K. D.

I <3 Randy

Revisado: 10-09-22

The math on my ratings doesn't add up. Story - 3 stars - it's good, I liked it, but nothing outstanding. I very much enjoy super hero books with funny bits, but this isn't the best I've read in that genre (Alexander C. Kane and Drew Hayes have that distinction). Performance - 5 stars - Phil Thron does a wonderful job, his voices and pacing are top notch. So mathematically that should average to 4 stars for the Overall category, right? And it would have, except then there was Randy. I freaking love the Butterfly King so much, both how his character was written and how it was voiced. I've re-listened to this book at least 5 times and it's all because of Randy. The number of re-listens pushed the overall score to 5 stars, a rating it deserves for fact it keeps pulling me back in. As another reviewer said, All Hail the Butterfly King!

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Maybe my favorite of the series

Revisado: 10-09-22

Love this series, love this book. I re-read the first 4 of SS&S in anticipation of this book, and while I love them all, Noble Roots is now my favorite. The long length worried me at first, I wondered if it would drag, and the answer is a resounding no. There was lots of story threads going on and the length meant justice could be done to all of them, while still leaving avenues to pursue in the next book. And that's my only negative, now I have to wait!

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L&O junkies will love this

Revisado: 03-04-21

I loved finding out that I wasn't the only one who would keep some iteration of Law and Order going in the background any time it was available (and thanks to cable TV, it's nearly always available.) Kevin, Rebecca, and a different special guest each episode take an episode from the Law and Order universe and discuss it as well as the true crime it's sometimes closely and sometimes loosely based on, and I'm here for it. They ask each of their guests their favorite detectives (mine is Briscoe and Green, a pretty popular choice) and their favorite prosecutorial team (McCoy and Ross, fight me). This podcast has freed up my day, I used to plan a visit to the gym around when I could catch a full episode of SVU, now I can go anytime I want and listen to this. Love this pod!

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Better to Eye-Read this one

Revisado: 01-22-20

Interesting topic, I learned quite a bit. The narrator sounded like she had a cold in her head, and while it got better, I couldn't even rejoice in her recovery, since it meant she actually DID have a cold in her head, and still went ahead and recorded. Also, the accents she did were borderline horrible, way over the top for nonfiction. I've never cringed so many times listening to a book.

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Excellent Strategies for Dealing with Fear

Revisado: 06-16-19

I very much enjoyed this compilation of strategies for overcoming for our fears. Many of the solutions the author presented were ones I was familiar with or had at least heard of (mediation, EFT and visualization were a few mentioned techniques), but I hadn't necessarily associated them with overcoming fear and anxiety and the author did a great job showing how they can do just that. And the narration on this was excellent, authors aren't always good narrators, but Trish Taylor definitely is. It was like listening to a friend share advice they truly believed in or that had worked for them, she was conversational and heartfelt. I plan on getting the Kindle version of this so that I have a print version to reference as well as listening to this again in the future.

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Interesting and Informative

Revisado: 04-15-19

Intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet are topics I've been interested in, but haven't explored in depth yet. This book, in a concise, interesting, and informative way, broke down these topics. I appreciated how the author brought up the pros AND the cons with these ways of eatings, as well as providing good information on how to implement. them. The only thing I would have liked was possibly a PDF to go with audiobook, there's a few recipes and eating templates discussed, and those are hard to take full advantage of in an audio format. I also very much appreciated the length of this book, I have listened to other audiobooks on nutrition or different diets, and sometimes the author seems to repeat things over and over, seemingly to increase the length of the book. This author did not do that, and it was very refreshing. The narrator also did a great job, he was engaging, and never sounded dry or forced. I can definitely see myself relistening to this if I decide to put one or both of these ways of eating into practice.

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Team Sock Sock Shoe Shoe

Revisado: 04-08-19

Alexander C. Kane and Bahni Turpin did it again. They have to be one of the best author/narrator combinations I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. I seriously laughed and smiled so much listening to much loved characters from the first book returning (Inspector Well Actually is still in rare form), as well getting to know some new ones (Nevermore is an excellent super villain/best friend). The only thing I wish I'd known before buying was that it has a cliffhangery-ish ending. I don't normally do cliffhangers, but that's on me for downloading before any other reviews were out. So I'll sit here, not so patiently waiting for a third book, hoping that it's in the works. Can't wait to read about you again soon AV!

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Perfect marriage of narration and writing...

Revisado: 08-06-18

This is the first ever audiobook I've listened to three times in a row. After the first listen, it made the extremely short list of books that never get removed from my phone, even with it's limited storage space. I've read/listened to many books that make me laugh out loud in places,(two of my favorite authors are Terry Pratchett and Christopher Moore) and while this book did that, it also kept a smile on my face for nearly the whole listen, I was practically grinning for almost 9 hours straight. I'm eagerly looking forward to the author's next book and am hoping, hoping, hoping that Bahni Turpin will narrate that as well.

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