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Hee hee hee...

Revisado: 11-09-21

Great, fun listen that has Stephen King DNA coursing through it. A quick listen that satisfies like a burger with all the fixin's.

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Tom Hanks was at my house, my house

Revisado: 08-20-20

What a joy to listen to this storyteller extraordinaire narrate THE DUTCH HOUSE with nuanced expression, passionate emphasis, and hittin-it-outta-the-ballpark energy. It's a clever story, on top of that.

Thoroughly enjoyed myself.

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pretty darn funny

Revisado: 07-24-18

If you like David Spade -- or you're a hip boomer slash gen-x-er -- (especially if you grew up in LA, like I did) you'll love this quick, snarky take on the way the world has evolved. It's funny!

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Oh, balderdash!

Revisado: 05-22-17

Repetitive, flat and uninspiring writing with cardboard characters who are one-dimensional and predictable. Sound the gong!

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Saw the movie, then listened to the book

Revisado: 01-03-17

....and together, they're wholly entertaining. Both Punke and Graham do an excellent job of putting the reader right in the middle of the action, which is harrowing, for sure. Then, I researched the real characters on yee ole internet and now I know everything there is to know about fur trappin' in early 'murica. . :-) Seriously, enjoyed it quite a bit!

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Gift Yourself The Girl with All the Gifts

Revisado: 10-30-16

Narrator Finty Williams is nothing short of spellbinding as she tells us M.R. Carey's uniquely human story about "the others" that is so addictive you may not get a thing done for 13 hours, forced to listen until the end. The tale is inventive, thoughtful, fresh and wholly satisfying. Don't be afraid: just hit add to my cart.

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Introspective story that's not very deep!

Revisado: 09-16-16

It was easy to get hooked by BEFORE THE FALL because, like the universal creepy feeling wondering if the boogie man is under your bed, many of us have conjectured what it would be like if the plane we were flying on crashed. Adding to the "hook-ability" of the tale are the exquisite details -- that swim! -- and the contemporary take on society driven by the tabloid media seemed spot on.

What bugged was how the protagonist had "deep thoughts" about life, love, family, art, death, class and privacy but they were shot through with glib, shallow musings. I wish Mr. Hawley had just stuck to the facts: here's what happens when a plane falls out of the sky.

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No wonder HBO is turning this into a series!

Revisado: 09-04-16

Dive right into the world of family weirdness, inappropriate secret-keeping, meddling, mayhem and mystery. Not sure I'll ever be able to separate Caroline Lee and Liane Moriarty because the first was born to read the second's words and boy, does Moriarty give Lee something to spin for us. Yippee-ki-yay!

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Two crazy things get exposed in this book

Revisado: 04-27-15

First of all, despite the title, this book really is not about Missoula, Montana. Nor is it about the godlike status of college football reigning over small town society.

It's about the perfect storm of young men wanting to have sex and young women not knowing how to stop it when they get themselves into a situation they feel they have no control over. The crazy thing is that most non-stranger rapists would not consider forcing themselves on an unwilling young woman as "rape." And when (relatively) sexually inexperienced women are raped, their natural reaction is often to blame themselves, the combination of which does not set a healthy standard for consensual sex. It's bewilderingly sad and as we see in Krakauer's account, life-ruining for everyone involved.

Compounding that is how contentious our legal system is. In order for a man accused of rape to be fairly represented by an attorney, he has to attempt to defame the victim, which is doubly upsetting in a non-stranger rape case. The victim is raked over the coals by someone she trusted. It's gut wrenching to hear about.

How is a jury or a cop or a friend ever to know what really happened when a victim reports a rape? There are so many unexplained behaviors that defy logical thinking but at the end of the day, this is a crime that goes unthwarted every day and has since the dawn of time.

"Missoula" is written in meticulous detail, uncovering basic and complex nuances that gave me plenty to think about afterwards. Mozhan Marno delivers Krakauer's story in steadfast, crisp tones that bring the reader right into the turmoil of human interaction, both publically and during frightening intimacy. Definitely worth the listen.

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Repetitive self-doubt-then-final-redemption fare

Revisado: 04-16-15

What did you like best about The Silent Sister? What did you like least?

Best: Susan Bennett
Least: writing is too mainstream, not creative

Has The Silent Sister turned you off from other books in this genre?

'Fraid so.

What does Susan Bennett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She has a gifted, natural ability to tell a story from varied viewpoints and make the characters as believable as possible.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Nope.

Any additional comments?

All the men are bad guys in this novel. Ain't nobody got time for that.

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