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LJ

Books give me wings and feed my imagination

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  • Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs | [Caroline Knapp]
    Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs
    UNABRIDGED

    Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 8 mins)
    • By Caroline Knapp
    • Narrated By Hilary Swank
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (34)
    Performance
    (31)
    Story
    (31)

    In Pack of Two, the author of the acclaimed best seller Drinking: A Love Story tackles a different sort of relationship. Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby) guides us into the life of Caroline Knapp who, after losing both parents to cancer and breaking off a two-decade long relationship with alcohol in the span of one year, struggles - and succeeds - to redefine her world. The unlikely solution to Knapp’s task was found in the form of a dog named Lucille.

    Jane says: "Intelligent, self-absorbed file a deux"
    "Wonderful"
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    Story
    Would you listen to Pack of Two again? Why?

    Yes! It was entertaining, insightful and thoroughly enjoyable.


    What about Hilary Swank’s performance did you like?

    Very smooth, easy to listen to, relaxing.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    Yes


    Any additional comments?

    Read it!

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Big Miracle | [Tom Rose]
    Big Miracle
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    Big Miracle

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Tom Rose
    • Narrated By Peter Berkrot
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (5)
    Performance
    (5)
    Story
    (5)

    On October 7, an Inuit hunter found three California Gray Whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. In the past, as was nature's way, trapped whales always died. Not this time. Rose compellingly describes how oil company executives, Greenpeace activists, Eskimos, businessmen, and military officers heroically worked together to save the whales. The book also features some of the more than 150 international journalists who brought the story to the world's attention. The rescue was followed by millions of people around the world and brought President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, to join forces.

    LJ says: "Very Poorly Done."
    "Very Poorly Done."
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    Story
    What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

    The author uses this as a soapbox for his personal and political agenda. He takes what could be a very heartwarming story and twists it into a rant on the evils of Greenpeace, while painting the natives as moneygrabbing indigents and the Oil corporations as altruistic saviors.
    Much of the story is sidetracked by the author using sarcasm a weapon to vent his own version of everthing from National Politics to his opinions of individuals and policies.

    Don't waste your credit.


    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Forgotten Garden | [Kate Morton]
    The Forgotten Garden
    UNABRIDGED

    The Forgotten Garden

    • UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 38 mins)
    • By Kate Morton
    • Narrated By Caroline Lee
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (3784)
    Performance
    (1712)
    Story
    (1733)

    Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving. Her much loved grandmother, Nell, has just died and Cassandra, her life already shaken by a tragic accident 10 years ago, feels like she has lost everything known and dear to her.

    Susan says: "Comfort food for my ears"
    "Spellbinding"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    A definite Keeper.Well done.Kept me engaged and interested.I will be listening to this again and again.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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