Michael Allen

Essential Concepts for Teachers

Revisado: 03-16-24

I have already started to employ these techniques in my teaching. The students are responding positively & it has completely changed the dynamic in my lesson studio. I’m going to read this book again to make sure that I’ve gotten everything I can out of it.

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Very Entertaining Stories

Revisado: 01-27-23

I'm a fan of neither Nirvana, nor Foo Fighters, but I have to say that Dave Grohl is an excellent writer, and his narration is easy to listen to. I had no idea that there would be cameo appearances by such a wide variety of musical royalty, from Little Richard, to Paul McCartney, to Tom Petty, to the Preservation Hall Band (and many others). This is a book worth reading, even if you aren't a fan of Grohl's music.

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Not For Me

Revisado: 02-08-22

I appreciate the scope of this series of books, but I am really tired of stories about privileged white Englishmen. The narration is excellent, but I find it hard to get interested in the story. The writing is also excellent for this sort of thing. So if you like stories like this, go for it.

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Great Stories of a Life in Music

Revisado: 06-20-20

Peter Erskine gives us some insight into the life of a top-level jazz/fusion musician. His narrative skills are exceptional, especially his impressions of his fellow musicians. This book was a real pleasure to listen to.

A short pdf supplement would have been appreciated, as at one point, he mentions a photograph, so I assume there we some pictures in the print edition. Also, I would love to know the details of the 11 bonus music tracks (titles, personnel, etc.)

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Ends in the Middle

Revisado: 03-08-18

I really like Nnedi Okorafor. She brings a new point of view to the Science Fiction genre, which is really what the genre is all about. The character of Binti is an archetypical outsider, who finds her strength in the fact that she is part of more than one group, but doesn't truly belong to any.

My one problem with this book, is that it the end comes too soon. There is not even a partial resolution at the point where it stops. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment, but really would have preferred if Okorafor had added another 10,000 words to come to some semblance of an ending to this installment.

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Not the best choice for narrator

Revisado: 02-06-18

I have really enjoyed the Patternist series. This book, however, is only average, compared to the others. That is due, in large part, to the choice of narrator. His deep, gravelly voice might be much better suited to other books, but it really detracted from this one. He just doesn’t have the range to do justice to characters such as Amber. I alternated between listening to this in the car & reading the Kindle edition. If it had been feasible, I would have just read this book on the Kindle & skipped the narration entirely.

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Good Content, but Difficult Delivery

Revisado: 12-06-17

The lecturer obviously knew what he was talking about, but tended to over-qualify every sentence, to the point that he was hard to follow. It might be a fun drinking game for future listeners to take a shot every time the lecturer says “or I *should* say...”

That said, this was a reasonably good course on the legal basis behind American civil rights. It’s a pity that it isn’t more recent than 2005.

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Over-explained

Revisado: 04-24-16

I kept feeling as though the author was determined to leave nothing to the readers' imagination.

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All About the Fluids

Revisado: 05-15-15

This story leaves no bodily fluid unconsidered. The descriptions are graphic, and there are definitely some parts that made me feel uncomfortable (due to the "ick factor"), but overall, I enjoyed listening. It's the first-person narrative and the charming personality of the main character that keeps this book from being truly vulgar. The reader gives a good performance, although she doesn't quite manage to portray the youthfulness of the 18-year-old main character. Overall, this was an enjoyable listening experience.

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Hard to listen to

Revisado: 01-21-15

I might have liked this better if the narrator didn't have such a monotonous reading style. It isn't that she reads in a monotone, but that she ends every sentence with the same pitch cadence. At first, I thought the book was being read by a computer-generated voice.

Then, there's the actual story. I found it to be predictable, in an unbelievable sort of way. It reminded me of 1960's network television. That would be fine, if this were satire - but I don't believe that the author intended it as such.

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