I listened to the full cast version on audio, and I could hardly put it down. The characterization was just incredible... and while it bothered me that Ender was 6 when the story began and only 11 when it ended, it didn't bother me as much as it did the first time I read it. He's described as being ...
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I last read this in high school, but then got it as a freebie on Audible. I was at first rather confused, as it seemed like a cautionary fable against socialism, and yet both the good and the bad characters appeared to be socialist. When I read commentary afterwards, this made sense: Orwell ...
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This was a fun audible original! A very short middle-grade read about an 11-year old boy named Jackson who doesn't want to grow up, and who makes a wish (but more importantly he later realizes, whose grandfather makes a wish for him) that he would always stay 11. He gets the wish, but (in "It's a ...
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These are the best fairy tale retellings I think I've ever read. They are not cheesy (it itself a feat!), well written, and are so loosely based on the original tale that I never quite know what's about to happen, even though I do know the story upon which it's based. For "Goldheart," that's ...
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This story had one of the best relationships I've read in a long time! I'm fascinated by the story of Anastasia Romanov, particularly since the musical "Anastasia" is one of my favorites (the music is just. Amazing.) I picked this one up on an Audible daily deal, since it was a retelling of ...
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