Starlet

I like reading these accounts, so I gave it a 4 star, but it was too short to really tell a story. Other than that, it's worth reading.

When I listened to a Sample, I knew that I would buy this audio version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz narrated by Anne Hathaway --- like many people, I've read the books, seen the movie and TV versions, plays - you name it, but this version is the coup de grâce in that the listener gets so much story detail that is forgotten from the days of reading as a child and never really absorbed in the movie version -- so I loved it for that reason. The narration by Ms. Hathaway was the best.

This is not close to Anne Franks Diary -- of which I've read several versions and love!. This is interesting enough, but not enough for me to finish -- which surprised me. I think I may go back to it -- I may have been reading too many books of this genre and had to move on. 9/27/11

I was very bored with this novel and stopped about half way -- i don't think I'm that easily disappointed in books. For this one, I had in mind something completely different. I decided to read it based on the highly rated reviews in Amazon. One reviewer commented that they thought these 5-star reviews were written by family....possibly so.

I really love Goldie Hawn; we grew up together on TV and movies, we are born the same year....although I finished the book, I was so surprised by the monotone of her narration and remember it being unmemorable. My expectations were perhaps too high, and I was disappointed Perhaps another narrator would have saved it.

I loved the whole idea of the storyline, but it just seemed to go on forever and at a slow pace -- I found myself not that excited about getting back to the book -- and that was my feeling to the end. I don't even think I finished it. I love time travel, but for some reason this one did not grab my attention. This was in 2005; perhaps I'll give it another try -- but I usually don't go back a second time.

My first book "read" on audible.com and I Loved it -- It was riveting; however, I have to say that the last two chapters disappointed me so much -- the author did the proverbial Rush job. I wasn't in a very forgiving mood and gave a 4 star but I have now come around to how I felt about 98% of the book -- it's a 5 star in that respect.

I was going through a period of reading a lot of contemporary fiction and memoirs but I kept coming across Dean Koontz and finally decided to read Husband, in December 2006, and loved it -- it was great to read a Thriller again. I then read Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son and that was quite a departure, but excellent after I got into it and I plan on reading the sequel ... some day.

Being 20 yrs. old in 1967, I was a part of it all, but on the San Francisco side. I made a few visits to LA during that time, but never got to know the real scoop, of course, and this filled the gaps -- it was a fun, easy read. This is a sixties time capsule nugget.

I selected the Tarzan of the Apes audio Book 1 on an impulse because I had never read it and only vaguely recalled the basic story outline from a movie. As someone else mentioned, I might not have been able to get through to the end if I read it rather than listened to the excellent narrator, James Slattery. It turned out to be vividly wonderful throughout. Unbelievable to me was that I did not want to put the audio book down. Up until the very last minute of the story, I did not know how it would end and I realized that I probably never knew. Highly recommend for a fun-filled listening experience.

I enjoyed reading this and think Ann Patchett is interesting to listen to. ..she shared a private story about her long term relationship I'll have to look at listening to one of her novels.