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Jeff

MASON, OH, United States | Member Since 2011

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  • In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

    • UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Steven Levy
    • Narrated By L. J. Ganser
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2050)
    Performance
    (1335)
    Story
    (1339)

    Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.

    Lynn says: "A Rip Snorting Story"
    "Great for the stories."
    Overall
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    More of a "20/20" investigation of Google than anything else. Does assume you have the name familiarity that he does which can get difficult to follow at times.

    20 hours is a long time to explain only a decade, and there is some redundancy.

    The stories, are excellent. Steven obviously had an "all access" path in Google. If you have any questions about this company, or consider them on any level, there is information in this you'll be excited to hear.

    11 of 11 people found this review helpful
  • How to be Good

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Nick Hornby
    • Narrated By Frances Barber
    Overall
    (58)
    Performance
    (13)
    Story
    (13)

    Katie Carr is a good person. She recycles. She's against racism. She's a good doctor, a good mom, a good wife...well, maybe not that last one, considering she's having an affair and has just requested a divorce via cell phone. But who could blame her? For years her husband's been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed, writing the "Angriest Man in Holloway" column for their local paper.

    Mon says: "Sad and Serious"
    "Good, but not Hornby's best"
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    Story
    What did you like best about How to be Good? What did you like least?

    If you're looking for more Nick Hornby, you'll be right at home here. Clever banter between characters and situations that are just a bit outside of believable while still being charming.


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

    "Really?....Really?" as I mentioned above, just a little too charming and cute to be believable, but not unexpected.


    Which scene was your favorite?

    Any with the father and goodnews


    If this book were a movie would you go see it?

    Absolutely.


    Any additional comments?

    If you've only read About a Boy or High Fidelity, go check out "A Long Way Down" next.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Hunger Games

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Suzanne Collins
    • Narrated By Carolyn McCormick
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (28019)
    Performance
    (19691)
    Story
    (19985)

    Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

    Teddy says: "The Book Deserves The Hype"
    "Hooked in the beginning"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I was getting tired of too many people telling me this trilogy was so good. I ended up at a dinner of 6 and being the only one to not read this. You're probably in that position as well.

    It's great, Collins has a narrative knack, and Carolyn McCormick delivers a first-class reading of her material. Gripping, excellent character development, struggle, action, drama, it's all in here.

    Will be checking out the rest of the trilogy.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By Chelsea's Family, Friends, and Other Victims
    • Narrated By Johnny Kansas, Stephanie Stehling, Heather McDonald, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (296)
    Performance
    (195)
    Story
    (196)

    Chelsea Handler loves to smoke out "dumbassness", the condition people suffer from that allows them to fall prey to her brand of complete and utter nonsense. Friends, family, co-workers - they've all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they've lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.

    Joshua says: "Not as good as "Vodka, it's Chelse...""
    "Hilarious"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Absolutely hilarious. Really wish Chelsea would have lended her talents, but everyone else is voiced by their actual selves. First-hand experiences told by writers, and those in the late-night shenanigans of this comedy group.

    You probably know already if you're going to get this or not. If you're interested in a first-listen to the life of Chelsea Handler, you should probably start elsewhere.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Shawn Achor
    • Narrated By Shawn Achor
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1131)
    Performance
    (489)
    Story
    (477)

    Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work.

    Roy says: "Very Informative Application of Positive Psycholog"
    "You'll wish you had skipped it."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Hours (chapters) of promises of what he'll tell you. It just drones on and Shawn thinks he is really smart, so hearing him read his own words at loud often seems like "bragging" and occasionally pretentious. Many stories are variation on one theme.

    Guess what? If you're happy you are better. Now let's tell you that story 15 times promising to stop soon.

    I do believe, however, if there was a 7-hour abridged version, perhaps that'd be good.

    2 of 3 people found this review helpful

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