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Bruce

Escondido, CA, United States

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  • 607 titles in library
  • 12 purchased in 2013
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  • A Thousand Splendid Suns | [Khaled Hosseini]
    A Thousand Splendid Suns
    UNABRIDGED

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Khaled Hosseini
    • Narrated By Atossa Leoni
    Overall
    (4440)
    Performance
    (730)
    Story
    (727)

    Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.

    David says: "Somber but gripping"
    "Women will probably love it"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    This is like a chic flick. If you are into the feelings and emotions of two women as they grow up, this will be a good book to listen to. If not, then it is not so good.

    2 of 10 people found this review helpful
  • The Winds of War | [Herman Wouk]
    The Winds of War
    UNABRIDGED

    The Winds of War

    • UNABRIDGED (45 hrs and 53 mins)
    • By Herman Wouk
    • Narrated By Kevin Pariseau
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1807)
    Performance
    (1478)
    Story
    (1483)

    Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.

    Joseph says: "Great storytelling"
    "Great book, terrible reader"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    The story is a great historical novel. I am 73 and it gave me an understanding of WW II which I appreciate. Things like explaining "Lend Lease" which I had heard but never understood. English must be the reader's second language. When reading regular dialog he pauses between every word, absolutely excruciating. If the story had not been so good I would have never finished the book. Of the more than 200 audio books I have listened to, this is the worst reading I have encountered.

    3 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Rules of Deception: Dr. Jonathan Ransom, Book 1 | [Christopher Reich]
    Rules of Deception: Dr. Jonathan Ransom, Book 1
    UNABRIDGED

    Rules of Deception: Dr. Jonathan Ransom, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Christopher Reich
    • Narrated By Paul Michael
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (260)
    Performance
    (61)
    Story
    (61)

    Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse.

    Dan says: "Too fantastic"
    "Interesting History"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    This book is much more than just the story of the trip. The background on the early life of Lewis established his background and capabilities of an explorer. The final chapter of his life illustrated how fragile his life was. I found the entire book most interesting.

    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • Scarpetta | [Patricia Cornwell]
    Scarpetta
    UNABRIDGED

    Scarpetta

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 17 mins)
    • By Patricia Cornwell
    • Narrated By Kate Reading
    Overall
    (797)
    Performance
    (171)
    Story
    (167)

    Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk - and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.

    Becky says: "Don't waste your money"
    "Please, never again"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    The book was not interesting, dumb, and a weak story line. It is not that I do not like "little people", it is just that none of the characters ever became real.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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