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Great Episode

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Revisado: 04-21-25

Great episode this week! It was great to hear Nate from Talking About Birds in MMAM this week. Excellent content thus week and agree, not sure we need a "defensive closer" at this point. Closers are nice to have, but you can't close unless you're actually winning.

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Great Episode

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Revisado: 04-21-25

Great episode today gentlemen! I couldn't agree more with your assessment of the team currently.

CONGRATULATIONS Will Leitch for getting the rights sold to "Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride"!! Awesome news sir! I can't wait for my preorder to arrive upon release!

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Great start to 2024!

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Revisado: 01-28-25

Excellent episode! Great start to 2024 Kim and what a spectacular guest you had in this episode with Constant Reader Grady Hendrix! Thank you for this one! Such amazing timing for me as this past weekend I began his 2023 novel "How to Sell a Haunted House" and loving it so far at about 25% complete.

I had no idea he is such a devoted CR! I will definitely be spending some time on his site going forward.

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The boys are back!

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Revisado: 01-27-25

Great to hear Bernie and Will back with Seeing Red, feels like it has been a long time. Great episode gentlemen!

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Excellent Episode with Bernie

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Revisado: 01-17-25

Excellent episode with the wonderful guest Bernie Miklasz. Hoping that Bernie will be a more frequent guest on MMAM (or GTBH) going forward. Daniel and Bernie worked great as a team this week and it was a delight.

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Excellent episode!

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Revisado: 01-07-25

Excellent episode! Had I not listened to this episode, the subject of "Wake Up and Open Your Eyes" may have caused be to skip it. But now it's on my TBR list. Thanks Neil!

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Outstanding tale of a boy in small town America

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Revisado: 01-04-25

I've read or listened to McMammon's work previously and each time come away from a wonderfully written tale, "Boy's Life" equals this previous measure. I listened to the Audible version narrated by George Newbern. Newbern does an amazing job of giving Cory a voice as well as distinguishes himself with the cast of other characters.

I have previously read that it was comparative to King's "It", but I would venture to say it was closer to King's "The Body" rather than "It". Sure, there are some aspects that are a bit similar to "It", but as a whole, "The Body" is what I think fits best. Not to say that it is the same mind you, just that they have some similarities. But alas, this review isn't about King's work, it is about "Boy's Life".

"Boy's Life" is about 11-year-old Cory Mackenson who lives in Zephyr, Alabama in the early 1960s. Told from Cory's perspective we tag along with his (and occasionally some of his friends) adventures in Zephyr. Zephyr is very much stereotypical small town Americana that many writers have written about before. Being in Alabama and in the Jim Crow era, there are some scenes that while they disturbing they felt realistic for the time period and locale. Fortunately, the main story itself is not centered on this narrative.

Overall, "Boy's Life" is an outstanding tale of a boy in small town America and his adventures and challenges in life. Since I was once a boy in small town America, there was a lot to relate to in the character of Cory. Cory has quite the imagination and will eventually be a writer and his voice is one of a splendid youth, but not a youth without a myriad challenges and triumphs.

My rating is a very solid 4.5 out of 5 stars. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Excellent Episode to Wrap the Year!

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Revisado: 12-31-24

An exquisite episode to wrap up 2024. I've listened to all episodes thus year and this is one of the best. Hearing the late, great Don Newcombe tell some of his stories was pure joy. Thank you for this episode!

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Excellent tale

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Revisado: 12-12-24

Percival Everett's "James" is an excellent tale. A tale that takes Twain's classic "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and gives readers and listeners a 180 degree different perspective and what it was like to be the enslaved character Jim while using many of the pieces of "Finn".

The Audible version of "James" is quite superb as narrator Dominic Hoffman lends his voice. And listeners, his voice is the perfect voice to bring Jim to life. Massive kudos to Hoffman in this performance.

Everett's novel does an amazing job of placing us in Jim's world and how he sees and reacts. Obviously from a different time in America, but nonetheless the history of America and one that hasn't been told the way it deserves to be. "James" is an inspiring work of art, but also heart breaking. This should be on every historical fiction fan's TBR if they haven't already read or listened to it.

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An Immovable Object Versus an Unstoppable Force

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Revisado: 12-12-24

My headline says it all, "First Blood" is truly a tale of an immovable object versus an unstoppable force. You have probably seen the movie version and if that is all that you know about "First Blood" you know the basis of the plot. However, what the novel version gives you is a much more in depth character study between the immovable man that is local police chief Wilfred Teasle and the unstoppable force that is Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Author David Morrell brings you into the minds of these two flawed individuals making it nearly impossible to choose who the antagonist is and who the protagonist is. How far is each man willing to go to prove to the other they are right? Stubborn doesn't begin to describe these two individuals.

The good news is if you're listening to this selection you are in for a real treat, Morrell's characters are splendidly written and astoundingly brought to life by narrator Eric G. Dove. You will not go wrong if you do. Solid 5 out of 5 stars.

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