Gillian

June 12, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

Rita Moreno

Gillian

June 12, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

A hit with a few misses

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

April 24, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

Lonely Boy

Gillian

April 24, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

Tales from a Sex Pistol

Written and Narrated By: Steve Jones

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Honest, soooo honest, totally honest, BRUTALLY honest… LOVED it…

Gillian

April 10, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Well Known Figure

A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War

Gillian

April 10, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Well Known Figure

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

Gillian

February 27, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Empowerment, Well Known Figure

When Harry Met Minnie

Gillian

February 27, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Empowerment, Well Known Figure

A True Story of Love and Friendship

Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…

Gillian

February 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Empowerment, Well Known Figure

We're Going to Need More Wine

Gillian

February 13, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Empowerment, Well Known Figure

Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

Written and Narrated By: Gabrielle Union

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Would I love to have a glass of wine with Union? Yesss! Would I listen to more of her essays? Nooooo!

Gillian

January 23, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics, Well Known Figure, Performance

Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime

Gillian

January 23, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics, Well Known Figure, Performance

Written and Narrated By: Dan Rather

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Charming and folksy, even when touching on the traumatic and the tragic…

Gillian

January 16, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics, Well Known Figure

Promise Me, Dad

Gillian

January 16, 2021

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Politics, Well Known Figure

A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose

Written and Narrated By: Joe Biden

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

First Listen? I thought too much on politics. Second Listen? Thank GOD—a decent human being in politics

Gillian

November 25, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Food, Humor

Food

Gillian

November 25, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Food, Humor

A Love Story

Written and Narrated By: Jim Gaffigan

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

If you’re a fan of JG, I hear tell this all might be familiar. I, however, am new so what a fun ride!

Gillian

October 30, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Criminal, Psychological, Performance

Evil Has a Name

Gillian

October 30, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Criminal, Psychological, Performance

The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation

By: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell / Narrated By: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente

Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins

True Crime? BeYONd that, just a truly stellar audio production—had me jumping at sounds!

Gillian

October 10, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment

My Beloved World

Gillian

October 10, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment

By: Sonia Sotomayor / Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins

Warm, rich with family. May I say that I’m now a fan…?

Gillian

August 22, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

The Year of Magical Thinking

Gillian

August 22, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

By: Joan Didion / Narrated By: Vanessa Redgrave

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

FanTAStic and, thankfully, not as devastating as the print version

Gillian

August 1, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

Jane Austen at Home

Gillian

August 1, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

A Biography

By: Lucy Worsley / Narrated by: Ruth Redman, Lucy Worsley

Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins

Uhmm… the best JA bio, or… the ONLY JA bio I’ve listened to… YET

Gillian

April 4, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Well Known Figure, Psychological

The Five

Gillian

April 4, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Well Known Figure, Psychological

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By: Hallie Rubenhold / Narrated By: Louise Brealey

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Very much wanted to love this, but… >Meh<

Gillian

March 7, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, European, Well Known Figure

The Splendid and the Vile

Gillian

March 7, 2020

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, European, Well Known Figure

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: John Lee / Epilogue By: Erik Larson

Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins

WOW! Can chaos and carnage and political machinations be good ol’ rollicking fun? YES!!!

Gillian

February 29, 2020

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

Maybe You Never Cry Again

Gillian

February 29, 2020

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Bernie Mac

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

A fine tribute to a funny man gone way too soon

Gillian

January 24, 2020

Nonfiction, History, European, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

Prince of Pleasure

Gillian

January 24, 2020

Nonfiction, History, European, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency

By: Saul David / Narrated By: Sam Devereaux

Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins

From whence all my beloved Regency romances came… The debauched yet kindly “Prinny”

Gillian

December 23, 2019

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Well Known Figure, Holidays

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Gillian

December 23, 2019

Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, History, Well Known Figure, Holidays

How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

By: Les Standiford / Narrated By: Jonathan Davis

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

I wanted to love this, truly I did! But holy COW is it dry!

Gillian

November 28, 2019

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Food, Bio & Memoir

The Traveling Feast

Gillian

November 28, 2019

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Food, Bio & Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Rick Bass

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

Not much on feasting but a lot about traveling; not much on the authors he visits but a lot for the budding writer to take in

Gillian

October 19, 2019

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

A Place to Stand

Gillian

October 19, 2019

Nonfiction, Well Known Figure, Bio & Memoir

The Making of a Poet

By: Jimmy Santiago Baca / Narrated By: Jackson Gutierrez

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Brutal yet ultimately beautiful