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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…and for Heather Andrews, security manager at Timberwoods Mall, undoubtedly the busiest. But this Christmas, Heather has more to contend with than frazzled parents and disgruntled Santas. Angela Steinhart, a young woman who designed the mall’s spectacular holiday displays, has had a premonition that tragedy will strike on Christmas Eve. And Angela’s visions have a habit of coming true. Heather would love to dismiss the warning as holiday stress.
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Should have been Halloween at Timberwoods
- De Sheila en 11-30-11
De: Fern Michaels
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The Darkest Time of Night
- De: Jeremy Finley
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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When the seven-year-old grandson of a US senator vanishes in the woods behind his home, the only witness is his older brother, who whispers, "The lights took him," and then never speaks again. As the FBI and National Guard launch a massive search, the boys' grandmother Lynn Roseworth fears only she knows the truth. But coming forward would ruin her family and her husband's political career.
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- De Scott en 07-18-18
De: Jeremy Finley
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Hooked on Murder
- Crochet Mystery Series, Book 1
- De: Betty Hechtman
- Narrado por: Margaret Strom
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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When bookstore event coordinator Molly Pink stumbles across the dead body of a crochet group's leader, her complicated past with the woman makes her a prime suspect. But while Molly's fending off a detective with a personal grudge and navigating the pitfalls of crochet group politics, the real killer remains at large. And it's up to her to catch the culprit - before she winds up in a tight knot....
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Good Book, Clean content for the most part.
- De Kryst en 11-04-16
De: Betty Hechtman
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Making Spirits Bright
- De: Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, y otros
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly...until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side....
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- De John en 08-25-22
De: Fern Michaels, y otros
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The Chocolate Cat Caper
- A Chocoholic Mystery
- De: JoAnna Carl
- Narrado por: Teresa DeBerry
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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After giving up her career as a Texas trophy wife, 28-year-old Lee McKinney finds herself in a Michigan resort town, keeping the books for her Aunt Nettie’s luxury chocolate business. But she soon finds that her new life isn’t all truffles and bonbons… Clementine Ripley, the defense attorney everyone loves to hate, is throwing a party that calls for several thousand dollars worth of custom chocolates - some made in the image of her champion cat.
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Disappointing
- De Beatrice en 11-09-13
De: JoAnna Carl
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Be My Ghost
- Haunted Haven Mystery Series, Book 1
- De: Carol J. Perry
- Narrado por: C.S.E. Cooney
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Maureen's career as a sportswear buyer hits a snag just before Halloween, when the department store declares bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Finn's lost his way as a guide dog after flunking his test for being too friendly and easily distracted. Sadly, only one of them can earn unemployment, so Maureen's facing a winter of discontent in Boston - when she realizes she can't afford her apartment. Salvation comes when she receives a mysterious inheritance: an inn in Haven, Florida.
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Like Eating Potato Chips -It Was Hard to Stop!
- De Carol Becker en 03-06-22
De: Carol J. Perry
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Murder of a Small-Town Honey
- A Scumble River Mystery, Book 1
- De: Denise Swanson
- Narrado por: Christine Leto
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago, she swore she'd never return. But after a bout with her boyfriend and credit card rejection, she's back to home sweet - homicide....
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unacceptable production
- De Music Lover en 06-28-13
De: Denise Swanson
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O Little Town
- De: Don Reid
- Narrado por: Don Reid
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
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It’s Christmas Eve in Mt. Jefferson, but unlike snow, peace is not in the forecast. In this story that spans over fifty years, family values collide with poor decisions, posing a daunting challenge to what should be the happiest time of the year.
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Not For Me
- De Sara en 12-19-15
De: Don Reid
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A Deadly Grind
- Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series, # 1
- De: Victoria Hamilton
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s Hoosier brand kitchen cabinet at an estate auction, it's love at first sight. Despite the protests of her sister that the 19th-century yellow-brick house they share in Michigan is already too cluttered with Jaymie's "junk," she successfully outbids the other buyers and triumphantly takes home her Hoosier.
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History can be deadly in this cozy mystery!
- De Byron en 04-28-14
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The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
- The Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series, Book 1
- De: Cleo Coyle
- Narrado por: Caroline Shaffer, Traber Burns
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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Young widow Penelope Thornton-McClure and her old Aunt Sadie are making ends meet by managing a mystery book shop - a quaint Rhode Island landmark rumored to be haunted. Pen may not believe in ghosts, but she does believe in good publicity - like nabbing Timothy Brennan for a book signing. But soon after the bestselling thriller writer reveals a secret about the store's link to a 1940s murder, he keels over dead - and right in the middle of the store's new community events space. Who gives Mrs. McClure the first clue that it was murder?
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Creative take of a ghost detective
- De Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe en 12-05-18
De: Cleo Coyle
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To Have and to Kill
- A Wedding Cake Mystery
- De: Mary Jane Clark
- Narrado por: Isabel Keating
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
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Piper Donovan never imagined that decorating wedding cakes could be so dangerous! A struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement, Piper moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. She steps tentatively into the family bakery business and finds herself agreeing to create a wedding cake for the acclaimed star of a daytime television drama. But soon someone close to the bride-to-be is horribly murdered.
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Don't bother
- De Beatrice en 12-25-12
De: Mary Jane Clark
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Crosstalk
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Mia Barron
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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In a not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure that has been promised to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. So when Briddey Flannigan's fiancé proposes that he and Briddey undergo the procedure, she is delighted! Only, the results aren't quite as expected. Instead of gaining an increased empathetic link with her fiancé, Briddey finds herself hearing the actual thoughts of one of the nerdiest techs in her office. And that's the least of her problems.
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It doesn't work like that.
- De Joel en 10-31-16
De: Connie Willis
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Bellwether
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennett O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions - with the unintended help of the errant, forgetful, and careless office assistant Flip.
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Pattern Recognition" Meets "Office Space
- De Pam en 07-04-12
De: Connie Willis
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Uncharted Territory
- A Novel
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
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Findriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Back home, their adventures are followed by countless breathless fans, but the reality is far less romantic as they deal with dust, nitpicking regulations, and uncooperative aliens. Teamed with a young intern whose specialty is mating customs, and a native guide of indeterminate gender, the group sets out for a previously unexplored sector of the planet.
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Passed the betchel test
- De James Nicholson en 02-05-20
De: Connie Willis
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Remake
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Ryan Burke
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key. A Hollywood of warm bodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies.
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The Best of Connie Willis
- Award-Winning Stories
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss, Jessica Almasy, Mia Barron, y otros
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Here are the greatest stories of one of the greatest writers working in any genre today. All ten of the stories gathered here are Hugo or Nebula award winners - some even have the distinction of winning both. With a new Introduction by the author and personal afterwords to each story, plus a special look at three of Willis' unique public speeches - this is unquestionably the collection of the season, an audiobook that every Connie Willis fan will treasure.
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An index for locating stories
- De Ruth Green en 11-29-14
De: Connie Willis
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Doomsday Book
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 26 h y 20 m
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For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong.
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Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting
- De mudcelt en 11-02-09
De: Connie Willis
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Crosstalk
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Mia Barron
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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In a not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure that has been promised to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. So when Briddey Flannigan's fiancé proposes that he and Briddey undergo the procedure, she is delighted! Only, the results aren't quite as expected. Instead of gaining an increased empathetic link with her fiancé, Briddey finds herself hearing the actual thoughts of one of the nerdiest techs in her office. And that's the least of her problems.
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It doesn't work like that.
- De Joel en 10-31-16
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Bellwether
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennett O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions - with the unintended help of the errant, forgetful, and careless office assistant Flip.
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- De Pam en 07-04-12
De: Connie Willis
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Uncharted Territory
- A Novel
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
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Findriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Back home, their adventures are followed by countless breathless fans, but the reality is far less romantic as they deal with dust, nitpicking regulations, and uncooperative aliens. Teamed with a young intern whose specialty is mating customs, and a native guide of indeterminate gender, the group sets out for a previously unexplored sector of the planet.
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Passed the betchel test
- De James Nicholson en 02-05-20
De: Connie Willis
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Remake
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Ryan Burke
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key. A Hollywood of warm bodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies.
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The Best of Connie Willis
- Award-Winning Stories
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss, Jessica Almasy, Mia Barron, y otros
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Here are the greatest stories of one of the greatest writers working in any genre today. All ten of the stories gathered here are Hugo or Nebula award winners - some even have the distinction of winning both. With a new Introduction by the author and personal afterwords to each story, plus a special look at three of Willis' unique public speeches - this is unquestionably the collection of the season, an audiobook that every Connie Willis fan will treasure.
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- De Ruth Green en 11-29-14
De: Connie Willis
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Doomsday Book
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin
- Duración: 26 h y 20 m
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For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong.
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Timely, beautiful, terrible and haunting
- De mudcelt en 11-02-09
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Passage
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Erin deWard
- Duración: 31 h y 6 m
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A psychologist specializing in near-death experiences, Dr. Joanna Lander has spent two years recording the experiences of those who have been declared clinically dead and lived to tell about it. A new doctor has arrived at Mercy General, one with the power to give Joanna the chance to get as close to death as anyone can. Dr. Richard Wright has come up with a way to manufacture the near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Dr. Wright is convinced that the NDE is a survival mechanism and that if only doctors understood how it worked, they could someday delay the dying process.
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interesting listen. Different from her other books.
- De Stuart en 02-10-24
De: Connie Willis
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Inside Job
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 2 h y 21 m
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Rob, a professional debunker, is watching yet another performance by a supposed psychic. But as she calls forth the spirit entity known as Isus, another voice suddenly interrupts. And this one is so unexpected and so real, even the hardened skeptic finds he can't help but believe.
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Terrific, but too short
- De Linda en 05-15-08
De: Connie Willis
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Lincoln's Dreams
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Carolyn Jania
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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For Jeff Johnston, a young historical researcher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms—two obsessed lovers linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both.
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- De Kathryn en 01-06-24
De: Connie Willis
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The Winds of Marble Arch
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 1 h y 55 m
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Tom, an American, is in London for a conference when he begins to experience unusual forces in the Underground. Is it an easily-explained phenomenon - or ghosts from Britain's past?
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- De Katherine en 07-09-12
De: Connie Willis
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The Road to Roswell
- A Novel
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Jesse Vilinsky
- Duración: 14 h
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When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one. Odder still, her abductor is far from what the popular media have led her to expect, with a body like a tumbleweed and a mass of lightning-fast tentacles. Nor is Francie the only victim of the alien’s abduction spree.
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Connie Willis must be really losing it
- De Mary E Waitrovich en 07-15-23
De: Connie Willis
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How the Penguins Saved Veronica
- De: Hazel Prior
- Narrado por: Helen Lloyd, Andrew Fallaize, Mandy Williams
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to which to leave her fortune. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she's coming to visit - and won't take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and Veronica's closed heart starts to open.
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- De Kristyn Rose en 02-28-21
De: Hazel Prior
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- Carrie Mercer
- 12-07-17
Best Christmas stories ever!!
Connie Willis has it all in her Christmas stories: humor, intelligence, nostalgia, and a true love of Christmas. Don't miss her list of great xmas stories and films at the end!
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- Erik N
- 12-12-20
Three stars down the line
Three stars and I didn’t finish. I gave up during Epiphany, because again the short story seemed to be going on far too long. As with most others in this collection, that story seemed padded and never paid off for that padding. The best story, the Adaptation one, is the shortest I made it through. The one with music and aliens came early, and I was just about to quit all the way through and at the end kept going through pure bloody-mindedness. It’s not bad. It’s not really all that good. the readings are okay, though in one the narrator’s Scandinavian assistant’s name is read as “enj” again and again and yet again and the name is “Inge” which is pronounced “Inga” and ruined the whole thing because I kept screaming “IT’S INGA WHY HAS NO ONE CAUGHT THIS???” And scaring the neighbors.
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- Patricia Finley
- 12-28-23
Wonderful Christmas Stories
I read these stories every other Christmas and love them all. Thank you, Connie Willis.
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- Lori
- 12-06-21
A Joy to Read
Best Christmas book ever. Lots of wonderful short stories, perfect while decorating or shopping. Cheerful, thoughtful with fun twists that keep you entertained. One you can listen with the whole family. Highly recommend, wish I could give 6 stars.
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- Rebecca Lindroos
- 12-22-19
Loved it!
I don't often write reviews, but for this book I have to as it was sooo excellent, (a 5 +++) and so exactly what I wanted to listen to a few days before Christmas As a long time fan, .I've read quite a lot of Willis so I knew the narrative would be good and probably humorous, I just didn't expect it to be so well developed specifically for a Christmas read. It's also very nicely narrated
The dozen short stories, except for one, weigh in at about 40 pages. They're all linked with a slightly different Christmasy theme and spirit, but there's a lot of humor in them, some light futurist sci-fi, and a tiny sprinkling of romance. I smiled and laughed and sometimes my heart was touched. It's been over 2 days now and I still can't find my next listen. Enjoy.
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- Garshom L. Arkoff
- 12-05-23
I couldn't get through it
I love Christmas short stories and I have several audio books that I go to every year. Most of them as the classics, like Hans Christian Anderson or Louisa May Alcott. They all feel Christmasy, in one way or the other.
I listened to the first story and more than half of the second.
I would say that they were both "cute" but not my cup of tea. Just a little too camp for my taste. What's more, they are pretty long for short stories... over an hour each.
I much prefer "Christmas Book at Bedtime: Complete Series" or "Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales."
But your mileage may vary.
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- jahk
- 01-02-19
Great collection of unexpected Christmas stories
Connie Willis always tells unique and amazing stories. This collection is no exception. The stories are funny, touching (in a non-heavy handed way), and enjoyable.
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- Deedra
- 12-16-19
A lot like Christmas
Connie Willis is a wonderful writer and this compilation of short sci fi Christmas stories proves it. Narration by Eliza Foss , L. J. Ganser, Lori Gardner and, John Keating was very good.Recommended for teen on up.
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- Dave
- 01-18-20
Very, Very Long Stories
Several friends had told me how much they enjoyed Connie Willis's Christmas stories, so I was excited to check this collection out. But I was quickly surprised by how long the stories are. While I enjoy stories that take their time, I prefer short stories (including novellas and novelettes) to be economical with their words. Here, most of the stories are close to 2-3 hours in length and and unfortunately feel it. Willis doesn't quite agree on the economics of words in short stories, apparently.
"Miracle," like at least half of the stories in this collection, is a romantic comedy about an office Christmas party getting hijacked by a environmentalist trickster. This sounds pretty funny, but there's also a lot of arguing about which is the better Christmas movie: Miracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life. Can't we like both? The execution dragged on and on, and couldn't charm or tickle me. "Newsletter" is about how ridiculous and ludicrous Christmas newsletters from friends and family can be. In the end, it of course turns out to be one of the newsletters itself but it's hours long (30 minutes would've been a stretch). "Now Showing" is a SF story where a pair of film lovers discover that the movie theater theme parks with one hundred screens they've been patronizing hold some big secrets about the industry -- secrets which broke my suspension of disbelief.
That said, some of the stories are delightful -- "Cat's Paw" is a SF mystery that riffs off Sherlock Holmes and Poe's "The Murders of Rue Morgue." "deck.halls@bough/holly" is about a Themed Christmas Decorator who does installations for clients who is surprised when she starts to fall for her newest client. "Epiphany" sees two modern wise men and a woman searching for their own epiphany. "Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" attempts to put a fun speculative spin on one of Willis's favorite Christmas movies -- Love, Actually -- by stringing together several different stories of a global White Christmas, some which are pretty fun. But my favorite is "Adaptation," a small, quiet story which takes place in a bookstore on Christmas Eve and shows the spirits of Christmas Past and Yet to Come struggling in the modern era of the holidays, while a fellow clerk wishes he could just spend the holiday with his daughter. The reading by L.J. Ganser on this is particularly excellent.
Something else I really enjoyed were the introduction and afterward by Willis, who talks about what makes Christmas stories special and goes on to share some of her favorites as a fan. Even though I found this collection to be over long and half the stories forgettable, it would be delightful to spend a couple of hours talking to Willis about Christmas stories. Some of these tales I might come back to in holidays yet to come, but next time I'll be skimming and skipping some of the other stories.
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- Chris
- 11-13-17
Favorite Christmas listen
Several new Christmas stories and now on audio! I read these on kindle every year and am happy to see them now on audio!
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