I love nonfiction audiobooks.
This is a totally random list of titles I listened to in December 2024.
Titles are listed in alphabetical order.
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DeMar DeRozan is a NBA star and he shocked the world when he spoke so openly and publicly about his depression and mental health. In this book DeRozan shares his story more fully. From growing up in poverty in Compton to USC to his first NBA team in…
This book had some good parts but Wilmer Valderrama did a lot of name dropping of his many celebrity friends. In addition I think the book could have used a better editor. Valderrama reads the audio version and it is read very casually really making…
A friend recommended this book to me. I loved it and have recommended it to a couple others. Margaret Renkl is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times focusing on nature, politics and culture. This is a collection of 52 essays in which…
Connie Chung gives the reader/listener a behind the scenes look at her life. From her professional life to her personal life with husband Maury Povich as well as her relationship with her parents and siblings. Chung was the youngest of her 10…
I saw this book on a library list of new Biographies/Memoirs and decided to check it out. Paul Scheer is a writer, actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcaster who hosts, How Did This Get Made? and Unspooled. Scheer had shared funny stories of his life…
I just found this title and so happy I did. As the title suggests I did indeed laugh more. Debbie Travis and her husband gave up their busy life and move to a Tuscan farmhouse with a huge olive orchard. Travis and her husband work hard to turn it…
Pepper Stetler's daughter Louisa was born with Down Syndrome. When Louisa started school Stetler was told IQ tests would be required to get support in school. This book tells the story of Louisa but also the history of IQ tests and how they have…
Comedian Michelle Brasier lost her brother and her dad to cancer and her sister had pre-cancerous polyps so there is a good chance Brasier could get it too. All the loss has made Brasier realize that tomorrow is not guaranteed. This is a series of…
Gila Pfiffer lost both her mom to cancer when she was a young girl and then her dad to colon cancer when she was a young parent. When she was pregnant with her fourth child she was tested to see if she had the BRCA-1 gene and found she did. She…
This was one of the Library's Best of Biographies and Memoirs and it had been on my list to listen to. Joanna "JoJo" Levesque was signed to a major record label at just 12 years old and in the mid 2000s was at the top of the charts. This is more…
I had not read this back in 2016 so when Robin Arzon updated it I wanted to give it a listen. Arzon is one of my favorite Peloton instructors and is an inspiring athlete. In this book she shares running and training tips along with some of her…
This book was interesting and Al Pacino reads the audio version. I really felt like I was sitting with him as he told his story which in this case was good and bad. Some parts of the audio book where truly almost conversational but there were also…
Laila Mickelwait shares the story of how she took on PornHub as well as the big three credit card companies who were allowing their cards to be used on the site. Mickelwait's story is well-researched, well written and at times down right scary.…
Katie Coleman was a newly married 29 year old when she just felt something was wrong. Doctors kept dismissing her and blaming it all on anxiety. Finally on New Year's Eve 2020 she went to an urgent care when a PA told her that she should go to the…
This is another one of those books I just stumbled across and what pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Kelly Bishop has had a long and storied career. Bishop started out as a company dancer. Later she won a Tony Award for her role in the…
Susie Chan's book is a must read/listen for anyone who enjoys running stories especially ultra marathons. Chan took up running at age 35. She has completed the Marathon des Sables more times than any other British woman, set the 12-hour treadmill…
A friend thought I might like this book and she was right. Leanne Morgan is a comedian, actress, writer, producer, wife, mother and grandmama. Her first Netflix special, I’m Every Woman, was one of the most-watched specials on Netflix in 2023. Her…
This was one of my favorite celebrity memoirs of 2024. Eve is the multiplatinum, Grammy winner, rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, mother, philanthropist as well as an entrepreneur. Her story is fascinating and after finishing it I went back to…
I had listened to Kevin Grange's Grizzly Confidential (Listen with Liz - December 2024) and decided to see check out his other books. In this book Grange shares some of his experiences as a paramedic in three of the National Parks. He shares his…
