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Cori Samuel

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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 · 565 ratings · 133 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,875,026 ratings — published 1590 — 10148 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 — 1,977,292 ratings — published 1818 — 649 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 — 957,800 ratings — published 1843 — 10132 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 — 802,012 ratings — published 1817 — 2572 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 — 936,849 ratings — published 1850 — 236 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 — 467,523 ratings — published 1817 — 124 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 — 435,352 ratings — published 1838 — 220 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 — 358,777 ratings — published 1898 — 5885 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 — 302,783 ratings — published 1877 — 4473 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 — 275,773 ratings — published 1929 — 1353 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 liked it Theodora’s Tea Shop by Christy Anne Jones (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
Dot wants to learn magic so runs away to apprentice with a fairly unlikeable witch, Theodora. Stuff happens. At length. I had a hard time with it. Because ... This is not a cosy fantasy. Cosies for me do not have descriptive violence sprinkled throug ...more
Jul 18, 2026 11:22AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Consider the Ravens: A Gripping Medieval Mystery of Murder and Secrets on Lindisfarne (The Scribe of Lindisfarne) by Cressida Downing	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 slow, detailed slice-of-life medieval murder mystery, wherein female scribe Linnet seeks refuge at Lindisfarne in 1494, but life and all its complexities aren't so easily avoided. The scriptorium that produced one of the most famous illuminated man ...more
Jul 12, 2026 10:30AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing Sea of Charms (Spellshop, #3) by Sarah Beth Durst (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
Charming fantasy with sailing, found family and a slowly developing romance. This does stand alone, but if you've read one or both of the other two in this series, you'll spot references and guest appearances that are very fun! I've not read The Encha ...more
Jul 08, 2026 06:58AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Necromancer's Guide to Arranged Marriages (3) (Scandals of the Gifted) by Katy Nyquist (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 picked this up even though I've not read the previous two, simply because I DO love a good necromancy plot, and I was definitely not disappointed, nor particularly confused by coming in at the end of a trilogy. It's a single POV story, which means t ...more
Jul 04, 2026 06:18AM · 5 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of A Necromancer's Guide to Arranged Marriages (3) by Katy Nyquist. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Necromancer's Guide to Arranged Marriages (3) by Katy Nyquist <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it City of Crooked Vows: A Gaslamp Fantasy Romance (Faerie Bound Book 1) by Rowan MacKay (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
Fantasy-Scottish-cities are such a great setting I haven't a clue why more books don't use it ... but this one makes the most of it: cold and damp and beautiful and menacing. The story follows police officer Calum, as he investigates the murder of a p ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The Infinite State by Richard Swan (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
Superb dystopian space opera, following three POVs: the unexpectedly very rich widow of a faithful Party businessman, a miserable, heavy-drinking investigator, and a naïve hypersled pilot persuaded to immigrate by the chance to fly for the Empire. The ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle (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
Very much not my usual thing: I am a horror wuss, and had to sort of slide-my-eyes across some of the sentences in this book without taking in the words. We have gore, graphic murder, body horror and more, and no way could I handle that entire. Howeve ...more
Jun 21, 2026 07:25AM · 5 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space, #1) by Rebecca Thorne (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
Things I loved: sentient spaceship life support and alround-snarkmeister, Moss. Torian's determination to find help for her sister's chronic illness. Aliens being alien but also ridiculous. Moss's considerable personal development arc. Not as many pu ...more
Jun 19, 2026 10:55AM · 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 Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Lady's Guide to Monsters and Moonlight: A Regency Romance with Fantasy Elements by Julianne Sharpe (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
Did I 100% request this from NetGalley based on its tagline there: yes, yes I did. The only thing more mysterious than the deaths plaguing her village is the handsome stranger from Edinburgh. Perfection! Buuuut, the rest of the blurb I do want to put s ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The Knight Watch by Thomas D. Lee (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 dithered over requesting an ARC of this, because my goodness, 571 pages is a big commitment if I don't actually like it. (I feel a bit weird about DNFing ARCs.) As it happens, I had a fantastic time with this WWII-set Round Table Knights vs. Nazis ...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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