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Very Hard Listen

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-30-25

2019 52 Book Challenge - 39) Military Related

This was a hard listen. The narrator was fantastic, and the plot was interesting, but there were so many errors and little niggles with this book that it was really hard to stay immersed. Honestly, this book really reads like it needed another few proof and beta readers.

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Enjoyable

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-06-24

2023 52 Book Challenge - March Mini Challenge 2) A Feather On The Cover

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I quite enjoyed this book. It was nice to see another size to Ox with the involvement of his brother, and how they came to a decision over whether people were capable of changing.

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Funny

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-11-24

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2020 52 Book Challenge - 5) A Character Who Is A Senior

This was very lighthearted and fast paced, and it was quite funny - even if I don't like cats.

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Interesting

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-10-24

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

2020 52 Book Challenge - 1) A Book With The Letter ‘W’ In The Title

I thought this book was very interesting, and I especially found the parts that covered the Roma people and disabled people interesting.

I also found it to be quite an easy read, not the subject matter but how the book was structured, as it was broken up into small sections that were easy to pause between daily life.

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Unbalanced

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-09-24

2018 52 Book Challenge - 40) Political Book (Fiction or Non-Fiction)

This was such a hard book to slog through. The author constantly tried to absolve Burr of any misdoing in his life, constantly blaming others and then being incredibly hypocritical when Burr did the exact same thing that she'd just spent ten minutes ranting about somebody else doing. This book was not balanced in the slightest, and Burr is just portrayed as the perfect politician, the perfect man, and he could do no wrong.

Honestly, this book should have just been titled "How Much I Hate Alexander Hamilton" with the amount of time she dedicated to ranting about him.

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Boring

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-06-24

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2019 52 Book Challenge - 28) A Book That Discusses Mental Health

This book is so slow. The plot feels like it is in the background and is added to occassionally rather than being the driving force of the novel. Honestly, I just found it really boring.

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Disappointing

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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-01-24

2018 52 Book Challenge - 50) A Book With The Letter "Y" Somewhere In The Title

DNF at 25%.

Ughhhhh this book is so boring and dry. I really didn't like the mix of bits of Harry Potter and then bits of real magical history, I wish it had just stuck to one or the other because I found it very jarring.

Also, as it is a book of an exhibit, it would have been nice to have images of what they were talking about, because half of what I did listen to, I was hopelessly lost. It also jumped from topic to topic, making it quite difficult to follow.

There were frequent interviews throughout which made the volume fluctuate, so I was constantly changing the volume up and down, which was rather frustrating. I also wish that they had noted Stephen Fry as a narrator on this book as well, as he seemed to do just as much as Natalie Dormer, and then I would have known not to read it, considering that I really don't like Stephen Fry as a narrator.

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Good but Frustrating

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-30-24

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

2019 52 Book Challenge - 52) An Audiobook

I quite enjoyed this book, I thought it was quite fun, and it held my attention. That being said, most of the book revolved around the fact that Arlo Quimby was a member of the Flat Earth Society, and the whole thing frustrated me.

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Pretty Cool

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-25-23

2023 52 Book Challenge - 50) Related To The Word Murder

This book starts out by talking about the musical Assassins by Stephen Sondheim, and considering how much I love that, the book pulled me right in. I appreciated how it looked at the assassinations a little differently, even if the majority of the book focused on Lincoln and Booth.

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Very Good

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-19-23

2023 52 Book Challenge - 41) A Character Who Is A Refugee

This is a fantastic book that reminds you of both the worst of humanity and the best of humanity. This book felt like it was written with care and it was well worth the read.

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