Chris

I'm saving up my audible points, so picked this one because its like nine million hours long. I'm hoping I like it as much as I liked Gone with the Wind. Time will tell!

This one took me a little bit to get into. I listened to it in the car - reader is the author. she does a very nice job. I think I was about 3 hours into it before it started to really click with me. The characters are hard to like initially, but then they grow on you.

It took me awhile to get into this one. I loved the Rapunzel story. the French Court portion of the story, however, I didn't get into until almost the end of the book.

This one was a quick read. I liked it a lot better than the foundation series - which I couldn't finish. I did find story a bit dated, however. and Asimov is not known for his strong female characters - and he makes no exception to that rule in this book.

Listened to this one in the car. Good reader - really brought the characters to life. I'd like to give it 3 1/2 stars... I just didn't like it enough to give it four, but it's better than a 3. There were parts of this book that I found pretty gripping - other bits made me roll my eyes. I don't think I'll dash on to part 2. It's a book about reporters and bloggers and election coverage... with the backdrop of taking place many years after the Zombie apocalypse (or whatever you want to call it). The Zombie backdrop is interesting, and well done.

Listened to this one in the car and really enjoyed it. Reader was excellent. Story is looooooong. I agree with the other reviewers that some of the premise laid out for ‘why we're all gathered here today' was a tad contrived, but the story telling is excellent. So if you can suspend some of the disbelief in the beginning, plow through some of the bits that don't really do anything to move the story forward (all very well written - so it's fine), and stop eyerolling towards the end when you want to beat Cassandra over the head with the book because she's so dense and can't seem to get the ‘mystery' figured out.

And I'm firmly in the camp that Linus is a ‘funny uncle' as they say - and I'll happily take the book's allusion to that fact rather than have the gory details spelled out word for word. If you go with that premise: Georgiana and Eliza's strong desire to leave Blackhurst makes a little more sense - as well as Eliza's very strong desire to remove Ivory from the estate.

I listened to this one and thoroughly enjoyed it. Reader was fantastic.

Lived the descriptions of Japan and Japanese culture.

Lots of fun puns!

This one grew on me. Had to get past the cat that didn't act much like a cat...which bugged me enough I considered not finishing the book. Glad I stuck with it.

Histrionic Personality Disorder marries a Sadist. Hilarity ensues.

Delightful! Nanny Ogg had me laughing out loud and Magrat had me gasping with surprise.

Really liked the first one. This one not so much. Story feels forced around the pictures.

I only recently discovered Discworld...how did I go this long without knowing about these books! So glad I fell into the series - they are an absolute delight! Am working my way through the Witches books - this one is number 3... although each book I've read to date can work as a stand-alone - so jump in anywhere, the weather is fine. Here's the guide to reading order: http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2014/04/Discworld-2.21.jpg
As for this one - loved it the most out of the three Witch books I've read to date. Found I was laughing out loud as I was reading. I've now read it and listened to it in the car - good stuff!

A skimpy excuse for a book. Surprised they didn't shoot for an oversized font to cover the skimpiness (the illustrations add nothing). You could buy a ream if copy paper and get about the same amount of blank white space. If each ‘entry' was printed one right after the other you might get a total of 25-35 pages - tops. Go to the library if you must - it's so not worth the price. I may have to toss this one into the ‘library book sale' box. Eye roll.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. If you love Stephen King - as in old-school King - you'll really enjoy this one.

I really enjoyed this one. It gives an interesting perspective on living life in the ‘now' with no past or future - as well as living life with no attachments or history. ‘A' flits from life to life until given a reason to focus on what's missing. I enjoyed A's journey and was sorry the book ended.

Movie zombies, floods, and corporate espionage, oh my! Angel Crawford continues to learn about her new world, and continues to develop as a character. It's another fun installment in an entertaining series!

Listened to this one via Audible. Laugh out loud funny - really really enjoyed it.

I so wanted to like this one. I got to chapter 6 - and just couldn't drag myself through it any further. It became a quality of life issue. Was listening to this one via audible. Tons of detail about the boat, sails, etc - easy to get lost in the details. Also easy for the mind to wander and lose track of the story.

I struggled with this one until about 2/3 of the way thru. Then I thought it got funny. Not thrilled with her having to be rescued every third page - but am trying to chalk it up to it being written in the early 90's - which doesn't make the premise any less gag-worthy, but it allowed me to move on. The guy who does the gender reversal review on this one on this site sums it up nicely. I'll try the second one in the series before I give up on it.

Loved it! Absolutely delightful. Great characters and well told. And learned something about the Guernsey occupation during WWII along the way. I will read this one again and again.

Meh. Just couldn't get into it. It was a struggle to finish.

Excellent! I used to love everything King wrote - but that was a looooong time ago. Thought 1/3 could have been excised from the bloated Under the Dome - and I shall not speak of the eye rolling ending. Doctor Sleep however was much much better. Writing cleaner and tighter - no 50 page passages of repetitive bloat that does nothing to move the story forward. This is classic King back from the days where the editor was willing to say ‘cut here' instead of ‘yes,sir' (I'm presuming this is the case - he's got a new publisher and it appears to be a positive move). If you enjoy his older stuff - and you liked the Shining - this one is a must read.

Did this one as an audiobook - read by Francis McDormand. I like her as an actress - but wouldn't do audiobook with her reading.
But getting away from that - would have to say this is one of the few books where I thought the movie was better. In this instance - probably due to the era in which the book was written...some things are dated in a not so charming way.