Twitter summary: The first four years of Obama’s presidency. The good: While listening to the audiobook, I sometimes forgot that this all happened in real life. I throughly enjoyed listening to Obama’s detailed retrospective of his first term as POTUS. However, be prepared to re-read / rewind to fully understand the minute details and anecdotes.Continue reading “A Promised Land by Barack Obama (audiobook)”
Category Archives: Audiobook
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
Twitter summary: A woman’s husband goes missing and she does everything to get him back. The good: I’m still on the audiobook kick and so, the good of this book is the audiobook narrator. Michelle St. John did a wonderful job narrating this book. She made it entertaining and somewhat bearable. The bad: I wasContinue reading “Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline”
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Twitter summary: A human girl kills a wolf, who turns out to be a faerie. A faerie high lord brings her to his land as payment. They fall in love and he sends her away to protect her. Yet, she comes back to save him… The good: I wanted to re-read the series in preparationContinue reading “A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas”
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Twitter summary: Becoming me. Becoming us. Becoming more. The good: I loved listening to Michelle while she told her story and will always recommend listening to the audiobook of a memoir if narrated by the author. The audiobook was over 18 hours long but the overall listening experience did not feel overly long or drawnContinue reading “Becoming by Michelle Obama”
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