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Sissy Spacek IS Scout!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-21-24

I hadn't read the book in decades, but I wanted to take a listen to remember some of the best parts. Sissy Spacek is an incredible narrator for this book. She embodies the young Scout as well as the adult narrator. The rhythm of her reading is near perfect. It is both conversational and narrative. what is often remembered as a high school requirement, becomes a vivid panorama of southern life, and the universality of the human condition and how we treat others.

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The Story Goes in an Unexpected Direction, and is all the Better for It!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-24-24

I am a fan of this author, and so I decided to try this book without knowing anything about it beforehand. The story is chilling, in ways that I think I'm going to need some time to digest. It is both tragic and hopeful.

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Didn't see the ending coming!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-12-24

This was one of those stories that I was certain I knew the resolution to as it was going on. I am so glad that I was wrong. Both narrators did a wonderful job with this book. And as an added bonus, one of the narrator's character identity (The one read by the amazing Grace Experience) is only revealed at the end.

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Very good in parts

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4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-30-23

Some quite entertaining stories from Rainn Wilson. Unfortunately, the memoir bogs down when he discusses his faith. Like a vegan who can't seem to shut up about veganism, Wilson continues on and on about his faith. That may be very satisfying for some listeners. It was not for me and I found myself getting bored at the end.

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A Whodunit That Ends With NOBODY Doing It!

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-06-23

SPOILERS:
I really enjoyed Susan Marlowe's reading of this book. Her mastery of the narrative form and accents is truly wonderful. The story is interesting, and the characters all seem to have their secrets. Where the book breaks down, I think, is Green's predilection for unfinished business. It's all well and good to have red herrings throughout a story, but when each and every alternative ends up a dead end, and the circumstances of the death in the book are discovered to be completely unrelated to anything the author has set up in the previous pages, one has to wonder if they just ran out of steam while writing it and went for the let down ending. I found myself wondering why I bothered paying attention to this little tidbit or that when ultimately, the death was not maliciously caused at all. Even the framework of the early suspicions ("The Quiet Game") is unresolved at the end. The narrator simply states that the game is ended once and for all. Say what? Green doesn't really even describe this supposedly insidious game in any kind of detail, and now its threat is totally removed forever? The ending of the story felt rushed and slipshod. It's a shame because I think there are some very good bones there.
Also, I'm not sure what criteria is being used to name this writer as a "best selling author", but there are several word usages in this book that are just plain incorrect. It makes me wonder what kind of editor worked on the manuscript that allowed those mistakes.
I spent 7/8ths of this book really enjoying the story and Susan Marlowe's reading of it. The last 1/8th is a real disappointment.

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Expected a Bigger Bang

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-01-23

As an audiobook, a collection of statements by different people isn't really "narrated" per se... It's read aloud. There's not much storytelling here, as Radloff prefers to have the subjects talk about the show in their own words. Something gets lost in translation, however, when the book has probably 50 different sources, but only 4 or 5 voices to read those statements. Every quote has to be prefaced by the name of the person who said it. In an audiobook, there's no getting around that unless you had every single person interviewed doing their own VO. (and even then, you'd need an introduction to identify each speaker at least once.
So much time is taken up with, "Jim Parsons..." followed by someone kind of imitating his voice. Frankly, it's annoying. The readers vary in quality, also. There were several mispronunciations in the course of the book, and one can't help but wonder WHERE the editor was for "Epi-TOME" or "ig-NOR-ent" or referring to Judging Amy's lead actress as "Amy Brennan".
My understanding is that Radloff is a writer. Well, in her portions of what's been written (ie: NOT the direct quotes) there is a shocking amount of repetition. Things are "SO exciting/stressful/difficult", or they're "REALLY nice/exciting/stressful/difficult" The same descriptors are used over and over and over. It begins to sound like a middle-schooler's oral report where they're trying to pad out the word count.
There are a few interesting stories contained within, however, and that's why I stuck with it the whole way through. I'm not sure that if Johnny Galecki tells a story, and then Melissa Rausch tells the same one essentially the same way that it makes for compelling reading, though. After a while, you start to feel like you already HEARD that story before, and you've lost your place in the text!
Also, there are about 30 minutes of just acknowledgements at the end. I'll copy to listening to it when I could have shut it off, but I honestly thought with that much time left that there would be some kind of denouement. There was not... Just a long list of thank you's that started to sound like Radloff was describing finishing some epic work.
It's not epic. Sure, it's long, but this and anticlimactic bang of middling size.

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Fisher casts himself as the hero

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-14-22

Biographies are, by their nature, unreliable histories. Written by the winners (survivors), books like this should be taken with a grain of salt. There are some fascinating stories told here, and I take nothing away from that. It's ostensibly the tale of two amazing women whose work ethics and demons make for some interesting adventures. Todd Fisher does just about everything he can to paint himself as the white knight. Of course, he was there, and we weren't, but there are moments in this book where his alleged reactions strain credibility.
About midway through the book, Fisher goes on an extended tangent about being Born Again. I'm not sure who would find this interesting or even appropriate to the topic, but a large portion of the book becomes very "I" and "me". It got so bad, that I started to wonder what the hell this had to do with either Carrie or Debbie. Of course, it had very little to do with "his girls", but it seems like some Born Again Christians just can't resist talking about themselves and their journeys. (I guess they missed that part of the Bible that says not to "make a show" of their religion!)
This book offered a few insights into two complex women, but falls short as a tribute or biographical treatise.

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Sense and Sensibility Meets Story of O

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-29-22

If On Good Authority were simply an Upstairs Downstairs tale, it would be a really good read. If it were like a better written 50 Shades of Grey, then it would be a really good work of erotic fiction. By folding the two in together, McGuckin has created something quite extraordinary in this novel. It is a riveting read of control and powerlessness and power regained. Lauren Irwin's voice is perfectly suited to this story of the master as Monster and the beast within all of us. Without giving plot points away, I will praise Briana McGuckin's use of suspense as well. I pride myself as a fairly astute reader, and yet the reveal elluded me until the very end. Highly recommend this book!

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What makes a standup comedian tic*?

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-09-22

A really interesting set of stories from comedian and heckler buster Steve Hoffstetter. From his shy beginnings as a gawky kid in NYC through his formative experiences at Hunter College High School, we follow his trajectory: cringing at his failures and cheering his triumphs.

*"tic" is used purposely here.

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Another harrowing trip down the rabbit hole!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-11-22

Russell's childhood and a good part of her adult life hasn't exactly been the stuff of Norman Rockwell paintings. Substance abuse, Alcoholism, violence, poor choices, and ignorance are just SOME of the things her parents suffered from...and as result, so did Kate and her younger sister. That she lived to tell the tale in this and her first book is nothing short of miraculous.
Lest you think that the whole thing is a downer, Russell sprinkles some humourous anecdotes throughout. Perhaps it's the dark gallows humor of a survivor, but there are clearly lighter moments.
I highly recommend this book for anyone living with addiction either personally or with loved ones.

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