Review from Survival of the Fastest →
I don’t know what possessed me to purchase this audio book but I’m glad I did. Randy Lanier had a great life. Well I think so. He did so much. Sometimes it sounded unbelievable. This book was very intertwining. I recommend it for some laid listening.
As a French living in the USA I can totally relate and understand the struggle and challenges.
Review from The Puller →
I disliked the fact that it repeats stuff over and over and it gets really stupid and stays stupid. ,just eat up with stupidity
AI can either be a disaster for us if left in the hands of the companies that are using it to make money . Or AI can be used to give us many important tools to improve our lives.
Review from Why We Run →
Bernd was a wild man. I can hardly believe he got his body to do that 100k. I’m a runner but I’m not built like an ultra runner. I’ve struggled through some marathons but being a weight lifter who is not willing to give up the gym I am destined to struggle with long runs…
Review from Runestone →
I read this book about 15, 20 years ago and remember enjoying it; listening to it, not so much. I suppose what made the reading easy and the listening difficult was that I could skim over all the repetition and long, in depth asides. The 30 second advance button is an imprecise tool and by..
A terrific story of the rise and fall of the IMSA GT racing team Blue Thunder and Randy’s creative ways to finance it. I just wish Randy himself had narrated it. There some pretty horrendous pronunciations, especially last names.
Review from Rikers →
It’s just people’s experiences, vaguely arranged by theme? Barely any history and after three chapters, all the stories basically sound the same. I’d skip this if given the choice again.
I have known about and listened to interviews with Randy Lanier for years. I knew a lot of the story but only at the surface level. This book puts his experiences and life into an entirely new context. The details he goes into regarding his smuggling activities and their expansion over time are amazing. Tie..
Review from Rikers →
Interesting stories by inmates and correctional officers. It could and should have been shorter though, 1/3 of the stories would have been enough. OK book. Set the speed to 1.6/1.7.