Michael R.

Stupid, stupid people

Revisado: 12-02-17

This book is causing me to have violent urges. I want to beat both main characters to death with a ball peen hammer. The main conflict in the story is contingent upon a misunderstanding that occurred ten years before and could be resolved with a simple conversation that the two should have had within ten minutes of reuniting.
Not only that, but this misunderstanding happens because the two characters implicitly trust what another, thoroughly untrustworthy character tells them. Neither likes or trusts this third character, but for the sake of the main conflict they trust him over each other. Both are portrayed as intelligent accomplished people, but I'm 3/4 of the way through now and they still haven't had the one conversation that would resolve everything. While I'm aware that a quick resolution would make this a much shorter book, I'd be fine with that. This book would be too long at two pages.

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A time capsule from Hell

Revisado: 10-21-17

Keith Olbermann would probably quite candidly admit that he is given to hyperbole and bouts of hysteria, especially when it comes to the topic of our 45th president. That said, this collection of transcriptions of Mr. Olbermann's video commentaries for GQ following the latter days of Trump's campaign and the first 7 months of his presidency are invaluable. This past year has been an unending tide of outrages and tragedies, and they pile on top of one another so quickly that you find yourself forgetting what happened just two months ago. Even now, as our nation is still reeling from the Las Vegas shooting, the events of Charlottesville seem like ancient history. IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO!
This collection details the offences of President Donald John Trump as they happened, and it is by no means comprehensive. It is simply not possible for one man to keep track of everything that President Trump has said or done in the last year. Regardless, this is a good place to start. I recommend buying a copy for every single Trump supporter on your Christmas list. Then I recommend sitting on them and forcing them to listen to it.

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Capital HOT hot!

Revisado: 03-30-17

Wow! What a great, sexy romance from Nikki Sloane! Great characters, hot sex, good story. I love a heroine who gives as good as she gets. My only complaint are with the rather weak finally conflict and the frustrating cliffhanger ending. Hurry up and release the sequel!

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Bleh

Revisado: 03-26-17

A smart, headstrong teenage girl changes everything about herself to please a troubled, potentially abusive man.

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The best free audio book I've ever downloaded

Revisado: 06-05-16

Short and sweet, like a crotch punch from a stripper, this comic novella from master storyteller and bon vivant Larry Correia is a hilarious adventure starring the most dedicated and noble insurance agent in the whole of the multitude, Tom Stranger. Think you're in good hands? Think you have a good neighbor? No one offers better protection than Tom Stranger. The gags fly faster than the fists and the fists are flying pretty fast in this lightning paced story. Don't think, just hit the download button now. Oh and kudos also to narrator Adam Baldwin. I loved you in Chuck.

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Sir Terry deserves better!

Revisado: 03-15-16

Technology to accurately and clearly record voices has existed for over 100 years now, but clearly none of it was used in the creation of this audiobook. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels have been my favorites since I discovered them in high school, and Isis audio's productions of them are a travesty of the sort that Bloody Stupid Johnson scattered about Ankh Morpork. The Narrator's voice fades in and out of clarity, the volume raises or drops without warning or reason, and tape hiss is so loud as to drown out the narrator entirely in some spots. Terry Pratchett was one of the best authors of the last half century, and his creations should be given better treatment than was done at the hands of the cretins that produced this.

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The Obvious Joke.

Revisado: 04-14-15

Comedy is hard. Prose is possibly the worst medium to try and be funny in. Only a handful of writers manage to be consistently funny. With this novel, Scott Meyer joins that august body. Off To Be The Wizard is the most original and funny humorous fantasy I have read in years. I tip my cap to you sir, for the hours of laugh out loud adventure you have provided me. In case you're wondering, the obvious joke is one of Nanny Ogg's favorites. Oh and kudos to the narrator too for providing the perfect voice for every character.

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I want Candy

Revisado: 03-17-15

I enjoy this story immensely. Most erotica doesn't bother giving the characters any story to work with other than "here we are, now let's have dirty dirty sex. Candy became a real person to me. I reveled in her triumphs and revelations. My only criticism with the story was the sex scenes themselves. This is what reader picks up a book like this for, and I felt they were underdeveloped. What was said? How did this or that feel? Many of the things described are supposed to be firsts for Candy, yet we don't always get to know how she feels. I just felt the sex coould be more elaborate.
Now for the narrator. I realize that erotica and sex are still private matters that "polite society" doesn't discuss publicly, and narrators must feel bound by these strictures, if only subconsciously. Therefore I will forgive Ms Kinsington for her somewhat clinical reading style. That said, there are narrators who can perform this material with the passion and exuberance it deserves. Perhaps Ms Cox can seek such a reader for future releases. At any rate, I look forward to listening to the sequels and I will definitely seek out any future releases.

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I couldn't finish.

Revisado: 03-03-15

First off, this is a romance written to appeal to Christians. I was unaware of that. Even so, I've read Christian fiction with engaging characters and storylines that hooked me from start to finish. This is not one of those books. The characters are two dimensional, the romance is founded on nothing more than looks and shared faith, and the non Christian characters are all hateful caricatures of human beings. No. Just, no.

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Love amongst the sociopaths

Revisado: 02-22-15

I'm going to be charitable and assume this was a first novel. I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them. All of her characters, most notably the men, have what could charitably be called an impulse control problem. In this particular novel, however, the main characters are criminally insane. Both commit assaults on each other and ancillary characters with nonchalance and zeal usually reserved for Batman villains. All of this is played for laughs, but the behavior is so over the top that you dislike the characters and start hoping for incarceration rather than romance. As I said, I've read other books by the author and enjoyed them immensely. This one was just off-putting.

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