Two Mini-Reviews of Non-Fiction Books: The Dressmakers of Auschwitz & The Prison Guard’s Daughter #BookReview #Audiobook

Two Different Periods of History, Two Very Different Stories

Two Great Memoirs: You Got Anything Stronger? & Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero #BookReview #Audiobook @HarperAudio

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union & Kevin Carr O’Leary, Narrated by Gabrielle Union

Published September 14th 2021 by HarperAudio

4 Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle #Audiobook #BookReview

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

Published October 1st 2019 by Simon Schuster Audio

About the Book: In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.

Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player #BookReview #AudiobookReview

Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose, Bryan Trottier (foreword) Narrated by Wilton Littlechild

Published May 18th 2021 by Viking

Two Wonderful Books with Dogs: One Memoir, One Fiction #BookReview

I loved both of these books, although they were very different. When Harry Met Minnie is a memoir by Marthat Teichner dealing with love of Bull Terriers and how that brought two women together in a heartbreaking yet wonderful friendship. A Dog’s Courage is a story from W. Bruce Cameron and is the second book in A Dog’s Way Home series. It is very timely, dealing with forest fires and the animals that get displaced by them. Fiction, but realistic. Both of these books were provided by the publisher upon request. The rating and opinions shared are my own.

Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old #AudiobookReview #BookReview @StevenPetrow

Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old (A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong) by Steven Petrow, Michael Butler Murray (Narrator)

Published June 29th by Highbridge (Division of Recorded Books), June 21st 2021 by Citadel Press

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story #AudiobookReview

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee, Narrated by David John and Josie Dunn

Published July 2nd 2015, Audiobook: August 2nd 2019 by William Collins

5 Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes #AudiobookReview

Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes by Tim Brady, David de Vries (Narrator)

Published February 23rd 2021 by HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, Citadel Press

4 Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

National Poetry Month – Songs of Heartstrings by Miriam Hurdle #BookReview @mhurdle112

I took several weeks to enjoy this book of poems. I enjoyed them and wanted time to ponder them, not rush through them. Miriam Hurdle is a blogger I follow who shares wonderful photographs, poetry and snapshots into her life among other things. I enjoy her blog and wanted to read her book. I was not disappointed.

Songs of Heartstrings by Miriam Hurdle

Published October 31st 2018 by KDP