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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 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 · 564 ratings · 133 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,867,055 ratings — published 1590 — 49 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 — 1,964,955 ratings — published 1818 — 10 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 — 955,145 ratings — published 1843 — 10129 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 — 798,297 ratings — published 1817 — 24 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 — 934,239 ratings — published 1850 — 5336 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 — 465,563 ratings — published 1817 — 6225 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 — 434,258 ratings — published 1838 — 7279 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 — 357,339 ratings — published 1898 — 50 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 — 302,120 ratings — published 1877 — 3070 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 — 273,438 ratings — published 1929 — 1354 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 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
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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
Jun 18, 2026 10:50AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Embers of Analon (The Emberborn, #1) by Paul Michael Winters (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
Potion-backed heists = I'm totally here for! The rest of this story, not so much, and it worked less for me the further through I got. I do like a nice competent character, which I felt we had with Cas initially, busy burgling only the Bad People (if ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Dearly Departed by Chip Pons (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
Hella-readable spin on the Grumpy/Sunshine trope -- 2026's greatest Shadow Daddy meets the local florist who's rather more nuanced than characters with 'sunny personalities' tend to be allowed. Add in a respectable but not overpowering amount of spicy ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book it was amazing The broken world by Anna Mori (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 when I couldn't settle to the other books I was part-way into -- the curse of being a mood reader in full effect. Happily, this was an absolute page turner for me, and I went cover-to-cover without being re-distracted by anything els ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou (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
Do you like pirates with great morals? Are you interested in coming-of-age stories? Do you have excellent suspension of disbelief? This may be your next perfect read! For me, I loved the fast pace of the story, and the smart-but-ditsy single-POV chara ...more
Jun 05, 2026 07:37AM · 6 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 Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Everyday Magic, #1) by Autumn K. England (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
Delighted to announce that Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous -- released today, yes I got an ARC, no that wasn't enough of a big deal to sway my feelings -- does comfortably merit the 'Stardew meets Ghibli' comparison. (Yes, I have a bee in my ...more
Jun 02, 2026 10:48AM · 8 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it A Small Town on the Planet Called Heaven (Leif the Lucky) by Colin Alexander (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 thoughtful story about the difficulties of setting up colonies on other worlds, however idyllic the planet naming. And about the difficulties of being a teenager on one. Though this is definitely not YA, as there's a variety of ages represented in ...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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