This description had me at love, magic, and waffles. Of course, I had to listen to it. Olivia is 28 and in a rut. She’s never left the small town near Buffalo NY where she grew up. She’s stayed in […]
The Wizard’s Butler
I was intrigued just by the title of this book when I saw it. I looked at the reviews to see if people thought it was any good. The first one I read was from an incensed person. They were […]
You Can’t Be Serious
I’ve enjoyed Kal Penn in movies and TV starting with Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. I knew that he had taken a break from acting to work in the Obama White House but I didn’t know the details […]
The Stand-in
I picked up this Audible Original on a whim when I was facing a four hour drive and didn’t have an audiobook that was appealing at that very moment. I really enjoyed most of the story of a woman who […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me – Clap When You Land
I have loved this author’s previous two books. I was so excited to get to listen to this one as well. However, I didn’t really enjoy this book. I think this is an issue of having wrong expectations of what […]
Caffeine
This is a fairly short Audible original audiobook written and read by Michael Pollan. Of course I had to listen to it! It starts off with the author lamenting that to truly understand the affects of caffeine he had to […]
Cormoran Strike Series
I’d been low key wanting to read the Robert Galbraith mystery books ever since it was revealed that they were written by J.K. Rowling. I finally started them and then I couldn’t stop. I’ve listened to the four books on […]
Mercy for Animals
I’ve had this book on my Audible wishlist for a while but hadn’t gotten around to it. I’m glad I finally started to listen to it. I was surprised when it opened with a story of a stealth rescue of […]
Educated
Somehow I completely missed the point of this book from the previews I read. I thought this was going to be a book about a woman who received a college education after a lifetime of fake homeschool. What this book […]
The Good Neighbor
This is the most perfect combination of narrator and subject. What could possibly be more soothing than listening to LeVar Burton reading about Fred Rogers? It was so perfect that I listened to this at 1x speed and did not […]
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Eric Idle has always been my favorite member of Monty Python so I absolutely had to listen to this book. I can’t imagine just reading this book. Listening to him read this made the book. This book was so much […]
Ninety Percent of Everything
I’ve been intrigued by shipping ever since I heard a statistic in Moby Duck that said that 2 ships are lost weekly. I never knew whether I should believe that or not. That seemed like a lot of ships to lose […]
Little Soldiers
The author is the first generation American daughter of Chinese immigrants. She had a hard time reconciling her parents’ attitude toward education with her American school experiences. Now she and her American husband moved to Shanghai just in time for […]
The Blood of Patriots
The beginning of this book sounded familiar to me – like really, really familiar. Like the author, all my husband ever wanted to do was be a soldier until he was physically unable to do it any more. He was […]
Believe Me – The Wildest Audiobook Ever
I’m a huge Eddie Izzard fan. That’s a requirement for listening to this audiobook. If you think he is slightly funny or if you aren’t really sure if you know who he is, read the book but don’t listen to […]
The Foundling
In 1964, when Paul Fronczak was 1 day old, he was kidnapped from the maternity ward of a hospital in Chicago. Fourteen months later a child was found abandoned in New Jersey. Very limited scientific tests were available at the […]
Revolution for Dummies
Bassem Youssef was an Egyptian cardiac surgeon trying to find a way to move out of Egypt in 2011. He was not politically active until the Arab Spring protests. A friend wanted to have a YouTube series discussing politics and […]
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Aristotle and Dante is a book that I have been hearing about for a long time but just finally listened to. This is a coming of age story of two Mexican-American boys set in El Paso Texas in the 1980s. […]
Labyrinth Lost
“Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. […]
Juliet Takes a Breath
“Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s […]