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• Hine Toa

  a Story of Bravery

  Te Awekōtuku, Ngāhuia, 1949-

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  I listened to the audiobook in which Ngāhuia relates her story herself. I was spellbound - it's sad, funny, real as real. Ngāhuia shares everything, even the stuff that hurts.

• Martyr!

  Akbar, Kaveh

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  I listened to this audiobook and was totally floored. The story itself is utterly compelling, and within it there are lines and observations like jewels. Why is it that novels by poets are often so good?

• Every Man for Himself and God Against All

  a Memoir

  Herzog, Werner, 1942-

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  So many stories and anecdotes from one of the world's greatest storytellers. He goes into his family origins - back to grandparents (and Nazi parents) , how he got into movie & doco making and writing. We hear - in his own famously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perfume and Pain

  Dorn, Anna

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  This was such an unexpected delight. It starts with a writers' group called Sapphic Scribes and an author called Astrid Dahl. It was the lush cover and the title that drew me in, but it was the story and the characters and the dry humour…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Must Go

  the Stories We Tell About the End of the World

  Lynskey, Dorian

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  This is a brilliant listen. Quite the lineup: John of Patmos, Stanley Kubrick, Margaret Atwood, The Clash, John van Neumann, Threads, Melancholia, Chernobyl ...

• The Secret History

  Tartt, Donna, 1963-

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  I'm not one for a re-read, but when the heroine of Perfume and Pain was walking around listening to Donna Tartt narrating The Secret History, I checked if we have that audiobook in the library collection. Luckily for me - and you - we do.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Doppelganger

  a Trip Into the Mirror World

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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  The audiobook is read by Klein herself. Being continually confused with Naomi Wolf is the starting point that leads into shadow worlds and twisted facsimiles and misinformation. Astonishing, compelling stuff.

• Come and Get It

  Reid, Kiley

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  This is such a great, fun read and it has depths and tensions to it too. We learn more about the students, an r.a. and a lecturer and their relationships. I loved the dialogue and chat and scene setting. I oddly ended up reading two books…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Survivors

  Braunias, Steve, 1960-

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  This is brilliant, with stories that are individually and collectively absorbing. Some are true crime, some are about unusual lives. They are drawn together by the voice and connection of Steve Braunias. I listened to the audiobook on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Intermezzo

  a Novel

  Rooney, Sally

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  There's a peculiar magic and a specific feel to the Rooney-verse. This book has it in spades - the Marxist political conversations, the interiority, the not-much-happens but it all feels deep and full and important. The snippety style…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Butter

  Yuzuki, Asako, 1981-

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  I listened to the audiobook, then switched to the book to finish it. It was quite the experience walking home listening to the most alluring descriptions of food. A compelling story with a few twists and kept me under its spell - I enjoyed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Devil to Die

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  Fiona Shaw again takes on the role of narrator in the fourth of the Thursday Murder Club series. The standard of storytelling and character building from author Richard Osman remains high, in fact in reaches new heights (and depths). …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From Here to the Great Unknown

  a Memoir

  Presley, Lisa Marie, 1968-2023

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  This is a special story, and even more so in the context of an audiobook. We hear a little bit of Lisa Marie Presley's own voice, from interviews she conducted that form the backbone of her life story. Julia Roberts voices Lisa in other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cher

  the Memoir. Part One

  Cher, 1946-

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  We are really spoiled, with both Barbra Streisand and Cher doing memoirs that absolutely spill the tea and go into detail in a way that not every star would do. Cher reads part of her memoir herself, starting the chapters in that wonderful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Barbra

  Streisand, Barbra, 1942-

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  Barbra tells all - in her own inimitable and indomitable voice. She's got an amazing memory and goes into deep and fascinating detail about her family, life, and THAT career.

• The Bullet That Missed

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  This series deserves its popularity, utterly charming and full of heart and fun. I love Bogdan, Chris, and Donna as well as our main crew Joyce, Elizabeth, Ibrahim and Ron. Fiona Shaw has taken over the reading duties from Lesley Manville,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man Who Died Twice

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  I loved the first book in the series, but the second is even better. There were moments when I went "Ha" and laughed at loud, but I also did some crying. Richard Osman is quite the writer, and having his sophomore effort be better than the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hagstone

  Gleeson, Sinéad

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  I feel lucky to have heard Sinead at the recent WORD Christchurch event. This is a story with such strong and unique threads, and so much of nature in it that it was perfect to walk about and listen to in an autumnal setting.

• Nobody's Empire

  Murdoch, Stuart

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  Friends with ME mosey around Glasgow, and then San Francisco and San Diego in this beautiful work of autofiction by Belle and Sebastian's singer and songwriter Stuart Murdoch. It's a gentle drift of a novel with an honest conversational…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mires

  Makereti, Tina, 1973-

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  Local Ōtautahi Christchurch author Tina Makereti's latest book is brilliant, and works wonderfully well as an audiobook. The combination of the supernatural and the very day-to-day aspects of life in three neighbouring families combine…Read moreRead more of this annotation