Julie Swaab

Love Love Love

Revisado: 04-22-25

Interesting, very close to historically accurate, and read amazingly well! Margaret George is by far my favorite author

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Excellent Female Perspective

Revisado: 11-25-24

Very interesting look at a class of people, told in their words, that most never see. This books goes deep in to what the Debutant ladies endured and excelled at during the war years. Wonderfully written and read!

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Amazingly Self Important Do Not Buy This!

Revisado: 11-05-24

I now understand why the Royal Family called her “AK-47” because this drivel comes across like Ms. Kelly made, or advised, every important decision the Queen ever made. So self-important! “I designed…” and “I advised…” and “I made the decision that…” made me turn to book off half way through. I kept waiting for it to be about the job, the clothes, the relationship, but it always came back to how Ms. Kelly did something important. Please, don’t listen to this, don’t give her the money from purchasing it.

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So Deep

Revisado: 10-14-24

Wow! So interesting and deep. This must have been so hard to write after so much pain. The narration is incredible. Way better to listen to than to read in a book.

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Didn’t Want It To End

Revisado: 06-03-24

The words are so beautiful. The characters come to life. I wanted to know more. I felt the joy and the pain that the characters felt. I’d read a menu if Mr. Toibin wrote it.

Wonderful follow up to “Brooklyn” but written so well it’s not necessary to have read it to know what’s happening in this book. The depth and the humanism in the characters is so skillful. Just beautifully written.

The performance is wonderful! Such an easy voice to listen to and such nice characterizations. It was easy to get the feelings and the emotions. Truly a great performance. I’m not easy to impress. Far too many of these books are just read. This is performed.

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So Inspiring!!

Revisado: 06-02-24

I’ve worked with Kacie as a travel agent, she planned a 3 week trip for my family to Italy. I knew she was funny, engaging, sweet, and interesting but she is so much more! This book is so enjoyable! I devoured it! I’m giving hard copies to my daughters and all the young women in my life. Kacie found a whole new world by taking that first step, a solo trip that she always wanted to try. It changed her life. Read that again, it CHANGED her life. In a huge way!! Go for the trip! Take the new job! Move to the new city! Write the book! Eat the good gelato! Kacie is proof you just have to try!

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Best Evidence Yet

Revisado: 05-03-24

Of the Windsor biographies I’ve absorbed, this has neatly and methodically shown a great deal of actual evidence that the Windsors, especially the Duchess, was a Nazi sympathizer, at the least. I was amazed to hear how deep the research was, letters quoted and a variety of those from all sides. Hearing how they were so disliked by the family, had no motivation to do good in the world, and how superior they felt, it feels oddly similar that we are in a time now of History repeating itself in California.

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Wow! Incredible Research

Revisado: 04-15-24

Everything you wanted to know about women and society and even some things you didn’t think you wanted to know but are glad you do now! So much time and effort went in to this book. Absolutely not the usual Historical Fiction. I’ve already used it in conversations and to discuss points and even to correct my own mistakes. Should be a must read in college courses!

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Not Just For Restaurants

Revisado: 04-08-24

Wow! Great book on how to empower your team and how to provide excellent customer service across any industry. This translates to any leader of a team of employees too. It makes me want to read a book by Will’s father, he sounds like a man with incredible advice and knowledge. I’m excited to implement some of these ideas in my offices.

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Pretty Good For the First Mystery Novel

Revisado: 03-11-24

I decided to listen after hearing this is considered the first mystery novel according to author Lucy Worsley. I had been listening to her book about Agatha Christie that was recently released and decided to give this a listen. It’s a very interesting perspective, being told from several different “participants” points of view. I’m surprised it took this long for the genre to be started.

Performance was very good. Easy to listen to and easy to tell characters apart. I loved the different accents. A good book for a long drive. Or four or five long drives. It’s a really long book.

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