More Than Friends by Barbara Delinsky. Read by Barbara Rosenblat.
14.5 hours.
Interesting novel about the downfall of the family-like relationship of two families - the Popes and the Maxwells. Good characterization and great voices by the reader. Book was interesting enough to listen to in the car, even though most of the trips were short. I was able to be right back in the story each time I had a chance to listen.
4 stars.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Book #21 in 2011
The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, a memoir by Brianna Karp.
The author may have been through some hard times, but it appears that many of the adult ones may have been of her own making. Buying jewelry and international plane tickets while complaining about not having enough money for a place to live? Leaving the warmth and safety of a B&B to wait at the train station in the snow and cold for an undependable fiance? I hope that she gets some professional money managing help for dealing with any proceeds from her book sale.
This amazon.com review snipet sums it up:
I thought this book should have been entitled "The Girls Guide to Bad Choices." It really has very little to do with the realities of being homeless, and frankly I'm not sure that choosing an alternative living arrangement is tantamount to being homeless. Plenty of people choose to RV full time; they generally don't consider themselves "homeless." I've known people who camped on the beach for months who didn't consider themselves homeless.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book, but if someone is interested in the topic, it is an ok read.
2.5 stars
The author may have been through some hard times, but it appears that many of the adult ones may have been of her own making. Buying jewelry and international plane tickets while complaining about not having enough money for a place to live? Leaving the warmth and safety of a B&B to wait at the train station in the snow and cold for an undependable fiance? I hope that she gets some professional money managing help for dealing with any proceeds from her book sale.
This amazon.com review snipet sums it up:
I thought this book should have been entitled "The Girls Guide to Bad Choices." It really has very little to do with the realities of being homeless, and frankly I'm not sure that choosing an alternative living arrangement is tantamount to being homeless. Plenty of people choose to RV full time; they generally don't consider themselves "homeless." I've known people who camped on the beach for months who didn't consider themselves homeless.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book, but if someone is interested in the topic, it is an ok read.
2.5 stars
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Book #20 in 2011
Now You See Her by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
This was the worst book I've read in years. A ridiculous plot full of coincidences and boring characters. The predictable ending was the final nail in this coffin of a book.
Clearly, Mr. Patterson has gotten so big, that no one Little, Brown & Company dares to do any substantial editing or tell him that "his" book stink. His collaborative books are truly the worse junk he shovels out. He should go back to writing his own material and stop trying to just churn out as many books as possible.
Maybe he'll stop counting his money long enough to read my blog and take my advice. LOL.
1 star.
This was the worst book I've read in years. A ridiculous plot full of coincidences and boring characters. The predictable ending was the final nail in this coffin of a book.
Clearly, Mr. Patterson has gotten so big, that no one Little, Brown & Company dares to do any substantial editing or tell him that "his" book stink. His collaborative books are truly the worse junk he shovels out. He should go back to writing his own material and stop trying to just churn out as many books as possible.
Maybe he'll stop counting his money long enough to read my blog and take my advice. LOL.
1 star.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Book #19 in 2011
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult.
I finished this book in only a few days, all 466 pages of it. Maybe not a feat for some, but I've been pretty meh about reading this year.
I have new info on people going through IVF and all they endure financially and physically, although I still don't understand that crazed "I've got to have a baby and it has to be biologically mine".
I also have a new understanding about how seeming normal people can be drawn into those crazy, bible-thumping churches. Who wouldn't want a big group of people behind them? Sort of a surrogate extended family. Along with that, I got a peek into the lesbian relationship and it's not really any different than the hetero one, except for all the intolerance from the outside. I can't imagine how annoying and hurtful it must be to have to hide your partner from a large section of the world.
So, midway, I thought I'd be heading for a 5 star review, then came the weird Max-Liddy encounter, so maybe 4.5 stars. Except, once again, I feel like Ms. Picoult wrapped things up too quickly and tidily. 400+ pages of build-up deserve a bit more explanation for the ending. So I subtracted another half a star.
4 stars
I finished this book in only a few days, all 466 pages of it. Maybe not a feat for some, but I've been pretty meh about reading this year.
I have new info on people going through IVF and all they endure financially and physically, although I still don't understand that crazed "I've got to have a baby and it has to be biologically mine".
I also have a new understanding about how seeming normal people can be drawn into those crazy, bible-thumping churches. Who wouldn't want a big group of people behind them? Sort of a surrogate extended family. Along with that, I got a peek into the lesbian relationship and it's not really any different than the hetero one, except for all the intolerance from the outside. I can't imagine how annoying and hurtful it must be to have to hide your partner from a large section of the world.
So, midway, I thought I'd be heading for a 5 star review, then came the weird Max-Liddy encounter, so maybe 4.5 stars. Except, once again, I feel like Ms. Picoult wrapped things up too quickly and tidily. 400+ pages of build-up deserve a bit more explanation for the ending. So I subtracted another half a star.
4 stars
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