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!!!

The Villains, Heroes, Cowards, and Crooks Who Witnessed History's Biggest Miracle

By: Daniel Darling / Narrated By: Tim Mullins

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Delightful, avoid the words of the Nay-Sayers, and Listen for Wonderful History and Added Thoughts!

How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart

By: Jarvis Jay Masters / Narrated By: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hrs

In a Bad Place? There’s ALWAYS Jarvis Jay Masters

A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances

By: Bruce Deel, Sara Grace / Foreword By: Simon Sinek / Narrated By: Bruce Deel

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

My first Listen of 2023, and pass the tissues please…!

Unwrapping the Theology Behind Christmas

Series: Organic Faith, Book 2

By: Scott Douglas / Narrated By: Gary Whitaker

Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins

Scripture-laden, except when Douglas merrily goes off-script. Enjoyable!

How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Written and Narrated By: Steve Leder

Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins

BeYONd Lovely

Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

Written and Narrated By: Frank Ostaseski

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

Beauty beyond compare; simply gorgeous

Embracing Our Kinship with All of Life

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle, Pema Chödrön

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Whizbang-ish intros lead to a bit of a Whoops, but it all leads to the BEST meeting of two peaceful, joyful Souls…

The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home

By: Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory / Narrated By: Gary Furlong

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Gonna have to say it: NOT what I’d been expecting -AND- coulda been edited better… so >SOB<!!!

Living the Power of the Cross

By: Max Lucado / Narrated By: Ben Holland

Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins

Prepping for Easter? Prepping for Life?

The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen

And the Path of Loving-Kindness

By: Pema Chödrön / Narrated By: Joanna Rotte

Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins

Probably difficult for Western intellectuals to hear; but oh is it necessary!

How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place

By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.

Every Day a Christmas, Every Heart a Manger

By: Max Lucado / Narrated By: Ben Holland

Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins

Remembering God’s incarnation as the Son this Christmas

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!

In Spite of Everything

By: Viktor E. Frankl / Introduction By: Daniel Goleman / Narrated By: David Rintoul

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Much to my shame, I fell asleep a couple of times but was then whacked sensible by extraordinary affirmations

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?!?

Our Journey of Love and Loss

By: Susan Ducharme Hoben / Narrated By: Marie Hoffman

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Come to this—No judgment and with an open mind and heart

One Mexican Woman’s Journey of Faith, Hope, and Dreams to Join her Children in the USA

By: Edgar H. Hernandez MD / Narrated By: Shihara Austin

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Time Hopping made me dizzy, but this is still a fine tribute to a dearly loved Mama

By: Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill / Narrated By: Wanda McCaddon (aka Nadia May, Donada Peters)

Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins

MAGNIFICENT!!!

How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918

By: Joseph Loconte / Narrated By: Dave Hoffman

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

The occasional urge to throttle the narrator did NOT stop this from being a hard-hitting Listen. Filled with Strife; filled with Grace

The Hidden Keys to a Deeper Animal-Human Connection

By: Tammy Billups / Narrated By: Henrietta Weekes

Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins

Billups is preaching to the choir here!

The Power of Boundless Compassion

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Whazza? No longer available but through CDs?!? This is a gem, an epic of love hard-won! Beautiful!!!

The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances

By: Rachel Anne Ridge / Narrated By: Nan McNamara

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Finding God, finding spirit, in the least of his creatures

Big Lessons from a Little Donkey on Faith, Friendship, and Finding Your Path

By: Rachel Anne Ridge / Narrated By: Xe Sands

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

The life of a little donkey, and lots and lots of Scripture

A Book of Hope for Those Who Have Lost a Pet

By: Gary Kurz / Narrated By: Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

If you believe in Heaven, and you’re ADAMANT Evolution is a vast conspiratorial lie, then you’ll enjoy this book

Conversations on Loving and Dying

By: Mirabai Bush, Ram Dass / Narrated By: Mirabai Bush

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Good primer on Dass, plus some good work on grieving, some great work with practices

Turning Grief into Healing

By: Rabbi Ben Kamin / Narrated By: Alan Taylor

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Forever grateful that I listened to this at just the right time

A Novel

By: Quan Barry / Narrated By: David Lee Huynh

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Reading pals LOVED it; those who Listened to it? >A MIGHTY MEH<

A Novel

By: Paul L. Maier / Narrated By: David Colacci

Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins

Outstanding historical fiction!

Series: The Noel Collection, Book 1

Written and Narrated By: Richard Paul Evans

Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Dude! the monotone of the narration! That said, just enough Darkness to engineer a sorta Light that’ll bring that ol’ Christmas Lump to the throat

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Davina Porter

Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins

Oh thank gosh; this was sweet and delightful and cleeeeean!

Series: Rabbi Small, Book 1

By: Harry Kemelman / Narrated By: George Guidall

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Slow, leisurely pacing, grand character development, excellent narration—What a charmer!

By: David Shockley / Narrated By: Linda Graves

Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins

Probably a better listen for those currently grieving the loss of a little companion…

A Novel

By: Cynthia Keller / Narrated By: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins

Huzzah! Yet ANOTHER Listen that had me all warm and fuzzy. Well, after I wanted to throttle some characters

Series: Tales from Ivy Hill Novella

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

The main character? A guy. But the agents of change? Why, the women of Ivy Hill!

Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1 (Publication order), Book 2 (Author’s preferred order)

By: C.S. Lewis / Narrated By: Michael York

Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins

Such a joy! May I get to the next in the series soon? Pleeeeeease?!

By: Jason F. Wright / Narrated By: Dawn Harvey

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Oh gosh—the happy happy kind of sob sob sobbing

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins

A different tone than I’m used to from Ms. Klassen but beguiling nonetheless

By: Folco Terzani / Narrated By: Saul Reichlin

Length: 3 hrs and 1 min

Simply wonderful

Series: Christmas Jars, Book 1

Written and Narrated By: Jason F. Wright

Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins

A sweet and predictable little Christmas listen

By: Linda Byler / Narrated By: Scott Merriman

Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins

A very touching story of living faith… not much about Christmas

Written and Narrated By: Scott Hilton Davis

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Oh what lovely tales of Chhhhhhanukah!

By: Sarah Price / Narrated By: Teri Clark Linden

Length: 8 hrs

Winds up being good but OH how excruciating there for, well, HOURS!

Series: Haven Manor, Book 2

By: Kristi Ann Hunter / Narrated By: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

A fine sequel and, perhaps, simple stand-alone novel

By: Dorothea Benton Frank / Narrated By: Celia Weston

Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins

What a wonderful little listen!

By: Max Lucado / Narrated By: Greg Whalen

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

About finding and having faith

Written and Narrated By: Joel ben Izzy

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Remember the sweet things in Life

Series: Haven Manor, Book 1

By: Kristi Ann Hunter / Narrated By: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins

Very much looking forward to the sequel! Huzzah!

Series: Tales From Ivy Hill, Book 1

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 17 hrs

Set in the 1800s, but there’s a lot to make modern women proud

Series: Tales from Ivy Hill, Book 2

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins

Once again, the Ladies of Ivy Hill meet the times with great strength and character

Series: Tales from Ivy Hill, Book 3

By: Julie Klassen / Narrated By: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins

Wonderful end to a wonderful series. The women of Ivy Hill rock!