Category: Audiobooks

Reviews for all audiobooks.

Review: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

April 11, 2025

This book is hard to rate because Du Mez has clearly done her research but I do think some of the content was a bit repetitive, especially with the repetitive discussions of men and women’s place in society. As a non religious person, this book really helped me to understand the current political environment and … More Review: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Review: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

February 25, 2025

This was a fascinating look at the life and crimes of master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Breitwieser and his girlfriend, Anna-Catherine Kleinklaus, carried out more than two hundred heists over eight years and stole more than three hundred objects. This book goes over his life, his many heists, and his eventual capture and imprisonment.  I remember … More Review: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

Review: She Kills Me: The True Stories of History’s Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

February 20, 2025

This was a brief but informative look at 40 women from history who have become killers for various reasons. While this was a great way to introduce readers to women from history, some of these bios were extremely short, like 1 minute or so, which I found to be disappointing. I do think this is … More Review: She Kills Me: The True Stories of History’s Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

Review: Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

January 11, 2025

“Diseases are the most fundamental enemy of the human race, and we must be at constant war against them.” This was a fascinating book about thirteen different plagues and how they were handled. I have only heard about most of these but never done deeper research into them. This book provided a great introduction to … More Review: Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

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Review: Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King’s Tomb by Toby Wilkinson

November 16, 2024

This book wasn’t really what I was expecting. From the title, I thought that this was just going to discuss 100 objects that were in Tutankhamun’s tomb. Instead this book gives a lot of history on Egypt and links it to certain items of Tutankhamun’s. This made it a little harder to determine what 100 … More Review: Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King’s Tomb by Toby Wilkinson

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Review: The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters

November 4, 2024

The Emerson family is back in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season, but they quickly find themselves facing new trouble. Someone is accusing David of selling ancient artifacts that are actually forgeries and now they have to find out who is doing it. This has been my last favorite book of this series. It felt … More Review: The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters

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Review: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shae Ernshaw

October 28, 2024

After Sally and Jack get married, Sally quickly realizes she isn’t prepared to be queen and doesn’t like how her role has changed. She struggles with the attention that comes with being queen. When Sally and Zero uncover a long lost doorway to Dream Town, she sets into motion a chain of sinister events for … More Review: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shae Ernshaw

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Review: Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

October 7, 2024

In Women in the Valley of the Kings, Sheppard tells the untold story of eleven women who changed the landscape of Egyptology in different ways. This book covers the life and careers of Amelia Edwards, Marianne Brocklehurst, Maggie Benson, Nettie Gourley, Emma Andrews, Margaret Alice Murray, Kate Griffith, Emily Paterson, Myrtle Broome, Amice Calverley, and … More Review: Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

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Review: Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future by Esmé Louise James 

September 13, 2024

After following James’ Kinky History videos on Instagram, I knew I needed to read this book. She always presents the kinky facts from history in a fun and easy to understand manner. This book is just a longer version of that.  James uses a mixture of history, science, and personal anecdote to tell the history … More Review: Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future by Esmé Louise James 

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Review: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

September 10, 2024

As someone who lived through this event and watched it happen on television, this was a hard book to listen to. This attack happened when I was in the fourth grade (9 years old). A teacher came into our class to notify us that an attack had a happened and told us to turn on … More Review: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

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Review: Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were God on Earth by Josh Darnell and Colleen Darnell

August 26, 2024

This was a well researched look of the lives of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. While I found aspects of this book to be fascinating and engaging, other parts of this book felt a bit dense and some of the created scenes felt a bit unnecessary since there is no evidence to back them up.  The Darnell’s … More Review: Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were God on Earth by Josh Darnell and Colleen Darnell