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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 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 · 557 ratings · 130 reviews · 62 distinct works

	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, David Muncaster (Narrator), mb (Narrator) 3.74 avg rating — 2,838,189 ratings — published 1590 — 52 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 — 1,919,948 ratings — published 1818 — 13776 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 — 945,848 ratings — published 1843 — 169 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 — 784,868 ratings — published 1817 — 7972 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 — 925,158 ratings — published 1850 — 7492 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 — 458,230 ratings — published 1817 — 6228 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 — 430,283 ratings — published 1838 — 7266 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 — 352,149 ratings — published 1898 — 5859 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 — 299,701 ratings — published 1877 — 5 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 — 265,421 ratings — published 1929 — 2516 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 Sight Unseen by Alexis Marie (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
Busy fantasy/romance/mystery/family/social contemporary. Veda has been fatally cursed and having failed to do more than slow it down, is now waiting to die. Hiram left his overly-wealthy & influential family years ago (though not before scoring a top- ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it How to Fake It in Society by K.J. Charles (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
Impoverished shopkeeper Titus very unexpectedly marries a dying customer, inheriting her house, income -- and the attentions of handsome scammer Nico. I loved Titus so much ... he's pragmatic about the ups and downs of being suddenly wealthy and quite ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula (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
Deep alternate Victorian history where fossils can be used to store magic. I'm a little worried about this finding its right audience, because no, this is not particularly cosy. If you are drawn in by the cute-egg-with-pterodactyl-wing-sticking-out c ...more
Feb 18, 2026 09:42AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Cori Samuel rated a book liked it The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #3) by Malka Ann Older (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 not hit for me in the same way as book 1 (and I enjoyed book 2 too) but still a solid read. Part of the issue was me ... I wanted more of Mossa and Pleiti developing their relationship, and ... there was just so much mystery plot going on. Not tha ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Behind Five Willows by June Hur (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
Lovely reader-writer romance! Haewon secretly transcribes forbidden books to make extra money (and so she gets to see the books first, which this ARC reader can fully relate to!) Seojun has all his noble family's expectations to live up to, and appear ...more
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Cori Samuel shared a quote “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
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan (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
Classic fae fantasy standalone set in England, post- the Great War. We follow Mouse Dunne, as she inherits a family title, Lady Dewhurst, and a Faerie-blessed mansion, Thistlemarsh Hall. However, she has to leave behind her severely shell-shocked brot ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Quicksand Theatre Company (Eidolonia) by Molly Ringle (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
Queernorm romantic fantasy, with lovely performing arts vibes. Vai has to leave home quickly after whistleblowing on their family's corporate malfeasance. So what better place to hole up than to "run away with the circus", or in this case, in the trav ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book liked it Saltswept (The Earthsalt Duology, #1) by Katalina Watt (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
Unexpectedly dark fantasy, maybe not getting the marketing it'll need to find its audience. I was all on board for the ARC of this, based on the colourful cover artwork, cosy blurb-words like 'ragtag crew', 'talking ottercat', 'unlikely bedfellows' an ...more
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Cori Samuel rated a book really liked it The Red Winter by Cameron 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
Enjoyable queer dark historical fantasy; recommended with some caveats. The story runs across four timelines: in order -- the present day framing the story, 1785 where Professor Sebastian Grave is asked to return to the site of terrible events to try ...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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