![THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD by Elena Ferrante [Audiobook Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/08/9781609452865.jpg?fit=256%2C400&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
The Story of the Lost Child Series: The Neapolitan Novels, Written by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein Audiobook read by Hillary Huber Published by Europa Editions on September 1st 2015 ISBN: 9781609452865 Genres: Fiction, Literary Format: audiobook Pages: 473 Source: public library via Overdrive Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; life’s great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have […]
![THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY by Elena Ferrante [Audiobook Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/08/9781609452339.jpg?fit=256%2C400&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Written by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein Audiobook read by Hillary Huber Published by Europa Editions on September 2nd 2014 ISBN: 9781609452230 Genres: Fiction, Literary Format: audiobook Pages: 400 Source: public library via Overdrive The incredible story continues in book three of the critically acclaimed Neapolitan Novels! Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan novels, Elena Ferrante’s fame as one of our most compelling, […]
![LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES by Sarah Vowell [Audiobook Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/08/9781594631740.jpg?fit=265%2C400&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Written by Sarah Vowell Audiobook read by Sarah Vowell Published by Penguin on October 20th 2015 ISBN: 9781101624012 Genres: History, United States, Biography & Autobiography Format: audiobook Pages: 288 Source: public library via Overdrive From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General […]
![The Hamiltome Opens the Door to The Room Where it Happens [A Reader’s Journal]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/06/26200563.jpg?fit=437%2C521&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
Hamilton: The Revolution Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter Audiobook read by Mariska Hargitay, Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda Published by Grand Central Publishing on April 12th 2016 ISBN: 9781455539741 Genres: Nonfiction, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts Format: audiobook Pages: 288 Source: purchased Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean […]
![Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, Books 1 and 2…Or, “My Brilliant Friend’s New Name” [A Reader’s Journal]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/07/Ferrante-1-and-2.jpg?fit=1734%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
My Brilliant Friend Series: The Neapolitan Novels #1 Written by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein Audiobook read by Hillary Huber Published by Europa Editions on September 25th 2012 ISBN: 9781609458638 Genres: Fiction, General, Literary Format: audiobook Pages: 336 Source: public library via Overdrive A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to […]
![DEAR MR. YOU by Mary-Louise Parker [Audiobook Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/05/9781501107832.jpg?fit=261%2C400&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
Dear Mr. You Written by Mary-Louise Parker Audiobook read by Mary-Louise Parker Published by Scribner on November 10th 2015 ISBN: 9781501107832 Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Personal Memoirs Format: audiobook Pages: 240 Source: purchased A wonderfully unconventional literary debut from the award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker. An extraordinary literary work, Dear Mr. You renders the singular arc of a woman’s life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who […]
All the Single Ladies Written by Rebecca Traister Audiobook read by Candace Thaxton Published by Simon and Schuster on March 1st 2016 ISBN: 9781476716589 Genres: History, Social Science, Women’s Studies Format: audiobook Pages: 352 Source: purchased A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America, this “singularly triumphant work” (Los Angeles Times) by Rebecca Traister “the most brilliant voice on feminism in the country” (Anne Lamott) is “sure to be […]
![THE CAPED CRUSADE by Glen Weldon [Audiobook Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/03/27276413.jpg?fit=98%2C148&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
The Caped Crusade Written by Glen Weldon Audiobook read by Glen Weldon Published by Simon and Schuster on March 22nd 2016 ISBN: 9781476756691 Genres: Social Science, Popular Culture, Media Studies Format: audiobook Pages: 336 Source: purchased A witty, intelligent cultural history from NPR book critic Glen Weldon explains Batman’s rises and falls throughout the ages—and what his story tells us about ourselves. Since his creation, Batman has been many things: a two-fisted detective; a planet-hopping […]
![WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi [(Audio)Book Thoughts]](https://i0.wp.com/3rsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2016/03/WhenBreathBecomesAirbyPaulKalanithi.jpg?fit=300%2C444&ssl=1&resize=520%2C400)
When Breath Becomes Air Written by Paul Kalanithi Audiobook read by Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell Published by Random House Publishing Group on February 16th 2016 ISBN: 9780812988413 Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Medical Format: audiobook Pages: 256 Source: public library via Overdrive #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis […]
Negroland: A Memoir Written by Margo Jefferson Audiobook read by Robin Miles Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Pantheon on September 8th 2015 ISBN: 9781101870648 Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Cultural Heritage, African American Studies Format: audiobook Pages: 256 Source: public library via Overdrive At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac—here is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture through the prism of the author’s rarefied upbringing and education […]
Ghettoside; A True Story of Murder in America Written by Jill Leovy Audiobook read by Rebecca Lowman Published by Random House Publishing Group on January 27th 2015 ISBN: 9780385530002 Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Social Science Format: audiobook Pages: 384 Source: public library via Overdrive NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, […]
All Involved Written by Ryan Gattis Audiobook read by Anthony Rey Perez, Marisol Ramirez, Jim Cooper, Adam Lazarre-White, James Chen Published by Harper Collins on April 7th 2015 ISBN: 9780062378811 Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Literary Format: audiobook Pages: 384 Source: public library via Overdrive A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast’s Richard Price—a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty, set in […]
