Really battled to get into it, and quite a few places in the beginning I had to rewind to relisten to it. It was touch & go, and very almost a DNF.
Then while tidying my office this afternoon, I made a converted effort to listen to it.
Actually quite sad, but, there are bits of incredible humour woven in.
3.5/5
So glad to have read / listened to this book. Grew quite fond of the characters and such a fine sense of humour in places.
Cain & Abel / good and bad is our choice.
4.8/5
Had absolutely no idea what this book was about. First of a trilogy. Started off really strong and good a Federal Agent wakes up after a massive car crash, doesn't know where he is.
Then it got bizarre, and I realised it's science fiction that I really don't like but I was 80% through, so decided to stick it through.
It then got semi interesting again. If I have absolutely nothing to listen to, then I will tackle the second book.
3.8/5
Worship.
Don't just reach out to God when you have a problem. Celebrate him, worship and have fellowship with him. If your child just comes to you with problems without having conversations it would sadden you, why then only reach out to God with problems.
Start your day with joy, celebration and worship with God.
The references, which I understand are important, are distracting , that is why I didn't give it 5/5.
4.5/5
4.5/5
I had not heard of Alex Toussaint before. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to the audiobook. Particularly like it when the author reads their own book.
Appreciate him sharing his vulnerabilities, his relationship with his dad. Being sent off to military school. How he found his path to success.
Not only is he an incredibly successful Peleton instructor, but, also a motivator.
We have to make sure we rest, and that our cup is overflowingw. It's about we not i, even illness becomes wellness when we focus on we. We are like Christmas lights, if one fades in the string all the others are impacted too.
4.5/5
Ah, what a sad story.
Binge listened to it in one day.
We meet newly married Celestial and Roy, one evening after visiting Roy's parents they stay over in a hotel. Roy is wrongly accused of raping one of the guests and sentenced to prison.
Each chapter is the perspective of each, in some instances, the letters they wrote each other while Roy was in prison. Then, how to cope when he gets out of jail and life has continued.
Beautifully and sensitivity written.
4.5/5
Absolutely loved this book. Binge audio listened to this over two days.
Met Elizabeth Zock, a scientist in the 1950's. She falls in love with Calvin, also a scientist and who is a rower and gets her into rowing. They get a dog 06:30. Her journey, trials and tribulations of what she has to deal with not wanting to get married. Then having to deal with being an unwed mother. Then she presents a television program Supper at Six, snd combines cooking with science.
Just so beautifully written. None of the characters grated me.
I highly recommend this book.
5/5
Meh.
Started off interesting, friends attended a wedding, one of the guests has a fit of some kind, has she been drugged? What is going on? Turns out it is some or other pandemic causing catatonia. But, only / mainly affects younger generations.
We follow the journey and relationship of four friends.
I battled to keep track with who is who, and when I have to Google to understand a book at the end, it's not a good sign.
Not a book I would recommend.
2/5
A book recommended via the CEO X Factor.
Cool that I'm track with my comparison of building a business and reputation being a marathon not a sprint. In this book Simon Sinek shares that there isn't an end to building a business, business leaders who are concerned about the longevity of their business are more successful than those who treat it as something to win/a finite goal.
Our lives are finite, but life is infinite ~ it continues with or without us.
No one wins at life, we all die.
3.5/5
This has been my morning listen. Love that it wasn't 'the usual suspects'.
Appreciate learning from successful business owners.
Core values and your team are crucial to your success.
Balance, sense of humour, reading, empathy are also keys to success.
4.5/5
Slow burn. Took quite a bit of time to get into it. Got a bit confused by the names. Went online to look for an outline of the characters which was a mistake, because I got quite a big spoiler.
Didn't love the present tense, but it's less annoying as an audiobook.
The town revolves around ice hockey.
Turned out to be very good. Looking forward to the next in the series.
4/5
Twisted!
The sequel to The Kind Worth Killing, but apparently not a must to read it first.
We meet Mr Kimble teacher turned PI.
GOOD, the only thing is that I am not 100% sure I understand the ending.
3.5/5
A fun take on what he likes and hates. Entertaining and in some areas so sad.
Candid take on his life, dogs, lovers, booze and work.
He also narrates it.
4/5
Highly recommended.
I remember watching the movie with Mark years ago, but can't remember it.
The audiobook is ok, I think the book would be better.
I got a bit confused who is who, but there were funny, witty bits.
3/5
It is written so sweetly, naively from a little boys perspective of growing up with a junkie Mom, no dad and who then gets put into the foster system. It's flippen sad. So well written.
I had borrowed the book from Libby, but it's quite a thick book and I wasn't able to renew it because someone else was waiting for it. So I also borrowed the audiobook version. I already had Demon's voice in my head so hearing the audiobook felt incongruent. I definitely preferred the book vs. the audiobook.
4.5/5
I need to find a better biography of him.
3/5
