Grace

Out of the many Cruise books I give this one the better rating than the others. It is fun, zippy, good narrator and I listened twice in two years. Most Cozy's I can only handle once; but this one is playful enough and the banter back and forth is witty enough to keep me listening intently.

If you like the others, you might like this one even better... Kyra has gotten a hang of her own style and Gabra sounds at her best and I can tell it's like putting on a favorite pair of pants or shoes to read for Kyra.

One of my favorite non-fiction pieces at audible.com and I hope to find more like this one!

This book was an entirely different animal and unexpectedly insightful into a sector of our culture that is prominent and misunderstood. Personally, I haven't been able to comprehend the emotional reach and bend of so many of the people around me that are widespread practice of silence. Sylvia makes poetry and shows an internal landscape that is spellbinding to listen to in audio form and creates a new genre of story in my book... I am not sure what to name it. Since there is a subset genre of psychological thrillers... I would perhaps call this genre psychological romance, perhaps. The dialogue/communication is exemplary.

After reading the reviews I thought I better put on my own "hat" of curious listening of an old friend.... a friend that wrote unprecedented and captivating youth fiction who's deciding to speak her own dark opinion and mind in a more adult audience.

In my listening I considered also that she has traversed the sorting of classes and has in some ways transcended all the classes unto herself, in some ways, especially in England, I get the feeling it is impossible to transcend the class system entirely... the tragedy and comedy of this irremovable.... and this is her expression, some of her therapy just as the Potter books were for her.

So, again, I put on my curiosity "hat" and decided to see the big picture of Rowling, the world, politics, fiction, my own suburban life where it is I am stuck with certain realities and where the dangers of just going along and being in the doldrums indefinitely and were it is that even with effort how luck is needed to see through and step beyond the new polarity of classism burgeoning here in our own back yard.

I feel a thoughtful read, an approach of continuously asking why it is she is choosing these bends in fiction now that she doesn't have to please a publisher and get approval but has free reign... to take a refreshing curious approach to dark comedy is already an oxymoron in itself but it really worked for me in hearing this well spoken book.

I must admit, the political side of adult life is not nearly as exciting as to read of children and youth.... this book inspires me to keep working at keeping myself young at heart in part in fear of the tragedy of becoming dull and vacant. This book is plenty good if I bring my own good sharp mind of curiosity and dialogue with the author as I listen and ask... who am I in this story were I inserted into it? How would that be for everyone there? In my own backyard? For this alone it is worth it.... she is like iron; as it is said "iron sharpens iron"... this is the approach I think bears good fruit in good listening.

I do look forward to her next novel and do hope for something entirely different yet again and also do expect a fond inclusion of the relevance of children as a part of the main thread throughout her next story.

Silence of the Lambs reminiscent but no where near as gripping, yet a decent story, not a waste of time... basically a romance novel with dark tones.

That we all have these dark traits and if that dark side is the one living our lives this is what those lives would look more like in our own neighborhoods. This grotesqueness tempered not by intelligence but by the grace of kindness we take for granted.

but, if you are in the mood for fluff and that is all.... it works well.

If you are wishing to hear some new unexpected insights into the nature of Capricorn in 4 minutes; then this is not that novelty for you.

Basically a summary of what you hear is the basic attributes of this fair sign in the annals of most writing on the matter.... and then speaks to following the very nature of the sign itself as the form of stress relief. I suppose that makes sense; what else could it be? The delivery is concise, professional and as far as the narration, I couldn't complain at all.

After years of being an audiofile this book and narrator is a chick lit favorite for me. Perfect reader, perfect cadence. Well written. I have not been nearly as fond of Sandra Browns other novels besides this one. Sure, I've listened to a few, and this one is in it's very own class outshining most chick lit cozies as the sun to a candle.

Having meditated since childhood and now 40 when writing this review; been to Tibet, studied with meditation masters and read hundreds of meditation books, spent thousands of hours by now meditating... so people often ask me what is the best way to be introduced to meditation? What books and methods? Well, just laying down on the floor or ground and laying your arms across your chest and feeling into your pulse and heartbeat from head to toe is one great start! But you don't need a book to tell you that.

Zero Limits is quite remarkable as it's implications are quite profound as well as the almost immediate sense of change, immediate sense of shift people feel when doing the simple work of coming to Zero.

If you haven't read or heard it... I recommend both, and the narration is great. I dig it and hope you come to Zero with me and many others... a powerful place to be and connect and we need it individually and we need it in the field globally and everything in between and beyond. Please come, please listen, please try it and if you like it, please keep paying attention to what happens, what changes, and keep with it! Thanks!