I stole borrowed this book from a co-worker. I love it so much, though, that I’m purchasing my own copy. (Yeah, you heard me, Austin Kleon; I’m buying you a cup o’ joe. Who knows…maybe we’ve sat next to one... Read More
That’s right…I am following the day after the U.S. Presidential election with a review of Tina Fey’s Bossypants. (I’m sure Tina Fey could insert a hysterically appropriate love-of-country joke here. I drafted a few of my own renditions, but, alas, I realized... Read More
Langston Hughes is likely most well-known for his poem “Harlem.” His other works are equally wonderful and diversified. The Voice of the Poet: Langston Hughes is one disc, a super-quick listen, accompanied by a small printed book of his poems.... Read More
Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the second book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. One of the authors narrates the audio book, and the book shares this common theme among... Read More
Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice is a remarkable book. Rice reads the audio book over seven discs and nearly nine hours. It is a book detailing Rice’s parents and growth from childhood to her first encounter with... Read More
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems is a collection of poems, both modern and classic, curated by Caroline Kennedy. The poems focus on broad themes of womanhood. Some of the poems I knew, and it was nice to... Read More
Brain Rules, by John Medina, provides 12 “rules” of brain function and evidence of the body’s most brilliant organ function. In it, the author points out the way we learn and work go against the way the brain truly functions.... Read More
I picked up The Encore Effect from my library a few weeks ago. With less than three hours of audio, I knew this book wouldn’t last long. That was one of the reasons I checked it out; I needed a... Read More
The most recent audio book keeping me company on my daily commute into work is Maya Angelou’s Letter to My Daughter. With 28 short chapters, you can read or listen to this inspiring book in a little less than three... Read More
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer has been on my “to read” list ever since it debuted. How fortuitous the library branch closest to my work, which gave me the pleasure of reading listening to another book,... Read More