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April 14, 2024
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Animals, Action & Adventure
Gillian
The Book of Joe

About a Dog and His Man

Written and Narrated By: Victoria Price

Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins

More like The Book of Vincent… and… thank GOSH Times Change…!!!

The Book of Joe
March 31, 2024
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Empowerment
Gillian
Educated

A Memoir

By: Tara Westover / Narrated By: Julia Whelan

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Big Sis and I differed on this, but hey! listen to meeeeee: Devastatingly fanTAStic!!!

Educated
March 31, 2024
Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir
Gillian
Nam-Sense

Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne

By: Arthur Wiknik Jr. / Narrated By: Todd McLaren

Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins

I salute ALL who served, esPECially in Vietnam… but this was rather annoying

Nam-Sense
March 31, 2024
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment
Gillian
Capote’s Women

A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer / Narrated By: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins

A mishmash of EVERYthing that adds up to…? Uhm… not much…

Capote’s Women
November 25, 2023
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Food, Empowerment
Gillian
Savor

A Chef's Hunger for More

By: Fatima Ali / Contributor: Tarajia Morrell / Narrated By: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Oh thank GOSH! A Thanksgiving Listen that causes cravings, causes cheering, causes tears

Savor
Gillian
August 24, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports

Hurricane Season

Gillian
August 24, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Sports
Hurricane Season

A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina

By: Neal Thompson / Narrated By: David Drummond

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Audio production glitches can’t keep a good story down!

Tagged: Hurricane Katrina, Autumn

Gillian
August 3, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military

Five Lieutenants

Gillian
August 3, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
Five Lieutenants

The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I

By: James Carl Nelson / Narrated By: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Iffy narration and production problems can’t mar a good story

Tagged: Veterans Day, WWI

Gillian
July 27, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals

Another Good Dog

Gillian
July 27, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
Another Good Dog

One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs

By: Cara Sue Achterberg / Narrated By: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

The fear of an empty nest leads to the fullest heart possible!

Tagged: Helping Hand

Gillian
July 19, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir

The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon

Gillian
July 19, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir
The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon

By: Todd Zwillich / Narrated By: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

A bit of a fistfight, with lots o’ history and personalities thrown in

Tagged: Commuting

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Science & Technology, Bio & Memoir
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer / Narrated By: Chike Johnson

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

What a wonderful boy! What a wonderful audiobook!!!

Tagged: Big Sis, Life's Spring

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir

Marrow

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
Marrow

A Love Story

By: Elizabeth Lesser / Narrated By: Sally Field

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Live from your marrow; love from your marrow!

Tagged: Valentine's Day, Big Sis, Women's History

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir

Another Insane Devotion

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir
Another Insane Devotion

On the Love of Cats and Persons

By: Peter Trachtenberg / Narrated By: Joe Geoffrey

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Love. Life. Cats. Very good, but Peter is, quite possibly, a jerk…

Tagged: Big Sis, Lifesaver

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir

A Primate's Memoir

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir
A Primate's Memoir

A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

By: Robert M. Sapolsky / Narrated By: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins

I felt so sorry for myself that Sapolsky didn’t narrate this, but then I got over it and had a really good time!

Tagged: Big Sis, Natural World

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir

Happiness: A Memoir

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
Happiness: A Memoir

The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After

Written and Narrated By: Heather Harpham

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

A dramatic narration sometimes pushes this very good book over the top

Tagged: Big Sis

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

Small Fry

Gillian
July 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir
Small Fry

By: Lisa Brennan-Jobs / Narrated By: Eileen Stevens

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

12 hours and 1 minute is about 12 hours too long

Tagged: Big Sis, Author

Gillian
July 13, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir

An Eagle Named Freedom

Gillian
July 13, 2019
Nonfiction, Animals, Bio & Memoir
An Eagle Named Freedom

My True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

By: Jeff Guidry / Narrated By: John Pruden

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

So astounding, and some things so moving, I Googled the heck outta Freedom!

Tagged: Commuting, Natural World

Gillian
July 6, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Food, Bio & Memoir

Blood, Bones & Butter

Gillian
July 6, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Food, Bio & Memoir
Blood, Bones & Butter

The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

Written and Narrated By: Gabrielle Hamilton

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Angst and Aioli!

Tagged: Culinary

Gillian
July 5, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military, Remembrance

Unbecoming

Gillian
July 5, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military, Remembrance
Unbecoming

Written and Narrated By: Anuradha Bhagwati

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Hmm… Would it be possible to haaaate this any more than I do…?

Tagged: LGBTQIA, Women's History, I Want My Hours Back

Gillian
June 29, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir

LGBTQ: Outing My Christianity

Gillian
June 29, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir
LGBTQ: Outing My Christianity

By: Ann Townsend / Narrated By: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

More about a search for comfort in the Church rather than Townsend outing herself as a Christian

Tagged: LGBTQIA, Commuting

Gillian
June 29, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military

Spearhead

Gillian
June 29, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Military
Spearhead

An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

By: Adam Makos / Narrated By: Johnathan McClain

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Another Makos Jolly-Decent Listen

Tagged: Veterans Day, WWII

Gillian
June 22, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

A Queer and Pleasant Danger

Gillian
June 22, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir
A Queer and Pleasant Danger

A Memoir

By: Kate Bornstein / Narrated By: Alice Rosengard

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Disarmingly honest; I mean, like, waaaaaaay honest!!!

Tagged: LGBTQIA, Actor

Gillian
June 22, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Animals, Bio & Memoir

Joey

Gillian
June 22, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Animals, Bio & Memoir
Joey

How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See

By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley / Narrated By: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

And Joey’s not the only precious horse in this book; I was BAWLING my head off halfway through >Sniffle<

Tagged: Pet Day and Month, Women's History, Grief, Lifesaver

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir
Me Talk Pretty One Day

Written and Narrated By: David Sedaris

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Sedaris takes on language, France, America, and drugs. Oh and art! Oh and the Ugly American! Oh and fat! Oh and…!

Tagged: LGBTQIA, Commuting, Jewish Heritage Month, Comedian

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Military

A Dog Named Beautiful

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Military
A Dog Named Beautiful

A Marine, a Dog, and a Long Road Trip Home

Written and Narrated By: Rob Kugler

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Awwwww! One of the better memoirs of wonder dogs! Best. Dog. Dad. EVER!

Tagged: Pet Day and Month, Father's Day, Veterans Day, Grief, Lifesaver, Iraq, Healing

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir

The Unbreakable Boy

Gillian
June 15, 2019
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bio & Memoir
The Unbreakable Boy

A Father's Fear, a Son's Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love

By: Scott Michael LeRette / Narrated By: Lloyd James

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

What a refreshing, what a LOVING look at fatherhood!

Tagged: Father's Day, Life's Spring

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