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The Dark Tower by Stephen King (audiobook)
At long last
I finally finished the whole series in audio. I thoroughly enjoyed all of these books and this, for me was a fitting end.
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The Three: A Novel by Sarah Lotz
Perception
I really liked the first half of this book. Unfortunately, the second half went a bit flat and got just a tiny bit tedious.
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All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Again
Cool book, good story that moves quick. I hope they didn't screw up the movie.
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Darkness
This book is awesome! I completely enjoyed it from beginning to end. The tension, the atmosphere, the characters, the story; all of it works wonderfully. Write something more Mr. Malerman.
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Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
Bad people.
Long story - maybe a little too long. Interesting characters. Excellent narration.
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Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
Hero
This is a most excellent book! The writing is superb and the story compelling. I enjoyed this from cover to cover.
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Deception
This, Volume 1 of The Riyria Revelations, contains the first two books in the series, The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. I'm now a total fan of the two main characters. Looking forward to the rest of the series but I'm not sure if I want read or listen.
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"Sanity? You want to know what sanity is. Sanity is the thick soup of distraction we immerse ourselves in to keep from remembering that we're gonna bite it. Every opinion and taste and order you place for brown mustard instead of yellow mustard is just a way to keep from thinking about it. And they call our ability to distract ourselves sanity. So when you get to the end, and you forget whether you prefer brown or yellow mustard, they say you're going nuts. But that isn't it. What's really going on is this. In those little senior moments of clarity, when your head is flipping back and forth between brown and yellow like a tennis match on fast forward, and you suddenly pause, you find yourself undistracted. And it happens. You look straight across the net at all the other people trying to choose between brown and yellow mustard and . . . there he is! At the seat in center court! Death! He's been there all along! Mustard on the left and right, distractions everywhere, and Death straight ahead. It hits you like a swinging vat of onion soup."
Page 95
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"Papa, all I’m saying is that there are five symptoms, and we should consider them.” Reading from a piece of paper, she said, in as cooperative and supportive a voice as she could muster, “First, asking the same questions repeatedly. Second, becoming lost in familiar places. Third, being unable to follow directions. Fourth, getting disoriented about time, people, and places. And fifth, neglecting personal safety, hygiene, and nutrition.”
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Number one. Getting people to repeat their own questions forces them to figure out what they’re asking. If you’re not willing to ask a question three times, then you don’t really want to know the answer. Number two, you have brought me to Norway. Nothing’s familiar. I can’t become lost in familiar places. I just become lost. Number three, I don’t speak Norwegian, so I can’t follow any directions. If I understood . . . that would be demented. Number four, I don’t know of any half-intelligent, self-aware person who, if they give it a moment’s thought, doesn't find time, people, or places all highly disorienting. In fact, what is there to disorient us other than time, people, or places? And for the three-part finale, I say this. I have no idea what it means to be neglectful of personal safety. As measured against what? Under what conditions? As judged by whom? I've sailed into a storm of tracer bullets, face first, on the Yellow Sea at dawn. Was I neglectful? I married a woman and stayed with her until the end of her life. You call that safe? As for hygiene, I brush my teeth and shower daily. The only one who thinks I’m dirty is someone who thinks I don’t belong, and so is probably an anti-Semite, and you can tell him Sheldon Horowitz says so. And nutrition? I’m eighty-two and I’m alive.
Pages 49 - 50
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Humans Being
So this was alright. Not super fantastic but enjoyable. The writing is very good and the a narrative holds your interest and keeps the story moving. Not sure if i like the ending.
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Who done it?
This book was a take it or leave it experience for me. The main character felt like a British version of Harry Bosch with a tiny bit of Jack Reacher thrown in for variety. I can't say that I was truly bored rather nonplussed. The writing was fine and the audio narration/performance was very good. Unfortunately, there was little action or mystery or suspense and by the end I was like "ok, what's next on my list?".
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This was a fun book. I enjoyed the writing style, the characters and the story. I have secured book two but it will have to wait for a bit.
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Run Die Run
Ok, so we got another put the kids in an arena and watch 'em die book. The characters were ok and the story was ok but it didn't really provide the full context needed to understand what was really going on. Apparently, this will come in book two or three. Not sure that I need the full context though.
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Follow the money.
This is the second Detective Kubu audiobook that I have listened to. I really like the main character Detective Kubu. Unfortunately, though well though out mysteries the stories move slowly.
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What Mario Scietto Says by Emmy Laybourne
Mid-apocalyptic short story; more of a character introduction to a larger work. Writing is good and the glimpse of the world intriguing. However, it is too short by about a third to really make an informed decision.
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