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    Destiny Discover

    Destiny Discover

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    Follett’s Destiny Discover app replaces our BryteWave K-12 app and allows you to browse, search...

    Sonos Controller

    Sonos Controller

    Music and Entertainment

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    Sonos is the wireless Home Sound System that fills as many rooms as you want with beautiful,...

Wolfhound Century
Wolfhound Century
Peter Higgins | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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When I first started reading (well, listening) to this book, I got a little confused and disoriented. There were a lot of names and places that, although they were English, they weren’t words or names that I knew, so I had trouble keeping track of what was going on. Part of the problem was I listened to a chapter here, a chapter there. So I put it aside, listened to something else, and went back to it later when I had hours upon hours to invest into it.

Boy am I glad I listened to this story.

I cannot describe to you how beautiful this story was. It was exciting and nerve wracking and terrifying. It was totally new and different and unique from anything else I’ve ever read. It had a love story, but it was an epic love story, not a romance as defined by the modern-day genre. It was sweet and beautiful and enthralling. It’s fantasy, but it’s not “elves and dwarves and fairies” fantasy… it’s fantastical and imaginary and connected with nature, but there aren’t warlocks. Higgins has his own set of creatures, his own city and country, his own history, his own world, and I loved it (though I didn’t want to live there. Read the summary, you wouldn’t either). On top of that, the writing was descriptive and concrete, and I felt like I was a part of the world. I felt like I was Lom an Marucia and Raku (I have no idea how to spell their names because I listened to the audio). I seriously didn’t want it to end.

Man, it’s been a good year for audiobooks! Guys, get this one asap. Give it thirty minutes of your time, and you’ll be sucked in.

Neil Dickson, the narrator, was also wonderful. He’s done a few other audiobooks, including the dramatized edition of The Importance of Being Earnest, and James Patterson’s The Jester. I’m definitely going to keep my eyes open for other work he does.

Content/Recommendation: Some violence, darker themes. Ages 16+
  
    Alarm Clock HD Pro

    Alarm Clock HD Pro

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    The classic alarm clock pro on iPad! The HD version of the No.1 alarm clock app on the app store! ...

    Evermusic - offline music

    Evermusic - offline music

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    Play music from Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive on iPhone or iPad. Download music to iPhone. Play...

Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris | 2014 | Biography
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7.7 (6 Ratings)
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I’ve listened to three or four David Sedaris audiobooks now. This one wasn’t my favorite, but it wasn’t my least favorite either. That being said, it was very funny and entertaining as always. This collection of stories made me think more than others have in the past, so that was nice.

Sedaris has an uncanny way of making the every day boring stuff sound hilarious because of the way he interprets it in his mind and because of the way he says things the people. You know how stuff sounds better in your head, but you say it anyway and then people look at you like you have a third eye and webbed feet? That’s half of his humor. I love it.

I recommend Diabetes with Owls to any Sedaris fan, new or old. If you’ve never listened to him before, I recommend Live for your Listening Pleasure to get an overview of his best.