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it would have been better only...

Revisado: 05-22-16

It was a lovely book. A page-turner, if I could say so for an audio book. It certainly gets you hooked. The only one thing that irks me is the fact that there are so few female characters, and the ones there, are uninteresting and unintelligent.
The narrator's awesome, though, I find myself trying to speak like him after listening to this book.

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Mediocre, neither good nor bad

Revisado: 06-09-15

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I wouldn't say it was a waste of time, but it wasn't terribly enjoyable, either.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Something with a lighter subject, perhaps.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Christopher Oxford?

I don't know enough about narrators to answer this question.

Did 1913 inspire you to do anything?

It inspired me to avoid books narrated by Christopher Oxford.

Any additional comments?

I will probably keep it I the library, but may not ever listen to it again.

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Sad sap worked

Revisado: 04-21-15

It is comforting to hear another person's supposedly life-changing trip not penning out as expected, his disappointment and delights on the road echoing mine. Davis Skeist's sappy performance worked for Doug Mack's melancholic and often times melodramatic prose.

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Surprisingly good

Revisado: 03-18-15

I hesitated buying the item when I listened to the sample. I felt that the narrator was over annunciating every word. I bought it anyway because of the interesting subject matter. Being a teen in the 1990's I remember the Beanie Babies craze well. This book certainly brought back a lot of memories although I had never owned a Beanie myself.
I like the author's in depth profiling of the father of the Beanies, Ty Warner. His portrayal of Warner, though jerk-like at first, ultimately showed him as a smart yet flawed human being. Luckily, I was able to get past the rigid narration and enjoyed the book.

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Nice surprise

Revisado: 03-13-15

I was pleasantly surprised by the author's decision to invite her daughter to read the credit at the end, as this book is a documentation of the difficulties the author faces when raising a daughter in this world of ours. Talk about giving girls a voice! I also can't wait to hear what Peggy Orenstein thinks of Miley Cyrus now!

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Finally read/listened to this book

Revisado: 02-01-15

Would you consider the audio edition of Nickel and Dimed to be better than the print version?

Don't think I am qualified to answer this question as I have not got the print version.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Nickel and Dimed?

When one of the people she worked with was my namesake. Yes, I know those were fake names, but still.

Which scene was your favorite?

Not really a scene, but when Ehrenreich wrote that all the people she met in the course of writing this book took pride in what their job, no one was a slob or a slacker. That really moved me.

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As expected

Revisado: 12-14-14

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Nothing, really, Did what it said in the tin.

If you’ve listened to books by Julie Wheeler before, how does this one compare?

I don't think I have.

What three words best describe Jonathan Keeble’s performance?

Crisp
Clear
Concise

Was Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour worth the listening time?

Yes. Love these "History in an Hour" books.

Any additional comments?

I really like the concept of a short and sweet history book. Have been enjoying a lot in the "History in an Hour" series. Jonathan Keeble's performance was excellent.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 12-14-14

I previously bought and listened to Ian Mortimer's "The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century" and liked it enough to want to buy another one by the same author, thinking that it would be just as enjoyable. Unfortunately I was mistaken. Mortimer somehow managed to strip away the fun bits that made "Medieval England" great, but retained what made it boring, to create "Elizabethan England." I could not get through the tedium of the list upon list of mundane items that the author seemed to enjoy putting in the book. They seemed to serve no purpose but to show that the author had researched and found those lists. To say the least, this did not prepare me for a visit to Elizabethan England at all.
I don't think I have listened to one entire chapter in this book.

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Unexpectedly comical

Revisado: 10-18-14

I love the History in an Hour series and I love the narrator Jonathan Keeble, but this time I have to say I like his performance less than those in the other books. His impression of JFK was strange at first, and increasingly ridiculous and hard to stomach as the book progressed.

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Glad to have bought this classic

Revisado: 10-18-14

I have always assumed that I had finished reading Dracula in the past, but I realised I hadn't. I am glad I finally did, albeit in audio form. It was a star-studded cast, and the way Stoker wrote the book lent itself very easily to have one person reading from one document written by one character. Unfortunately, that also meant that everyone was doing everyone else's impression, because a large portion of everyone's letter/diary contained a great deal of direct quotes. It was rather comical to hear five different actors trying to do Van Helsing's Dutch accent!

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