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<title><![CDATA[ Sound Commentary Vol. 81 May,2012]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:44:00 -0000</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Rules of Civility by Amor Towles]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:58:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/rules-of-civility-by-amor-towles</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nola Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Rebecca Lowman has a soft cultured, well-modulated voice reflective of Katey’s personality.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Locked On by Tom Clancy]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:53:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/locked-on-by-tom-clancy</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Sue Rosenzweig ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Lou Diamond Phillips skillfully helps us keep everything straight using great Russian and Pakistani accents.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Just My Type by Simon Garfield]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:50:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/just-my-type-by-simon-garfield</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Joanna Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Reader Gildart Jackson, with his deep voice and English accent, is perfectly suited to Just My Type because he is able to introduce the right amount of mock seriousness and whimsy to this playful work.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Among the Missing by Morag Joss]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:07:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/among-the-missing-by-morag-joss</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Carol Kellerman ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Author Morag Joss’s prose is beautiful in this fascinating psychological thriller, her seventh novel.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Two Rings by Millie Werber]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:05:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/two-rings-by-millie-werber</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nola Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Millie slowly opened up to Eve the story of how she survived as a Jewish teenager, first by working in a munitions factory and later in Auschwitz.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Camelot Conspiracy by E. Duke Vincent]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:01:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-camelot-conspiracy-by-e-duke-vincent</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nola Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “[Narrator Paul Boehmer] sounds like he would be great in a “Mad Men” episode.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Great Leader by Jim Harrison]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:52:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-great-leader-by-jim-harrison</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Joanna Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “The Great Leader, A Faux Mystery, by Jim Harrison, has the earmarks of a traditional mystery, especially the grizzled, semi-retired detective, on the trail of one last bad guy, but this novel is aptly titled a "faux mystery" because it heads into territory which few traditional mysteries would dare walk.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Quiet World by Douglas Brinkley]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:50:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-quiet-world-by-douglas-brinkley</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Janet Julian ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “This detailed account is narrated by Andrew Garman, who captures both the drama and the quiet poetry of the text.  Highly recommended.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Emotional Life of Your Brain by  Richard Davidson]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:37:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/emotional-life-of-your-brain-by</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nancy Chaplin ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “...there is vindication that the sixties’ counter-culture delving into practices which have since become somewhat mainstream has had a positive impact for many which scientific evidence supports.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Light from a Distant Star by Mary McGarry Morris]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:35:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/light-from-a-distant-star-by-mary-mcgarry-morris</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Mary Purucker ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Amy Rubinaire’s light girlish voice is exactly right for Nellie and easily moves among the other characters with just the right touch.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:30:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/throne-of-the-crescent-moon-by-saladin-ahmed</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Hugh M.  Flick ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ This fine tale has its share of crazy demons and evil monsters which Gigante renders most believably. 	 ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *A History of the Olymbics by John Goodbody]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:27:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/a-history-of-the-olymbics-by-john-goodbody</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Susan Offner ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “With the 2012 Olympic games only months away, this is an entertaining and timely listen.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:25:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/northwest-angle-by-william-kent-krueger</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Mary Purucker ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “... [Buck Schirner] tells a good tale and keeps his audience involved in the complications of the action that are as vast as the lake itself.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Sister Queens by Julia Fox]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/sister-queens-by-julia-fox</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Janet Julian ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Award-winning narrator Rosalyn Landor brings these two complicated women to life with an intelligent full-voiced reading.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:22:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-hypnotist-by-lars-kepler</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Janet Julian ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “As the investigation progresses through 110 brief movie-like chapters over several weeks, we wade into a world of lunacy, graphic violence, revenge, gangs of murderous Pokemon children, abuse, enthusiastic sex, a kidnapping and a heart-stopping climax.”  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ My Dog Tulip by J.R. Ackerley]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/my-dog-tulip-by-j-r-ackerley</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Joanna Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Ackerley’s superb writing and grasp of the range of human feeling towards animals, recommends My Dog Tulip even to those largely impervious to the charms of the dogs among us.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:16:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/ragnarok-by-a-s-byatt</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Hugh M.  Flick ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Distinguished British stage and television actress Harriet Walter’s fine reading expresses the poetic quality of the text very well.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ My Wicked Little Lies by Victoria Alexander]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:13:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/my-wicked-little-lies-by-victoria-alexander</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Carol Reich ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “This is a light romance set in Victorian times and very well narrated by Justine Eyre.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ kill Shot by Vince Flynn]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:12:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/kill-shot-by-vince-flynn</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Mary Purucker ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “In the second prequel to the Mitch Rapp series (following American Assassin) Rapp is a little older and smarter if not wiser and determined to rid the world of terrorists and their enablers who are responsible for murderous actions....” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Eighty-dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:05:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-eighty-dollar-champion-by-elizabeth-letts</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Carol Kellerman ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Actor Bronson Pinchot’s excellent reading captures in his voice the many facets of the personality of the humble man who is Harry de Leyer: husband, father of eight children, businessman, horse trader and trainer.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ House of Stone by Anthony Shadid]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:02:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/house-of-stone-by-anthony-shadid</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nola Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “While telling the story of the house, [Shadid] also tells the story of Lebanon, of his family’s travails and of his own way home.”	 ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Reign of Madness by Lynn Cullen]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/reign-of-madness-by-lynn-cullen</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Susan Allison ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Australian actress Susan Lyons, well-known in both television and films, especially for her Shakespearean roles, creates a sympathetic character in Juana, through her gentle voice as she shares Juana’s expressions of concern for her children and faithful servant women.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:58:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-cat-s-table-by-michael-ondaatje</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Joanna Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “The audiobook is read by the author, which is fitting for this work because it could easily be mistaken for a memoir (though it is billed as a novel)....” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:54:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/1q84-by-haruki-murakami</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Debbie Henderson ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ "This audio book is 38 discs of listening pleasure." ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Fall from Grace by Richard North Patterson]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:52:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/fall-from-grace-by-richard-north-patterson</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Jean Palmer ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Actor Dennis Boutsikaris’ low key, methodical reading is just right for this tragic, suspense filled story set in a very beautifully described Martha’s Vineyard.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Elegy for  Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:49:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/elegy-for-eddie-by-jacqueline-winspear</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Jean Palmer ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Stage and television actress Orlagh Cassidy weaves her special magic once again in her full-voiced narration of this latest Maisie Dobbs mystery novel set in 1933 London.”	 ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Bringing Up Bebe by Pam Druckerman]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:46:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/bringing-up-bebe-by-pam-druckerman</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Jean Palmer ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “This is a real eye-opener and much might definitely prove helpful to American parents stressed out from constantly hovering over whining children and exhausted because their children still do not sleep through the night even at the advanced ages of three or four years – rare in France! “ ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Young Adults/Children's]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:44:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/young-adults-children-s8</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ SoundCommentary Staff ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ SoundCommentary is a Review Source on the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, www.childrenslit.com. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Chomp by Carl Hiaasen]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:43:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/chomp-by-carl-hiaasen</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Jean Palmer ]]></dc:creator>
  
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  <title><![CDATA[ On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:48:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/on-canaan-s-side-by-sebastian-barry</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Joanna Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Narrator Wanda McCaddon gives her usual polished performance in her reading, succeeding in enhancing Barry’s sad but lovely tale....” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ *Candide and Zadig by Voltaire]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:59:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/candide-and-zadig-by-voltaire</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Nola Theiss ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Clive Chafer’s reading is superb as he narrates the absurd details very sincerely with a full voiced reading which adds to the irony of the works.” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:55:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/the-chalk-girl-by-carol-o-connell</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Susan Allison ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “Experienced, award-winning (8 Audies!) narrator Barbara Rosenblatt suits this novel with the variety of New York voices she provides...” ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ 13 Million Dollar Pop by David Levien]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:33:00 -0000</pubDate>
  <link>http://soundcommentary.com/issue/may-2012/article/13-million-dollar-pop-by-david-levien</link>
  
    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Mary Purucker ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ “A good for the road thriller.” ]]></description>
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