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Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Whisper Network
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Invisible Man
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The Mystery at Lilac Inn
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
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70/512 pages
Leading Change
Peanuts Classics
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66 %
The Bungalow Mystery
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192/192 pages
The Bungalow Mystery #3
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192/192 pages
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
SPOILER ALERT!
Secret Window, Secret Garden ★★★☆☆
Audio version from Overdrive.
This is one of the best examples of
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Had I been reading the bound version of this story, I'd have given it an enthusiastic four stars. But this is another unfortunate example of talented actors really sucking at audiobook performance. I love James Woods as an actor, but he reads with so much melodrama that I can't help but wonder if he sabotaged it on purpose. The production includes some truly horrendous and intrusive music, as well.
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