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Found this audiobook on hoopla and the premise sounded interesting. The narrator was great and I loved the Aussie accent. This story is about dear Frederick Fife whose life changes when he comes across a group of nursing home residents. I love the trope of found family and this was a sweet book. The characters and relationships were nice to listen to (some more annoying than others *cough cough Patricia) and the plot had you thinking certain characters overlapped, but it is revealed that they just share similarities. I wasn’t affected emotionally, though that was clearly the intention. Just can’t fake feelings.

I could totally picture it being a movie and listening to the author’s acknowledgments at the end, it looks like it will become one someday.

I got this audiobook from hoopla because it is done by one of my favorite narrators: Weruche Opia. This is the story of Temi, who wants to get a BBL. I was anticipating the book being from her POV, so when the additional POVs began, I was confused. I wish it had only been from hers, but I get why the author told it from the perspective of her family members. We got insight into their lives that we may not have gotten as easily if it was just Temi’s voice.

The narration was great as always and I liked the story for the most part, though it felt unsatisfying at the end.

Found this book through my library as it was listed as a newly added audiobook. I confused the narrator with another author, but she did a great job anyways. The story itself didn’t really appeal to me initially, and it was a slow start and hard to get into it. I ended up pushing through and listening to most of it during one hike. I liked the feminist tones towards the end and the rejection of centering men, but overall this story just made me a bit sad and unfulfilled. And I hated the political angle with the inclusion of war criminals Clinton and Obama 🤮

Found this audiobook on hoopla and thought it would be an entertaining listen. It sure was! The two narrators for the two main characters did a great job, and it was easy to know whose POV it was from the voices. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to a romance so I forgot how descriptive the language can be. I don’t think I read the full synopsis of this book before I got it because I was surprised there was a plane crash, which is a critical part of the story. Not a fan of billionaires so I could’ve done without that aspect, but I did enjoy the relationship between the main characters and how they evolved together.

I’ve had this book on my TBR list for a while, and decided to borrow it from hoopla a few days ago. It was a quick listen, ~7 hours but only ~5 with 1.6x audio speed. The narrator was good and it was nice to listen to especially as I hiked and was around nature. It was interesting to learn how trees function, sometimes similarly to humans and animals, and how they live with the one another. The anecdote about how a leaf falling into a river leads to increased plankton, which is the foundation of water life, was fascinating. This book also talked about how non-native trees get introduced and it made me think of the evil JNF and how they brought pine trees to Palestine, which are a fire hazard.

Listening to this book made me want to go walk in a forest.

This was cute. I saw that there was a mini-series based off this book, so I wanted to read it before watching it. It's pretty short but took me a few weeks because I was reading from the computer and phone. I liked the mythology allegory.

DNF @ 91 minutes into the audiobook because of a mention of the evil entity of "isr*el" and the IOF for a side character. So unnecessary and frankly offensive, especially during a 2+ year genocide. Shame.

This was just okay. I was drawn by the title, being a librarian, so I thought this would be an interesting mystery. I got the audiobook from my library and the narrator did a fine job, thought I didn't like a few of her pronunciations. Honestly, there were too many characters and I didn't like how it jumped from one to another. It made it difficult to keep track of whose view it was and what was happening. And maybe because I was listening to it, but it seemed to jump around time-wise and I was confused as to what was happening and what had already happened. The mystery revelation was pretty unsatisfying too; felt random and not well-thought out. Overall, it was not something I would recommend.

I’ve had this on my TBR list for a while, and there’s always a wait. I figured it would eventually be available, so I waited. Finally, I put it on hold and it was ready after 6 weeks. This book came out in 2009! So I knew it would be a good read/listen.

I got the audiobook from Libby and it was narrated not by the author, which is uncommon among memoirs and autobiographies. But the narrator did a great job and maybe Agassi wasn’t interested in doing it. This book was incredibly detailed; I felt like I was living his life alongside him. I always wonder how people remember so much about their lives, down to conversations and feelings. Some people journal a lot so that makes sense that they have a record, but Agassi shared that he began journaling after his son was born. So maybe he just has a good memory or took creative liberties. Either way, this was an excellent autobiography and I enjoyed it. I had heard of him and other tennis players, but I’m not a sports fan so I didn’t really watch games or get into it. I like that the book started with him in real time, and then went back to detail his childhood and how he got into tennis (immigrant Iranian Armenian dad). It was so interesting to see his relationship with his family and the sport itself and how he actually hated tennis. I loved the relationship between him and his good friend Perry, his brother Philly, and especially his trainer/friend Gill. I didn’t know he dropped out of school in the 9th grade to pursue this sport. It was nice to see him recognize the value of education by opening up his own charter school. I was happy when he and Stefanie reconnected and got together, I would’ve liked to hear more about their relationship like he detailed about him and Brooke Shields.

Overall, this was a really good book and took me a bit longer than usual to listen to due to the length, but it was worth it.

A funny side note/synchronicity: I was watching a 2022 movie a few days ago and one of the main characters was reading this book. I was so surprised haha.

Julia Whelan is one of my top fave narrators! Everything she touches (narrates) turns to gold imho. That is why I picked up this audiobook from my library. I haven’t been too taken by any Emily Henry novels yet but this one got me hooked. I liked that the fmc is a librarian, as I am. The premise was interesting as well; Daphne was broken up with by her fiancée for his childhood best friend, so she moves in with the jilted boyfriend of the best friend. Miles was a yummy mmc and I enjoyed his personality. Lot of family dynamics at play and found family, which I love. Overall an enjoyable read with excellent narration and hopefully a movie in the future.

Julia Whelan is one of my top fave narrators! Everything she touches (narrates) turns to gold imho ☺️ very into this book so far