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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 entirely for narrating other people's books, mostly at LibriVox. :)

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I adore this book and will recommend it 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 author is dead,
OR I disliked this book so completely that I'm going ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 549 ratings · 130 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,823,838 ratings — published 1590 — 6 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) 3.91 avg rating — 1,891,139 ratings — published 1818 — 1518 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 — 939,879 ratings — published 1843 — 12 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 — 777,703 ratings — published 1817 — 7988 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 — 920,248 ratings — published 1850 — 2928 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 — 454,100 ratings — published 1817 — 6237 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 — 427,947 ratings — published 1838 — 1459 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 — 349,908 ratings — published 1898 — 222 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 — 298,501 ratings — published 1877 — 1704 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 — 260,927 ratings — published 1929 — 2542 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 Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin	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
Beautiful literary sci-fi / character study. AKA, about people rather than hard science / astronomy. The plot's balance between a near-future space mission, and one (space)man's personal history from childhood, turns into an interesting "how did I get ...more
Jan 17, 2026 09:27AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Accelerated Growth Environment by Lauren C. Teffeau (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'm not a big novella reader, but picked this one up because the premise rocked: we're following the Principal Scientist, Dr Jorna Benton, on board a near-future sea-going ecological nursery. It has several biomes with plants grown in each to transpl ...more
Jan 13, 2026 11:00AM · 1 like · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Sunward by William Alexander	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
Why you should read it: It's about a courier who flies her spaceship between colonies, carrying private messages, and also fostering baby AIs as they learn to use robot bodies. One message turns out to be much more than expected, causing her youngest ...more
Jan 12, 2026 09:58AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Forrest House by E.M. Hamill (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
Loved this rural paranormal fantasy standalone! Ander is a nurse-healer who renounced his blood magic long ago, and takes on the guardianship of his niblings after his sister and her husband disappear. Six months later, his former lover Cai appears b ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity	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
Fantastic gothic fantasy debut! He pays suspiciously good money for secrets. She's trying to hide that she can see ghosts. When Leena's brother contracts a potentially fatal disease, she's forced to trade her secret with St Silas for medicine and the ...more
Jan 09, 2026 09:58AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was ok Asunder by Kerstin Hall (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
Having enjoyed The Border Keeper I was very keen to try this from NetGalley before it comes out in the UK on 15th Jan. Thank you to Rebellion \| Solaris for making it available there! Unfortunately, it wasn't for me overall. The story outline I liked v ...more
Jan 05, 2026 10:11AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The Apple and the Pearl by Rym Kechacha (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
Read this book to discover what it would be like to be part of a travelling ballet company, performing for the Fae every night. I enjoyed this story so much! It's told from a range of character viewpoints, including dancers, musicians and crew, to pat ...more
Dec 16, 2025 10:43AM · 3 likes · like · see review
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Crown of War and Shadow (Kingdoms of the Compass, #1) by J.R. Ward (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 with strong FMC, tall dark and brooding MMC, standing against a menacing evil. There are two reviews here, depending on what kind of reader you are. If you love romantasy in general, and are reading for an atmospheric world to showcase the c ...more
Dec 12, 2025 07:14AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann	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 was agog to read this, the concept of an executed Anne Boleyn sewing her own head back on and going all out for revenge is truly fantastic. Unfortunately, the vengeance wasn't anything like as sharp as I wanted, and the majority of this book is exp ...more
Dec 06, 2025 09:35AM · 2 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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