Gillian

February 5, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

Winter of Frozen Dreams

Gillian

February 5, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

By: Karl Harter / Narrated By: Dennis Holland

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

From start to finish? Entertaining if you liked “48 Hours” and Court TV

Gillian

January 15, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science, Self Development, Empowerment

The Pursuit of Happyness

Gillian

January 15, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science, Self Development, Empowerment

(Abridged)

By: Chris Gardner / Narrated By: Andre Blake

Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins

Soooo torn about this one! Would you respect me less were I to be as indecisive as to neither Yay nor Boo it?!

Gillian

January 1, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Mental Health

Normal Sucks

Gillian

January 1, 2022

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Mental Health

How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines

Written and Narrated By: Jonathan Mooney

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

A wonderful reminder to be Yourself, and NYAH! to the System!

Gillian

December 11, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science

The Whole Language

Gillian

December 11, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science

The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle

Length: 10 hrs

I prefer to say “Gosh”, but here? I HAVE to say it: Thank God for Gregory Boyle!

Gillian

November 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

Yellow Bird

Gillian

November 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Written and Narrated By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins

One journalist’s obsession with one woman’s obsession…

Gillian

November 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science, Mental Health

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Gillian

November 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science, Mental Health

By: Alicia Elliott / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Kyla Garcia turns mostly-crotchety essays into chipper and jaunty musings… Whatthe?!?

Gillian

October 9, 2021

Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Anthropology

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

Gillian

October 9, 2021

Nonfiction, Social Science, History, Anthropology

Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

By: Seth Holmes / Narrated By: Paul Costanzo

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

No really, beYONd a Left/Right Issue—this is just a shared humanity, isn’t it?!?

Gillian

October 9, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics

Dear America

Gillian

October 9, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics

Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Written and Narrated By: Jose Antonio Vargas

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Good enough but by no MEANS is this the experience of most Undocumented individuals…

Gillian

October 2, 2021

Nonfiction, Ecology, Social Science, Bio & Memoir

A Walk in the Woods

Gillian

October 2, 2021

Nonfiction, Ecology, Social Science, Bio & Memoir

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

By: Bill Bryson / Narrated By: Rob McQuay

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! …oops… wait… is it okay to laugh…?

Gillian

September 18, 2021

Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Philosophy

Thoreau and Emerson

Gillian

September 18, 2021

Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Philosophy

Nature and Spirit

By: Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson / Narrated By: Russ Barnett

Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins

All seem so timely; I’m kinda distressed but am also a weeee bit hopeful…?

Gillian

September 4, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science

Channel of Peace

Gillian

September 4, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science

Written and Narrated By: Kevin Tuerff

Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins

Actionable steps to be taken if you’re feeling grateful around 9-11 anniversaries

Gillian

September 4, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science

Reluctant Hero

Gillian

September 4, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Social Science

A 9/11 Hero Speaks Out About What He's Learned, How He's Struggled, and What No One Should Ever Forget

By: Michael Benfante / Narrated By: Chris Ruen

Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins

Reluctantly giving this one a pass… There are better ways to handle PTSD, but ya gotta be honest, and ya gotta be brave

Gillian

June 26, 2021

Fiction, Suspense, Romance, Politics

Enter the Aardvark

Gillian

June 26, 2021

Fiction, Suspense, Romance, Politics

By: Jessica Anthony / Narrated By: Matt Amendt

Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins

First Listen? Haaaaated it! Listened again to see exACTly why, and I? Loved it…?

Gillian

June 26, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

Tinderbox

Gillian

June 26, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

By: Robert W. Fieseler / Narrated By: Paul Heitsch

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

More a testament to FINALLY remembering a tragedy than a story about a fire

Gillian

June 19, 2021

Fiction, Autobiographical, Animals, Cognition

My Dad My Dog

Gillian

June 19, 2021

Fiction, Autobiographical, Animals, Cognition

By: Rebecca Warner / Narrated By: Julie John

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Are we the only ones who didn’t have the Fairy Tale Alzheimer’s experience? … jeez…

Gillian

June 19, 2021

Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir, Mental Health

Thirty Days with My Father

Gillian

June 19, 2021

Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir, Mental Health

Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD

Written and Narrated By: Christal Presley

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

So very fragmented winds up being so very moving…

Gillian

June 12, 2021

Nonfiction, History, Lecture & Course, Social Science

The Real History of Witches and Witch Hunts

Gillian

June 12, 2021

Nonfiction, History, Lecture & Course, Social Science

The Real History of Witches and Witch Hunts

Written and Narrated By: Thomas Fudge

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Snooooze… hypotheses suggested… snooooze…. no conclusions drawn… snooooooze… Whazza? Is it over?!

Gillian

May 8, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Well Known Figure

The Seasons of My Mother

Gillian

May 8, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Well Known Figure

Written and Narrated By: Marcia Gay Harden

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Lovely, lyrical, just wondered when the heck her Mom was gonna get her Meeee Time…?

Gillian

May 8, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Performance, Essays & Poetry

The Long Hello

Gillian

May 8, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Performance, Essays & Poetry

Memory, My Mother, and Me

By: Cathie Borrie / Narrated By: Jill Tucker, Cathie Borrie

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Sometimes lovely, sometimes heartbreaking—Bits and pieces strung together; it’s Life in all its desperate and gorgeous glory…

Gillian

March 20, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

A Bit of a Stretch

Gillian

March 20, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

The Diaries of a Prisoner

Written and Narrated By: Chris Atkins

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Yes, it’s The Chris Show—but gosh is the tragedy funny, or what? And don’t we owe our fellow human beings more…?