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Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Audiobook Narrated by Susie Riddell My rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre, they call her wicked - but in her case, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors. A fugitive navigating London's underbelly, Jane rights wrongs on behalf of the have-nots whilst avoiding the noose. Until an advertisement catches her eye. Her aunt has died and the new master at Highgate House, Mr Thornfield, seeks a governess. Anxious to know if she is Highgate's tr

Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde Audiobook Narrated by Chris Chappell and Cassandra Morris My rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors—beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. Hinman, bigoted and angry Mr. Lafferty, kind-hearted Felipe, and 9-year-old Grace and her former addict mother Eileen. But most of them have never seen Billy. Not until Grace begins to sit outside on the building’s front stoop for hours every day, inches from Billy’s patio. Troubled b

How Will I Know You? by Jessica Treadway Audiobook Narrated by Ryan Vincent Anderson, Christopher Ryan Grant, Cynthia Farrell, Lauren Fortgang, and Caitlin Kelly My rating: 1 out of 5 Stars Synopsis On a cold December day, the body of high school senior Joy Enright is discovered in the woods at the edge of a frozen pond. Her death looks like a tragic drowning accident at first, but an autopsy reveals something sinister -- the teenager's body shows unmistakable signs of strangulation. The discovery upends an otherwise une

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Audiobook Narrated by Alex McKenna My rating: 2 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The bestselling novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, set against the glitzy, grimy backdrop of New York's most elite restaurants. Now a STARZ Original Series. Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job as a "backwaiter" at a celebrated downtown Manhattan restaurant. What follows is the story of her education: in champagne and cocaine, love and lust, dive bars and fine dining rooms, as she learns to navigate the chaotic, enchanting, punishing life she has chosen. As her appetites awaken—for food and wine, but

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue Audiobook Narrated by Kate Lock My rating: 1 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The Irish Midlands, 1859. An English nurse, Lib Wright, is summoned to a tiny village to observe what some are claiming as a medical anomaly or a miracle - a girl said to have survived without food for months. Tourists have flocked to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, and a journalist has come down to cover the sensation. The Wonder is a tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Donoghue’s ninth novel – her first historical one set in her homeland of Ireland - was a

Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames Audiobook Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon My rating: 0 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The 'deeply personal' story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter. Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn't for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two.

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Audiobook Narrated by Cassandra Campbell. Kathleen Gati. and Kathrin Kana My rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. Fo

The Circle by Dave Eggers Audiobook Narrated by Dion Graham My rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work