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Jim

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  • Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality | [Jacob Tomsky]
    Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
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    Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Jacob Tomsky
    • Narrated By Jacob Tomsky
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (205)
    Performance
    (193)
    Story
    (195)

    Jacob Tomsky has worked in hotels for more than a decade, doing everything from valet parking to manning the front desk. He's checked you in, checked you out, separated your white panties from the white bed sheets, parked your car, tasted your room service, cleaned your toilet, denied you a late check out, given you a wake-up call, eaten M&Ms out of your mini-bar, laughed at your jokes, and taken your money. And in Heads in Beds, he pulls back the curtain on the hospitality business.

    Abigail says: "Funny, honest writing."
    "great insight into the hospitality industry"
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    Dont pick it up if you are put off by adult language. Otherwise, it is great and it works in the context.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • A Memory of Light: Wheel of Time, Book 14 | [Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson]
    A Memory of Light: Wheel of Time, Book 14
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    A Memory of Light: Wheel of Time, Book 14

    • UNABRIDGED (41 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
    • Narrated By Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2760)
    Performance
    (2505)
    Story
    (2530)

    Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, listeners have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over 40 million copies in over 32 languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork.

    Terrell Sanders says: "The saga that brought 'Epic' back to fantasy"
    "Fantastic conclusion to a great story!"
    Overall
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    If anything, this conclusion was even better than the last several books in the series -- one of the best.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People | [Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins]
    What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People
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    What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
    • Narrated By Paul Costanzo
    Overall
    (1603)
    Performance
    (1355)
    Story
    (1334)

    Listen to this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you.

    Dazy says: "Not good for the Audio, but for the hard copy"
    "Promises a lot, delivers only a little"
    Overall
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    Disappointing self puffery with little substance. I was very disappointed.

    This is a great subject. Writer's credentials are excellent. There are a few nuggets but they are hidden in lots of organizational fluff.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I | [Stephen King]
    The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I
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    The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Stephen King
    • Narrated By George Guidall
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (5641)
    Performance
    (2157)
    Story
    (2191)

    Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea in the first volume of The Dark Tower series. Roland, the last gunslinger, is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange single-mindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape of good and evil.

    Karen says: "Not a King fan...BUT"
    "Not up to expectations"
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    I was very disappointed in the story. It really seemed to drag. I won't be going for the next in the series. Glad I just tried the first.

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Lords of the North: The Saxon Chronicles, Book 3 | [Bernard Cornwell]
    Lords of the North: The Saxon Chronicles, Book 3
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    Lords of the North: The Saxon Chronicles, Book 3

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated By Tom Sellwood
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (318)
    Performance
    (101)
    Story
    (105)

    The year is 878, and the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity. Uhtred flees Wessex, going north to search for his stepsister in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm.

    Thomas says: "Excellent historical fiction"
    "A peg down from the first 2 Saxon Chronicles"
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    What made the experience of listening to Lords of the North the most enjoyable?

    The history is great.


    Would you be willing to try another book from Bernard Cornwell? Why or why not?

    I already have the next 2 installments


    What three words best describe Tom Sellwood’s performance?

    OK, not great


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    Wait for the sequel


    Any additional comments?

    This was a disappointment after the first two installments -- both in story line and narration.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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