L'Héritière des abysses (2024)

• Drop Dead

• By: Lily Chu
• Narrated by: Phillipa Soo, John Cho
• Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
• Original Recording

Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Clean and sweet

• By Momma Nae on 08-02-24

• The Women

• A Novel
• By: Kristin Hannah
• Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
• Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• WOW. Just Wow

• By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24

• Atomic Habits

• An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
• By: James Clear
• Narrated by: James Clear
• Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Author went overboard hawking his site

• By CHughes on 06-25-19

• All the Colors of the Dark

• By: Chris Whitaker
• Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
• Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Best book of 2024

• By Jmo930 on 07-04-24

• Hillbilly Elegy

• A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
• By: J. D. Vance
• Narrated by: J. D. Vance
• Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Enlightening!

• By Gotta Tellya on 09-11-16

• The God of the Woods

• A Novel
• By: Liz Moore
• Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
• Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Good story telling

• By Ri on 07-12-24

• Drop Dead

• By: Lily Chu
• Narrated by: Phillipa Soo, John Cho
• Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
• Original Recording

Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Clean and sweet

• By Momma Nae on 08-02-24

• The Women

• A Novel
• By: Kristin Hannah
• Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
• Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
• Unabridged

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• WOW. Just Wow

• By Joanne DeVuono on 02-08-24

• Atomic Habits

• An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
• By: James Clear
• Narrated by: James Clear
• Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.

• 2 out of 5 stars

• Author went overboard hawking his site

• By CHughes on 06-25-19

• All the Colors of the Dark

• By: Chris Whitaker
• Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
• Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
• Unabridged

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Best book of 2024

• By Jmo930 on 07-04-24

• Hillbilly Elegy

• A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
• By: J. D. Vance
• Narrated by: J. D. Vance
• Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
• Unabridged

Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Enlightening!

• By Gotta Tellya on 09-11-16

• The God of the Woods

• A Novel
• By: Liz Moore
• Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
• Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
• Unabridged

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Good story telling

• By Ri on 07-12-24

• He Who Fights with Monsters 2

• A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 2)
• By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
• Narrated by: Heath Miller
• Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
• Unabridged

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

• 4 out of 5 stars

• Contrary to common reviews

• By Karen on 05-21-21

• The Anxious Generation

• How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
• By: Jonathan Haidt
• Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt
• Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
• Unabridged

There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• A Parenting Book for the 2020's

• By Anonymous User on 03-29-24

• First Lie Wins

• A Novel
• By: Ashley Elston
• Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
• Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
• Unabridged

The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn't like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• What’s The lie?

• By Luke Schafer on 01-13-24

• 48 Laws of Power

• By: Robert Greene
• Narrated by: Richard Poe
• Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
• Unabridged

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.

• By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16

• Mad Love

• By: Wendy Walker
• Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Alexis Bledel, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and others
• Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
• Original Recording

They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Surprised

• By marcie on 05-25-24

• The Art of Power

• My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
• By: Nancy Pelosi
• Narrated by: Nancy Pelosi
• Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
• Unabridged

When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress, Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And so Nancy did, and what a life it has been. In The Art of Power, Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history—not only as the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, but to pass laws that would save lives and livelihoods, from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to transforming health care.

• 5 out of 5 stars

• Wonderful narrator

• By L. Berendson on 08-08-24