Diana Lyons Specht

Excellent book!

Revisado: 10-22-20

So informative for those interested in all things Indian. The accompanying PDF is a wealth of knowledge! I'd recommend reading the glossary before listening to the book as things will make a lot more sense.

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Another Great Ian McEwan

Revisado: 02-24-20

Different from his others, but a really great read/listen. It explores the relationships we might have with our AI robots of the future. I honestly hope our robots of the future do not reach this level of intelligence, lol!

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Difficult to keep my focus

Revisado: 02-19-20

This is not a bad book at all. I just found that I often switched to another because it didn’t quite grab me. I also found references to “scenes” rather odd, as though I was reading a script for a play.

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The Hebridean accents made the book for me!

Revisado: 07-06-19

Maybe this wasn't fine writing, as others have mentioned, but I loved the accents so much!

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Excellent Book

Revisado: 02-10-19

I love Jon Ronson, but I couldn't stomach the Butterfly Effect, because I have zero interest in porn although my husband is a great fan. I don't "disapprove" of porn if all parties are 100% voluntary, but this book has made me think that the majority of women wouldn't be doing porn if they had any other marketable skills. This might be true of any low-skill job -- indeed a dead-end clerical job is what encouraged me to go back to school -- but hearing that porn stars are often denied their pay if they don't certify that everything went well was very disturbing to hear. Under that standard, even in the field I chose (Computer Science), there were days where I wouldn't certify that and thus wouldn't be paid. The book also makes clear that emotional health problems and a traumatic childhood are very common in this industry. Wow! I really have to rethink my values here! This book will really make you think!

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Poignant book with likeable people

Revisado: 12-10-18

This book was charming and thought provoking. It follows the death of the dear wife of the protagonist, Arthur Pepper. He finds a charm bracelet of hers and begins to explore a side of his wife he'd never known existed. He learns the significance of each charm on the bracelet, and this exploration ends up helping his own healing after his wife's death.

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Dry and long!

Revisado: 08-23-18

This book might be fine if you have a fascination with porcelain or Chinese history. If not, you might be checking to see how much time is left, like me, multiple times an hour. It's packed with information and obviously well-researched, but too dry to keep my attention.

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Laugh Out Loud Funny

Revisado: 08-22-18

One the best comical books I've read in a while! This book is funny, but not silly, and actually gave me a new perspective on some of my most hated bosses. It reminded me a bit of The Devil Wears Prada except that I ended up liking most of the characters in this book. A+ and comes highly recommended!

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Possibly his best -- and that's saying a LOT!

Revisado: 07-10-18

I love David Sedaris and this latest definitely does not disappoint! It's darker than the others, and some of the issues he talks about I've experienced in my own family so reading about them really resonated. As I believe has been mentioned, the book references suicide, alcoholism, dementia and other mental illnesses. At the same time, I laughed out loud more than I have in a long time. The most poignant moments were when he described situations, experiences and sentiments of which he was not proud, but which humanized him for me more than any other work has.

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Unpredictable, somewhat suspenseful, great writing!

Revisado: 03-20-18

Really good book and I could not have predicted the ending. This follows a waitress with a mysterious past and a PI who's been hired to find her. They both find out a lot about eachother, but not the whole story. Polly has a past that makes her vulnerable to judgement, and the PI finds himself forgiving things he never thought he would.

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