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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Good House- Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #102


What The Good House is about:
The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston’s North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She’s also a raging alcoholic. Hildy’s family held an intervention for her about a year before this story takes place—“if they invite you over for dinner, and it’s not a major holiday,” she advises “run for your life”—and now she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She has also fooled herself into thinking that moderation is the key to her drinking problem.

This is the best audio presentation that I've experienced to date!! Mary Beth Hurt WAS Hildy Good. I loved her raspy voice and she absolutely nailed the accent and the whole vibe of the character. I was struck with how immediate the faces, the houses, and the whole town came to life within my mind as I was listening. There was never a dull moment and I found myself anxiously wanting to return to my iPhone to listen to the story.

Recommend? YES! This will probably be in my top favorite books and audios of the year! Hildy captured my attention from her very first sentence, she made me laugh out loud at her inappropriate thoughts, shaking my head in exasperation at her justification of  "it's only wine, I can handle my wine." This was a brilliant audio production of a stellar book!!

Source: Audible.com
Narrator: Mary Beth Hurt
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes



Six Sentence Bookish Thoughts #102
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23 comments:

  1. I liked this book a lot but don't think I liked it quite as much as you did. Hildy was exasperating but she was very real.

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  2. Oh, thank you for this! I'd only seen the cover and am pleased to know what it is about. We were just talking about alcoholics today - someone on the radio mentioned Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner. Now, do you think they could have written any better if they were sober. I think not. Maybe the same, maybe not as good, but their work is as good as writing can be. :<)

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  3. Some books are just 'more' in audio, loved your thoughts on this one and I'm off to audible to have a little look, just a look ;)

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  4. This book reminds me of the tv show Intervention. LOL! I think that this one sounds really interesting so I'll just have to add it to the neverending TBR list :)

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  5. I'm so glad you posted this review! I saw this audio listed on my library's list of new acquisitions, but wasn't sure if it was my thing. I am clicking over to the library site to put it on hold right now.

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  6. Didn't listen to the audio, but loved the story. Glad u did as well.

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  7. I've read good reviews on this one. I'll look for it on audio since you loved the narration so much!

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  8. That good? It just sounds so meh, little do I know

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  9. I completely agree with your review and I adored Mary Beth Hurt's performance. She was the perfect narrator!

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  10. "Hildy captured my attention from her very first sentence, she made me laugh out loud at her inappropriate thoughts, shaking my head in exasperation at her justification of "it's only wine, I can handle my wine."
    I've been wanting to read this one, but your review just pushed it to the top of my TBR pile. Can't wait!

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  11. Wow you keep finding all these books you love - you are totally adding to my "to find" list! :--)

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  12. Wowzer - top book of the year?! And it doesn't even have a hunky guy on the cover! Talked me into this one...on audio.

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  13. I couldn't agree with you more! I loved this book! Mary Beth Hurt should win a aeard for her amazing performance of Hildy. I simply did not want this story to end and when it did, I found I missed Hildy. So glad you loved this one as much as I did!!

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  14. Glad to hear you loved The Good House. It has been hovering near the top of my audible wish list for months... it WILL be my next credit/purchase.

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  15. I've been waiting and waiting for the audio from the library. It's taking sooooo long! I sure hope I at least like it.

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  16. Wow! What an audio endorsement. I didn't care for her first book but everyone seems to love this one so much. I may break down and give her another chance!

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  17. I kind of thought my comment didn't go through on this one. I bought this audio after Mary loved it so much and now you do too. I really need to make the time to listen to it!

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  18. Well if it's going to make your "best of" list, then I'll definitely keep this one in mind!

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  19. Wow, rave review! I'd better look into this one.

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  20. I am very much looking forward to reading this book. I am pretty sure I have the print version though. I may have to see if I have enough credits to get it in audio though.

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  21. This will probably be in my top favorite books and audios of the year! WOOT! I'm user 2 out of 9 on my library wait list! Can.Not.Wait!!!

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