Kindle Customerjim Winegar

Not a Deep Book, But Very Pleasant

Revisado: 11-24-21

Not a deep book but cute. Nice for an afternoon when you don’t want to do a lot of thinking, but you do want to end with a smile.

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Gripping and Intense

Revisado: 05-06-21

Once We Were Brothers was intense, carrying me from one level to the next, layer upon layer, until I was completely exhausted mentally and physically. It shattered all my former best reads, even The Tattooist of Auschwitz. After all the emotional energy I expended in listening to this book, I was so very, very glad it had been recommended to me by a friend. This book should be required reading for all high school students with plenty of time for discussion led by a really good teacher.

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Intriguing! Could Not Put It Down!

Revisado: 02-06-21

Not being a believer in parallel universes or other paranormal activities, I began reading this book with some trepidation. However, I quickly set my non-beliefs aside and entered into the storyline. Many of the regrets that Nora felt about her life, I too have felt. I read this book, absorbing all its truths, and laid it down with a book regret. I did NOT want this book to end. Just one more chapter, PLEASE,

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Spellbinding!

Revisado: 09-09-19

Winter World is not a science fiction novel, it is a story of transcending love between a man and woman, of tenacious perseverance against all odds, and the goodness of the human spirit. I am so glad I read this book and can hardly wait to get started on the sequel. Please excuse me, I must go download another book.

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Almost a Homerun

Revisado: 04-22-19

The concept and story line: riveting. The performance by the reader: so-so. Sound editing: horrible. David Baldacci’s books deserve better technical support than this and readers, such as myself deserve better. I am on a limited income and have declining vision. I cannot spend my money frivolously. Amazon Audible, I depend on you to bring me quality choices!

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Memories of a Daughter of Dixie

Revisado: 04-04-19

As a 76-year-old daughter of the South, specifically Atlanta and Henry County just south of Atlanta, I guiltily confess to a rapid heartbeat at playing of “Dixie” at high school football games in the 1950’s. I took at face value and without question social inequities and the southern version of the Civil War as taught in the public schools. I knew that my great grandparents had suffered horribly during Sherman’s March to the Sea. To this day I have two small china plates, remnants of a tea set that my great grandmother carried with her in my family’s rush to get away from the burning of Atlanta and Sherman’s scorched earth practices as he led the Yankees on
their March to the Sea.

In spite of all this, my parents had taught me to respect all people, no matter the color of their skin. My grandmother, one of the Good Women known by all in abject poverty, fed anyone who was hungry, though sometimes on the back stoop. I knew to to call anyone, black or white, ma’am or sir if they were older than I and never to disrespect anyone.

I lived in Birmingham during my high school years and watched in horror from the third floor library as all but a handful of students in my still segregated school poured forth from its doors into a riot that took place in the streets within my sight. This was a pocket of rioting that took place all across Birmingham, prompting “Bull” Connor to unleash his police dogs against blacks. I do not recall whether they were rioters or marchers, but it was a frightening thing in either event and made an indelible impression on me.

I also remember visiting the President of the small Liberal Arts college I attended and asking why there were no black students. I was told, “You will understand later,” and gently sent on my way. He was right: I did understand later that he and the Board of Directors did not want donations to dry up. I also remember with some cynicism that when basketball became a rallying cry for alumni, black students were recruited for the team. Winning a national title, which they did, attracted more donations.

Enough of my rambling and on to a review of this Audible book. I have now listened to the entireCivil War series. The literary device of viewing the “colored” troops through the eyes of a journalist artist was a most effective way of telling the other Civil War story. I had no idea of the numbers of black soldiers who volunteered, nor of the degree of their devotion to the cause. As was alluded to in the Afterword, I was one who had thought most of the black soldiers were runaway slaves. A real eye opener and paradigm shift!

The performance is impeccable. Enough said.

One thing that has not been said, to my knowledge, is concerning Newt Gingrich’s southern roots, Georgia, no less. At times I felt myself thinking, “Newt, you have turned into a Yankee.” Then my rational mind would think, “Newt, you are an American!” That a Son of the South has helped a Daughter of the South to reach a deeper understanding is a blessing.

And yet, I still wonder why people of all colors can’t just get along. Are we doomed to fight this war forever?

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Totally Enjoyed!

Revisado: 02-05-19

I found this book totally engrossing. My only criticism,thus 4 stars on performance, was that the narrator mispronounced two or three words. One word that comes to mind was the word “plait.” In the southern part of the USA where I grew up, this word was synonymous with “braid” and pronounced “plat.” The narrator pronounced plait as “plate.” Regional difference, maybe so. Nevertheless, jarring to my ear.

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A Tad Overdone!

Revisado: 10-14-18

What started out slowly with good character developed ended up too long and weird. I kept waiting for the love interest to develop or at least for it to occur to the principles. Nevertheless, I listened all the way through, taking a break only to go to church. My love for sour dough is undiminished.

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