TW: Death of family and friends due to disease, Cancer On the shore of Lake Erie, Kate is the last of her kind and spends her days hunting beach glass for jewelry. She has resigned herself to dying alone, until she meets Cooper, who also has a secret. This was a surprisingly heartbreaking story for … More Review: The Glass Mermaid by Melanie Karsak
It has been years since I read this book so when I saw this dramatized audiobook available for free through Audible I couldn’t resist rereading it. Peter Pan was one of my favorite childhood movies and books. I always wanted to go on adventures and never grow up, still want to actually. Peter Pan is … More Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
*Overall rating is the average of the following ratings.* Episode 1: World War II Ghost Army: 5 starsSeptember 21, 1944. This was a fascinating episode. Before listening to this, I had never heard of the Ghost Army. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, aka Ghost Army, was a 1,100 man unit that pretended to be an … More Review: Days that Changed the World by Carrie Gibson
This story was originally published under the anthologies the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance and Under Her Skin. Frost later added to the story. Marlee Peters is tired of putting her dreams on hold which is why she is determined to hike in Yellowstone. Unfortunately she gets lost and ends up being hunted by a … More Review: Pack by Jeaniene Frost
“There will come a time when we will love humanity, when we will gain the courage to fight for an equitable society for our beloved humanity, knowing, intelligently, that when we fight for humanity, we are fighting for ourselves.” This book is powerful and amazing. I have so many thoughts and feelings from this book … More Review: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
This audiobook consists of 48 lectures discussing the history of Ancient Egypt. It starts with prehistoric Egypt and goes through to the end of the Egyptian empire with Cleopatra. This audiobook covers a little bit of the whole history of Egypt, which is great for those who have little knowledge of Egypt or who only … More Review: The History of Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier
This audiobook is broken down into twelve lectures that discuss women in power in the ancient world, what power is, the different types of power there are and people in power are viewed and remembered differently because of their sex. Kara Cooney does an amazing job at breaking down the history of women in power … More Review: Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World by Kara Cooney
I started listening to this book with audile’s new stories section. It’s free audiobooks for kids and teens but it also has a lot of classics on it which is great. I totally recommend checking it out if you have kids or if you are interested in YA or classic books. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland … More Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Pole, but unfortunately they never made it. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its the Pole,, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men were left drifting on ice packs … More Review: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
This audiobook is about Amelia Earhart and Lizzie Friedlander. It is based on true events but do not believe everything in this audiobook. A lot of what is presented is just conjecture about Amelia’s thoughts and feelings during her voyage and the day she disappeared. It even tries to make us believe she might have … More Review: Alone With the Stars by David E. Gillham
After listening to Dr. Cooney’s previous book, The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, I knew I wanted to read this book as soon as possible. I got it on audiobook and now here we are. This book focuses on six queens who ruled Egypt: Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, … More Review: When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
This book presents a fascinating and new perspective on the life of Hatshepsut and her rule as King. This is a biography of Hatshepsut’s life and how she came into power. Since there is first hand source material from Ancient Egypt isn’t common, Cooney is very clear that most of this is speculation and she … More Review: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
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