Sara B.

Enjoyable

Revisado: 10-28-22

Lucasta Miller’s Keats biography is well-written, reflecting the latest research. Miller deciphers the meaning of Keats’ poems and letters in relation to his life. The book is also somewhat of a memoir, as the author describes how Keats’ work has touched her life. The author’s conversational tone and insightful commentary make reading the book enjoyable. The audiobook has an excellent narrator for this work. I found it worthwhile to hear Keats’ poems read out loud by her.

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Wish There Was More!

Revisado: 03-14-22

Reading the memoir is a rough ride, both in raw language and bleak content. The account grabs and demands the reader’s attention. Mark Lanegan’s Sing Backwards and Weep has a gritty, risky edge due to the harsh experiences that are the subject of Lanegan’s life and plain-spoken narrative. The density and intensity of the singer’s storytelling forces you to pause and gasp for breath. Nuance in the delivery would benefit the audio version.

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Broadened My Experience

Revisado: 02-10-21

Dewey is an excellent story with a great ending. Vicki Myron tells an endearing, deeply personal, and at times, amusing story. Her pithy, offhand way of expressing herself hits the mark for humor. The likable librarian reveals her personal story together with Dewey’s library story in the setting of northwest Iowa. By Myron sharing her story, readers visit a region we might not otherwise get to know. I liked that the author relates not only about the behavior of Dewey The Cat inside of the library, but about the working of the library itself. The narrator, Susan McInery (who is a different narrator than is listed on the image of the book cover,) is perfect for reading this story. She is clear and her tone is just right for this story. There are two additional observations of Dewey that I would like to point out. First, there are too many names of people included in the book that do not add to the narrative. The number of proper names needs to be reduced. The other sticking point is that the author mentions regular bathing of Dewey in her story. Knowing that it is unnecessary to bathe cats except in special circumstances, and also that cats usually dislike being bathed, I wish she didn’t subject her cat to routine bathing.

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Captivating But Too Much Information

Revisado: 08-05-20

THESE FEVERED DAYS is a well-thought-out delivery about Emily Dickinson’s life and work. It is satisfying that the author dug deep to answer questions about Emily Dickinson that I want to know. I struggled to stay focused on the reading material, because there’s a bit of information overload. The author packed extraneous information that was distracting into the text. I read most chapters twice, in an effort to absorb and focus on the book’s objective of highlighting ten important days in Dickinson’s life. The author, who is the narrator, has a clear and distinct voice that works well for presenting examples of Dickinson’s writing, including parts of letters and some choice verses.

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Book did not resonate with me

Revisado: 03-22-20

“It Takes What It Takes” did not do much for me, but I went ahead and pushed through until the end of the book. Some of the points the author tries to make seem overly obvious, and not meaningful. Also, Trevor Moawad’s message came across as inconsistent. The author is passionate about his message of being neutral, but with him swearing to express himself throughout the book, his message is anything but neutral.

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