Volume 189: June 26, 2022

Hello fellow Accomplice!

We’re going all mega cockeyed here as we give y’all a Week O’ The Hodgepodge with a wiiiiide variety of reviews!

Sunny ain’t tipping over, and neither are we. We’re hoping all will…?

Find something to their liking!

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Just comment below on this week’s reviews or email me at: Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com!

And sooo…!
Let’s start the week with the landslide winner for **My Next Listen** then go on to a good-hearted **Animals** pick.
And ‘twould appear I’m up for a **Military** pick, this time a duo on different sides of the **Vietnam** experience spectrum.
Finally, I’ll round it out with one to ready all Faithful Accomplices for **Independence Day**, landing just a day shy of celebrations… and, uhm, retail sales…
Join me, yes?
Details for the audiobooks are on the **Listening to Now** page.

Huzzah Huzzah Huzzah!
Guess who passed her Certification Exam?!
And with flying colors no less!
To say I’m excited, to say I’m eager for m’ Second Act in Life to begin would be all-understated like crazy!
So here are what I’m considering: Life, and how we face Death… these wonderful Journeys we’re all on!
**Vote** now and **vote** often!
Details for the audiobooks are at **Tell Me What’s Next**. Feel free to also **suggest another audiobook** for future review.

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**All the Young Men:** A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

*By: Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary / Narrated By: Ruth Coker Burks*
Nonfiction, Social Science Faves, LGBTQ+, Well Known Figure Memoir, Social Science, Biology & Medicine
Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
**Moving, heartfelt, emotionally evocative, and I could go on. Let’s leave it at simply stunning.**
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**A Boldly Daring Scheme:** A Regency Cozy

Series: Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, Book 7
*By:* *Lynn Messina* */ Narrated By:* *Jill Smith*
Fiction, Regency Romance Series, Women Sleuths
Length: 7 hrs
**Let me be honest: Was getting this outta the way so that I can get back to Beeeea!!! But it wound up mildly charming…**
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**We Were One:** Shoulder-to-Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah

*By:* *Patrick K. O'Donnell* */ Narrated By: Richard Powers*
Nonfiction, Military History, Iraq
Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
**Fantastic stories, but oh soooo poorly read. You want a feel for grueling combat? Do READ the book, like, the print version. I’m serious…**
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**Beyond the Bright Sea**

*By: Lauren Wolk / Narrated By: Jorjeana Marie, Lauren Wolk*
Fiction, Historical Kids, Native American Fiction
Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
**Yeh yeh yeh—a caveat here, a caveat there, but mostly? Lovely…**
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**One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich**

*By: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn / Narrated By:* *Frank Muller*
Fiction, Shorter Classics, World Classics, Social Science
Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
**Uhm, not what I expected, but oddly grand.**
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Okay so maaaaybe Poor Ivy IS tipping a bit… but the love bug is on a cushy bed, so all safe and well.

Looking forward to the week’s Listening, so I’m outta here!

Y’all stay cool, and I’ll see you next Sunday…

Your Accomplice, Gillian

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