I've read several Jenny Colgan books now -- they're all cozy and sweet, which is why I read them, but not clean, which is why I knocked off a star (not that she claims to be clean, that's just no preference.) There's a decent amount of language, and a lot of sex, though (mostly) in a fade-to-black ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Full Cast Audio Edition
Still my all-time favorite series... but I already had the previous audiobook version, and I also had the movies. Why did I need another version, I wondered?
The reason: even though the narrator for the entire series was amazing, there is something about the full cast that does make it come alive ...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Full Cast Version
Such a fun listen! I remember the first time around, thinking this book's plot was too convoluted. Now I'm so familiar with it that I can't imagine it written any other way. Strangely, the time turner (I don't think?) ever came back into any subsequent books, until "Harry Potter and the Cursed ...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Full Cast Audio Version
The full cast version of this one is amazing. It's like watching the film, but much longer, with all the nuances included that they necessarily had to cut for the theatrical release.
I think what I love so much about these books in part is that Rowling spends SO much time on world building -- ...
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Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
This book establishes the difference between shame ("I am bad") vs guilt ("I did something bad,") how the former tends to drive disconnection and hiding, and that vulnerability (the opposite of shame) is key to authenticity. "Daring greatly" is about choosing to be vulnerable even when the outcome ...
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The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay, Kelly Harms
Lily is a hapless, likable artist who has no idea how to function in the real world--and her best friend Renee, a successful attorney, never lets her forget it. The girls met in art school, but Lily stayed the course, while Renee married Lily's ex-boyfriend (whom she was still in love with at the ...
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