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Hello, I read a lot. I love books in all their forms: spoken, written and drawn. However, I've not written any books myself -- my 'author' status is for narrating other people's books, mostly at LibriVox. :)

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Here's how my reading rating system currently works:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I adore this book and will recommend it at any 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 each to their own

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

⭐ - I seriously disliked this book and the author is dead,
OR I disliked this book so completely that I'm going to override m ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 573 ratings · 136 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,898,787 ratings — published 1590 — 4 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) 3.93 avg rating — 2,020,855 ratings — published 1818 — 12854 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 — 966,285 ratings — published 1843 — 9468 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 — 814,214 ratings — published 1817 — 629 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 — 944,823 ratings — published 1850 — 37 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 — 474,299 ratings — published 1817 — 7 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 — 439,242 ratings — published 1838 — 58 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 — 363,577 ratings — published 1898 — 893 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) 4.01 avg rating — 304,552 ratings — published 1877 — 4199 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 — 284,732 ratings — published 1929 — 1313 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 The Thrice-Bound Fool (Blacktongue #2) by Christopher Buehlman (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 feel like I've been waiting FOR EVER for this (though it is actually just 2 years, 4 months, which isn't excessive, esp since the prequel came out in that time too.) Did I remember anything about The Blacktongue Thief before starting this, honestly ...more
Oct 13, 2026 01:38PM · 6 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Strange Bedfellows (Regency Bedfellows, #1) by Emma Vail (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 Regency-ish dual POV romance, featuring a gentleman jewel thief and a gentleman police informant! I enjoyed this quite a lot. It is working through a whole "should I marry a woman?" subplot which is a completely legit question for an old ...more
Oct 13, 2026 12:19PM · 6 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Scholar's Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts (Grayne's Academy, #1) by Genevieve Cogman (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 teacher POV story, pitched to me quite accurately as "St Trinians meets the legend of Faust". Phil (short for Philomena) was happily settled in grad school as an eternal Classics student when the family money unexpectedly ran out and she ...more
Oct 08, 2026 01:26PM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing A Wall Is Also a Road by Annalee Newitz (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
Dark academia sci-fi, where the academics, including our POV MC, Gardenpath, are fascinatingly different aliens, while the subject of study turns out to be rather more familiar -- the residents of a bustling city called Pompeii. I love a good messy Fi ...more
Oct 06, 2026 08:19AM · 5 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Comfort Read by Dylan Morrison	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
Cosy fake dating romance featuring a bookshop, a peculiar ginger cat, and immaculate autumnal vibes. Featuring "the saddest man in Cedar Falls", Kit, whose POV we follow as he meets Sage, child actor turned adult tabloid disaster, who needs an ordinar ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo (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 glorious fever-dream of a Gothic Gilded Age romantasy, where both the fantasy and the 'romance' are very dark indeed. Wherein a young woman with Vietnamese/French heritage, a ferocious survivor, falls in with an extremely rich New York family in a ...more
Oct 06, 2026 05:37AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it VALOUR: A romantasy retelling of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (Beasts of the Hidden Wilds Book 1) by Amber Maren (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
Romantasy Antarctic exploration, what a fun setting! And though it wasn't entirely for me as it turns out, it was pretty good and will fit a lot of other readers to a T. We follow two women as they set out on an Antarctic expedition, one the funder. C ...more
Oct 02, 2026 11:09AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork (Deluxe Edition) (The Hemlock Saga, 2) 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
Book 2 in the Hemlock Saga (don't start here; it probably could stand alone, but The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic and Murder was great so why do that?) wherein Avery and Saga are negotiating the changes arising from Book 1, along with getting stuck ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:26PM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung (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
If you're here for an unlikeable FMC and extremely moody Parisian dark academia vibes, without too many boring bits sitting around in classrooms and libraries -- have at it (and skip the rest of this review.) Personally, I wasn't expecting the unlikea ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:20PM · 6 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Romance and the Gentle Art of Rocket Racing: A Sapphic Space Opera Adventure by Rena Rocford (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 may be being over-literal: I was all-in for that title, but after reading, I wanted much more romance and a fair bit more rocket racing. I liked the main character, and the Scarlet Pimpernel framing (appears to be a buffoon, actually a mastermind) ...more
Oct 01, 2026 12:07PM · 3 likes · like · see review

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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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“Artificial or not, the knowledge of existing borders delineates the world. They are a social technology that creates emotional reality, that creates physical reality.”
― Isabel J. Kim, Sublimation

tags: borders, immigration

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