I'm fascinated by British history, and I could hardly stop listening to this! Queen Elizabeth seems so very likable to me, and such a fascinating character. This story spans her birth (when she was considered a 'minor royal,' since she was so unlikely to ever inherit the throne,) all ...
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This is a quick, interesting listen about the life of Marie Curie, told sort of in a novella format. It's fun to experience her love of science and her budding romance with Pierre Curie from her perspective. And I didn't realize how much she had to overcome in order to study science: she had no ...
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Set in WWII Britain, "In Farleigh Field" is the sort of novel I guess I'd call "sweeping," in the sense that it covers many different characters, most of them aristocracy in the highest circles. A parachutist falls to his death in Farleigh field, and even though he's dressed in a British military ...
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Second time through! This is a collection of short stories to fill in the backstory of each of the main characters. They were all good, though this time through I just re-listened to the last two short stories: "The Mechanic," a retelling of Cinder and Kai's first meeting from Kai's perspective ...
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I loved the entire series, and raced through it the second time. The action is non-stop! On the plus side: like any good fairy tale, this one ends with a "happily ever after." And yet it doesn't seem too perfect--there are still casualties, and even the main characters don't all escape unscathed. ...
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