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I was an audiobook narrator for LibriVox and I always read a lot. I love books in all their forms: spoken, written and drawn. Just to be clear, I've not written any books myself -- my 'author' status is entirely for narrating other people's books. :)

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Here's how my reading rating system currently works:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I adore this book and will recommend it / buy it for people / enthuse at the slightest opportunity

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - this is a great read and worth your time unless your book taste is miles different to mine

⭐⭐⭐ - this is a solid read, didn't send me to the giddy heights of more stars, but that's okay

⭐⭐ - I had a problem with this book, it really wasn't for me

⭐ - I seriously disliked this book and the autho ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 546 ratings · 129 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,788,842 ratings — published 1590 — 3177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,800,778 ratings — published 1818 — 8679 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.09 avg rating — 903,294 ratings — published 1843 — 10064 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Persuasion by Jane Austen, Tina Tilney (Narrator), Kara Shallenberg (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.15 avg rating — 762,139 ratings — published 1817 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.44 avg rating — 907,988 ratings — published 1850 — 1830 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Kara Shallenberg (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Patricia Oakley (Narrator) 3.85 avg rating — 444,956 ratings — published 1817 — 2188 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Stephan Möbius (Narrator), Katy Preston (Narrator) 3.88 avg rating — 422,886 ratings — published 1838 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.83 avg rating — 344,640 ratings — published 1898 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 295,786 ratings — published 1877 — 564 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 4.22 avg rating — 252,170 ratings — published 1929 — 2475 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
... because we all need to know how Sophie would have coped if Howl's Moving Castle was actually commercial premises with potential to house a cat rescue charity. This is set in 1920s Montréal, though in a world where a tiny few people can do magic, u ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Approval of Sheep by Karen Storey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Entertaining story about a man struggling to succeed in life, and how a flock of sheep and a legal covenant help him move on from other people's definitions of achievement. Also a love letter to sheep in general, lovely and ridiculous creatures that ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it How to Surf a Hurricane by Todd Medema (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The plot of this story is fun: in the near future, a young engineer from a family running a vast energy company, has to steal his own revolutionary battery prototypes after his project is canned. So he plans a heist, at sea, during a hurricane, as yo ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The Lion & the Lynchpin (The Reluctant Guardian) by Ivy Ruth King	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am not a romantasy reader. And this book is a romantasy. And yet I read it and loved it, so apparently my days of being a genre-snob are truly over, because I really, really need the second book in this series, and am sulking about waiting til Nove ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it One Week to Win the Chocolate Maker by Timothy Janovsky (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sweet, light-hearted M/M retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; and I was very much here for all the sugar and added spice. Sensible changes have been made to the original to make this a cute mature romance: we do not have parent/guardian cha ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Historical gay poly pirate romance -- which unfortunately confused me no end. This book has an excellent premise: a Royal Navy man who flips to piracy and a relationship with both his ex-lieutenant, and an infamous pirate captain. However, it's histor ...more
Oct 03, 2025 07:50AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing A Tower of Half-Truths by N.J. Prynne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved this standalone about a magical thief and a reclusive wizard! Mavery is looking for a new con after a previous heist goes terribly wrong -- and so responds to an advert for a Wizard's Assistant. Her initial plan is to case the joint, steal any ...more
Sep 28, 2025 07:04AM · 6 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2) by Travis Baldree (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hugely enjoyable adventure with returning and new characters within the Legends & Lattes world! Fern, the bookseller from Bookshops & Bonedust, is the lead in this book, upping sticks to move next door to Viv, but slowly realising that perhaps even bi ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder (The Hemlock Saga, #1) by Kiri Callaghan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A lightly Sapphic Sherlock Holmes-esque urban paranormal tale, set in solarpunk modern London? Why yes, yes I DO want to read that. And so I did, and I had a lovely time, and I think you may too! Our protagonists are Avery Hemlock, a changeling recen ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A retelling from Greek mythology of architect and labyrinth builder Daedalus, as he searches in hell for his dead son, Icarus. The story he shares twists like the labyrinth itself, reflecting on parenting, compromises, the capriciousness of fate and ...more
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Cori’s Quotes

“Little houses, bigger ones, scrolled and capacious porches, dark windows, leaves of trees already rich with May, homes of rooms which chambered sleep as honey is cherished, drifted past their slow walking and were left behind, and not a light in any home.”
― James Agee, A Death in the Family

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“Close, close all night
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,

Close as two pages
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.

Each knows all
the other knows,
learned by heart
from head to toes.”
― Elizabeth Bishop, Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments

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“So what's a nurse? [...]
Basically someone who does all the work of helping people without any of the credit.”
― Zack Schoppen, The Midwizard of Cosconia

tags: nurses, nursing

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