*Audiobook Review*
This book is better than I can ever hope to describe. This book was published in 1988, and I had never heard of it before last month! Thank you toepic for mentioning it in your review of 11/22/63, another book I can't wait to read. http://cannonballread4.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/toepics-cbr4-review-7-112263-by-stephen-king/#comment-2920
Jeff Winston dies of a heart attack in 1988. He then wakes up in his college dorm at Emory University in 1963, in his eighteen-year-old body with all of the memories of his previous life intact. He bets some money on the Kentucky Derby and wins. He then uses his knowledge of the future to invest in the stock market, and before long, he is one of the richest men in the world. Then, in 1988, after marrying and having a daughter, he dies of a heart attack. Again. Same day and time. I don't want to give anymore of the plot away, but there were definitely some unexpected twists and turns.
This should be required reading for the entire human race. I became addicted to this book. I literally could not stop listening to it. I listened to it while I folded laundry. I listened to it at Target while I was buying groceries (yeah, I was that asshole). This book is a Sci-Fi semi-time-traveling romance which I will always remember reading.
I just looked Ken Grimwood up on Wikipedia and found out that he was born in rural Alabama, about 4 hours from me. Unfortunately, he died in 2003. Several people have also stated that Replay is the basis for the film, Groundhog Day. As much as I love Groundhog Day, Replay is better.
5/5 Stars
This should be required reading for the entire human race. I became addicted to this book. I literally could not stop listening to it. I listened to it while I folded laundry. I listened to it at Target while I was buying groceries (yeah, I was that asshole). This book is a Sci-Fi semi-time-traveling romance which I will always remember reading.
I just looked Ken Grimwood up on Wikipedia and found out that he was born in rural Alabama, about 4 hours from me. Unfortunately, he died in 2003. Several people have also stated that Replay is the basis for the film, Groundhog Day. As much as I love Groundhog Day, Replay is better.
5/5 Stars
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