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Starlet

Starlet

has 68 followers and is following 59 people

Many of the books showing read on my shelf are Unabridged Audible.com downloads to my iPhone or I get the CD book version on loan from the Library. Currently, I make a point to find a CD book that is 4 discs or less for listening to in the car as I don't have much of a commute and I would have to have a normal length book out for a month. For... more »
  • San Francisco, CA,
  • member since January 14, 2007

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  • SueReads

    SueReads says

    I did like It, however I think Stephen King has a lot of other books I would recommend first, The Stand and Misery being first as 'typical' King books. I also highly recommend his new one 11/22/63 it's Stephen King meets historical fiction. Also his Dark Tower series is excellent but not typical King.

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Karen R

    Karen R says

    hi i have added a new discussion to audiobooks to recomend group entittled reviews january/febuary 2012 hope this ok as I havent done it before.

    karen

    posted 13 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Randee S

    Randee S says

    Hi. Hope you had a good holiday season. I really liked The Paris Wife. I felt that I got a true sense of what Hemingway was like and how he was so unsure of himself in many ways but was equally quite narcissistic. I read Loving Frank at about the same time and was taken by the similarities between these men and the women who loved them. In both cases the women have been written as interestingly as the men.

    I am listening to Killed at the Whim of a Hat. It is a novel on the order of Alexander McCall Smith's series. It takes place in Thailand. I am a bit tired of it, but am almost done. I will be looking at your list for some suggestions.

    Take care.

    Randee

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Randee S

    Randee S says

    I also listen to audio books quite a lot. I am going to peruse your list and see what you have read. Thanks.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • BookCat

    BookCat says

    Stumbled on your shelf. I am really getting into audio books lately. They make me happy. I think it's because I am not focusing on the traffic. Hope you don't mind if I follow you. I like your reviews. I forgot how much I like "The Handmaid's Tale" until I read your review.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Jerseygirl / Mrs. Constance (Oodles) Oxford-Whapdoodle, B.C., D.C.

    Jerseygirl / Mrs. Constance (Oodles) Oxford-Whapdoodle, B.C., D.C. says

    Welcome to the History Non-Fiction Group. There are a few group rules posted at the top of the group page. Please take a moment to review and if you haven't already done so, introduce yourself in our "Welcome and Introduction" thread and tell us what your interests are. Our group reads are done on a quarterly basis the selected book for the Jul - Sep quarter is: Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy. We hope you'll join us for the group read. Again, welcome to the group.
    Jan (Group Admin)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Judy S

    Judy S says

    So glad to see you've read Nothing to Envy. What a book! Just unbelievable. I'm so glad I read it and wish more people would. My father fought in this war and got all the way up to the Yalu River so he spent time in North Korea. The weather was bitterly cold and they were still in summer uniforms. (He was also in the Pacific in WWII)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Judy S

    Judy S says

    I was checking reviews of In the Garden of Beasts and came across yours. Decided to check your shelf and we have many of the same books. I'd like to "follow" you if okay. Thanks, Judy

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Fiona R

    Fiona R says

    Hi Starlet,
    I read Room as well, but often forgot I was reading fiction. I have 2 boys aged 11 and 15 and I can't imagine them growing up like that, so maybe that's why it seemed so real to me. I'm looking forward to A Stolen Life now - thanks for the feedback - though I'm reading the YA Hunger Games series at the moment. The first book was a new favourite, but the 2nd one feels very lazy to me, as in there's nothing new, and I'm past halfway. That sounds even to me like very harsh criticism, but the author seems to have just found a way into the story (which was slow, btw) just to facilitate a rehash of the original idea. I hope the third book is better!
    Another book I want to read is similar to Jaycee's story - about Austrian Natascha Kampusch, who was held in a cellar for 8 years. Sadly, there are so many of these stories (TRUE stories) and another that springs to mind is Elisabeth Fritzl, who was imprisoned in the family bomb shelter/cellar for 24 years, and had 7 children by her father - simply horrific.
    I saw Nothing to Envy on your shelf and thought it looked interesting. another I have lined up is The Hypnotist, which has received glowing reviews.
    Happy reading!
    F :)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Fiona R

    Fiona R says

    Hi Starlet,
    How are you finding A Stolen Life? I bought it when I was away for my son's skating competitions but haven't started it yet. Would love to hear your thoughts when you finish it....but no spoilers please!
    Hope all is well with you. Any WW2 books you'd recommend lately?
    F :)

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • koren56

    koren56 says

    Thanks for the friend request and the nice note. You also have an interesting shelf.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Pepi

    Pepi says

    Hi
    The libraries use a vendor called Overdrive. You are correct in that it initially did not include Apple products. But now there are tons of books available for iPhones. they have also recently added epub books. They can only be checked out for two weeks and can be downloaded to Apple products.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Pepi

    Pepi says

    Glad to accept the invite. Have you looked into downloading books from the library onto an mp3 player? I do agree with you that we can read a whole lot more books by combining listening and reading. I love JD Robb's "In Death" series on audio.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • The Ancient One

    The Ancient One says

    You are lovable. You are worthy of love, of being loved. You are a valuable member of the family of human beings that lives on this planet right now, and you can help to make the world a better place by showing your love, to yourself and to others. Your small acts of love can help to make people feel safe, consoled, helped, cared for and about. Love grows as it is spread, and your acts of love today will be multiplied into many acts more tomorrow. Ask yourself always, "Am I contributing to the love on this planet?", and act accordingly. The love that you are will become a very special part of who you are, and what other people who come in contact with you feel about life.

    Tom Walsh

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Fiona R

    Fiona R says

    Hi Starlet,
    I found the Holocaust Literature group - thank you - and I have joined it. I found some interesting titles mentioned there, too, which I'll go hunting for.
    Fiona :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • tatertot

    tatertot says

    I hope you enjoy it! I really enjoyed Ron Silver as a narrator and the book itself was great.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Fiona R

    Fiona R says

    Hi Starlet,
    Thanks for the suggestion. I also read a lot of Holocaust books. How do I join the group or even find it here on shelfari? Are you able to send me an invite please?
    Thanks,
    F :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • tatertot

    tatertot says

    Hi Starlet, hope you are listening to something great right now. I've stumbled upon podcasts from NPR and that's really cut into my audio book time, darn. I love your profile description, we have a lot of in common. Have you read/listened to The Plot Against America? It's an alternate history by Phillip Roth read by Ron Silver, it's wonderful.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Anne-Marie B

    Anne-Marie B says

    I am actually listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right now in my car. They are AMAZING!!! I read the books and tried to get my mother to read them but that was a no go (She's not much of a reader) so a friend of her gave her the audio on a zip drive so she could use them on her Ipod which is what I'm doing. They are so funny, so fun and so interesting I want to keep driving around the block so I can keep listening. If you like I can try to email them to you. Also I am super obssesed with anything WWII & Hitler. It's kinda strange but I find the topic super interesting.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kate M

    Kate M says

    Very nice to meet you Starlet. It is always nice to connect with people who have similar reading habits! It appears that you haven't read the book Room. I highly suggest it...very intriguing from a 5 year old boy's perspective.

    I also see that you've read Diary of Anne Frank...while most people do because of school assignments and what not...that book was the catalyst to my love of reading. I was a young, good reader...but did my first book report in 4th grade on it, and I believe it helped (a) define me as a person in regards to empathy & compassion and (b) started me on a path to more intellectual reading rather than "just for fun"...though I do succumb to Danielle Steel on occasion when it's nice to just read to "escape" :o)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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