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Recent Audiobook Listens

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Now that I am going on walks regularly, I am regularly listening to audiobooks. Here are some of my recent enjoyable listens. I consider a book an “enjoyable listen” if the writing is good and the narrator is awesome! I’ve provided a star rating with 5 stars being the highest rating. (All book images are from amazon.com)

City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (fiction)

I’ve been reading/listening to the Agent Pendergast series of murder mystery thrillers by Preston and Child for many years. This is book #17 in the series (there are now 21 or 22 books in the series) and I’ve fallen behind in the series so it was time to start catching up. I enjoyed this book and as usual there was quite the twist at the end! I give the book 4.0 stars for the story and narration.

The Steal Like An Artist Trilogy by Austin Kleon (non fiction)

The author was the audiobook narrator, which I love, and this audiobook was three books in one. It was very inspirational and I really appreciated a three books within the book. I rate this book 4.5 stars.

Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life by Chase Jarvis (non-fiction)

Quite the inspirational book and one of the tips from this book that has stuck with me is dea of having a “session plan” which I write on my whiteboard in my studio what I am going to accomplish that day. Since I’ve implemented that tip I’ve not left my studio for the day until I accomplish what I wrote down! I rate this book 4.5 stars.

It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond by Julia Cameron, Emma Lively, et al. (non-fiction)

This book was inspirational and had some great ideas but I never got inspired to do one of the main activities the author recommends: write daily morning pages and work on your autobiography. It was a good listen while walking and I enjoyed the narration. Overall I rate it 4.0 stars.

The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People by Judith Orloff (non-fiction)

What a book! I read it at the right time when I needed it. The author states: “Though there is a spectrum of sensitivity that exists in human beings, empaths are emotional sponges who absorb both the stress and joy of the world. We feel everything, often to an extreme, and have little guard up between others and ourselves. As a result, we are often overwhelmed by excessive stimulation and are prone to exhaustion and sensory overload.” I learned a lot of tips to protect myself when I get overwhelmed by others energies; and it reinforced I need to stay far away from “energy vampires” and people with “narcissistic personality disorder”. Narcissists feed on Empaths. I give the book 5.0 stars.

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12 thoughts on “Recent Audiobook Listens”

  1. I tried listening to an audio book, but I did not stick with it. I had a difficult time keeping track of what was going on. I should have started with a simpler book. The only person I recognize from your audio adventure is Chase Jarvis. I like his photography work, and he has an interesting biography. Strangely enough, I did listen to his podcast interviews. My favorite is his multiple interviews with Brene Brown. Just in case you and the fellow artists here want to view:

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  3. I love audio books. I got started with them 10 years ago during my eye surgeries when I couldn’t read and have kept up since. I’m ver fond of the Agent Pendergast books and I can recommend the Nora Kelly ones written by one of the guys I can’t remember which. In fact I have read most of the books these two have written together or separately and they are all good reads!

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    1. Oh my goodness – we are so much kindred spirits (except you are WAY more talented you Renaissance woman!) I can’t believe you love those books too! I love the drawl the narrator does for Agent Pendergast – like honey butter! I have a couple of the Nora Kelly books waiting in queue and I’ve read some of the Gideon books (but struggled to get into them). I got John addicted to the Pendergast books and he is now way ahead of me and I have to catch up. He’s been good not giving away any spoilers though he keeps saying “just wait till you catch up!”

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      1. I didn’t take to the Gideon books at first but I reread a couple recently and have revised my opinion upward. I also just finished the new Nora Kelly (in print). I wait eagerly for more and when new ones come out I am right there on the reserve list!

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  5. I nearly always have a bud in my ear! Both fiction and non, but mostly fiction. I have hard copy of the Austin Kleon books but they ended up being a brain dump diary of losing Chris weirdly. I’ve never had the urge to do the morning pages either. A bit too woo woo deep for me. However as I always write a little list of what I want to achieve either last thing at night or first thing in the morning I may give the Creative Calling a go. I list as my menobrain forgets the great things I thought of doing before I’ve started them. At least I feel I’ve done something if I can see a ticked list!

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