Empire by Orson Scott Card read by Rudnicki

10 Years of Reviews

It could be any small college town and any next door neighbor. But the town is Promise Falls and the neighbors next door are The Langleys. The story begins when they are murdered. Bert the policeman investigates the neighborhood, starting with Jim Cutter's house. Jim has beenToo Close To Home by Linwood Barclay read by Christopher Lane

Another case for Molly (Moonshine) Smith, Trafalgar constable, blonde, widow and skier. When Cathy Lindsay, housewife and teacher is shot in the back while walking her dog Spot, the town can't figure it out. We are introduced to the dead woman's fat unfaithful husband, her delinquent son, her gossipy colleagues, but mostlyA Cold White Sun by Vicki Delany read by Carrington Macduffie

'...This grand vehicle was a color not seen in nature... metallic, shimmering kind of not-chartreuse, not-gold, not-silver, not-mauve with just a hint of not-maroon....' Thinks Kelp, not-thinking, not-talking to himself in a kind of not-Bronx, not-Queens, not-Staten Island, in-your-front-lawn five-borough accent while looking for a car to steal in Long TermThe Road to Ruin by Donald E. Westlake Read by William Dufris

Amusing this particular intersection of history where the living instruments of the law (cops, detectives, Special Forces, Army MPs) meet the live ones (text messaging, Live search, cell phones, Google...). What results is something Lacan called the 'missed encounter' -- in other words, the subject is there, but somehowOld Cops Meet New Technologies: Harry Bosch & Jack Reacher, 2007

Ignore the cover photo. An interesting story about a woman who bartends at an upscale New York club and an old college friend-become-billionaire who meet and reconnect -- after a long time. The woman loves children, dogs, and has lots of student loans to pay back. The man is stillSecond to None by Nancy Herkness read by Megan Tusing

All About Eve, Manhattan style. A generous but unwitting socialite wife is betrayed by a younger version of herself. Exiled from high society, kicked off the boards of the most desirable charities, she obsesses about the woman who took her place. Fat, friendless, and poor, she plots the woman's Social Crimes by Jane Stanton Hitchcock read by Barbara Rosenblat

Fiction that doubles as a helpful manual for out of work women, full of unemployment management tips and personality re-development exercises. Noreen, for example, is asked to say something about herself without reference to her job. She cannot. She can, however, use the fancy sneakers which she purchasedThe Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook read by Kimberly Dakin

At the end of this very long book, a famous publisher asks an ex-novelist to write about Wall Street during the subprime fiasco. But the novelist can only write about the novelist. No characters, no plot, no events ever get beyond the "me" of this word dealer. Annoying, pizzicato readingDear Money by M. McPhee read by Kate Reading.

Imagine three divorced fairy godmothers wearing red hats feeding you yellow cake, laying out your new life, and getting you ready for the charity ball by teaching you how to play bridge. There you have it. The almost penniless newly divorced matron with good manners sets up a home decoratingRed Hat Society's Queens of Woodlawn Avenue by Regina Hale Sutherland read by Staci Snell

Listen to the sample of Dearly Departed by David Housewright, narrated by Michael Kramer. Hunter Truman was a man who preferred what Winston Churchill called "short Anglo-Saxon words"...words usually reserved for those moments when you hit your thumb with a hammer, or stub your toe in the dark. Short Anglo-Saxon Words....How to choose an audiobook?

Although I didn't see her face, I knew that the woman in the coloring chair was beautiful. It wasn't just because she had long, lush, gorgeous hair, but because she was tearing out a page of WWD, where she had eyed another beautiful woman with long hair. And beautiful womenI Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron read by Nora Ephron

Charlotte, a romance writer who has recently broken her engagement to an unfaithful beau, moves to a small town and makes friends with her neighbors and the local pastor. Very pleasantly narrated by Crystal Sershen. Story well written but a little slow. Crispens Point by JoHannah Reardon narrated by Crystal Sershen

When and if you have to describe beauty don't do it from the front. Do it against the public eye, and against the visual. This is a book not a movie, so listen: He felt her looking at him, her eyes amused behind those little round glasses like the hippies usedBait by Kenneth Abel read by Frank Muller

Delicious, delightful, entertaining romance about an ambitious lawyer in Chicago and an FBI agent who meet when she agrees to help them capture a corrupt senator. Fast paced, witty dialogue, enchanting story line. Brava!Love Irresistably by Julie James narrated by Karen White

Good idea, poorly executed.Stone Cold by David Baldacci. Read by Ron McLarty

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