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  • What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings—and Life

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 4 mins)
    • By Laura Vanderkam
    • Narrated By Laura Vanderkam
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (632)
    Performance
    (531)
    Story
    (519)

    According to time management expert Laura Vanderkam, mornings hold the key to taking control of our schedules. If we use them wisely, we can build habits that will allow us to lead happier, more productive lives. Drawing on real-life anecdotes and scientific research that shows why the early hours of the day are so important, Vanderkam reveals how successful people use mornings to help them accomplish things that are often impossible to take care of later in the day.

    ben says: "Glad it was short."
    "Short, informative"
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    Would you listen to What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast again? Why?

    Although nothing new in time management, I liked Laura's take on it. I liked her delivery and her humor in it. It was well-written, short enough to not get boring but long enough to get in all the information. I took quite a few ideas from it. Definitely recommend it.


    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
  • My Inappropriate Life: Some Material Not Suitable for Small Children, Nuns, or Mature Adults

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 45 mins)
    • By Heather McDonald
    • Narrated By Heather McDonald
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (49)
    Performance
    (44)
    Story
    (44)

    In her hilarious New York Times best seller You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again, Heather McDonald recounted her adventures as an unwilling virgin in Hollywood. Now happily married with three wonderful kids, she shows that life as a grown-up - even a pretend grown-up - has its challenges. Heather’s a working mom with parents who live next door, a sister who keeps asking for one of her still-fertile eggs, and friends who are up to more hijinks than even Heather can handle.

    melanie says: "Ehhhhh?...."
    "Ok"
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    Is there anything you would change about this book?

    The narrator. Heather's narration style/modulation of her voice does not follow the story line. It is very annoying sometimes.


    What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

    did not finish because the narration really got to me


    How could the performance have been better?

    Paying attention to the whole sentence and reading it according to what is being said. It is important to put emphasis where it belongs and to make pauses where necessary but not in the middle of a sentence where it doesn't make any sense.


    Any additional comments?

    I thought the book was funny, not hilarious, but it probably would've been better with a more experienced narrator.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Jenny Lawson
    • Narrated By Jenny Lawson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1069)
    Performance
    (977)
    Story
    (989)

    For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.

    Linda says: "Every Negative Reviewer is Just Jealous!"
    "Funny!!"
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    Any additional comments?

    This book had me laughing out loud! I found it so funny that I took it with me and let my clients listen to it while they were working out. Highly recommend, especially if you've ever lived in Texas.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Criminal

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Karin Slaughter
    • Narrated By Kathleen Early
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (937)
    Performance
    (778)
    Story
    (774)

    Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and he is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda's motivation, until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before - when Will's father was imprisoned for murder - this was his home....

    Melinda says: "Heart Pounding, Gripping Thriller"
    "Loved it"
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    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    If you're a Karin Slaughter fan and especially a Dr. Linton series fan, this is a great book. Different from the others but excellent.


    What did you like best about this story?

    When I first read the reviews I was a bit hesitant because it said that it went a lot more into Will Trent's past and I was worried it would be too boring. Not so at all. The book goes back and forth detailing the story of Will and the circumstances of his life, all weaved into a gruesome serial killer story. Absolutely loved it


    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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