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Kalvin

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  • Carrion Comfort | [Dan Simmons]
    Carrion Comfort
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    Carrion Comfort

    • UNABRIDGED (39 hrs and 32 mins)
    • By Dan Simmons
    • Narrated By Mel Foster, Laural Merlington
    Overall
    (277)
    Performance
    (242)
    Story
    (239)

    The Past...Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face-to-face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves...

    Robert says: "Simmons at his best"
    "Maybe I am getting old"
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    Any additional comments?

    I must be getting old, but at one point I just couldn't listen any more. I have kids and the horror that the author was able to inflict even on fictional children I just could not stomach. I couldn't finish the book.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Ghost Train to the Eastern Star | [Paul Theroux]
    Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
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    Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

    • UNABRIDGED (25 hrs and 1 min)
    • By Paul Theroux
    • Narrated By John McDonough
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (72)
    Performance
    (27)
    Story
    (25)

    In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in his classic The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an absorbing and beautifully written follow-up to The Great Railway Bazaar.

    Roger says: "ghost train to the eastern star"
    "Ghost Train would bored even the dead!"
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    What disappointed you about Ghost Train to the Eastern Star?

    I am trying to find words to describe how bad this book was. I am at a loss. The book started off nicely, but once Mr. Theroux left Europe, it became a trudging misery. All it was a long drawn out pompous pondefication about child prostitution, bashing of christian missionaries, bashing of President Bush, bashing of other authors. It was murderous to get through this book.

    For all his pompous "horror" of child prostitution, he certainly was able to find it, over and over and over.

    The last part is only 7 hours long but it took literally 3 months to get through. Honestly, if I could have gnawed off my own ears, I would have. If this book was any more boring it would be required reading in 8th grade!


    Has Ghost Train to the Eastern Star turned you off from other books in this genre?

    No, not the genre. But you would never get me to read Paul Theroux again. Not for $1,000,000.00, not if you had a gun to my head, not if you were waterboarding me with lava!


    Did the narration match the pace of the story?

    No, the narration dragged on right along with the story.


    What character would you cut from Ghost Train to the Eastern Star?

    Paul Theroux.


    Any additional comments?

    Stay away... stay far far away!

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Myth of the Garage and Other Minor Surprises | [Dan Heath, Chip Heath]
    The Myth of the Garage and Other Minor Surprises
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    The Myth of the Garage and Other Minor Surprises

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 50 mins)
    • By Dan Heath, Chip Heath
    • Narrated By Dan Heath
    Overall
    (353)
    Performance
    (286)
    Story
    (286)

    From Chip and Dan Heath, the best-selling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, comes The Myth of the Garage: And Other Minor Surprises, a collection of the authors’ best columns for Fast Company magazine—16 pieces in all, plus a previously unpublished piece entitled “The Future Fails Again". In Myth, the Heath brothers tackle some of the most (and least) important issues in the modern business world.

    Kalvin says: "Worth every penny"
    "Worth every penny"
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    Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

    No. Unlike other collections of interesting coincidences, this book is over opinionated and slanted to the author's personal views.

    It was less then 2 hours, and it became background noise after 30 mins.


    Has The Myth of the Garage and Other Minor Surprises turned you off from other books in this genre?

    No


    Did the narration match the pace of the story?

    Yes


    Could you see The Myth of the Garage and Other Minor Surprises being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

    Oh Good Lord I hope not.


    Any additional comments?

    Got it because it was free.
    Wrote a review because it was so unimpressive.

    10 of 11 people found this review helpful
  • This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage | [Ann Patchett]
    This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
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    This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 18 mins)
    • By Ann Patchett
    • Narrated By Ann Patchett
    Overall
    (2744)
    Performance
    (2280)
    Story
    (2286)

    We are excited to present our members with a gift that is truly unique: an original essay, available exclusively here at Audible, written and voiced by best-selling author – and fellow listener – Ann Patchett. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a very real love story, and one that is much more about the journey than the destination.

    Lee says: "Was this our holiday present?"
    "This wasn't a Happy Marriage"
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    What would have made This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage better?

    The story isn't a story of a happy marriage. It was a selfish non-committal relationship. The whole book is about how they weren't married. This book is a farce.


    Would you ever listen to anything by Ann Patchett again?

    Probably not..


    What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

    Pretty much as mono-toned as you can get.


    You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

    It did make me realize that my real marriage is actually not that bad. At least we are committed to it.


    Any additional comments?

    This book tries to glorify everything that isn't marriage and tries to make it sound like a successful marriage. There is actually nothing in this book that talks about their marriage. It is a story of ostrich-head-in-the-sand denial of the real situation. This woman has never had to grow up.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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