David

Great podcast

Reviewed: 04-12-22

I love listening to this on a daily basis - they make the mundane enjoyable.

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Humans - Mostly Harmless; *wink*

Reviewed: 09-02-15

Perhaps an alternate yet discarded title for the book could have been "mostly harmless". After reading this book, I've realized that humans would love to believe that we're harmless to our world, but when smacked in the face with the truth, we'd settle for mostly harmless.

The truth is that we have been the most prolific species to roam the earth. We affect climate, geography, flora, fauna and yes, even the continents! All the while not necessarily intending to do so, but in the name of curiosity and progress we do.

I loved this book for it's ability to peel off the layers of millions of years of the Earth's history and put it into perspective with a focus on the extinction events that occurred over time. While highlighting the current extinction that humans are in the middle of causing.

To be honest, before reading it,I wasn't sure if I would become depressed, but I actually found it amazingly interesting. It allowed me the unique experience to be able to step outside of humanity and observe us as a species. I now also understand the pressures and laws exerted on all species that occupy the Earth. While we may think we are above all of that, we are all subjected to the same forces as the very species that we cause to become extinct.

I don't know if humans are capable of reversing the current extinction, just because to do so would mean that we've been successful at suppressing our natural tendency to try to control our environment, when all the while, quite ironically, we are marching ourselves ever faster toward that event as a result of our control.

In the end, I marvel at the fact that I can read the playbook of our own extinction, with all the fascination of a great who done it. But please don't judge me for that...
I'm only being human.

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Gripping... A must read

Reviewed: 10-29-12

Where does The Casual Vacancy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This story is tied for first place for all the audio books I've listen to so far. The other book is "the Help".

What about Tom Hollander’s performance did you like?

He really brought all of the characters alive for the reader. And in this book, it was all about the characters.

Any additional comments?

While the story was gritty at times it was impossible to put down. It was a lot like going past a bad car accident... Impossible to look away from.

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Time I'll Never Get Back

Reviewed: 05-23-12

Any additional comments?

The style of the book was stiff and the story line was equally so. I only listened to the remainder of the book out of the same curiosity that a bad car accident brings on my ride to work. Save yourself from this car wreck.

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