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Cori Samuel

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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January 2012

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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 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 to overri ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 560 ratings · 131 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,860,377 ratings — published 1590 — 10052 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) 3.92 avg rating — 1,955,541 ratings — published 1818 — 6707 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 — 953,067 ratings — published 1843 — 10123 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 — 795,321 ratings — published 1817 — 2573 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 — 932,171 ratings — published 1850 — 18 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 — 463,930 ratings — published 1817 — 6223 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 — 433,383 ratings — published 1838 — 7275 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 — 356,157 ratings — published 1898 — 234 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 — 301,627 ratings — published 1877 — 4471 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 — 271,627 ratings — published 1929 — 2540 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 Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon	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 read several books by Jeff Noon so long ago that they're not recorded in Goodreads, which didn't exist at the time. And enjoyed them a lot! So of course I was intrigued to see how things had changed in 30ish years -- and was delighted to find how m ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it More than Meets the Eye: An MM Romance by Mara Lovelle (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
Legal rivals to lovers, with solid "he's just so annoying ... but I can't stop thinking about him" vibes, and interesting character background and development on both sides. I wish this one had been dual-POV, though, because it took me a long time to ...more
May 13, 2026 09:36AM · 2 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of More than Meets the Eye by Mara Lovelle. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — More than Meets the Eye by Mara Lovelle <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Operation Boyfriend by Zarah Detand (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 fake dating story, with a slow setup at the hospital where they both work, and then a marvellous rich-people's destination wedding holiday/romance. There's a straightforward dual POV, spicy times, and both MCs have family and friend connections ...more
May 10, 2026 09:39AM · 4 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Operation Boyfriend by Zarah Detand. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Operation Boyfriend by Zarah Detand <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Terrible Worlds: Destinations by Adrian Tchaikovsky (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
Three very different novellas, I enjoyed all of them in different ways. Notes below relating to spiders could be considered (very) minor spoilers. -Walking to Aldebaran - 4/5 An astronaut tells a first person story of being lost inside an alien artifac ...more
May 05, 2026 12:04PM · 3 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Terrible Worlds by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Terrible Worlds by Adrian Tchaikovsky <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Second Helpings 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
Lovely second chance romance, though I enjoyed it as a comfort read more than the plot making relatable sense. It's a single POV story, and Sam is an entertaining character to be in the head of: he's devoted to his family-run deli, his small but dedic ...more
Apr 26, 2026 10:08AM · 9 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Second Helpings by Dylan Morrison. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Second Helpings by Dylan Morrison <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Radiant Star by Ann Leckie (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
Fantastic standalone -- though if you've read any other Radch books, they will enrich your time with this one. I think what I liked most about this story was the narrator, unnamed and not a character as such, but still bringing their own bias / contex ...more
Apr 26, 2026 09:38AM · 7 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen (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
Cosy academic fieldwork story, set in the rustic inn of the title, that I liked but didn't love. Scholar Ainsworth Gladsly arrives at the inn ready to research the previously unrecorded adventures and perils of the rather promisingly named mountain. O ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Not With a Bang by Temi Oh	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
Entertainingly dramatic story of one family handling the end of the world. I had such a good time reading this! Each character is vividly brought to life and has their own voice and drama, and then the family dynamics are fascinating too. Our main ch ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer (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
Another one that's gonna divide readers, I think! On the one hand, a genuine "enemies to allies to lovers" cosy story, with a lot of silliness, our POV MC being adorably bone-headed, and a typical romance arc. On the other hand, my kingdom for an auth ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Wine for Roses by Emily O'Malley Liu (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 sweet Beauty & the Beast reworking, with so much love for roses! Although this uses a fairytale theme, it does become a creation of its own, well-grounded in the magical gardens and mysterious house. Main character Ethan is a nice guy to read about ...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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“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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