly as good. Too "preachy" and too violent for my taste. The idea of making a hero of an insane guy who kills people - gruesomely - to make a point about what tourists are doing to Florida was more than a bit over the top. I'm willing to try Carl Hiasson again but hope his next book has less preaching, less violence and more good storytelling - like the first two. Great Book Tourist Season was so great. I have loved all of his books but this one was really really good. I could not wait to get back into the car to hear the rest of the CD. I love to laugh and this one had me laughing out loud several times. A 16 hour trip to FL. went by like a snap! He has written better Tourist Season was a disappoinment after reading Skinny Dip, which was wonderfully funny and constantantly suspenseful. Carl Hiassen's sense of humor is terrific! George Wilson, as the narrator, was also disappointing. There are a lot of chuckles in this book, but not "laugh-out-loud" ones (as in Skinny Dip). A Raunchy Side-Splitting Romp Carl Hiassen manages to combine pulp-detection, ecor-terrorism, and raunch into a side-splitting romp into the sordid, carpet-bagging side of the Florida most of us know only as the "Sunshine State". Delightuflly performed by the versatile George Wilson. Hard to swallow Listened to half of it. The meaningless and brutal killings, and the unlikely development of the story line and some of the characters, made it hard to enjoy.

Pears and Perils Audiobook by Drew Hayes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Drew Hayes) — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:22:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pears and Perils Author: Drew Hayes Narrator: Matt Armstrong Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 08-22-14 Publisher: Andrew Hayes Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 375 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Most people would be overjoyed to win $50,000 and the chance to star in a nation-wide commercial, even if it was just for a fast food joint like Camelot Burger. Then again, Clint Tucker has never been like most people. Ushered to the tropical paradise of Kenowai, he and the other winners undertake an island tradition for the cameras, one meant to free a local imprisoned deity. One with very specific requirements that have yet to be met. One that might just be a bit more authentic than any of them expected. One that will begin a journey fraught with danger, excitement, and more beer than is wise or healthy. Members Reviews: Hard to classify, reminds me of Anansi's Boys What did you love best about Pears and Perils? Thunder PUNCH!!! I enjoyed the set up and the quirky characters. These are areas where Drew Hayes is strong. I've also read the 'Fred Vampire Accountant' stuff and, while I prefer those, I thought this was pretty great as well. I thought the ending was a bit weak (the guy at the end suddenly seems to have skills that were never hinted at before), but by then I was pretty well hooked. If you enjoyed 'Fred Vampire Accountant' you'll like this stuff as well. From Eargasms Audiobook Reviews This was a really interesting read. It is a little all over the place with the narrative. I love a mixed narrative, getting into many character's heads and POV. The problem here is that there are so many characters and the transitions are not always smooth. It makes things a little jumpy. I did enjoy the story once it really began moving. The beginning is more of a slow build, which makes it a slow read. It is predictable, but not in a way that makes it unpleasant to read. I liked the characters and really enjoyed the whole group dynamic. This book is a mix of island myth and modern reality tv, not so much a show but it has a reality show feel. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Matt Armstrong, who does a great job with all the voices. The voices of the island people are tricky, because their accents are tough to get at first. After listening for a bit your mind does get a feel for it and translation becomes easier. I really liked the tone of his voice and the energy he put into the read. His pace keeps the story moving, even when it is slow. Overall, I enjoyed this book and would be interested in reading more from this author. It wasn't a book I would rave about, but I would definitely recommend it as a good read. Disclosure I received this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts opinions and ratings are my own. *** If you found this review at all helpful, please take a moment to let me know. I love reading and sharing my opinions with other readers. Thanks for taking the time to read my review! You can see more audiobook reviews on my blog *** Read it for the author's snippet bio... ...stay for the really weird and cool story. I'm so into this guy's writing, this is my third book he has written. I found him algorithmically by searching associations with ready player one, the Martian and the off to be the wizard trilogy- all of which are amazing.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Audiobook

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Jonas Jonasson) — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:19:02 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Subtitle: A Novel Author: Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (translator) Narrator: Peter Kenny Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 04-29-14 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 734 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A wildly picaresque new novel from Jonas Jonasson, the author of the internationally best-selling The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at 10, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just 15, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse.... Nombeko ends up the prisoner of an incompetent engineer in a research facility working on South Africa's secret nuclear arsenal. Yet the unstoppable Nombeko pulls off a daring escape to Sweden, where she meets twins named Holger One and Holger Two, who are carrying out a mission to bring down the Swedish monarchy...by any means necessary. Nombeko's life ends up hopelessly intertwined with the lives of the twins, and when the twins arrange to kidnap the Swedish king and prime minister, it is up to our unlikely heroine to save the day - and possibly the world. In this wild romp, Jonasson tackles issues ranging from the pervasiveness of racism to the dangers of absolute power, while telling a charming and hilarious story along the way. In the satirical voice that has earned him legions of fans the world over, Jonasson gives us another rollicking tale of how even the smallest of decisions can have sweeping - even global - consequences. Members Reviews: overall a disapointment First, let's correct an omission - the book is narrated by Peter Kenny. He narrated a lot of books available on Audible, and his experience shows. The reading is fluent and nuanced. It is also totally inadequate for this book. Jonas Jonasson has a dry humor that is betrayed by the engrossing reading, which makes it sound like a sitcom. A pathetic misunderstanding and a huge letdown from the narration of the author's other book by Steven Crossley. That being said, the book itself is not as good as The 100 Years Old Man...The story has some good parts, particularly the ones in Soweto, but otherwise it a lot duller and repetitive, even self-plagiarizing. So, this audiobook is OK, but I came with high expectations after listening to the author's first book. Hopefully he will come back to his senses for the next book and the original narrator returns. I hear they made movies of both books, so I am up to see them (one available on Amazon Video already), just to see what they manage to do with some good literary material in that approach. Cheeky, Clever and Current story + great narrator By the same author of 'The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared' this story follows a similar format of a tangle of lives through years and countries and political and social events, unlikely chaos is tied together in imaginative scenarios through historic and current events recognizable by anyone who has watched the news in the past decades. This book had less laugh-out-loud moments than 'The 100-Year-Old-Man . . . ' book I listened to previously. But the previous book was so wonderful that I looked forward to the release of this one.

Die Känguru-Offenbarung Hörbuch von Marc-Uwe Kling

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marc-Uwe Kling) — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:50:07 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> Titel: Die Känguru-Offenbarung Untertitel: Live und ungekürzt Autor:: Marc-Uwe Kling Erzähler: Marc-Uwe Kling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 39 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-10-14 Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 26 Stimmen Kategorien: Fiction, Humor Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Endlich: Es geht weiter! Nach dem Manifest folgt die Offenbarung! Hier kommt die fulminante Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung: der "Känguru-Chroniken" dritter Teil. Das Beuteltier und der Kleinkünstler auf der Jagd nach dem mysteriösen Pinguin. Haltet euch bereit: "Dies ist die Offenbarung des Kängurus, dem Asozialen Netzwerk zu zeigen, was in der Kürze geschehen soll; und sie wurde gesandt durch eine E-Mail zu seinem Knecht Marc-Uwe, der bezeugt hat das Wort des Kängurus und das Zeugnis vom Asozialen Netzwerk, was er gesehen hat. Selig ist, der da liest und die da hören die Worte der Weissagung, denn die Zeit ist nahe." Halleluja. ©2014 Marc-Uwe Kling (P)2014 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg Mitglieder Bewertungen: Spitze ! eine Rezension sollte aus mindestens 15 Wörtern bestehen , von denen 7 nicht doppelt vorkommen ??? Franz Josef Strauss regt zum nachdenken an Die Geschichte des kangaroos ist interessant und regt zum nachdenken an einige kapitrl vor allem in der Mitte des Buches waren zwar etwas langweilig; aber es lohnt sich durch zu hören da das ende genial ist; würde es jedem kritisch denkenden Menschen empfehlen vor allem wenn man über geselschaftliche Probleme auch mal lachen kann; ich bin selbst dem asozialen Netzwerk beigetreten und empfehle auch auf dessen Facebook Seite zu stöbern.

Hag-Seed Audiobook by Margaret Atwood

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Margaret Atwood) — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:27:08 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hag-Seed Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: R. H. Thompson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 10-11-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 276 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: Not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And brewing revenge. After 12 years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall? Margaret Atwood's novel take on Shakespeare's play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own. Members Reviews: AWED! If you could sum up Hag-Seed in three words, what would they be? Favorite Shakespeare text, possibly favorite modern author, how could it not be a win! Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? The narrator was beyond compare. An English teacher's dream I'm not sure who, aside from English teachers and theater buffs, would be the audience for this novel. But, as a member of both subcultures, I loved it! I teach The Tempest each year to my seniors, and I am thinking quite seriously about having them read Hag-Seed in tandem with it. Margaret Atwood is one of the great writers of our time! Phenomenal work! Couldn't wait for it to be over I was hoping that this was going to be really enjoyable. Just wasn't. Extremely unrealistic as far the plot and I didn't care for the parallel to the Tempest, wasn't the best written. I hate the rap songs that were in some 1950's "Rocko" Mafia accent. I'm survey this will appeal to some (Shakespeare Fanatics) , but not to me. I really like Atwood's prose, but not on display here. Drag deed A little tortuous and over long. Like a literary equation that had to be solved and examples of every possible explanation wrung out. Impossible to care about the characters-/ciphers all. The narrator really brings this this to life I really enjoyed this book - it is very clever and engaging. The narrator is terrific - 5 stars+

Undead and Unwed Audiobook by MaryJanice Davidson

biacuaduc@gmail.com (MaryJanice Davidson) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:31:35 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Undead and Unwed Subtitle: Queen Betsy, Book 1 Author: MaryJanice Davidson Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-06 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2288 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Unwed is a delightful mixture of Sex and the City and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Waking up in a tacky coffin and wearing off-brand shoes, Betsy Taylor can't believe the horrible turn her life has taken; then she discovers she's a vampire. Soon, Betsy becomes a participant in a power struggle between the forces of darkness. With only her friend Jessica and the hunky vampire Sinclair to help her, this new "Queen of Vampires" will have a tough time getting her afterlife straight. Critic Reviews: "Sexy, steamy, and laugh-out-loud funny, Davidson's chick-lit foray into the paranormal is delightful." (Booklist) Members Reviews: Such a fun book! I actually despise what most people call "chick lit" and lots of people have described the Undead series by MaryJanice Davidson as chick lit meets vampires. I suppose that is an accurate description, but the reason I hate chick lit (in general) and the reason I find this book so hilarious is basically the same: a really shallow-seeming heroine. Here the shallowness isn't complete (Betsy has her moments and you can see that she has some deeper feelings, if you search really hard for them), but the very shallowness is part of the reason these books are so funny. The Queen of the Vampires is obsessed with shoes? Designer names? What anyone and everyone is wearing? Too funny! Nancy Wu, who gives voice to Betsy in this first person novel, is letter perfect. She sounds just like Betsy did in my head when I read "Undead and Unwed" for the first time. Give this book a chance,even if you aren't a chick lit fan. You won't regret it. Lighthearted Dark Fantasy I have to admit I really loved the lighthearted sillyness of a shoe loving queen of the vampires. I'm personally not a big fan of dark brooding vampires, so this was really a lot of fun. My only gripe is that it's a little more sexual than I would have liked, not that I mind a little bit but the author can be very explicit which is a little wierd for me since I like to listen to my books at work (with headphones but still...). Otherwise I'm really enjoying the series and I can't help spending all my credits so I can read the rest of them. Great Concept / Annoying Character I've read the Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse series and I was very eager to start on the Undead series. This book was entertaining with a great plot but is it just me or does Betsy get to be extremely annoying and brainless. I know she is supposed to be a woman in her late 20's/early 30's who ran a hectic office with complicated bosses and colleagues. A blonde bombshell heroine but she comes across as a blonde bimbo who is extremely emotional, lacks common sense, and acts more like she's a pre-teen going through puberty and made to share a bedroom with her little brother. She's not just tempermental, she's ridiculously rude, illogical, and whiny. She's commonly displayed as a self righteous, pouting, stomping, confidence-starved 14 yr old that says things like "ick", "yuck", "blach", and "gross". It's definitely "Sex in the City" meets "Twilight" meets "Austin Powers" meets "Rugrats". Of all the amazing things she can do and ample power she has, she spends most of her time mudslinging, name calling, and staging "biotch" fights.

Inspector Hobbes and the Curse Audiobook by Wilkie Martin

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Wilkie Martin) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 02:36:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inspector Hobbes and the Curse Subtitle: Unhuman, Book 2 Author: Wilkie Martin Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: The Witcherley Book Company Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Set in the Cotswolds, this is the next instalment in the adventures of Inspector Hobbes, Mrs Goodfellow, and Dregs, as narrated by the still disaster-prone Andy Caplet. It is a rip roaring, funny, and moving tale of Andy's infatuation with a dangerously beautiful woman, starting off during investigations into sheep deaths and the mysterious disappearance of pheasants. These incidents appear to be connected to a rash of big cat sightings, and something horrible seems to be lurking in the woods. Is Andy cursed to be always unsuccessful in love, or is the curse something much darker, something that will arouse his primeval terrors? Members Reviews: A paranormal comedy that's entertaining & exciting Inspector Hobbes and Andy Caplet are at it again! Hobbes is trying to save the townsfolk of Cotswolds from deadly panther-like cats and Andy is falling in love, well maybe, one can never truly be for sure. Hobbes has yet another deadly mystery to solve and Andy in his sad sack way stumbles across the clues. No one is more surprised than Andy to discover he has become the obsession of not one but two creatures I enjoyed this book very much. Of course one may find themselves annoyed by Andy but if one looks at him as a bumbling inept person with good intentions, then hes more fun and enjoyable. Hobbes, for all his unhuman qualities, is filled with compassion and intelligence far more superior than Sherlock Holmes hes just more modest about it. Wilkie Martin has created a world in which human and unhuman may exist together. A paranormal comedy that is entertaining and exciting blending fantasy and mystery together expertly. He has built his characters deftly and with richness. Again, Tim Campbell serves as the narrator telling the story from Andy Caplets point of view. Campbell becomes Andy and does it smoothly and with great finesse. He has the perfect voice for both Andy and Hobbes. If you enjoy comedy and paranormal creatures with a mixture of Sherlock Holmes, this is the series for you! I thoroughly enjoy them. There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook. Audiobook was provided for review by the publisher. Please find this complete review and many others at my review blog. [If this review helped, please press YES. Thanks!] Fantastic book and series Accident prone main character, a fierce clever inspector and a veteran karate cook. Really amusing and a good mystery too. Brilliant series. Compulsive listening. Great narrator as well. Loved it! Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Yes, and no. Having read the series as an ebook first, the stories tended to stay in the mind for a few days. Both readers in our household got withdrawal symptoms. The audio versions are like reading the stories anew, but with familiar characters. What was one of the most memorable moments of Inspector Hobbes and the Curse? Inspector Hobbes. Loved the characterisation and the humour. What about Tim Campbells performance did you like? A more rounded depth to the characters, giving them a new life. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Too busy laughing to be moved. Any additional comments? We both love this series and hope the author will write more Inspector Hobbes books. Disclaimer: This review follows a promotional gift from the author having entered a competition from his newsletter.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Audiobook by Douglas Adams

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Douglas Adams) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:43:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Author: Douglas Adams Narrator: Martin Freeman Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-12 Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 135 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: If youve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? Which is exactly what the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. Theres just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea. And did anyone actually make a reservation? Members Reviews: Martin Freedman is good. Very good. Martin Freedman is good. Very good. Different to Stephen Fry but none the less very good. Douglas Adams is excellent. All the rest is fabulous. great so far marvelous, magnificent, mostly epic. This is one of the best sci-fi and comedy stories ever made. Martin Freeman ruined this book series for me Any additional comments? The interpretation of the characters I found really off, especially following Stephen Fry's interpretations for the first book. While I've read the books previously and thoroughly enjoyed them - the story is brilliant - Martins reading put me off and i couldnt even get through it. Not as good as HHGTTG Considering that I wished HHGTTG would never end, I found myself wishing away most of the tedious minutes of The Restaurant...Characters I didn't much care for, a story that never seemed to be going anywhere, and attempts at humour which all too often fell flat. Martin Freeman's narration was amusing, but not a patch on Stephen Fry's Hitchhiker's Guide. Not sure if I will bother with the next in the series, in case this ship is on a downward trajectory. . Great book, narrator made me scream What did you like best about The Restaurant at the End of the Universe? What did you like least? Like all the 'Hitchhikers' books, this is great. But Martin Freeman's voice when doing the characters drove me crazy. When he was speaking as Zaphod's older ghost relative, the screeching went on and on, and made me give up listening for a while - in the end, I could only continue by fast-forwarding. It's hard to do good narration while also doing different voices for characters. Freeman's voice is good as a normal story-teller. But someone should've stopped him, cos he made me hate this audio book. How did the narrator detract from the book? Terrible, screechy voice characters

Clownfish Blues Audiobook by Tim Dorsey

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tim Dorsey) — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 06:03:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Clownfish Blues Subtitle: A Novel Author: Tim Dorsey Narrator: Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 01-24-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 202 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A (Serge A.) storm is brewing for a cabal of bad guys gaming the Florida state lottery in this insanely funny novel from the maestro of mayhem, Tim Dorsey. If you're loud and proud Floridian Serge A. Storms, how do you follow up your very own remake of Easy Rider? You shoot your own "episodes" of your favorite classic television show, Route 66! With Coleman riding shotgun, Serge is rolling down the highway of his dreams in a vintage silver convertible Corvette, just like the snazzy car Martin Milner drove. It doesn't matter that the actual Route 66 didn't pass through Florida, for Serge discovers that a dozen episodes near the series' end were filmed (really!) in his beloved home state. So for Serge and the always toked and stoked Coleman, the Sunshine State is all the road you need to get your kicks. But their adventure traveling the byways of the Sunshine State's underbelly is about to take a detour. Someone is trying to tilt the odds in the state lottery amid a conga line of huge jackpots, spinning off more chaos than any hurricane season. With this much at stake, of course every shady character wants in. Crooked bodega owners, drug cartels laundering money through the lottery, and venture capitalists are all trying to game the system - and lining up to get their cut. They're also gambling with their lives, because when Serge and Coleman get hip to this timely (and very lucrative) trip, there's no telling whose number is up next. Throw in Brooke Campanella, Serge's old flame, as well as the perpetually star-crossed Reevis, and it's a sure bet that the ever-lucky Serge will hit it big. Winning has never been this deadly - or this much fun! Members Reviews: way fun this recording is way to Fun for it ever to be read!!! Be sure to have a beer and/joint ready... and maybe a Panda Head around Great ... very entertaining! What did you love best about Clownfish Blues? The humor mixed with the macabre...Tim Dorsey is a master. What did you like best about this story? If you really want to know detailed bits about Florida history and locations this is a great way to learn. A very different kind of travel guide. Tim's knowledge of the state is fantastic, mixed with the truly awe inspiring story's and quirks of 'a Florida Man'. Have you listened to any of Oliver Wymans other performances before? How does this one compare? Oliver does a great job truly excellent. Voice's and accents along with theatrical character presentations. Fantastic job. If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? Hold on ... your in for a ride! Wow ... I was really nervous Serge comes to the rescue AGAIN but I was sure it would turn out differently. This series is addicting! More please! good but could be great This one like the last book, just didn't have the umph. At the end, I felt like the story was disconnected as far as the lottery ticket story line. More story development was needed to give it the greatness of some of Dorsey's other books. Wild Ride Would you consider the audio edition of Clownfish Blues to be better than the print version? Unknown. I haven't read the book. Who was your favorite character and why? All the caricatures are unique and interesting.

Up the Down Staircase Audiobook by Bel Kaufman

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Bel Kaufman) — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:13:26 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Up the Down Staircase Author: Bel Kaufman Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 03-14-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prizewinning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching. Members Reviews: Amazing how much and how little some things change So many things rang true 30+ years later! I really enjoyed from start to finish. Great story with a great reader! A language teacher I am currently working with recommended this book because of the writing style. As a 62 year old, of course I've heard of it, but never got a chance to read it. I loved the performance in addition to the way this touching story was told. I spoke to many of my friends who are teachers and they are going to go and re-read it now or hear it on tape. Even though things were quite different when this book was written, I think that dedicated teachers have always been God-sent to our society. Bless them and their efforts to touch lives! Very entertaining I really enjoyed this reading. It was my first time using an audio book and it will not be my last. I had read this book previously and it was a little slow and was easy to loose interest but the narrator made everything so entertaining and lively it was hard not to feel like I was in the book myself. I had to do this reading for one of my education courses at school and I am glad I did.

The Impossible Fortress Audiobook by Jason Rekulak

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Jason Rekulak) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:50:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Impossible Fortress Author: Jason Rekulak Narrator: Griffin Newman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 02-07-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 172 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A dazzling debut novel - at once a charming romance, a hilarious crime caper, and a moving coming-of-age story - about what happens when a 14-year-old boy pretends to seduce a girl to steal a copy of Playboy but then discovers she is his computer-loving soul mate. Billy Marvin's first love was a computer. Then he met Mary Zelinsky. Do you remember your first love? The Impossible Fortress begins with a magazine. The year is 1987, and Playboy has just published scandalous photographs of Vanna White, from the popular TV game show Wheel of Fortune. For three teenage boys - Billy, Alf, and Clark - who are desperately uneducated in the ways of women, the magazine is somewhat of a Holy Grail: priceless beyond measure and impossible to attain. So, they hatch a plan to steal it. The heist will be fraught with peril: a locked building, intrepid police officers, rusty fire escapes, leaps across rooftops, electronic alarm systems, and a hyperactive Shih Tzu named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Failed attempt after failed attempt leads them to a genius master plan - they'll swipe the security code to Zelinsky's convenience store by seducing the owner's daughter, Mary Zelinsky. It becomes Billy's mission to befriend her and get the information by any means necessary. But Mary isn't your average teenage girl. She's a computer loving expert coder, already strides ahead of Billy in ability, with a wry sense of humor and a hidden big heart. But what starts as a game to win Mary's affection leaves Billy with a gut-wrenching choice: deceive the girl who may well be his first love or break a promise to his best friends. At its heart, The Impossible Fortress is a tender exploration of young love, true friends, and the confusing realities of male adolescence - with a dash of old-school computer programming. Members Reviews: Great story ! This book was a delightful surprise. Funny and touching, well developed characters, good narration. It's not as YA as it might seem initially. Definitely worth a credit. It's GOOD! This is a charming coming of age story and moves along at a good pace. The story and the narration are excellent! I hope Jason writes another one and Grffin Newman reads it to us! Great story with a few twists I loved everything about this book except for the 30 to 45 seconds of code entering at the opening of every chapter Really enjoyable A great story with relatable characters. it was quite fun to jump in the way back machine to the 80s without being overly nostalgia heavy. Great story and nostalgia - perfect combination! I loved this book! The author got the tone of the 80's right, the dialogue sounded like it soooo could have happened just as he wrote it, and the ending was just right - not too abrupt, not too sappy, not unbelievable - just right. I look forward to reading more of Jason Rekulak's books. PS the narrator (audio version) was perfect.

Out of the Soylent Planet: A Rex Nihilo Adventure Audiobook by Robert Kroese

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Robert Kroese) — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:21:49 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Out of the Soylent Planet: A Rex Nihilo Adventure Subtitle: Starship Grifters, Book 0 Author: Robert Kroese Narrator: J.D. Ledford Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: Robert Kroese Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Interstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband corn to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations. When Rex and his long-suffering robot companion Sasha are sentenced to work as slave labor on a massive Ubiqorp plantation, they learn the terrible secret behind the corporation's products. To escape, Rex and Sasha team up with a mis-programmed combat drone and an intelligent mutant plant to lead a rebellion against their merciless corporate overlords. Out of the Soylent Planet is a novel-length prequel to Starship Grifters, the book New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey called "one of my favorite space romps of all time". Members Reviews: Make reviews fun again out of soylent planet by kroese with sasha, she's no floozy in streetcar she's stella ends up with a fella the rest of this story's a doozy stranded on soylent planet rex very often says dammit through soylent wrangling and other shenanegans rob kroese makes reading fun again I snorted coffee out of my nose. Absolutely worth the wait! This is the third in an outstanding series that keeps getting funnier. Love Yet another Rob Kroese hit. Rex is outstandingly obnoxious as usual. Love it Laughs, adventuresâand creamed corn Sasha, the narrator of Out of the Soylent Planet, is a Self-Arresting near-Sentient Heuristic Android . As she admits, she âwas no good in a fight, couldnât tell a lie to save my life, and shut down whenever I had a good ideaâ (This last feature was required by GASP, the Galactic Artificial Sentience Prohibition of 2998, designed to ensure that AIs did not show up their human creators.). Nonetheless, Sasha and her owner, Rex Nihilo, manage to get out of a tremendous number of VERY bad situations. When the book opens, Rex is trying to sell some illegal explosives and get out of his debt to the interplanetary crime boss Bergoon the Grebatt, but he and Sasha find themselves shipped off to the planet Jorfu, where they immediately get into in hot water again for illegally importing cans of creamed corn. They have help in their adventures from a sentient version of the SHAMBLER (Self-Harvesting Ambulatory Legume Resource) plants that are the basis for the food eaten on Jorfu and from Bill, a mis-programmed security-enforcing robot that falls in love with Sasha. Out of the Soylent Planet is clever, funny, sometimes downright silly lighthearted entertainment. One of the bonus features I especially enjoy in Kroeseâs writing, though, is the occasional glimpse of his obvious fascination with learning, especially philosophy. Rex and Sasha attempt one of their many escapes in a battered spaceship named Reductio ad Absurdum, for example, and discover how appropriate is its name. And Sasha has âa full-blown soliloquy on free will and determinismâ, which might not be a good idea, since she was facing down an army of killer robots at the time. She later engages in a discussion of what distinguishes a lovable rogue (Rex) from a villain. This book is a prequel to Starship Grifters, so even though it takes place before that book, the question is whether you can read it first.

Deadeye Dick Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kurt Vonnegut) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:26:34 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Deadeye Dick Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 77 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Deadeye Dick is Kurt Vonnegut's funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors - a double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a neutron bomb - Rudy Waltz, aka Deadeye Dick, takes us along on a zany search for absolution and happiness. Here is a tale of crime and punishment that makes us rethink what we believe...and who we say we are. Members Reviews: If I aimed at nothing..nothing is what I would hit "Human beings always treat blizzards as though they were the end of the world," he said. "They're like Birds when the sun go down. Birds think the sun is never going to come up again. Sometimes, just listen to the birds when the sun goes down." --Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick This is one of those Vonnegut novels, I'll probably hold off giving to my son to read. Not yet son. You aren't quite ready for this depth of existentialist Vonnegut despair. The world is sometimes a rotten place, it really is, but I don't want to step on all his hope too early. Once when I was young, and I said something cynical and sarcastic in front of my father, he rebuked me and said, "Son, leave sarcasm, cynicism, and Depend undergarments to men above the age of 50. It isn't becoming in a kid so young." I now get what he meant. This is Vonnegut for old, cynical Vonnegut fans wearing a comfortable pair of Depends. This is for those of us in our Epilogue years. There is always a darkness to Vonnegut that is masked by his humor and his nonchalance. You often forget that there is an actual 1000 foot canyon beneath Vonnegut as his prose dances on the line of absurdism, death, and inhumanity. In this novel, you don't forget. That is part of the act, see? Vonnegut is pointing out the bodies on the rocks below and blaming the audience a bit. Still, it is pretty d@mn good stuff. Very Enjoyable! This is the story of a severely dysfunctional family. Told in an original style of writing by Kurt Vonnegut from the youngest sons point of view. Very enjoyable. Unlistenable Unlistenable audio quality. I wish someone would re-record all the Vonnegut books. Don't buy this. Story A story. T h e S t o r y. Life is complicated. Life is consequence.

The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man Audiobook by W. Bruce Cameron

biacuaduc@gmail.com (W. Bruce Cameron) — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:51:56 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man Author: W. Bruce Cameron Narrator: George K. Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 09-30-14 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 148 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: This short story introduces former college football star turned repo man Ruddy McCann, star of W. Bruce Camerons new novel The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and tells how Ruddy met his best friend Jake, a lazy but lovable basset hound, during a repo gone wrong. Full of laugh-out-loud humor and thrilling adventure, "The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man" is a page-turning, delightful short story by the author of the New York Times and USA Today best-selling A Dogs Purpose, A Dogs Journey, and The Dogs of Christmas that shows us that unconditional love is just a tail wag away and can happen upon us when we least expect it. Members Reviews: I crave for more in this wonderful series... Well, if you can call it a series. This is a short story sequel of the incredible book, The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man. That novel is one of the funniest and clever novels on Audible. George K Wilson is the perfect narrator for this story. He has the gift of timing, with a flair for capturing the irony within the story. This story is as fun as the novel, only it left me panting for more. Soon! Cute short story! This one hour story of the repo man getting his dog is cute, but insubstantial. Narration is excellent. I really enjoyed this book! Any additional comments? This was a fun easy going listen. I loved the relationship between the Ruddy and Alan. Even though the cast is vast, its easy to keep up with who is who and just as easy to become invested those characters. George K. Wilson ROCKS! Seriously one of the absolute best. He gives distinction and life to every single character, be they old, young, male or female ....or a dog. I laughed out loud more than once and found myself sitting in the driveway just to finish a part. I hope Bruce Cameron writes 20 more Repo Man books! A delightful intro to The Repo Man series What did you love best about The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man? Cute, left me wanting more. Fabulous narration. A quick introduction to the series. I think I've found a hidden treasure. Who was your favorite character and why? You just can't pick one. I loved them all, with their quirks and humor. Have you listened to any of George K. Wilsons other performances before? How does this one compare? No. This was my first, but definitely not my last. If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? Delightful, curiois, odd and just plain fun! Any additional comments? I started the first two chapters of "The Midnight P,an of the Repo Man" first, then found this intro to the series. From what I listened to in the second book, I had to buy this one for a little over $1. I look forward to continuing "Midnight Plan ..." Repo man and the dog. I enjoyed this short story. The dog stole my heart and I doubt that I am the only one that it happened to.

Double Knot Audiobook by Gretchen Archer

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Gretchen Archer) — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:10:46 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Double Knot Subtitle: Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 5 Author: Gretchen Archer Narrator: Amber Benson Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 04-26-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 157 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Superspy Davis Way sets sail on a Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Probability with 50 billionaires, a boatload of Louis Vuitton luggage, Anderson Cooper, and her mother. (Her mother?) The weather is perfect, the seas are calm, and suite 704 is spectacular. Until the door slams shut. For good. Obviously it's a system glitch. Surely someone will show up to free Davis, Miss Hawaii, and the creepy staff. But when the minutes turn to hours and the hours stretch into a day, Davis knows it's up to her. With $50,000 in casino chips, a pot roast, and a crash course in banking, she races against the clock to determine why they're being held, stop the people behind it, and find a way out. Secrets are revealed, antiquities are destroyed, and they're running out of dishes. It's mayday on Probability when Davis Way realizes that only the truth will set her free. Members Reviews: A laugh a minute as always Gretchen Archer has done it again, delivering a laugh a minute as always! Double Knot is the fifth book in the series and I highly recommend starting with the first book, Double Whammy. Amber Benson does a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life and distinguishing nicely between them. Hold on to your sides and get ready for a wild ride. Hilarious There are not many books that will make you laugh out loud but this is one of them. Another Funny One Another amusing story on the Davis Way series. This one had some great twists and turns, and I enjoyed getting to know Davis's mother more. She added a funny element to the story. can't wait for the next one! loved this book and I can't wait for the next one. Davis Way is a hoot. way better than Stephanie Plum. Gretchen Archer has done it again! Another LOL, cerebral techno thriller. Davis Way has become extended family! Amber Benson IS Davis!

Shame on Me Audiobook by Tara Sivec

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tara Sivec) — Tue, 06 May 2014 17:21:12 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Shame on Me Subtitle: Fool Me Once, Book 2 Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 05-06-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 355 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Ex-model Paige McCarty is fed up with being just a pretty face. After her ex-husbands gambling problem left her royally screwed and tragically shoeless, she started Fool Me Once Investigations with her best friends, Lorlei and Kennedy, to prevent other women from being similarly played and dismayed. The job: Act as bait for a cheating husband. The target: Matt Russo. The case should be as easy as getting a mans attention - and Paige has never had trouble with that. The problem is Matt - in all his nerdy-hot glory - turns out to be not such a scumbag after all. And when the case hits closer to home than Paige could ever have imagined - landing her in a face-off with the mob - she wonders if taking the job just to prove that she has a brain maybe wasnt her best idea. This second outing for the Fool Me Once team follows in the same fun, feisty footsteps as best-selling author Tara Sivecs Shame on You. Members Reviews: This is escapism. This series is light, easy and fun . Not everything we read must be serious. There's no moral story, it's taking your brain out to lunch! We all need that from time to time. Not so cute this time After listening to Shame On You and finding it a light, fluffy humorous tongue in cheek take on the private detective genre i purchased the next two works in the series. This work of fluffy female fiction started out in the same vein but then veered off way past parody and into caricature. Caricature is certainly an excellent definition of both Paige's mother and Matt's father; too broadly defined for even a network sitcom or a Hallmark Channel movie. As was Paige's ex Andy; a whiny narcissistic excuse for a man completely lacking in testosterone. The action scenes were once more, caricatures that played way too broadly. A mafia hit man being assaulted by a couple of old ladies with pocketbooks and canes; well sure. Not to mention Paige's mother becoming a gun happy vigilante. Then Paige is elbowed twice in the ribs and kicked in the stomach by the above mentioned hit man and thirty seconds later she is being given a "crushing" hug by Matt; not even a squeak of pain emerges from her. There is a limit to how much belief can be suspended in the written or audio format. Those are types of scenes that can be only be conveyed effectively in a visual medium. Perhaps it was too short a time between the time I listened to the first and second book. Maybe this one aims too often for the easy laugh the scene which requires little imagination to write. For whatever reason this one fell far short of the first book in the series. Love Tara Sivec. On the worst day her books can make me laugh until I'm in tears and this delivered. Start the book right now. Absolutely AMAZING! I listened to this book with KU. It is full of hilarious moments and a few steamy scenes. Amy McFadden did a wonderful job with the narration. Free ebook with Free audible upgrade with KU Any additional comments? This is one of my many free read and listen with KU and loved it. It is filled with lots of humor and some hot smexy scenes. Amy McFadden is quickly becoming one of my favorite female narrators. Tara Sivic is a new to me author, but I have see great reviews of her work. This is a book and series that I will be happy to purchase and keep in my library.

A Few Quick Ones Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:36:17 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Few Quick Ones Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 01-21-05 Publisher: AudioGO Ltd. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 216 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The stories included here are: The Fat of the Land, Scratch Man, The Right Approach, Jeeves Makes an Omelette, The Word in Season, Big Business, Leave it to Algy, Joy Bells for Walter, A Tithe for Charity, and Oofy, Freddie, and the Beef Trust. Critic Reviews: "Once again Jonathan Cecil shows why he's the perfect choice to narrate P.G. Wodehouse's works." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: Wodehouse Quick Ones Just wanted to say the reader is excellent and the writing superb. Master of the art of absurdity, Wodehouse lives up to his reputation. Cecil Strikes Again What did you love best about A Few Quick Ones? I am a Wodehouse fan, and once I discovered Jonathan Cecil's renditions, I became addicted. During A Few Quick Ones I was laughing as I drove down the interstate, or as I ran on the treadmill. What was one of the most memorable moments of A Few Quick Ones? I can't pinpoint a moment as a favorite, but Cecil's ability to create the appropriate voices for Wodehouse's peculiar characters is consistently excellent. Which scene was your favorite? Same answer as above. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Laugh, repeatedly! Any additional comments? These Wodehouse classics are a wonderful way to escape the realism of today's world. Even the most ridiculous characters are presented in a loving way. Wodehouse clearly liked all these people he created, and Jonathan Cecil clearly knows his Wodehouse! They Fly By Too Quickly Wodehouse is the only author whose books dont inspire me to check periodically how many minutes are left in a chapter. He is the only author who makes me wish the book Im listening to was longer. Hes the only author who wrote books I can finish, go back to the chapter index, and start all over again. This particular offering contains almost every fauna in the Wodehouse menagerie: Jeeves and Wooster, the Drones, the Oldest Member, and Ukridge. Only Blandings Castle is missing, and you can do one of those when you finish this one. Unless, of course, you want to start this one all over again. They do indeed go by quickly, especially as Jonathan Cecil is at the top of his form here. My only quibble is with the organization: the stories are spread over six chapters that bear absolutely no relation to where they begin or end. P. G Wodehouse is the master of understated humor. What about Jonathan Cecils performance did you like? Jonathan Cecil's performance is dynamic between each character's persona. The meaty enjoyment of the circle of characters and the bubbling path of the story line are iresistable. Any additional comments? Just enjoy all P. G. Wodehouse narrated by Jonathan Cecil. Wonderful The usual Wodehouse, i.e. wonderful?

Skin Tight Audiobook by Carl Hiaasen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carl Hiaasen) — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Skin Tight Author: Carl Hiaasen Narrator: George Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 07-22-04 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1568 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: As with Hiaasen's other books, Skin Tight is one long, extended farce, a comic take on everything from TV tabloid hosts to ambulance chasers, chronicling modern America's ever-growing penchant for tastelessness, self-absorption, and high sleaze. You will find yourself laughing in spite of yourself at wildly improbable characters like Chemo, a 7-foot monster with a face like a bowl of breakfast cereal; Heather Chappell, who wants to completely renovate her Barbi-doll body; and Reynaldo Flemm, the host of prime time's In Your Face, who stages mock attacks to his person in order to increase the Nielsen ratings. Critic Reviews: "Hiaasen's latest thriller is his funniest and sharpest novel to date....This wickedly amusing story is the work of a keen satirist who off-handedly exposes the moral rot at every level of society." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Skintight In typical Hiaasen fashion this book lives up to his wicked sense of humor. The way he writes his stories make you feel as though you're in the story & can't wait for the next hilarious character to surface. Anyone who has listened to Hiaasen will certainly love this one. Its also a great introduction to new listeners. A must hear. Not my favorite, but still a fun read. This one was not my favorite of the three Carl Hiaasen books I've read. It got a little tedious at times - but was still entertaining and fun. Very Funny & Enjoyable! This was a great book with great characters. Carl seemed to have included every type of character immaginable in this book and tie them all together. One of the best books I've listened to on Audible. If you like the character Nick Stranahan, check out Skinny Dip also. Another Fun Romp Into the Absurd This is another fun novel featuring former cop Mick Stranahan, a man who has killed as many men as he has former wives. That would be 5 , at least in this novel. Mick is gifted with an overwhelming amount of common sense along with an uncommonly accurate ability to size people up quickly. As is the case with many gifted heroes in literature , he has an equally extreme weakness that keeps his ego in check. He has the lowest possible immunity from falling in love with whoever he sleeps with. Thus he has had 5 ex wives, all cocktail or diner waitresses. Another common trait of Hiasson novels the absurd lives of his villains. In this case the story begins with a former nurse scheming to extort money from her former employer, an unethical quack plastic surgeon, by threatening to expose his killing of a young college girl several years back. To validate her claim while diverting attention away from her actual scam, she plays on the vanity of an egocentric investigative reporter and points all involved parties to a former detective who worked the case years ago. One Mick Stranahan. Suddenly we are in the world of plastic surgery as viewed by a wonderfully talented, cynical humorist, an ex reporter, turned columnist turned novelist. Let's face it, it is a world of extreme vanity, sexually charged, enormous egos, even larger insecurities...and little oversight by the medical community. There is no shortage of material here for Hiasson to work with. I love the characters, the humor, the relationships and most of all I enjoyed the whole experience. Lighthearted But Serious Subject I enjoyed this book.

At Night She Cries, While He Rides His Steed Audiobook by Ross Patterson

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Ross Patterson) — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:51:36 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: At Night She Cries, While He Rides His Steed Author: Ross Patterson Narrator: Ross Patterson Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 07-06-15 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 548 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Saint James Street James is a tall, extremely muscular, 32-year-old man whose attributes and possessions include a mind stronger than Socrates on acid; a magnificent horse he loves more than anything in the world; a package so large that it requires a signature; a beautiful, passionate wife with a rack so perfect it belongs on a billiard table; a shit ton of children; and his own personal gold mine. His life, set in 1849 against the backdrop of the California gold rush, is one long parade of amazing sex, dynamite montages, and whiskey. But when the Schlager Brothers come to town, so too comes the end of the good times. St. James is forced to defend everything that matters to him. God help anyone who stands in his way. Members Reviews: RELAX, IT'S NOT GAY PUN INTENDED St. James Street James (named after a spot on the Monopoly Board), is the kind of guy EVERY MAN WANTS TO BE LIKE. I thought the book was funny from the get go, but was worried the first couple of hours that there would be no plot. Then when his son named TOTALLY MEXICO, often referred to as TOTALLY FUCKING MEXICO, was killed, all of a sudden there was a plot. The story and main character grew on me to the point that I was laughing out loud and interested in how it was going to end. YOU GIVE THOSE WHORES AN INCH, THEY WANT THE OTHER SEVEN. This is filled with lots of sex and lots of foul language. The sex is often and explicit. I THEN KICKED HIS DEAD BODY, BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK NOT Most of the blood and gore is not that explicit, but I did catch myself cringing a couple of times WHOEVER SAID MONEY CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS, WAS OBVIOUSLY FUCKING POOR. The author is the narrator and he does a great job, sounds like a crew of people. I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A MAN I have OLD MAN STRENGTH and I really liked this sophomoric, politically incorrect, roll on the ground funny book. If you got the BALLS to get this book and love it, than you will also want to check out, Pandora's Box, by Jack Iceflo Jackson. IT'S GO TIME!! WTF!! Funny as hell!! Can't wait to see range 15. Ross is funny as hell, not for the easily offended! Best fucking book ever Read this fucking book immediately. I've never read a better book in my life. HOLY SHIT shallow, 2 dimensional, childish, and totally epic how many times can you make the same sex jokes? how shallow can a protagonist possibly be? Ross Patterson is going to find out. the amazing thing is, after hearing about his penis for the 62 time, I was still laughing. don't expect high literature, or much of a story. this is more Andrew Dice Clay meets the Magnificent 7. If Trump grabbing em' by the pussy made you more laugh than cry, you might really be able to enjoy this book. All the way up, over the top, I came here from drinkin bros podcast and range 15 movie. This is a must read/ listen to book.

Look Who's Back Audiobook by Timur Vermes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Timur Vermes) — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:31:15 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Look Who's Back Author: Timur Vermes Narrator: David Threlfall Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 11-08-17 Publisher: Lübbe Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen. But the Führer has another programme with even greater ambition - to set the country he finds a shambles back to rights. "Look Who's Back" stunned and then thrilled 1.5 million German readers with its fearless approach to the most taboo of subjects. Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived Hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step. ©2017 Bastei Lübbe (Lübbe Audio) (P)2017 Lübbe Audio Members Reviews: Not a book Came here to listen to a book but got a condensed radio play instead. Ripoff

Ninja at First Sight: An Origin Story (Knitting in the City) Audiobook by Penny Reid

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Penny Reid) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:21:31 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Ninja at First Sight: An Origin Story (Knitting in the City) Subtitle: Knitting in the City Author: Penny Reid Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 02-29-16 Publisher: Penny Reid, Author Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 298 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From the USA TODAY best-selling author of Truth or Beard. What do a cynical former Marine and a sheltered former Olympic contender have in common? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He has a girlfriend, and she's never been kissed. He's sullenly sarcastic, and she's earnestly empathetic. He can't stop thinking about her. She knows she should keep her distance. Nevertheless, when opposites attract, the results may be unexpected, but they're also undeniably magnetic. Ninja at First Sight is a stand-alone, prequel novella (for book five of the Knitting in the City Series, Happily Ever Ninja). Members Reviews: Penny Reid is a Master! What made the experience of listening to Ninja at First Sight: An Origin Story (Knitting in the City) the most enjoyable? Honestly, Penny Reid is a master story teller. Contemporary romance is littered with tropes, and that doesn't bother me, but I love that Penny Reid doesn't use them. She always surprises me. What did you like best about this story? Favorite moment. Thinking to myself, 'Oh no, she's about to (Spoiler)' and discovering I was completely wrong. What does Em Eldridge bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? She's a good narrator. I didn't really notice her to be honest and that's about the highest praise I can give. When the narrator disappears and it's just you and the story. Unnecessary snippet; a teaser? Any additional comments? I am a fan of Penny Reid's, although I prefer her Knitting in the City books to her other books. I was looking forward to reading another episode of that series even though it was a novella. What this turns out to be is a prequel to an upcoming book. I'm not sure why it was published except to be a teaser, or perhaps to bring a bit more income to the author. (I do support authors being able to earn a good living.) However I felt that this short book was really unnecessary. If this backstory is necessary to the upcoming novel, a skillful author will work it in to the story line; if not, leave it on your computer. I think the best books are written quite tightly; they don't require prologues or epilogues. A good story evokes all kinds of questions in the readers' minds but doesn't have the need to answer every single one, up to the number of children and grandchildren the heroine has, for instance. The best books leave us with lots to think but do complete the essential story arc. Penny Reid writes contemporary romance, a genre which is often sneered at, although romance readers know that the best romances are as good as books in any other genre. That said, we romance readers still deserve the best writing, and many romance authors really do deliver, and Penny Reid is an author who can meet very high standards. So why does this little novella exist? It's not particularly well-done or interesting. If it's a teaser for an upcoming novel, we shouldn't have to pay for it. If it's essential to that novel, it should be included in that novel. It certainly wasn't worth my time and money. I also wish, once again, to request that readers for books are chosen more carefully. I think that actors or whomever it is who wants to narrate books should get voice training.

A Girl's Guide to Vampires Audiobook by Katie MacAlister

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Katie MacAlister) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:22:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Girl's Guide to Vampires Author: Katie MacAlister Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 01-29-13 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 260 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Joy Randall's Top-five tips for vampire hunters: Members Reviews: Terrible! Any additional comments? Bad story, bad reading, really terrible. Kept thinking it would get better.... it didn't. Female lead too stupid to live What would have made A Girl's Guide to Vampires better? A smarter, more mature female lead. I read/listened to some immature, idiotic female characters before but Joy takes the cake. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Karen White? Emma Galvin or Kristine Hvam. They're both awesome. You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? It was a fun story. Any additional comments? The best friend Roxy was also really annoying. Great Friendship and Romance Listened for Fun (Audible) Tracking Books Read Review (Short) Overall Rating: 3.75 Story Rating: 3.50 Character Rating: 4.00 Audio Rating: 4.00 (Not Part of the Overall Rating) First Thought when Finished: A Girl's Guide to Vampires was a fun read and my favorite part was the friendship between Roxy and Joy! Overall Thoughts: Fun! Fun! Fun! This is one of those reads that I had zero expectations going in and ended up really surprised how much I enjoyed the characters. I loved the friendship between Roxy and Joy and the chemistry between Raphael and Joy was hawt! I thought the story took awhile to get going but the second half really took off. I will check out more from this series. The epilogue was hilarious and perfect for Roxy's voice. Audio Thoughts: Narrated By Karen White / Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins I like Karen White's narration. She is excellent at bringing to life fun, spunky leading ladies. She did a great job with Joy and Roxy! Final Thoughts: Will have to work book 2 into my book budget! Must be Able to Laugh Out loud Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? if you need laughs in your life, this is the book. You must be doing something that enables you to have the time to laugh out loud. This a light listen with core romance and mystery. Humor and whit are the gifts Ms MacAlister brings to her stories...these are not FSOG type material, just good old story telling that will make you laugh Who was your favorite character and why? Joy, her name tells the why. Her side kick made for a lot of laughs as well. If you want a complicated story, this is not for you. If you want to get an up lift in your attitude by listening to a core romance, this maybe for you. Which character as performed by Karen White was your favorite? I have purchase most of Ms White recordings as she has such a rich range and reading speed that captures written good humor. I found the MacAlister stories by hunting down what Ms White reads. Her US series are a lot of fun.

Bad Monkey Audiobook by Carl Hiaasen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carl Hiaasen) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:39:57 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bad Monkey Author: Carl Hiaasen Narrator: Arte Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 06-11-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1493 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Andrew Yancy - late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriffs office - has a human arm in his freezer. Theres a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (its not called the roach patrol for nothing). But first - this being Hiaasen country - Yancy must negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen, whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms; Yancys new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl Hiaasens greatest characters. Here is Hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else: spinning a tale at once fiercely pointed and wickedly funny in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of whats left of pristine Florida - now, of the Bahamas as well - get their comeuppance in mordantly ingenious, diabolically entertaining fashion. Members Reviews: Disappointed I was hoping for a great followup to Star Island. Who picks these readers? This book would have been significantly better to listen to with a better reader. I'm halfway thru and not sure If I'll finish it. Where's George Wilson? Any additional comments? Hard to judge this book, I was excited as I haven't listened to a new Hiaasen book in years. Unfortunately I have become accustomed to listening to George Wilson's narration, and IMHO Arte is not anywhere close to Wilson's performance. This book just doesn't seem as funny as previous audiobooks. I'm truly not sure whose to blame- Arte or Carl. Flame-out fail Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? So far, classic Hiassen, but I will never find out how it ends, because the reader is deplorably inept! I simply cannot continue listening to this book as all I do is cringe at how Arte Johnson is butchering the story, it's characters, and tempo. This probably would have been a hilarious book with even a mediocre reader. Arte Johnson is one of the worst. Would you be willing to try another one of Arte Johnsons performances? No, I would never try anything else by Arte Johnson. To the contrary, seeing his name as the reader would make me stay away. Wish I could give the performance ZERO stars What disappointed you about Bad Monkey? Bad Monkey suffers so severely due to bad narration that I honestly can't tell if Hiaasen is off his game or not. I've listened to a lot of audio books and Arte Johnson's reading of this book is probably the worst I've ever heard. Would you be willing to try another one of Arte Johnsons performances? Never, never, never. He's awful. Bad Arte!! I cast my vote with the other fans who miss George Wilson and hated Atre Johnson's reading. Hiaasen's humor may sometimes be dark, but the mood is never heavy, and Arte read this story like a 70 year old New York curmudgeon - Buddy Hackett came to mind more than once.

The Bertie Project Audiobook by Alexander McCall Smith

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Alexander McCall Smith) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:50:33 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Bertie Project Author: Alexander McCall Smith Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 02-07-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 318 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The newest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned home from the Middle East, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst of evils: cartoons, movies, and even carbonated beverages. But the one who should be most concerned is her unfortunate husband, Stuart, upon whom her wrath is about to descend. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper; and Bertie decides he wants to move away from Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother, Nicola. Will Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's newfound love last? And can Bertie really be leaving home? With wit, warmth, and humor, Alexander McCall Smith explores these matters of the heart and more with the colorful cast of characters from 44 Scotland Street. Members Reviews: Not again Would you consider the audio edition of The Bertie Project to be better than the print version? You tend to get to the character by the way Narrator portrayed them.The voice used for Bertie and Stewart leads you to feel sorry while Irene's voice triggers anger. What did you like best about this story? Stewart developing a backbone for awhile What does Robert Ian Mackenzie bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? The pain and struggles of the characters- a sense of meekness in Bertie thetas common to his father. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? The struggles of the Bertie and Stewart is becoming more unbelievable. Somebody needs happiness. More on Bertie, soon, if you please!! Quite a lot happens in this book, but I'm always yearning for Bertie to have more adventures and for Stewart to "man up" to his impossible wife! I do hope Alexander McCall Smith is busily writing more of these adventures right now!! Heart hurts for Bertie Can't wait for Stewart to at least fight for Bertie if not for himself. All the usual characters who are so engaging. Just tired of hearing this little boy tortured Love 44 Scotland Street If you could sum up The Bertie Project in three words, what would they be? Not my favorite. I love this series, and I read nearly everything McCall Smith writes, and this book was a nice part of the series, but somehow the story misses. Still wonderful and it's always nice to spend time with the characters in this series. But I ran out of patience with the story on this one. As always, a lovely performance by Robert Ian Mackenzie. What other book might you compare The Bertie Project to and why? Maybe this is the problem - this story is too similar to past ones and it's beginning to seem formulaic. The same characters running up against the same situations. I'm especially tired of Bruce and his narcissism and Irene and her awfulness. Any additional comments? I will continue to read this series and I hope McCall Smith continues to write the story of the characters at 44 Scotland Street.

Be Frank with Me Audiobook by Julia Claiborne Johnson

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Julia Claiborne Johnson) — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:51:22 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Be Frank with Me Subtitle: A Novel Author: Julia Claiborne Johnson Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 01-29-16 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1686 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Winner, 2017 APA Audie Awards - Best Female Narrator A sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and the pause-resisting spirit of Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies - with a few stipulations: no Ivy Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids. Quiet, discreet, sane. When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she's put to work right away - as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer's eccentric nine-year-old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth graders. As she slowly gets to know Frank, Alice becomes consumed with finding out who Frank's father is, how his gorgeous "piano teacher and itinerant male role model", Xander, fits in to the Banning family equation - and whether Mimi will ever finish that book. Full of heart and countless "only in Hollywood" moments, Be Frank with Me is a captivating and unconventional story of an unusual mother and son and the intrepid young woman who finds herself irresistibly pulled into their unforgettable world. Critic Reviews: "Be prepared to put your life on hold once you start this audiobook.... [Narrator Tavia] Gilbert nails the rhythm of Frank's unique speech pattern while instilling his dialogue with charm and innocence. She transitions so seamlessly between Alice and Frank that listeners may forget there's only one narrator. Don't miss this outstanding production." ( AudioFile) Members Reviews: A Whirlwind First, Gilbert did a fantastic job with the narration for this book. She was amazing. Midway through the--I can't say reading--I have to say performance--I had to remind myself that it was just one person voicing all the characters. Just perfect. I found myself smiling as I listened. The story is so eccentric, so charming, weird and quirky that I had a hard time not listening every minute. I loved the dialogue, the characters and most of all the interaction between this odd troop of people brought to life by Johnson. Be aware that this is a happy & positive book overall--but swirls around past failures, mistakes and disasters that the characters try hard to make up for and to set right after the fact. It's often like an old I Love Lucy episode--the harder they try the more things go wrong. Johnson's writing captures the funny side of life--but it isn't all fun and games. Multidimensional, kind, and at times sad. I really enjoyed the book. I might just listen again. 4.5 stars -- more resolution would give it 5 One of my all time favorite books is A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. And when I met Frank I was happy to find another sad, unique, odd, charming, sweet and strange child to love. Something inside of me sighed; something inside of me thrilled.

My Italian Bulldozer Audiobook by Alexander McCall Smith

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Alexander McCall Smith) — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:07:37 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Italian Bulldozer Author: Alexander McCall Smith Narrator: Timothy Ackroyd Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 04-04-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 166 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available, it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available, there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts, and so begins a series of laugh-out-loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul and his Italian bulldozer. A story of unexpected circumstance and a lesson in making the best of what you have, My Italian Bulldozer is a warm holiday listen guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Members Reviews: Suffused with Wisdom and Humor As an erstwhile wine and food writer I had to shake my head and wonder, "Why didn't I think of that?" The answer is simply that I'm not Alexander McCall Smith, who can take the simplest plot and make it interesting by populating it with complex and believable characters. McCall Smith's protagonists (as well as many of his incidental characters) are deeply philosophical, always searching, and always adult which is to say that they're thoughtful and emotional without being hysterical. They live lives that are fully examined. And there are always moments of absurdity and wry humor. I always know at the beginning of a McCall Smith novel that I'll leave feeling like I'd just spent time with a new best friend. If only I had that talent. Charming I enjoy most of Alexander McCall Smiths books. I particularly enjoy the gentle wandering philosophy of his books. In this book we have as our protagonist, Paul Stuart, a renowned food writer. His girlfriend has dumped him and he is feeling blue. To top it off he has writers block. His editor suggests he finish his latest cookbook on site in Tuscany. His rental car reservation is fouled up. A man offers him the use of his bulldozer. He slowly trundles his way to the small village of Montalcino. What follows is a delightful story only Smith can write. The story is well constructed and the bulldozer moves the story. The characters are rich and memorable. Smith provides the sights and smells of Tuscany. The discussion is on food because our hero is a food writer. The human relationships are complex and interesting. I find that Smith always leaves me feeling uplifted after finishing one of his books. The book is almost seven hours long. Sir Timothy Ackroyd does a great job narratoring the book. Ackroyd is an English actor and award winning audiobook narrator. Charming not inspired An interesting premise but without the character development needed to give it integrity. Well read. Entertaining Worth listening to, good light summer reading. The main characters are charming and frustrating in typical A. McCall Smith fashion. The addition of the bulldozer adds to the story and makes it funny in a sort of puzzling way. The characters stay true to themselves in a way that I found satisfying at the end and which I didn't expect partway into the book. Listen to this book if you need cheering up. Absolutely wonderful. Well written and read.

Just One of the Guys Audiobook by Kristan Higgins

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kristan Higgins) — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:31:07 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Just One of the Guys Author: Kristan Higgins Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 11-17-15 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 366 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Being one of the guys isn't all it's cracked up to be. So when journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it's time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: one - she's five feet and 11 inches of rock-solid girl power; two - she's cursed with four alpha-male older brothers. While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor, and things start to look up. Now there's only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she's never quite gotten over -although he seems to have gotten over her just fine. Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor just can't seem to see Chastity as anything more than just one of the guys.... Members Reviews: Great narration Xe Sands performs this so well. Good male voices and such a lovely, soothing voice. The story itself is cute and sweet along with enough drama to create a story. A few touching tears. My only real objection is that it's written in the first person which I find tiresome. But overall, worth a listen. Perfect. One of the smartest, funniest and perfectly sarcastic books I've ever read. I giving it as a Christmas present to several of my best friends bc I know that it will not disappoint. Also Xe Sands is a genius narrator. Love her timing, sarcasm, male voices, intelligence and wit!! My favorite Kristen Higgins book Funny, funny, and sweet and heartening. Not huge amounts of graphic sex. Great story. I love it. Wonderful, love this book, hilarious. I have been enjoying Kristen Higgins books for quite some time now. But this book was hilarious to the point of tears. I enjoyed this book very very much. The narration was was excellent. Ms. Higgins please keep writing these wonderful books. And ms. Sands keep narrating books, with the warm heartfelt feelings that you do. KD Very Enjoyable Read What did you love best about Just One of the Guys? I loved that the main character's relationship with her family. What other book might you compare Just One of the Guys to and why? I would compare this book to My One and Only, also by Kristin Higgins. I have read most of her books. Both books had strong female characters, not just the heroine. And both of the main characters could laugh at themselves while not falling completely apart when things did not go their way. What about Xe Sandss performance did you like? She sounds exactly like you think the characters would sound like, including the men. I think she is very talented. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I really like the book. I have to admit I may have shed a couple of tears during two major scenes involving her parents. Any additional comments? Worth the credit

Dark Wild Night Audiobook by Christina Lauren

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Christina Lauren) — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:24:07 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dark Wild Night Subtitle: Wild Seasons, Book 3 Author: Christina Lauren Narrator: Steve West, Shayna Thibodeaux Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 09-15-15 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 995 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything could - and does - happen. From Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard), book three in the sexy, fun New York Times best-selling Wild Seasons series that began with Sweet Filthy Boy and Dirty Rowdy Thing. Members Reviews: LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! Christina Lauren delivered another winner! Lola and Oliver were not on my radar as a couple I'd be interested in learning more about, but, in true CL fashion they've created characters that you can't help but delight in, as they figure out their HEA. Dark Wild Night was pretty close to perfection, and a close runner up to the Beautiful series in terms of sexiness, humor, and overall awesomeness! I didn't want this one to end. I can't wait for the next Christina Lauren book; until then, this a 'listen and repeat' for sure. Highly recommended! Little disappointed I looked forward to this so much, and it just fell short for me. It was like a filler to the series and could have been so much more. Good story!! But about 50/50 on the narration Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? No, I think I would recommend it was read. The male narration is pretty average. The story itself is good, not my fav from these authors, but still okay. I didn't feel as connected to their story. The conflict/issues felt like a tiny blip in the road rather than much to overcome, which felt a bit of a let down. However, the way that Lola lives in her head is really well done, and could feel the tension. I was getting agitated listening to her stress out, which I guess, is a good thing. What was one of the most memorable moments of Dark Wild Night? When Lola drew him. That was, well, pretty memorable. *fans self* What do you think the narrator could have done better? Having an actual Aussie do the male narration would have been better. The accent wasn't unbearable though. However, his depiction of Lola speaking was just awful. The female narration was spot on as usual If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? Once you give it all, you really shouldn't take it back. Any additional comments? I liked it. I think it'd be a better read than listen on this one, but certainly still worth having in your library. I don't know if this is the end of the series, I'm kinda hoping there will be an epilogue at least that will deal with Not Joe and tell some of his back story. Great story but PAINFUL male narrator Great story. Like all of the Christina Lauren books Dark Wild Nights is funny, witty and hot. The Christina Lauren duo can actually write, too few romance writers can truly write well. Shayna Thibodeaux is a great narrator and her performance delivers all wit, humor and depth of the character's thoughts. I could forgive Steve West for not delivering an Austrailain accent, seeing as Oliver is Australian, but he makes female characters sound like nit wits, and Lola is far, far from a nit wit. It really kills the over all narration. Goos but a little irritating This was a good listen but nothing like the previous one. Lola and Oliver love and friendship is cute but annoying. They keep their distance and deny their love and relation for way too long... Bored me.

Die Känguru-Chroniken Hörbuch von Marc-Uwe Kling

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marc-Uwe Kling) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:60:49 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> Titel: Die Känguru-Chroniken Untertitel: Live und ungekürzt Autor:: Marc-Uwe Kling Erzähler: Marc-Uwe Kling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 53 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-18-12 Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 49 Stimmen Kategorien: Fiction, Humor Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Für "Die Känguru-Chroniken" erhielt Marc-Uwe Kling den Deutschen Hörbuchpreis 2013. Mitglieder Bewertungen: Sharp and thought-provoking Marc-Uwe Kling is THE German comedian of the day. His dialogue, his observations, his writing style - just great stuff. I have not worked out if he is promoting or mocking left-wing-views of the world. But I am very prepared to read more of his to keep contemplating the question. (I suspect he really is the fatalist Anarchist his narrator gives). Lustig und kreativ Es ist Okay, lustig, und so weiter... Ich habe es für eine Klasse brauchen. Entschuldigung für mein schlechtes Deutsch. Ich bin nur Anfänger. :C

Modern Lovers Audiobook by Emma Straub

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Emma Straub) — Tue, 31 May 2016 10:31:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Modern Lovers Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Jen Tullock Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 05-31-16 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 835 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times best-selling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college - their own kids now going to college - and what it means to finally grow up well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth, Andrew, and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring. Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing 50, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose - about themselves and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them - can never be reclaimed. Straub packs wisdom, insight, and humor together in a satisfying book about neighbors and nosiness, ambition and pleasure, the excitement of youth, the shock of middle age, and the fact that our passions - be they food or friendship or music - never go away; they just evolve and grow along with us. Members Reviews: Very enjoyable! Good choice as audible book. Easy to follow story and pick up where you left off. Interesting story and good characters. Doesn't deliver. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen...for the build up and the slow development of the characters to pay off. And then, nothing. Oh I loved this book! The author did a a bang up job on both the young and the getting-older. Two married couples and their kids have an eventful summer that leads to a bit of upheaval in everyone's lives, but not so much drama that it becomes a soap opera. The balance of love, betrayal, rebellion, friendship, sex, lies, foolishness, and dreams was just perfect. And the narrator did such a good job on the different voices of everyone. An all-around enjoyable listen! Breezy but lacks substance This modern day story tracks two families that are intertwined and have been, in various ways, friends since college. It has cute moments, but lacks tension, imagination, or a believable plot line. The characters aren't inspiring of ones interest. Interesting Character Dynamic It was fine. I enjoyed seeing what happened to all the characters, but I wasn't completely invested in them. Most of them were just annoying.

Hero in a Halfling Audiobook by William Tyler Davis

biacuaduc@gmail.com (William Tyler Davis) — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:04:44 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hero in a Halfling Subtitle: Epik Fantasy, Book 1 Author: William Tyler Davis Narrator: Elijah DiViesti Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 12-04-17 Publisher: William Tyler Davis Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Not many halflings dream of magic. But Epik isnt like the rest. Adventure. Excitement. He craves those things. He would rather learn magic, not follow a wizard on some fool's adventure... or so he thinks. The problem: magic is outlawed. After setting out for the city, what Epik finds in Dune All-En isnt at all what hed hoped. No magic. And few wizards. Luck, or something more sinister, is on the halfling's side. He meets Gabby, a wizard who is kind enough to rent him a room, or rather a closet, at his now-defunct magical supply store. And as a group of mountain trolls threatens the city, Epik sees the opportunity to do something, well, epic. If only the halfling inside him would stop peeking out. Featuring halflings, dwarves, elves, and a ranger or two, Hero in a Halfling is perfect for fans of both Discworld and Middle Earth. Join Epik as he goes from halfling to hero, who just also happens to (still) be a halfling. Members Reviews: Delightful light fantasy A fun light read, moved quickly and it took a while to remember which character was which, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The frequent sprinkling of puns, references to other works (LOTR, Monty Python, Terry Pratchett, Silent Bob, etc.), and the occasional odd-end footnote kept me laughing. Great book for young adults and adults alike. Looking forward to the next book! Fabulous story I read this story and was concerned about confusion when listening to it because chapters moved quickly between scenes. However, I really enjoyed hearing it. Elijah DiViesti did a marvelous job with pacing so the conversations were natural. The voices were distinctive so I knew who was speaking each time. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great adventure with interesting characters. Good first adventure but wasn't anything special It was a fun story about a halfling named Epik and his journey to another place where he tries to find a wizard. I don't want to give much away but it was a decent story but it didn't have anything special in it for me to give it more then three stars. The narrator was good too but some of the accents were tough to understand at an increased speed and found myself having to rewind a good amount of times to understand what he was saying. Lighthearted Romp through a Tolkien-Inspired World The author, William Tyler Davis, gave me a promotional audible copy of "Hero in a Halfling: Epik Fantasy Book 1" in exchange for a fair review. It was such a pleasure to be able to read this book. In the Halfing Epik's first adventure, Davis lays the foundations for a whimsical fantasy series that delightfully parodies the tropes we've come to know and love (or hate) in the great fantasy epics. The tone is innocent and aloof--much like Prachett in his beloved Discworld Series--and is distinct enough to strike out on its own and stand unique amongst the rest of comedy-fantasy genre. The plot itself is not unprecedented. Davis cobbles together a band of unlikely characters similar to Tolkien's party in "Fellowship of the Ring." A halfling, a wizard, dwarves, elves, and orcs get dropped into a sandbox to play. Where "Hero in a Halfling" shines is in likable characters and playful humor-- sprinkled with geek-culture references that aren't too heavy-handed. The book is not without its faults, many of which a lot of new authors struggle with.

The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:31:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 07-17-01 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: This collection of short stories is a good example of early Wodehouse. It is here that Jeeves makes his first appearance with these unremarkable words: "Mrs. Gregson to see you, sir." Years later, when Jeeves became a household name, Wodehouse said he blushed to think of the off-hand way he had treated the man at their first encounter...In the story "Extricating Young Gussie," we find Bertie Wooster's redoubtable Aunt Agatha "who had an eye like a man-eating fish and had got amoral suasion down to a fine point." The other stories are also fine vintage Wodehouse: the romance between a lovely girl and a would-be playwright, the rivalry between the ugly policeman and Alf the romeo milkman, and the plight of Henry in the title piece, The Man with Two Left Feet, who fell in love with a dance hostess. Members Reviews: Chapters don't cue to the stories The narration sounds exemplary so far, but I must complain that the six+ hours of audio is divided into ten "Chapters" that don't cue to the stories. There should be 13 short stories, it would be nice if there were 13 "Chapters" and they each cued to the beginning of a story.

Eat, Pray, Die Audiobook by Chelsea Field

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Chelsea Field) — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:57:18 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Eat, Pray, Die Subtitle: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery, Book 1 Author: Chelsea Field Narrator: Nikiya Palombi Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-17 Publisher: JFP Press Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 156 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Being an undercover poison taster for the rich and famous might sound glamorous, but for Isobel Avery it means stomaching bad clients and even worse coffee. Join her as she protects the sexy client she'd like to strangle, dodges the terrifying loan shark, and hunts down the bad guy. A fresh and funny romantic mystery series about a witty, down-to-earth heroine with a job you've never seen before. Please note: As shown in the sample, the Australian heroine is not given an accent in this audiobook. This decision was made because the series is set in the US, and early listeners found it easier to listen to and get immersed in the story without continually switching between accents. Members Reviews: Listening to the book I found the book narration pretty good, the book was funny but when I went back to purchase book two I couldn't get the Audio Frustrating. A humorous & fun cozy mystery The premise to this series is so intriguing & I love to go "behind the scenes" of a poison taste testers world. I also really enjoyed the chemistry & banter between Izzy & Conner, plus the addition of Etta as a character was brilliant! I was a little bummed that Izzy didn't have an Australian accent.. this was compounded by the fact that her roommate Oliver was British & he had a British accent. So if Izzy is Australian, why does she have no accent at all? It was just strange, but not a deal breaker. The narration was done well & really brought all the characters to life. I was provided this audiobook & voluntarily reviewed it. Treat yourself to a fun book! Absolutely loved this book! There was plenty of action with some laughs along the way! Could not stop listening! Believable characters, tightly woven plot and wonderful performance! Buy it now! Great book! A funny, beautifully written mystery with awesome characters and great narration. Lighthearted and lots of fun. Especially if you're a foodie. Australian Character with an American Accent Just drove me nuts that the narrator couldn't do an Australian accent or wasn't Australia herself. I couldn't get past it, so I ended up just reading the book instead.

Coma Girl: The Complete Daily Serial Audiobook by Stephanie Bond

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Stephanie Bond) — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:03:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Coma Girl: The Complete Daily Serial Author: Stephanie Bond Narrator: Maureen Jones Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-17 Publisher: Stephanie Bond, Inc. Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 32 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Now available: the complete Coma Girl daily serial! From the international best-selling author of Stop the Wedding! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the Body Movers mystery series comes a story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In Coma Girl, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she so can. This version of Coma Girl contains the complete daily serial, six months of entries. Don't miss out on this laugh-out-loud, fun story everyone else is talking about! Members Reviews: Coma Girl was a great read! I wasn't sure how the book would unfold but was pleasantly surprised throughout with the character portrayal and plot. This was my first audible book ever and I really enjoyed it during my 1 1/2 to 2 hour commute twice a day. Loved it This is an entertaining, thoughtful and original story. There are moments when so many details make the narration slow and a bit distracting, but overall, I was hooked into the main character and all those confessions, both hilarious and sad. Very human portrayal of all characters, except a couple that were somewhat cartoonish. A very good read! 5 Stars, for this heartfelt audiobook! I choose to give this audible 5 stars for its fabulous narration by Maureen Jones who managed to bring ALL the characters to life. The various amounts of voices that need to be brought forth was done beautifully. This audible book has family drama, love, secrets, pregnancy, cheating, and a kick ass HEA that will make you cry. Coma girl is definitely an audible that I can listen to again and again. Coma Girl I read some of the chapters of Coma Girl but found it even better in audio. Parts of the story are funny. The author does a good job of portraying the slow passage of time. A couple of crossover events with the Body Movers series made the story more fun. Well worth a credit.

Stormy Weather Audiobook by Carl Hiaasen

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Carl Hiaasen) — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 01:59:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Stormy Weather Author: Carl Hiaasen Narrator: George Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 03-05-04 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1247 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Stormy Weather centers on the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. The devastation of the storm has attracted crowds of voyeurs and impostors to Florida. Drawn by the chance to prey on Andrew's victims, misfits like the murderous ex-con Snapper and the dangerously seductive Edie find easy targets for their insurance scams. They're not prepared, though, when they meet their opposition, led by a hoary ex-governor who smokes toads. Both hilariously funny and deadly accurate, Carl Hiaasen's novel will take you into a Florida that is far from the frilly palms and pink flamingos of its post cards. Strap on your seatbelt. Stormy Weather is an unforgettable, turbulent ride. Critic Reviews: "Biting wit, wacky characters, and a profound fury." (USA Today) "These strange characters maneuver through a broken landscape as if born to it, and the author's control of both style and narrative keeps the novel from slipping into silliness....A fiction that explores the intersection of the grotesque and the human." Library Journal) "Combining slapstick nightmare, black comedy, and moral outrage in just the right proportions." (Booklist) Members Reviews: Karma's a b**ch The back end of a hurricane is called the dirty side of the storm, often bringing some of the worst weather and tornados. In Carl Hiaason's Florida, the dirty side of the storm is filled with crooked opportunists looking to make a killing, do a killing, or just cynically take videos of personal misery to show to the folks back home. Fortunately this crazy landscape has some good guys too - although they may not be easy to recognize at first, disguised as they are by their quirkey lives. This is not a story for everyone. The humor is startling, even raunchy - if you get it, you'll find yourself letting out sudden bursts of laughter at absurd moments, thinking one second later OMG that's not funny - and yet it is. Hiaason finds some of the most outrageous ways for the bad guys to get their come-uppance. Karma really is a b**ch. This doesn't sparkle quite as brightly as Skinny Dip, largely because there were too many characters to keep track of (and to be disposed of), so its pace was a bit slower. The main story threads are terrific and very Hiaason. If he had left out at least a couple of the lesser threads it would have been better. Fairly small complaint. I still enjoyed my journey through this crazy storm-ruined Wonderland. Just what I was looking for as a light guilty pleasure. You love it or hate it.... Hiaasen is Hiaasen. Most of the books are remarkably similar to one another, but if you like them, you can digest them all without any trouble, especially those of you with some knowledge of Florida. Narration is good, characters are 'Hiaasen' and stories are great fun. But a sunny review... I absolutely love Hiaasen novels! If you've never listened to one before, just give it time and you will laugh out loud at some of the wacky characters. This is the second I have listed to, and will definitely listen to others. The only way this book could have been better is if Stephen Hoy had narrated - he read the other Hiaasen book (Skinny Dip). He was a little better at capturing some of the sarcasm and irony the author intended. A great read if you have an offbeat sense of humor!! Read it for the writing Car Hiaason is a new author for me and I am pleased to have discovered him.

Bombproof Audiobook by Michael Robotham

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Michael Robotham) — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:59:03 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bombproof Author: Michael Robotham Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 361 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A kinetic standalone from "first-class storyteller" Michael Robotham (San Francisco Chronicle). Sami Macbeth is not a master criminal. He's not even a minor one. He's not a jewel thief. He's not a safe-cracker. He's not an expert in explosives. Sami plays guitar and wants to be a rock god but keeps getting side-tracked by unforeseen circumstances. Fifty-four hours ago Sami was released from prison. Thirty-six hours ago he slept with the woman of his dreams at the Savoy. An hour ago his train blew up. Now he's carrying a rucksack through London's West End and has turned himself into the most wanted terrorist in the country. Fast, funny, hip and violent, Bombproof is a nonstop adventure full of unforgettable characters and a heartwarming hero - Sami Macbeth - a man with the uncanny ability to turn a desperate situation into a hopeless one. Members Reviews: Consistently Excellent! Like all of his other books Bombproof is another Michael Robotham winner! Well written, suspenseful, engaging and exciting! I listened to it in 2 days and really didn't want to turn it off. MR does such a good job developing characters, setting up plots and engaging the interest of the reader it's hard not to get drawn in to his books and he's quickly become one of my favorite writers. Can't wait for the next book! Saving an Unlucky Guy I wasn't crazy about the start, with a guy who appears to be getting away from a bombing for which he is responsible. But then Michael Robotham makes the guy likeable, smart, and simply unlucky. And enter the beloved retired detective. Can he make things right? I love the characters, the plot, and, of course, the narrator. Great story that keeps you guessing up until the end. Abobsolutely Stunning! I Was Up All Night! I took a chance, reading a few Amazon reviews. This is absolutely one of the best suspense novels I've ever read. Read the summary for the story. What it doesn't tell you is how engrossing te story is, how wonderful the characters are developed. It was like watching a blockbuster movie for the first time. This will be a huge best seller on Audible for good reason. Very good, with lots of action After reading Charles' review I immediately bought this book, and I wasn't disappointed. It hooked me from the beginning and held my attention for the duration. I liked the fact the main character wasn't a macho guy no one could kill (my beef with so many action thrillers). It still had it's moments where I thought, there's no way that could happen, but very entertaining nonetheless. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun story to entertain them for many hours. Sean Barrett did his job perfectly; he made the story come alive, and didn't get in the way of it. Too slow of a pace for me. Once again, I purchased this after reading the glowing reviews others have left for it. I have tried repeatedly, but just can't seem to get into the rhythm of this story. We use audiobooks on long drives that we make twice a week, and our books need to keep us awake behind the wheel, not lull us to sleep. Sean Barrett's voice is pleasant, calm and soothing. That combination, mixed with the slow pace of the developing story, is a swing and a miss for me, turning this audiobook into a sleeping potion.

The Hopefuls Audiobook by Jennifer Close

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Jennifer Close) — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 07:50:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Hopefuls Subtitle: A Novel Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 07-19-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 380 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Hopefuls tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to Washington, DC, a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among the young aspiring elite. When Beth arrives in DC, she hates everything about it: the confusing traffic circles, the ubiquitous Ann Taylor suits, the humidity that descends each summer. At dinner parties, guests compare their security clearance levels. They leave their BlackBerrys on the table. They speak in acronyms. And once they realize Beth doesn't work in politics, they smile blandly and turn away. Soon Beth and her husband, Matt, meet a charismatic White House staffer named Jimmy, and his wife, Ashleigh, and the four become inseparable, coordinating brunches, birthdays, and long weekends away. But as Jimmy's star rises higher and higher, the couples' friendship - and Beth's relationship with Matt - is threatened by jealousy, competition, and rumors. A glorious send-up of young DC and a blazingly honest portrait of a marriage, this is the finest work yet by one of our most beloved writers. Critic Reviews: "A fascinating drama about relationships, loyalty, the price of aspirations and success, The Hopefuls will surely ensnare you into this world from page one - and hold you there, tightly, until the final word." ( Refinery29) "The author of Girls in White Dresses delivers her latest novel about a couple navigating the political ladder in DC. Inspired by Close's own experiences moving to Washington for her husband's work on the Obama campaign, The Hopefuls is blisteringly honest about the circus of American politics and Washington's exhausting culture of competition - one that that renders people outside of political circles virtually invisible." (Meredith Turits, Elle) "Narrator Jorjeana Marie's lively performance and perfect pacing make this audiobook a compulsive listen.... Marie's subtle yet effective accents and tonal modulations highlight the characters' personalities, strengthening listeners' connection to the story. With its vivid details of life in D.C., this is a must-listen for an election year." ( AudioFile) Members Reviews: Predictable storyline. Narrators voice awful. If the reader had a cold, they should have delayed production until she was well. I'm not sure why I stayed the whole way through... What made the experience of listening to The Hopefuls the most enjoyable? This was a harmless book to listen to on the commute to/from work. It's not Pulitzer material by any means but certainly holds its own in "light" literature. Would you be willing to try another book from Jennifer Close? Why or why not? Yes. It wasn't the books fault I'm feeling like writing a scathing review - it is the narrator's. Would you be willing to try another one of Jorjeana Maries performances? NO NO NO. And NO. Can I please make this a PSA for other narrators. Listen up, narrators! We do not need you to sound like Sandy from SpongeBob in order for us to glean that the person speaking is southern. Every time the two Texas characters were up I almost ran off the road from rolling my eyes so hard. Oh. MY. GOD. This was the worst southern accent I've ever heard and I'm from North Carolina. And please... please...

Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale Audiobook by David Duchovny

biacuaduc@gmail.com (David Duchovny) — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:32:59 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale Author: David Duchovny Narrator: David Duchovny Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 02-03-15 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 353 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forget. Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that - her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting with the neighboring bulls, Elsie finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God - and what the Box God reveals about something called an "industrial meat farm" shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core. There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world. And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Jerry - excuse me, Shalom - a cranky, Torah-reading pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave (in his own mind, at least) turkey who can't fly, but who can work an iPhone with his beak. Toting stolen passports and slapdash human disguises, they head for the airport. Elsie is our wise-cracking, pop-culture-reference-dropping, slyly witty narrator; Tom - who does eventually learn to fly (sort of) - dispenses psychiatric advice in a fake German accent; and Shalom, rejected by his adopted people in Jerusalem, ends up unexpectedly uniting Israelis and Palestinians. David Duchovny's charismatic creatures point the way toward a mutual understanding and acceptance that the world desperately needs. Members Reviews: Don't Pass This By I am a huge David Duchovny fan, so I was going to get this one anyway. I'm So glad I did! What I got was a witty, smart, touching story that absolutely has meaning. It's short and I wish it were longer, but only for selfish reasons. David's narration of his story only makes me love it more. I don't think I have recommend a book so highly and to so many people before Holy Cow. Please, please write again soon. This was a delightful listen. Short and fun I'm glad Duchovny read it himself because he did an excellent job. It's an unconventional book but anyone who liked the character Hank Moody from Californication would like it. It could be read to children; I'm not sure if it's meant for children. But it's definitely witty, at least partly allegorical and might even be autobiographical. Smart and Funny Where does Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? Top 10 What was one of the most memorable moments of Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale? They were all memorable, especially Shalom's (the pig) situation with circumcision. It was just TOO FUNNY. The Yiddish expressions were hilarious. I couldn't stop cracking up. So good! Have you listened to any of David Duchovnys other performances before? How does this one compare? No I haven't. He's a great narrator for Holy Cow, but then he is the author. I never knew he was so hilarious. Loved him! Who was the most memorable character of Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale and why? I would say Elsie, but all the characters were great. Any additional comments? I would think this funny and "straight to the heart" story should be a 2015 Best Seller. I never have laughed so much with any other book.

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules Audiobook by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg) — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:05:35 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules Subtitle: A Novel Author: Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 02-14-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 60 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally best-selling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg's witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork. Martha Andersson may be 79 years old and live in a retirement home, but that doesn't mean she's ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond House starts cutting corners to save money, Martha and her four closest friends - The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta (aka the League of Pensioners) - won't stand for it. Fed up with early bedtimes and overcooked veggies, this group of feisty seniors sets about to regain their independence, improve their lot, and stand up for seniors everywhere. Their solution? White collar crime. What begins as a relatively straightforward robbery of a nearby luxury hotel quickly escalates into an unsolvable heist at the National Museum. With police baffled and the Mafia hot on their trail, the League of Pensioners has to stay one walker's length ahead if it's going to succeed. Told with all the insight and humor of A Man Called Ove or Where'd You Go Bernadette?, The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is a delightful and heartwarming novel that goes to prove the adage that it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years. Members Reviews: Interesting possibilities. Terrible narration. This may be delightful. The possibilities for the story are great. Halfway through the first download, I just had to quit. The shrillness of the narration was just too much. I really injoyed listening to this. loved it, I was laughing so hard at times. I couldn't believe they had done it. I tried. I really did. This is possibly the longest book I've listened to. I tried to be objective and listen to a light-hearted and fun adventure of pensioners but this take seemed endless to me. Every time I thought it would end it took yet another turn until I decided that I might not outlive Martha and friends. the narrator was delightful but I found the book to be painful and a task to try and endure.

The Restaurant Critic's Wife Audiobook by Elizabeth LaBan

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Elizabeth LaBan) — Tue, 10 May 2016 22:19:32 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Restaurant Critic's Wife Author: Elizabeth LaBan Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 05-10-16 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 131 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: People magazine included The Restaurant Critic's Wife on their Great New Fiction list and hailed it as "thoroughly entertaining." Lila Soto has a master's degree that's gathering dust, a work-obsessed husband, two kids, and lots of questions about how exactly she ended up here. In their new city of Philadelphia, Lila's husband, Sam, takes his job as a restaurant critic a little too seriously. To protect his professional credibility, he's determined to remain anonymous. Soon his preoccupation with anonymity takes over their lives as he tries to limit the family's contact with anyone who might have ties to the foodie world. Meanwhile, Lila craves adult conversation and some relief from the constraints of her homemaker role. With her patience wearing thin, she begins to question everything: her decision to get pregnant again, her break from her career, her marriage - even if leaving her ex-boyfriend was the right thing to do. As Sam becomes more and more fixated on keeping his identity secret, Lila begins to wonder if her own identity has completely disappeared - and what it will take to get it back. Members Reviews: My Thoughts on The Restaurant Critic's Wife 4.5 of 5 stars This was one of those books that drew me in with how real it was. Real life problems, worries and frustrations. Lila was so relatable for me as a mom of two who often has her own struggles with wondering if I'm doing the right thing as a parent. I could understand the moments of feeling like you just aren't communicating well with your spouse no matter how much you love them. And I felt like I really connected with that desire to find the right balance to satisfy everyone involved. I don't often read books where the couple is established and dealing with the day to day of married life, but this book makes me want to read more of them. As I read and listened I thought thought the narrator was amazing. I loved the emotions and variations in her voice when she was doing the different characters and conveying what they were feeling. I definitely plan to check out more from this author and narrator. not bad The story was engaging- but I could never be married to her husband. good narrative. remind me of old radio stories good writing. Everyday mothers story. Not very interesting but it might be in 50 years. So-so book I generally liked this book, but I felt like the main character/the wife was still stuck. I don't think I could be in a marriage like that, but that was her husbands dream and that's what she went a long with. This book is defiantly going to have me thinking for a couple days. I liked it. A good listen. I liked the plot and narration. It held my attention. I f I were reading instead of listening I'd have had a hard time putting the book down.

Shame on Him Audiobook by Tara Sivec

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Tara Sivec) — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:34:09 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Shame on Him Subtitle: Fool Me Once, Book 3 Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 07-15-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 335 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: For Lorelei Warner, being perfect isn't everything it's cracked up to be. She did what her straitlaced parents wanted: Became a lawyer, married her college boyfriend. But since her husband ran off with another man and her career became a nonstop bore-fest, Lorelei has turned to her best friends and Fool Me Once Investigations to find fulfillment and adventure. When a routine subpoena delivery turns up a dead body, Lorelei knows that solving the murder is exactly what she needs to boost her confidence - until private investigator Dallas Osborne walks in and takes over the case. Dallas has always rubbed Lorelei the wrong way. It's aggravating enough that he's a pompous ass, but he's also entirely too good-looking. If she wants to catch the killer, Lorelei will need to loosen up and defy her parents - not to mention the law. And she'll need to partner with Dallas, working closer (much closer) to the sexy investigator than she ever expected. Join the feisty Fool Me Once ladies for another fun-loving romp from bestselling author Tara Sivec. Members Reviews: Oh boy In the opening scene we have a lawyer answering their cell phone in court; while trying a case in court; nuff said. Free ebook with Free audible upgrade with KU Any additional comments? This is one of my many free read and listen with KU and loved it. It is filled with lots of humor and some hot smexy scenes. Amy McFadden is quickly becoming one of my favorite female narrators. Tara Sivic is a new to me author, but I have see great reviews of her work. This is a book and series that I will be happy to purchase and keep in my library. I love being able to sample new authors and narrators with my KU and have actually purchased many of my free read and listens with KU so that I can keep them in my library. I highly recommend this book and series. Narration is awesome! For the most part I didn't love this book as much as I did the first and third book, but I do have to say that I still gave a 5 for this audio book because I thought the narration was wonderful! Oh My! No Shame Going on Here This Series is soooooooo good . I have read them in order and giggled and laughed through them all. Terrific series Very good! This is the third book, but I enjoyed the entire series. Fun listens. Books like this make me very happy with my Kindle Unlimited membership!

Sucker's Portfolio Audiobook by Kurt Vonnegut

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Kurt Vonnegut) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:46:27 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Sucker's Portfolio Subtitle: A Collection of Previously Unpublished Writing Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 04-03-13 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 256 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Available to listeners for the first time, Suckers Portfolio showcases a collection of seven never-before-published works from Kurt Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Short, sardonic, and dark, these six brief fiction stories and one non-fiction piece are consummate Vonnegut with piercing satire and an eye for lifes obscene inanity. Also available for the first time is an unfinished science-fiction short story, included in the appendix. These stories trace trivial human lives and mundane desires, which is precisely where Vonneguts inimitable perspective as a humanist shines, illuminating his alternating hopeful and dismal outlook, although undoubtedly focusing on the latter. Here as in his greatest novels, Vonneguts writing takes us to the darkest corners of the human soul and with wit and humor, manages to remind us of our potential to be something greater. Members Reviews: Hit or Miss, For Completists Only We don't know why Kurt Vonnegut chose to leave these stories (and one essay) unpublished during his lifetime. The facile explanation is that he didn't think they were good enough to publish. Some reviewers have dismissed them based on that assumption. But we also don't know when Vonnegut wrote them (the essay was written in 1992). We know he gave up on the short story as a literary form quite some time ago, so we can surmise that these are from the same era as those found in the two collections published while he was alive. We also know that three of the stories in Bagombo Snuff Box were rewritten by Vonnegut for its 1999 publication because he was dissatisfied with them, even though they had already been published elsewhere. The stories in Sucker's Portfolio were never published. Maybe they were rejected, maybe Vonnegut didn't even submit them, maybe he was still working on them, even though all but one are complete as is. But I can't dismiss them out of hand based solely on the fact that they were never published before. That's because there is some good stuff here -- there is only one story that I didn't like and didn't get at all. But the stories are uneven, some more so than others. They are also too O Henrian, clearly crafted to set up the ironic final reveal, which harks back to Vonnegut's explanation of why he gave up on the form, because it was "too cute". The bottom line: if you haven't already read all of Vonnegut's novels -- especially his first seven novels -- and the Welcome to the Monkey House collection of stories, that's where you should be going right now. But if you're a completist like me who has already read everything else, there is definitely enough here to keep you interested. Unfortunately, the narration doesn't enhance the experience. Especially the voices -- most especially the female voices, who all come off with the same mousy, scared tone that is borderline offensive. Superb Vonneguts stories come to life with the help of this voice actor!! I could listen to these over and over and over.... Future Firetold "4" for presentation. Being distinct short stories, an intro to each would help the transition. The stories, particularly the 1st and last are so appropriate to today. KV - a brilliant mind and vision.

Das Känguru-Manifest Hörbuch von Marc-Uwe Kling

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marc-Uwe Kling) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:07:10 GMT

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> Titel: Das Känguru-Manifest Autor:: Marc-Uwe Kling Erzähler: Marc-Uwe Kling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 15 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-19-11 Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 31 Stimmen Kategorien: Fiction, Humor Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers: Sie sind wieder da - das kommunistische Känguru und der stoische Kleinkünstler! Auf der Jagd nach dem höchst verdächtigen Pinguin rasen sie durch die ganze Welt. Spektakuläre Enthüllungen! Skandale! Intrigen! Ein Mord, für den sich niemand interessiert! Eine Verschwörung auf niedrigster Ebene! Ein völlig abstruser Weltbeherrschungsplan! Mit Spaß, Spannung und Schnapspralinen... ©2011 Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin (P)2011 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg Mitglieder Bewertungen: Fantastic performance I want a kangaroo! Extremely witty and humorous, I couldn't imagine how much fun a communistic kangaroo can be to live with. The author is the reading his book and it's a fantastic performance a must-have for everyone who can listen to and understand a German audiobook. I'm sure you will want all of the three books about the kangaroo. Einfach Genial was soll man da gross sagen? och hab mich kaputt gelacht. auf nem zug sitzen und nicht zu lachen ist ein Ding der Unmöglihkeit! ich jann es nur empfehlen. Selten so gelacht Sehr witziges, intelligentes Hörbuch. Die Kapitel sind lose zusammenhängende Anekdoten. Habe das Hörbuch auf Arbeit gehört und häufig so laut gelacht, dass mich Kollegen komisch angeguckt haben.

Gone Gull Audiobook by Donna Andrews

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Donna Andrews) — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 23:38:47 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Gone Gull Author: Donna Andrews Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 58 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism, which threaten to ruin the newly opened center's reputation. Is it the work of a rival center? Have the developers who want to build a resort atop Biscuit Mountain found a new tactic to pressure Cordelia into selling? Or is the real target Meg's grandfather, who points out that any number of environmentally irresponsible people and organizations could have it in for him? While Meg is trying to track down the vandal, her grandfather is more interested in locating a rare gull. Their missions collide when a body is found in one of the classrooms. Can Meg identify the vandal and the murderer in time to save the center's name (and also help her grandfather track down and rescue his beloved gull)? Members Reviews: Lots of mountain fun with the family Grandmother Cordelia has started a creative center summer camp up on a mountain she owns. The whole family is there helping especially after a vandal has been at work. Grandfather is even helping out but he sees a picture of a gull thought extinct and of course goes nuts. Then the temperamental painting instructor is found dead. Who did and it is connected to the vandalism? Meg gets in quite a pickle before this one is over. Missed some of the Caerphlly crowd but lots of crazy relatives and a good story Thank you! Ok we can say Andrews is REAL good because she writes like a dream. Her characters and storylines are captivating and interesting enough that if this weren't fiction you'd want to live in their neighborhood and count them as friends. But let's just say only fools pass by a chance to read Andrews and another Meg Langslow mystery. Gully, it's good Meg survives finding a body yet once, or maybe twice, again. Though they're at Biscuit Mountain, most of the usual cast makes at least a cameo appearance and Spike, the Small Evil One, has a significant part to play. Now to wait for How the Finch Stole Chrisrmas. Great addition to the Meg Langslow series! This is #22 in the Meg Langslow series. While none of the sequels quite capture the delightful, intricate and delicious feel of the original book, "Murder With Peacocks" , they are still exceptionally fun. Ms. Andrews has not lost her mojo. AAAAAAA+! This is another GREAT mystery by Donna Andrews, and try as I did, I never suspected the culprit. Ms. Andrews kept the guilty one we'll hidden until the last few pages. Thank you Donna Andrews for another great book!

The Woman Who Stole My Life Audiobook by Marian Keyes

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Marian Keyes) — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 07:35:11 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Woman Who Stole My Life Author: Marian Keyes Narrator: Aoife McMahon Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 11-06-14 Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 60 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: One day, sitting in traffic, Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. But in this event is born the seed of something which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar, wrenching her whole family apart. For the first time real, honest-to-goodness happiness is just within her reach. But is Stella Sweeney, Dublin housewife, ready to grasp it? Critic Reviews: Praise for the author: "When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own." (Daily Express) "Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes's talent is to tell it how it is." (Independent) Members Reviews: Enjoyable book Really enjoyed the book and the narration. Good storyline and the narrator did the voices really well. Highly recommend it. OK but not raving about it! Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not? Yes, always love Marian Keyes books, but this is not one of her best I don't think. Would you recommend The Woman Who Stole My Life to your friends? Why or why not? I would recommend it as it is fine...just not fabulous. What about Aoife McMahons performance did you like? She commanded all the voices very well. Even the male voices were believable. Could you see The Woman Who Stole My Life being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be? No, you would make another Marian book into a movie instead...This Charming Man for instance...that would be a great film! Any additional comments? Not a waste of time by any means, just a bit lacklustre. Not Her best I generally love Marian Keyes but this was a bit disappointing. It was slow and predictable and had a few plot holes. I couldn't finish. Gave up after about 5 hours. What disappointed you about The Woman Who Stole My Life? It Just didn't go anywhere. I felt like I was on a loop going round and round. What was most disappointing about Marian Keyess story? So much back and forth but nothing actually happened. A lot of blah,blah,blah. What aspect of Aoife McMahons performance would you have changed? Her performance was adequate and not my reason for disliking the book. I just had to get accustomed to her Irish accent which was pleasant. I did not like the way she did male voices. It made them all sound like dim witted thugs. You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? Not really. Any additional comments? I read many Keyes books about 10 years ago. I loved Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married and Last Chance Saloon, but I don't see myself reading another one in the future. Loved It If you could sum up The Woman Who Stole My Life in three words, what would they be? Fun, engaging and entertaining What other book might you compare The Woman Who Stole My Life to and why? I can only compare to other Marian Keyes books. I have enjoyed listening to all of them. Have you listened to any of Aoife McMahons other performances before? How does this one compare? Have not listened to any of her narrations, Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I laughed a lot.

The Seventh Function of Language Audiobook by Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor - translator

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Laurent Binet) — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:45:45 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Seventh Function of Language Author: Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor - translator Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From the prizewinning author of HHhH comes The Seventh Function of Language, a romp through the French intelligentsia of the 20th century. Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies - struck by a laundry van - after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn't an accident at all? What if Barthes was murdered? In The Seventh Function of Language, Laurent Binet spins a madcap secret history of the French intelligentsia, starring such luminaries as Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Julia Kristeva - as well as the hapless police detective Jacques Bayard, whose new case will plunge him into the depths of literary theory. Soon Bayard finds himself in search of a lost manuscript by the linguist Roman Jakobson on the mysterious "seventh function of language". A brilliantly erudite comedy that recalls Flaubert's Parrot and The Name of the Rose - with more than a dash of The Da Vinci Code - The Seventh Function of Language takes us from the cafés of Paris to the corridors of Cornell University and into the duels and orgies of the Logos Club, a secret philosophical society that dates to the era of the Roman Empire. Binet has written both a send-up and a wildly exuberant celebration of the French intellectual tradition. Members Reviews: Outstanding reader! Excellent choice of victim(s). Starts Sherlock Holmes nee deconstructor, spins Pychon-esque. Ends Hollywood. Hard to stop listening, so I didn't.

Auntie Mame Audiobook by Patrick Dennis

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Patrick Dennis) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:48:04 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Auntie Mame Subtitle: An Irreverent Escapade Author: Patrick Dennis Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 12-29-15 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 142 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis' Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway as well as a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world's most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a listen in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s. Members Reviews: Still one of my favorites! I've always loved this book; it was tradition in our family to read it and "The Joyous Season" aloud at Christmas. Not only was it great to hear the story again, Christopher Lane's narration brought an extra element of character and narration that made the whole thing better. A classic Loved the play, so I decided to get the book. It doesn't disappoint. It is irreverent, witty, clever, heart warming and charming. I recommend Aunty Mame for everyone. Excellent Book Best book I have read in years .. Very well written ann narrated ...will check his other books . a marvelous a masterful piece . this is a brilliantly written piece which simultaneously is unbelievably and up were asleep politically correct and laughingly incorrect. Auntie Mame is the most refreshingly wonderful loving brilliant articulate woman who still sees the world as a place to be explored and who Marvel's in her own unique way and its wonders. she is epitomized by one of her own lines which says " darling life is a banquet but most sons of a b****** are starving " this is also the most brilliant reading of any audible book to which I have ever listened with perhaps the exception of the Gamache series. A Hopeful Escape in a Post-Trump World I've loved Auntie Mame since I first saw the Roslyn Russell version as a child in Alabama. She became my North Star for a less ordinary life. I can't believe I'm in my fifties before taking up the book form. I think I was afraid to, just in case it vanquished my Auntie Mame as much as the Lucille Ball film version did. I'm so glad that I took the risk. In a world in which Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States on a platform perfectly suited to the Upson's, Auntie Mame should be required reading - if to no one else, then at least to all those liberal-minded people who find themselves marooned amongst gleeful gloating Trump supporters. Ann tie Mame is a hopeful place to escape to when you feel surrounded by haters. Auntie Mame scorns both racists and intellectual snobs alike, celebrating the truly open-hearted as well as open-minded.

The Cat Who Went into the Closet Audiobook by Lilian Jackson Braun

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Lilian Jackson Braun) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:20:58 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Cat Who Went into the Closet Author: Lilian Jackson Braun Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 12-23-11 Publisher: Phoenix Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 275 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: While sifting through closets of junk in the mansion they have rented, Qwill and Koko uncover a mystery involving the suicide of the former owner and the murder of a potato farmer. By the author of The Cat Who Wasn't There. Members Reviews: Another great cat book!!! I greatly enjoy this series of books. They are exceedingly well performed. Please be aware that these are very clean mysteries that don't have any real gore or explicit characters to them. They are wonderful books. A fun read Where does The Cat Who Went into the Closet rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far? I love to listen to the "Cat Who" books when I exercise! This was a fun one that kept my interest. Truthfully, I don't want a deep, serious book when I exercise - e.g. go out for 5 milk walks and the such - I want something entertaining and not too deep. This book - and the others fit the bill perfectly. What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? The story is much the same as the other books in the series: Jim Qwellan lives in a small town with two amazing cats who seem to understand when trouble is around. The descriptions of the small town of Pick Ax and its inhabitants is well done; the story itself is sort of silly but who cares.? Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I had no extreme reaction to the book - but there were times I would giggle! Love Lilian Jackson Braun Where does The Cat Who Went into the Closet rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? I think it is just fun. Interesting plots, great characters, and the comfort of knowing where you are. Typical "cat" book and enjoyable What made the experience of listening to The Cat Who Went into the Closet the most enjoyable? It flowed nicely and was enjoyable and interesting. Who was your favorite character and why? KoKo, who else! Have you listened to any of George Guidalls other performances before? How does this one compare? He does well but a little monotone Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Her books really don't draw on emotion. Crime for Christmas If you could sum up The Cat Who Went into the Closet in three words, what would they be? Wealth. Weather. Witnesses. What did you like best about this story? I liked the way the characters worked to overcome their past family troubles. What does George Guidall bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Mr. Guidell is a master character actor in his ability to fill the Cat Who books with likable people and places ...and cats. Mr. Guidell makes the books live. If you could take any character from The Cat Who Went into the Closet out to dinner, who would it be and why? Polly Duncan. She's very intelligent and care about people and books. Any additional comments? I like the books for the cats.

The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw Audiobook by Patrick McManus

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Patrick McManus) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:53:54 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw Author: Patrick McManus Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 10-28-09 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 117 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first. It should be big enough to hold all the nifty fishing equipment you will cart home from sporting goods stores and garage sales. McManus cheerfully guides you through the finer points of becoming a skilled garage-sale shopper, too. Be prepared to enter a quixotic universe that works according to the laws of "synch" and marvelously loopy chains of cause and effect. The title selection takes place on an ill-fated camping trip; other selections include "Kid Brothers and Their Practical Application", and "As the Worm Squirms". Members Reviews: Hilarious family fun! Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? My whole family are die hard McManus fans and listen to his stories over and over. You don't have to have ever caught a fish or gone camping to find these stories funny. They are very appropriate for children as they have no swearing or sexual references. Recommended listening for the whole family! What did you like best about this story? We love Mr. McManus's Crazy Eddie stories best! Which character as performed by Norman Dietz was your favorite? Crazy Eddie Muldoon is our favorite character. A dangerously funny book18 jersey funny book Do not listen to this book as you drive you will laugh so hard you might not be able to see where you're going through the tears. Completely Hilarious! My father was the one who first recommended Pat McManus to me. I wasnt sure that I would like his work considering my father and I often like very different kinds of stories. I was very pleasantly supprised. I often listen to books Im the morning on my way to work. I listened to this book every morning on the commute. I laughed so hard I often cried. People driving next to me probably thought I was crazy. I didnt want to stop listening when I arrived at work, but I was comforted by the fact that there was more on the way home to listen to. I will be checking out his other books. For a light-hearted good laugh, check out this book! Audible 20 Review Sweepstakes Entry Wonderfully funny McManus' wit combined with Dietz's masterful narration is a true listening delight. I have listened to this book over and over and still laugh. The stories are timeless. slow, monotone country reader What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? The reader is boring at best. This book could be funny, actually hilarious, if delivered in the comedic style in which it was written. How could the performance have been better? Lose the 1955 Disney announcer sound and replace it with a style that brings the adventures to life and I'd probably laugh until I cried... You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities? The stories are entertaining IF you can get past the reading.

Shopping for a CEO Audiobook by Julia Kent

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Julia Kent) — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:22:60 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Shopping for a CEO Subtitle: Shopping for a Billionaire, Book 7 Author: Julia Kent Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-16 Publisher: Prosaic Press Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 158 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: I'm thrilled to be the maid of honor in my friend's wedding, but the best man, Andrew McCormick, is a chauvinistic pig with a god complex. And I can't stop kissing him in closets. (Don't ask.) He's the brother of the groom and the CEO of my biggest mystery shopping account, but suddenly he's refusing to be in the wedding. He won't talk about it. Won't see reason. He's such a man. And he still won't stop kissing me in random closets. (Thank goodness.) I'm a fixer. That's what I do. I can fix anything if given the chance. But when the game is fixed, there's only so much I can do. The ball's in his court now. Game on. Members Reviews: Hilarious, Hot, Hijinks and Happily-Ever-After Easiest book I've listened to in ages. Momzilla is seriously planning the wedding of the century. Even inviting the President of the United States. She kept me in stitches and everyone in the book angry at all times. The author's sarcastic humor is perfect for this series. Can't wait to start the next book. lvu omg this i a great story with high and low ponit thur out makes u one of my top author's to watch Shopping for a CEO I can't get enough of this series. Julia Kent keeps you laughing. The ending of this one was priceless. I think it's the first time Marie is at a loss. It's nice to see Andrew and Amanda finally start acting on their feelings and moving forward in their relationship. This one also hints at future matches.... I can't wait to see how that plays out. Deeper than the rest So this story line was a bit different than the writing I was typically use to. There was less humor and way more heart. I have truly fallen for Amanda!!! She is strong and caring and just an amazing person. She doesn't let her fear of anything hold her back. She is relatable and reliable! She made this story for me. Andrew, at times, was a jerk! He allowed fear to hold him back from life. A fear worth having but he used it as a crutch, which I disapprove of! I love the ending and how their HEA! Can't wait until the next book! Wonderful! I laughed so much Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Love this book, and the whole series Who was your favorite character and why? I've been in love with this series since Shannon got her hand stuck in the toilet in the first book. Have you listened to any of Amy McFaddens other performances before? How does this one compare? awesome Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? yes it was

No Living Soul Audiobook by Julie Moffett

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Julie Moffett) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:18:25 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: No Living Soul Subtitle: A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, Book 9 Author: Julie Moffett Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-17 Publisher: Harlequin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 83 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: An ancient secret is no match for amateur sleuth and professional trouble magnet Lexi Carmichael! My work as a computer geek has me traveling around the world, solving mysteries and fighting bad guys. Sometimes with my friends, but always with trouble by my side. So you'd think I would've expected to be plagued by danger when I headed to Egypt with my best friend, Elvis Zimmerman, and boyfriend, Slash, to help track down Elvis' missing and estranged father. Nope. Genius runs in the family, and we quickly discovered Elvis' father is hot on the trail of an ancient and elusive artifact, one that people are willing to kill to find. Tombs, tablets, and code come together as we follow a set of clues that has been waiting millennia to be discovered. Cracking code is my specialty, but I never expected to tackle one from 1,500 years before the advent of written language. The sands of time are running out. If the artifact falls into the wrong hands, we won't be able to rewrite history. So it's up to us to find and safeguard the secret, to ensure no living soul ever encounters it again. Members Reviews: Superb series !! Love the geekiness, funny interplay & adventures. So much fun to listen to. Laugh out loud moments, edge of your seat & OMG times ! Great narrator as well !! Lexi and Slash Are A Real Couple Lexi and Slash are a couple moving in together. But, then Elvis' dad enters the picture. Gwen the microbiologist gets involved to help Elvis solve a mystery and all wind up going to Egypt following a clue. The adventure is typical Lexi but not as compelling IMHO. I like this series very much but this book got on my nerves. I didn't like Gwen's attitude. Can someone with an advanced degree really act and sound (kudos to narrator) like a petulant child? Apparently so. Lexi and Slash survive some adventures and you don't really figure anything out until the end. The descriptions of the museum, the artifacts, and the sights and smells of Cairo are almost palpable. It is another great story and Lexi learns more about being a 'girlfriend.' Is that jealousy I see? Hmmm. We don't get to see Slash being as hunky as usual but he is still leading the pack. Kristin Watson Heinz is a good narrator for this series. Lexi's at it again! As usual, this was a great book. It was funny, fast paced, and an interesting mystery. The camel ride was hilarious!

Right Ho, Jeeves Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:37:09 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Right Ho, Jeeves Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-06 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 487 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed actor Jonathan Cecil brings comic flair to this rollicking tale by the man The Times (London) called "a brilliantly funny writer". Critic Reviews: "Jonathan Cecil reads the story with a fine ear for comic wordplay and absurdity, giving fitting caricatured voices to the likes of Fink-Nottle and Glossop. He gives Wooster's first-person narrative the right balance, letting the bumbling hero misread situations as needed. The chaos builds toward a crescendo of levity that will be a favorite among Wodehouse fans." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: The Classic Bertie and Jeeves Would you consider the audio edition of Right Ho, Jeeves to be better than the print version? Yes, the accented version of this small book gives the sense of listening to Bertie. I have read every Wodehouse book but listening to Johnathan Cecil, the reader, has the feel for the real Bertie and the real Jeeves. Any additional comments? If you are a Wodehouse fan, this is the classic of all time. Can we all move to this delightful world of major crisis when on reflection, there is no crisis. All gregarious much to do about nothing. Wodehouse admits that he has only one book and he changes it around a bit. It works for me. Sheer delight Wodehouse's best, read by his best interpreter. The prize scene is one of the peaks of English comic writing and Cecil raises it even higher. Absolute Wodehouse brilliance Hilarious reading of a comedy classic! Among the best of the Jeeves books, full of slapstick, wit and plot twists - if you are unfamiliar with Woodhouse, this is a great place to start. Jonathan Cecil's reading adds lively sparkle to the absurdist ramblings of the not-so-sharp aristocrat, Bertie Wooster. I listen to audiobooks at work, and it's a rather subdued environment. This book keeps me choking back laughter until tears stream from my eyes - even with repeat listens. Caveat: if you're not a fan of British humor and send-ups of the Downtown Abbey set, this is not for you. But I bet that if you've gone far enough down the rabbit hole to visit this book's page, "Right Ho, Jeeves" is just your thing. Jonathan Cecil Brings These Stories to Life If you could sum up Right Ho, Jeeves in three words, what would they be? Great farce, fantastic narration, laugh out loud funny What other book might you compare Right Ho, Jeeves to and why? Of course, you would compare this with all the other PG Wodehouse tales of Bertie Wooster and his world of upper class toffs and spirited aunts -- but the timing and pacing on this one are comic masterpieces thanks to the spot-on gifts of the narrator, actor Jonathan Cecil, who came from an upper class English family and understands all the intonations, subtext and the like. He jumps into the characters' voices and attitudes with pitch-perfect intonation with split-second transitions. Almost miraculous that these books are narrated by just one man. What an actor! Which scene was your favorite? When Gussie Fink-Nottle has too much to drink and addresses the boys at a prize day ceremony, I had to pull the car over because I was laughing so hard. Any additional comments? Some other Wodehouse novels can be borderline offensive, especially with the use of the n-word, which appears just once here ...

Hell's Super Audiobook by Mark Cain

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Mark Cain) — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:32:21 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hell's Super Subtitle: Circles in Hell, Book One Author: Mark Cain Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 12-28-15 Publisher: Perdition Press Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 679 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: "If you like Christopher Moore or Tom Holt, read Hell's Super.... Hilarious!" How can one damned handyman keep all of hell running when everything's always breaking, devils and demons plot against him...and he's terrible at fixing things? Steve is hell's super, its handyman. Being Mr. Fixit to the underworld keeps him and his assistant, Orson Welles (yes, that Orson Welles), pretty busy, since things go on the blink all the time down there. No malfunction has ever created so much inconvenience, though, as the malfunction of hell's escalator, which leads from the pearly gates to the depths of Hades. What's worse: The breakdown appears to be sabotage. Satan calls in Steve to investigate. But Steve is distracted these days. He's in love with Flo, a gorgeous, almost saintly figure who has come to hell by choice to ease the suffering of the damned. What's more, she seems to like him, but romance in hell? That could never be. Still, solving the mystery of the escalator could earn him some points with Satan, maybe even a chance with Flo. Or maybe not. Hell's Super is the first volume in the satire/fantasy comedy series Circles in Hell. It has been compared to other works of "hell fiction" including The Screwtape Letters and Good Omens and to the paranormal humor of Tom Holt, Christopher Moore, and Douglas Adams. Members Reviews: Not bad for a first The story was pretty decent, if a bit predictable. Fun listen. The narrator is decent, but not great. He can't do any non-American accent to save his life, and it gets pretty painful to listen to. On top of that, his pronunciation of certain thing (Cerberus as "kurb-er-us", for example) are just jarring. Not bad, not the greatest. Would listen to more if more comes and the narrator takes voice acting lessons What would your hell be? I was grabbed by the description which seemed to promise a funny story of misadventures in hell. The book delivered that and more. It is also a story of someone trying to hold onto his humanity while enduring damnation. Despite being doomed to a job in hell for which he is ill-suited (thus fulfilling the promise of eternal damnation through eternal disappointment, irritation, and emotional suffering); Steve Minion still takes his job description seriously and tries to fix what he can. He does this despite knowing it will just break again. This results in a funny story with a view about how hell hell could be personalized based on individual personalities to maximize each persons suffering. There are some fun cameos in the book with historical characters such as Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford. etc making appearances in hell. This was a neat aspect of the book because there are some people you would think should have gone to the other place. While you never get to know exactly why some of those people ended up disqualified for heaven (Louis Braille howd you end up in there?), it is interesting to see the authors imagining of what those peoples personal hells could be. Good narration for a comedic novel is essential to getting the full effect of the authors humour. Here I think the narrator succeeded in getting the timing and tone right for the story. It was worth listening to the book (as opposed to reading it) since it comes across as though Steve himself is telling you of his misadventures in hell.

Ononokin Book Bundle #1 Audiobook by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

biacuaduc@gmail.com (John P. Logsdon) — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:08:39 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Ononokin Book Bundle #1 Subtitle: 4 Hilarious Adventures Author: John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young Narrator: Jus Sargeant Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 07-21-17 Publisher: John P. Logsdon Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 37 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: A hilarious fantasy book bundle! Book one: A Quest of Undoing Follow Master Wizard Xebdigon Whizzfiddle as he struggles to complete a nearly impossible quest in only 30 days. He must help an enormous dwarf, an unattractive elf, a knight who is afraid of his own shadow, a lizard who is launching a nudie magazine, and a squashed-down giant who believes he's a wizard. Failure will cost Whizzfiddle his guild membership, but success may land him in the Afterlife! Fortunately booze is his magical power source, so at least he'll be mentally befuddled during the entire ordeal. Book two: The Full Moon Event Paulie Vergen is a vampire living the daily grind of life until a fateful day when a newly infected Werewolf landed on his doorstep. All Paulie wanted was peace and quiet, but life didn't often seem to care about his plans. He's now faced with helping the poor werewolf navigate through the Underworld in order to find the help that he needs. Book three: Bob the Zombie Bob is a zombie who was just going about his business when a band of thieves stole his hand so that they could make a batch of Elfagra in the Upperworld. While it's bad enough that they've stolen Bob's hand for such a purpose, it comes to the Zombie's attention that if the bad guys use the wrong technique it could cause a cosmic rift that will spell the real death of Bob...not just the long, drawn out one that's part of being a Zombie. Book five: Gappy's Gadgets Gappy Whirligig is an industrious gnome who has yet to reach the Age of Tinkering. In a flash, Gappy's life flips upside down, leaving him to make the decision to either strike out on his own or become a 42-year-old foster child. Gappy demonstrates his industrious spirit as he leaves Hubintegler's rules and regulations behind and instead seeks to make his mark in the seedy town of Planoontik. Members Reviews: Hit the spot nicely
I was on another quest for sci-fi comedy, which led me to these little gems. I found them light, frivolous, and humorous, which I badly needed. They are four separate stories, the only connection being the places. My favorite is #4. If you end up buying the books separately, it doesn't matter in what order they are read. Loved the books -- must mean I love the authors, right? Jus Sargeant is an excellent narrator! Great fun if you like comedy/parody, you'll love this. listen for reference of other stories and movies in the reading. listening to it again. Actually truer to Terry Prachett's Discworld than most books compared that incredible series. The author has a dry sense if humor but had plenty of LOL moments. The stories and characters are not stereo typical and neither are the plots. Highly recommend this series and hope there are more coming soon! LOVE this feel good series! The reader is amazing and does multiple accents well! A great read all around! Very entertaining Good story line. Kept me hooked. Not exactly for kids. Made me laugh. I would recommend Too funny! A joyously funny romp through the land of Ononokin. All four stories will keep you glued to your headphones, laughing along with the adventure.

The Delight of Being Ordinary Audiobook by Roland Merullo

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Roland Merullo) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:56:41 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Delight of Being Ordinary Subtitle: A Road Trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama Author: Roland Merullo Narrator: P. J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 04-11-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 109 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Roland Merullo's playful, eloquent, and life-affirming novel finds the Pope and the Dalai Lama teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable. What happens when the Pope and the Dalai Lama decide they need an undercover vacation? During a highly publicized official visit at the Vatican, the Pope suggests an adventure so unexpected and appealing that neither man can resist. Before dawn, two of the most beloved and famous people on the planet don disguises, slip into a waiting car, and experience the countryside as regular people. Along for the ride are the Pope's overwhelmed cousin Paolo and his estranged wife, Rosa, an eccentric hairdresser with a lust for life who cannot resist the call to adventure - or the fun. Against a landscape of good humor, exploration and spiritual delight, not to mention the sublime rolling hills of Italy, The Delight of Being Ordinary showcases the charming sensibilities of Roland Merullo (whose best-selling Breakfast with Buddha has sold over 200,000 copies) in a novel that makes us laugh as well as think about the demands of ordinary life, spiritual life, and the identities by which we all define ourselves. Critic Reviews: "The Delight of Being Ordinary is a thrilling book, a rip-roaring, risk-taking literary tour de force that kept me up late and moved me deeply. Bursting with laughter and suffused with the divine comedy of the human condition, the story makes our complicated world seem a broader, more generous place. In this ultimate celebrity road trip, Merullo has written a love story for our times." (Susan Cheever, author of Home Before Dark) "Another genre-defying installment in Merullo's engaging series of seriocomic religious novels.... Admirers of previous volumes will recognize Merullo's knack for depicting goodness without treacle in his deft portraits of the pope and the Dalai Lama, and a La Dolce Vita-esque party scene spotlights his ability to discern humanity in the most decadent circumstances....moving and unnerving.... Lucid, unpretentious fiction spotlighting the drama of trying to make the divine part of our everyday lives." (Kirkus) "A quirky but uplifting story in which Paolo de Padova, first assistant and cousin to Pope Francis, is asked to whisk away the pope and the visiting Dalai Lama on a clandestine vacation.... Merullo's newest is a thoughtful, compassionate, and mature work, a 'Christian- Buddhist-agnostic prayer' to the world, and readers will find a pleasant surprise in its conclusion." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Not as good as the Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner trilogy I am only one hour and half into the story and spent the last thirty minutes debating whether to return this book while listening to it so far. It's mainly the narration that I don't enjoy, and the story too, which, so far, doesn't show the depth of the trilogy I enjoyed so much. It's very hard to find narrators that can do accents very well. And, in this case the narrator's accent for the Dalai Lama would be fine for a character that is Japanese speaking English, but is definitely off for a portrayal of the Dalai Lama.

The Inimitable Jeeves, Volume 2 Audiobook by P. G. Wodehouse

biacuaduc@gmail.com (P. G. Wodehouse) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:03:51 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Inimitable Jeeves, Volume 2 Author: P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 07-22-10 Publisher: CSA Word Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 41 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: From money-making schemes involving placing wagers on vicars to poor Bingo having to produce the village school Christmas entertainments, every one of Wodehouses superb short stories are guarantee to raise a smile from even the most stony-faced listener! Full story listings: Members Reviews: Same stories as Volume 1 I was disappointed to discover that these are the same stories as on The Inimitable Jeeves Volume 1. While Martin Jarvis is an excellent narrator, my personal preference in the voice of Bingo comes from Fredrick Davidson. I wouldn't purchase this one but go for the Volume one instead. Great - nearly brilliant Martin Jarvis is the voiceover master and he is my favourite Jeeves and Wooster reader. The only tiny niggle I have is the voice of Bingo which to me just doesn't chime with the character. His Bingo sounds too dopey and rather adenoidal. Bertie, Jeeves and the others are all great though. Wodehouse + Jarvis is a great combination. Gorgeous Beautifully written and Wodehouse is hilarious, as ever. Perfectly brought to life by Martin Jarvis. If I could have Martin read every audiobook on this site I'd be a happy bunny. His voices are particularly fabulous. Lovely story but not quite the right narrator. If you love the Wodehouse stories of Jeeves and Wooster, the text is wonderful. In my opinion though, Martin Jarvis doesn't quite pull off Jeeves - his Wooster is suitably plummy but to me he makes Jeeves sound supercilious, almost a bit hostile. My recommendation is go for the Jonathan Cecil version of this same book (also here on Audible) which is sublime.

Fat Chance Audiobook by Nick Spalding

biacuaduc@gmail.com (Nick Spalding) — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:12:06 GMT

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/77/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fat Chance Author: Nick Spalding Narrator: Heather Wilds, Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 10-07-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1851 votes Genres: Fiction, Humor Publisher's Summary: Meet Zoe and Greg Milton, a married couple who have let themselves go a bit. Zoe was a stunner in her college days, but the intervening decades have added five stone, and removed most of her self-esteem. Greg's rugby-playing days are well and truly behind him, thanks to countless pints of beer and chicken curry. When Elise, a radio DJ and Zoe's best friend, tells them about a new competition, it seems like the perfect opportunity to turn their lives around. Fat Chance will pit six hefty couples against one another to see who can collectively lose the most weight and walk away with a 50,000 prize. So begins six months of abject misery, tears, and frustrationthat just might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to them - in another laugh-out-loud look at the way we live now from bestselling author Nick Spalding. Members Reviews: I freakin loved this book! SO funny!!!! This book was absolutely hilarious. It's one of my favorite books so far this year. I love the writing style, and the voices for both Zoe and Greg were perfect. At first I loved Zoe's part, but then after a few rounds of Greg, I decided his was funnier. There were times where I was doubled over in laughter, tears streaming down my face. The story was witty, sarcastic, poignant and had an overall terrific message. I totally recommend, especially if you like books that make you laugh out loud. Absolutely hilarious If you have ever wanted to lose weight, ever been on a diet or tried exercise to lose weight- and you have a sense of humor - listen to this book! Fat Chance follows a married couple, Zoe and Greg, through a Biggest Loser type radio show. Written in journal style with both parties describing their experiences. Painfully honest at times, but so flipping hilarious that you can't help but laugh out loud. Narration was excellent from both Heather Wilds and Napoleon Ryan, I would be hard pressed to chose a favorite. This book also inspired me to get back out there and start exercising again, so it was definitely a win win picking this jem up while it was on sale. Audiobook purchased by reviewer. Laughed out loud thru the entire book. Extremely entertaining, narrator does an excellent job. Made me laugh purplish on many occasions. Reminded me of Bridget Jones Diary. Inspiration for those who try diets A story that got me to really think about how nice it would be to make the effort and not give up. Going to use this as the impetus to sticking with proper diet and exercise. A very good story too. A fun, hilarious read! The story had me commiserating with on all their weight loss adventurous and rolling with laughter nearly through the whole thing!The narrators were perfection!