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The Girl in the Green Silk Gown
- Ghost Stories Series, Book 2
- De: Seanan McGuire
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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For Rose Marshall, death has long since become the only life she really knows. She's been sweet 16 for more than 60 years, hitchhiking her way along the highways and byways of America, sometimes seen as an avenging angel, sometimes seen as a killer in her own right, but always Rose, the phantom prom date, the girl in the green silk gown. The man who killed her is still out there thanks to a crossroads bargain that won't let him die, and he's looking for the one who got away. When Bobby Cross comes back into the picture, there's going to be hell to pay - possibly literally.
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Narrator bomb
- De Mark and/or Rachel en 09-04-18
- The Girl in the Green Silk Gown
- Ghost Stories Series, Book 2
- De: Seanan McGuire
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
Seanan McGuire never disappoints!
Revisado: 05-02-24
But alas! The narrator speaks as if she narrating an episode of 60 Minutes, with her pitch going down at the end of every sentence. (This is not the same narrator as the first book in the series.) I'm going to listen to it over and over anyway, as I do all of Seanan McGuire's work, but the narration style is really distracting. I listen to hundreds of books a year and have never before felt the need to leave a negative review about any of them for any reason, but this narrator - who I'm sure is a very nice person and for whom I wish nothing but the best chocolate and very friendly cats! And a long and rewarding career doing voiceover work for investigative journalism, which is clearly where her gift lies - is driving me CRAZY.
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The Goblin Emperor
- De: Katherine Addison
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident", he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir. Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.
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Give this book a chance!
- De Douglas Hardy en 06-24-21
- The Goblin Emperor
- De: Katherine Addison
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
One of my favorite books in the world
Revisado: 01-05-23
The only problem with The Goblin Emperor is that every other book in the world is NOT The Goblin Emperor, a fact never more depressing than when I've just finished listening to it again.
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- De: Jennifer Wright
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- De Kindle Customer en 02-09-17
- Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- De: Jennifer Wright
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
Brilliant and Hilarious... no, really
Revisado: 07-01-19
I have spent the last seven hours cheerfully cleaning my house as I've listened to this straight through. It's hard to imagine a book about plagues that manages to make you laugh out loud this many times, but this one does it, while reminding us always that sufferers from disease are human and real and deserving of compassion, respect, and help. Definitely, definitely read this one.
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The Enchantment Emporium
- De: Tanya Huff
- Narrado por: Teri Clark Linden
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, and they like to keep this in the family. Alysha Gale is tired of having all her aunts try to run her life, both personally and magically. So when the letter from her Gran arrives willing her a "junk" shop in Calgary, Alysha jumps at the chance. It isn't until she gets there that she realizes her customers are fey. And no one told her there's trouble brewing in Calgary - trouble so big that even calling in the family may not save the day.
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A good fun listen, but an uneven reader
- De HealingMaven en 07-20-11
- The Enchantment Emporium
- De: Tanya Huff
- Narrado por: Teri Clark Linden
Funny and Smart: Leaves You Wanting More
Revisado: 01-01-13
The Enchantment Emporium was my first introduction to Tanya Huff, and it was a great one! I love the setup of the Gale family: their mysterious magic and rituals, their seeming obsession over pies. This is one of those books that manages to strike the delicate balance between the absurd and the serious, between the characters' magic and their lives. On the one hand, many of the sections are laugh-out-loud funny, surprising us with clever turns of phrase and amusing characters and situations, while on the other hand, we feel the characters' heartbreak and longings as if they were our own. The Gale family is the perfect example of a large, over-bearing, supportive family: run by the powerful and spirited Aunties, it's the sort of family that might drive its members crazy, but will be there for them no matter what.
Teri Clark Linden's narration sparkles through the text. This is a book I've never seen in print form, and I can't imagine it any other way. To me, Linden's version of Alysha, Charlie, and the rest will always be the real thing.
I should have kept track of the number of strange looks I attracted as I listened to this story and this performance and laughed out loud while walking or cleaning with earbuds in. I'm sure the count would have gotten pretty high.
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So You Want to Be a Wizard
- Young Wizard Series, Book 1
- De: Diane Duane
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission.
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Not quite Harry Potter ... better
- De Dilo en 05-30-04
- So You Want to Be a Wizard
- Young Wizard Series, Book 1
- De: Diane Duane
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
Great Beginning to a Great Series
Revisado: 01-01-13
The Teen Wizard books have been among my yearly reads since I was the ages of the charactes. In this first installment, Diane Duane introduces us to the world of her Wizards -- people of every species who are given the power to join the ultimate battle against entropy and death. From the first moment that Nita's hand gets caught by a strange book in the library, we readers want everything for Nita that she wants for herself: the small desires that drive the plot, and the large desires that pull her and her friends into the fight in Life's name.
So You Want to be A Wizard is one of my favorites of this series. The beginning draws you in almost immediately, the characters are likeable, the premise is fascinating and surprising. There is a section in the middle that has a few too many consecutive action scenes for my taste, but the heart of the story comes back quickly. The ending is satisfying and poingant, the sort for which the clues have been laid all along, so you get to it and know that it couldn't have gone any other way.
I read this series before I listened to it, and I remember the shock when I first heard Christina Moore's voice -- it didn't match the voice in my head, and it was strange to hear it saying the same words I'd read so many times. But now, I always listen to these books rather than read them. Moore's narration brings the story to life. The main characters' personalities shine through their voices, and the skill with which she reads the climax makes it much more powerful than when I've read it silently.
One of the basic premises of the whole universe in these books is that words -- particularly spoken words -- have enormous power. The books themselves become the magic they contain when read aloud and heard.
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