Steven Chapman

Even better than her first book.

Revisado: 03-05-23

Written by someone new to our culture- this is not your typical book pointing out the craziness in the modern day United States. Park’s observations and analyses are truly unique and thought provoking. This is the first-hand story of the attempted brainwashing going on in U.S. universities and the ridiculous propaganda being shoved down our throats by an increasingly radical media. A must read!

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Squeaky Fromme with overindulgent parents

Revisado: 05-14-22

This woman is OUT THERE! It’s amazing that she could hold herself together long enough to film this many seasons of a TV show. The book chronicles; her sleazy sex life, her entitled attitude about sponging off of her parents for years and years and years (all while criticizing their work ethics and old fashioned values), her non-stop overly-dramatic meltdowns, her lying, her cheating, her misguided sense of importance relating to her character on LHOTP, and her unbelievable adherence to 1960’s/1970’s mysticism.
If you are interested in this type of thing- I would recommend Reflexion- by Squeaky Fromme. At least Squeaky appears to realize that a lot of the belief systems from the late 60s and early 70s were ridiculous!
Ma was one of the weakest characters on LHOTP. Karen, with the benefit of years of hindsight- still can’t see that. She attributes her lower salary to gender inequality- NOT lackluster acting.
She hops into bed with half the men she meets but goes out of her way to say that some of them are Jewish. I couldn’t figure out why. She never mentions the religious faith of the other exchange students, stage hands, taxi drivers, neighbors, pedestrians, dog walkers, and complete strangers she warms the sheets with….. It was perplexing until she starts calling Michael Landon cheap. This was her pathetic attempt at giving herself coverage from the woke community. She can’t hate Jews- she is sleeping with some! She apparently hates no one because she is sleeping with just about everyone.
I usually like audiobooks read by the author. But this should have been read by someone else. The syrupy sweet grandma voice was annoying- and made her even more unlikeable (if that is even possible).

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Feminist propaganda and a little Leslie Van Houten

Revisado: 05-13-22

This book is the best argument for the death penalty that I have ever heard. Not as a deterrent, not an eye for an eye, but as long as there are bleeding heart wackos like this involved in the penal system- none of us can be assured that there is even such a thing as ‘life without the possibility of parole”.
The author is clearly a greasy leftover from the hippie movement. She apparently was able to avoid any contact with the real world by cloistering herself in academia and amongst prison inmates (people literally trapped and forced to listen to her ramblings). You can practically smell wafts of body odor masked by patchouli oil while you are listening. She hits on every topic that you would expect from a left wing zealot: Income inequality, racism, oppressed and marginalized communities, acid rain, Vietnam, pollution, gender inequality and the evils of the US government. (wait. What was this book supposed to be about?) It reads more like Bernie Sanders’ political platform than a book about Leslie Van Houten.
According to the author- women are equal (perhaps superior) to men. So far so good- I agree. But she believes that women in prison are invariably there because of the influence of some man in their lives- and are somehow less culpable than their male counterparts. I guess it isn’t worth investigating whether or not male criminals also have had negative influences. The idea is to infantilize women, by taking away their agency- all while trumpeting their equality to men. You can’t have it both ways.
I was interested in Leslie VanHouten’s prison journey., hearing a case for her release, and possibly hearing about what life has been like for her. You occasionally get some of that but it is mostly buried by left wing talking points.

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Quasi-fiction by a PHD

Revisado: 09-15-21

Dr Engel appears to be more concerned with establishing his feminist bona fifes (Is that a blue hair caught between his teeth?) than he is with being accurate. Going on and on about how Jane Austin was the first female Author in the English language may seem like praise by today’s woke standards- but it diminishes the works themselves. Her works are great. No matter what parts are housed between her legs.
I found the information on the Bronte sisters to be fascinating. And then I listened to Dr. Engel speak about Emily Dickinson and he got SO MUCH wrong- that I now doubt everything else that he said. These are a few of the things he got wrong re Dickinson:
1. He says Emily Dickinson never left Amherst except for a brief stay in Boston. (She actually spent the spring of 1855 in Washington DC- but Dr Engel apparently didn’t know that.)
2. Emily’s Sister, Lavinia, did not find her poems in a box in her closet. They were entrusted to their household servant Margret Maher.
3. None of the poems in the “fascicles” were typed.
4. The editor/ former neighbor of Dickinson was NOT named Mabel Loomis and her Husband was NOT David Loomis- they were Mabel Loomis Todd and David Todd. Much like today- the married couple did not take the wife’s maiden name after their marriage (no matter how things work in Engel’s private fantasy land). How could Engel get this wrong??? If you type Mabel Loom” into a Google search engine- it will complete Mabel Loomis Todd for you! It doesn’t require ANY research AT ALL!
5. Possibly worst of all: he criticized “Mabel Loomis” for changing Dickinson’s poetry and for giving them titles (I agree with that.). Then says we are lucky to have the original manuscripts (I agree with that too). We are then treated to a selection of Dickinson poems, read by has-been celebrities (apparently Gary Coleman wasn’t available to do a reading), a good portion of which were the versions EDITED AND GIVEN TITLES BY MABEL LOOMIS TODD!!
What is WRONG with this maniac? How are we supposed to believe a single thing he says? What correspondence school gave him his PhD?

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Seems to be playing on the wrong speed

Revisado: 05-07-19

The story is great. The narration is clear. But it sounds like it is being played a little too fast. There is NO WAY that the narrator read the book like this. She never takes a breath and it sounds like she is trying to spit the story out as quickly as possible so that she can pay her rent on time.
I tried playing it at a slower speed, but that was too slow. I’m guessing that the producer sped this up a little and it was a bad idea.

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Can’t speak French? Find another book.

Revisado: 04-03-19

I guess that educated English people, in the 1800s, had all taken years of French language classes. Unfortunately for me- I haven’t taken any French, so this was a difficult book to get through. It was annoying to finally get immersed in the storyline, only to have the characters start speaking French and lose me. It was like having extremely bad seats in a theater. When the actors moved to one side of the stage, you could no longer see and had to extrapolate what you might have missed.
Jane Eyre was GREAT! This book was irritating.

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Great book read by the author

Revisado: 12-31-17

This book was better than I was expecting it to be.
I, like most Americans, watched this story with great interest years ago. I used to wonder: “Why does this poor woman stay with this idiot?” Mrs. Buttafuoco answers that question in this book. She is a very likable person, with a great sense of humor and that really comes across during the reading of this book. I have a lot of respect for her and all that she endured.
I truly recommend this book!

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A must read for anyone interested in The Manson Family.

Revisado: 10-31-17

There are so many books about the Manson Family, but this insider’s perspective is truly unique.
It is clearly written. The author does the narration herself (something that I always appreciate). And you get a first hand glimpse at how someone could get wrapped up in all of this Charles Manson craziness.
Additionally- the author dispels incorrect information repeated in almost every book about this subject. A truly fascinating audiobook.

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