"Barker loves Barker," so says Bob Barker in the last of this 6 CD audio book. And oh, how true this is. We all love Bob Barker and have enjoyed him for so many years on  Truth or Consequences and The Price is Right. But in this 7 hour rambling of his life, he mistakes our love for him for an intense interest in every aspect of his life. He admits he loves talking about himself and does to the point of tediousness. By the end of the 7 hours, the listener knows way more of Bob Barker than he bargained for when he slipped the first CD in the player. At least that's what happened to me. I expected to hear of his adventures on the show, and there's some of that. But the majority seems to be stories of little connectedness about his lost dog, his less than humorous stories of his personal life, virtually every moment of his growing up period, and what comes across as constant bragging of his accomplishments. That's not the Bob Barker I've come to know from the television. But that is the way the reading comes across. The language is artificial and the reading is strained. The only point when we see a genuine and passionate Barker is when he speaks of his animal activism and even that often seems to be just thrown in without thought to an order. He talks of his learning to fly a Corsair in WWII in one breath and the next jumps forward forty years to his show. He seems to have the script before him and reads as if trying to finish in one sitting. He tires and the reader tires. I credit Bob Barker for writing his life story. I'm just wondering who is really interested enough to sit through 7 hours of it.