Jennifer J. Nanek

Celtic tales and misalignment

Revisado: 06-21-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I listened to the audio version of this book and the narrator did an excellent job.

This is a cute young adult novel that is about a young girl who is misaligned which means she exists in different dimensions. I interpreted this as being like she's Doctor Strange. And she could manipulate these different dimensions. So the story is her learning about her powers.. This education process and her friendship with the young man who helps her are the two best elements of the book.

The study of ancient Celtic customs was also of interest. Some of the bits explaining about other dimensions and the different creatures got a little dull. All the different names got confusing.

I liked the raven character best.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for a review.

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A battle among immortal beings

Revisado: 10-04-20

This is a fantasy story involving gods and magic.

The story is like a mythological tale of gods, their wars and the power struggle among the humans.

A young woman is brought to her mother's family's home to learn the history and complex relationships between gods and humans. She uses kindness and courage to bring more freedom to those in the kingdoms including immortal beings.

Some of the story and the different characters are very complex to follow. I lost track of who is who. The romance between the heroine and the night God was the best feature of the book really.

I wish the heroine had been a bit more capable in certain areas than she was.

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Race and Feminism in Britain

Revisado: 09-21-20

This book is a series short stories of several different African-British women and how they face each of life's challenges such as career in relationships. Some are immigrants some not, they all intersect with each other...sometimes closely and sometimes not so much. These women include figures from different backgrounds, different eras, and different sexual orientations.

I think the overall point of the book was that freedom and feminism means something different to everybody. For one woman, who was an orphan and a maid, freedom and equality was having her own husband with her own house to clean and maintain. For another woman their idea of staying home cleaning the house and keeping the husband happy was a prison. Some women are excited about the opportunity for an education another felt stifled by school.

I think if I read the book again it would be a lot better because then I would understand how they all relate with each other more.

Some of the stories stuck with me more than others. The one in the domestic abuse situation was very memorable and the ones who were teachers were memorable. The one that grew up on the farm I liked her story. The story of the woman with the house cleaning business was also good. Her daughter's story where she goes to Oxford for a year...she can't take it and mom makes her go back and she assimilates and then comes back with a white British boyfriend and then the mother is mad at her.... I thought that was a very compelling story.

Over all it was a very enjoyable book. I consider myself a proud feminist but some of those elements of feminism I had never heard of.

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an enjoyable listen

Revisado: 08-28-20

Enjoyed this book of short stories written by Tom Hanks. I listened to the audio version narrated by the author. I'm not sure I would have picked up this book had it not been for the fact that Tom Hanks wrote it.

This book is a series of short stories many of which involve a typewriter. Sometimes the typewriter is just a small piece and sometimes the typewriter is the center point of the story. It took several of the short stories before I realized that common thread. Several stories were fantasy themed. My favorite one was the time travel one...going back to the world's fair to meet a love interest.

One story started making me feel like I should get a typewriter.

The beginning story that was kind of continued a couple of times was the guy with the very fast paced busy girlfriend where the relationship didn't last that long. I also like the story of the psychic mother living near the professor wearing flip flops and had a telescope.

Overall an enjoyable listen.

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Excellent book!

Revisado: 08-04-20

This was an excellent book. I enjoyed listening to every minute of it. The author is a great story teller. This is a worthy addition to her Cormoran Strike series.

The mystery of a blackmail and murder of a government minister is fun but the over all best part of the book is the on going will they or won't they relationship between Robin and Cormoran. I have no idea of what I want to happen there. The author draws this out and teases the reader with it very well.

But I enjoyed this story set in 2012 London during the Olympics.

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great read, wonderful stories

Revisado: 07-08-20

I am very much a Trevor Noah fan. Although he had to grow on me. Enjoyed listening to his stories about life in South Africa. Some of them are very funny. His impressions including the one of himself as a child are great. The story about Hitler dancing at a Jewish cultural event was hysterical.

Listening to these stories I was very impressed with how Mr. Trevor has made a success of his life. He had an awesome mom. This is well worth the listen.

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Time traveling to Tombstone

Revisado: 06-11-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

This was a very enjoyable light easy read. A very sweet romantic story about time crossed lovers in Tombstone Arizona. The story involves a writer and a miner switching places between the 21st century and 1881 in Tombstone Arizona.

The writer or Hilly irritated me at times on how wimpy she was.

There are some light references to the big gun battle but I wished it had been highlighted a bit more.

I listened to the audio version of this. The reader or narrator did an excellent job. Over all it was a sweet story and had a nice ending.

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tragic tale

Revisado: 09-29-16

This was a very interesting and compelling book. It was slow in the beginning but picked up as it went along. Vaughn was the strength in that family but could not save the day. Best character in the story. This is a tragic tale of a family ruined repeatedly due to substance abuse. Glad the one son sort of survived. Tabby the mother was rather pitiful.. I would have called the police immediately.

The narrator did a good job with the different voices..the southernish accents were fun.. except I did get confused as to which character was talking sometimes.

This story takes place in my neck of the woods so I enjoyed that feature.

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