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Cori Samuel

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian

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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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Cori Samuel’s books

Average rating: 3.73 · 544 ratings · 129 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,787,385 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 — 1,797,501 ratings — published 1818 — 13425 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 — 902,767 ratings — published 1843 — 10060 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 — 761,257 ratings — published 1817 — 2528 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 — 907,421 ratings — published 1850 — 120 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 — 444,456 ratings — published 1817 — 6122 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 — 422,625 ratings — published 1838 — 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 War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Cori Samuel (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.83 avg rating — 344,295 ratings — published 1898 — 53 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 — 295,658 ratings — published 1877 — 3063 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 — 251,773 ratings — published 1929 — 2476 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 really liked it One Week to Win the Chocolate Maker: A Spicy MM Romance Retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 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
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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
Sep 27, 2025 12:06PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel has read 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
Sep 26, 2025 10:37AM · 2 likes · like · see review
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
Sep 26, 2025 10:13AM · 1 like · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Red City (The New Alchemists, #1) by Marie Lu (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
What a hard book to review! The plot revolves around two members of rival alchemy gangs in Alternate Los Angeles, trafficking in a drug that can enhance beauty, magical skills, intelligence - any human trait. Just to get it out of the way, this is ab ...more
Sep 24, 2025 10:37AM · 3 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel has read Beyond the Cobbled Road: Fading Light by Stacey Bureker (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
An enjoyable high fantasy story about Kye, a human slave, who rescues and is rescued in turn by Arden, an Elven Mage. We have many of the the classic fantasy races (plus shifters, I welcome this addition) and animosity between them which creates the ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Lord of Blackthorne (The Blackthorne Chronicles) by Jason Kingsley	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 young knight is rewarded by his king for military prowess with his own fiefdom. A dream come true in theory, considerably more of a challenge in practice, given the castle and lands are in the borderlands, with threats from several directions. I pic ...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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