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Lincoln in 2020

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-20-25

I really enjoyed Barry's journey along the Lincoln Highway from September 11, 2020 through Election Day. While we all know the turmoil didn't stop after November 7, 2020, I wished the book had ended there. Barry's voice was strong through the Lincoln and date parallels as he and his wife traveled during the still thick of the COVID pandemic. They found living and concrete memorials to Lincoln on their journey and shared the history of the Lincoln Highway. While there were elements of his southern sojourn that were interesting in the context of Lincoln and the pandemic, I felt it went on too long. I wonder if I might have felt differently about reliving January 6 at a different time

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Eat this book!

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-03-25

A fun, quick listen where Goulding provided an in depth look at several regions of Japan, their cuisines and how those cuisines have shaped the region/Japan and the world beyond Japan. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on okonomiyaki (team Osaka) and the ways in which gaijin can have an impact through their own cuisines. Especially enjoyed his time with the families in each region and the quest for the perfect kaiseki in Kyoto. Good read, but you will be hungry after.

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Intriguing look at the travel industry

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-21-25

Authenticity in reviews. Ethics in travel. Among the topics Kugel covered along with a pseudo memoir of his time as the Frugal Traveler

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Gleefully gruesome

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-30-24

Gleefully gruesome is accurate. Fun, light read about some "real life" scenarios and their after live, such as becoming perfume after being eaten by a sperm whale. Appreciated the real life wisdom, such as how unlikely you are to be bitten by shark vs. injured en route to beach.

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I see myself in Nikki

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-08-24

What a wonderful story of growth, and travel in the physical and personal sense. Audio is good quality and pacing is excellent

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some necessary repetition

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-20-24

This is the 2019 audio version of Loewen's mammoth 1999 book. As the chapters are meant to be standalones, there's a lot of repetition where events such as Charlottesville are relevant. That said, I really enjoyed this book. There were some stories and markers I'm familiar with, but many more I'm not and appreciated his choice to not start from a Pilgrim POV.

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Thanks, Obama

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-26-24

I've heard a handful of these stories in the other books I've read by former Obama staff and I think I liked the stories better in that context. A full book of Litt is a LOT of Litt and not a lot of Obama. That said, this was an interesting look at the career arc of someone who fell in love with Obama early in the campaign who eventually spent minutes in "The Oval" with Obama. I'm not sure if it's because working in politics has never appealed, but the moments where I think I was supposed to be jealous of Litt for his access just didn't land well. He talked about humility from his boss' edits, but it didn't really come through in the book. I miss the Obama years, and I did appreciate how Litt connected the dots of how we got here - the epilogue was ~ 12 months after he left his job and a week into the Trump presidency - and throughlines such as Stacey/Zoe Lihn and the real world importance of the ACA.

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Fun look at a world that was

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-18-24

Helping Rose Kennedy with photos for her memoir because he'd been such a help to "Mrs. Onassis", helping Elton John furnish a flat, stealing a cab from Angela Lansbury. All part of Picano's rise through management at the original Rizzoli bookstore at the time that it was pivoting from Italian to English books and beginning to feature art. Simultaneously, the story of the post Stonewall, pre AIDS gay NYC that brought the author into contact with Marsha P. Johnson and the changing West Village. Enjoyed the info on Hamilton's ghost, as well as how Jane, Christoper etc. Streets got their names. A solid read, although I found the narrator grating at times.

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Fun Quick Look at Doyle’s life

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-11-24

While Doyle is younger than I am, we have a lot of the same cultural touch points and appreciated her journey through the highs and lows. Found reader to be a little over the top. Would have liked it in Doyle’s own voice

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Pride soundbite

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-10-24

A virtual celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pride March due to COVID. I appreciated some of the stories, especially why Pride and not Power (everyone had Pride, not all in the LGTBQ universe had the power) but on the whole felt them too short and found myself wanting more. Free with Audible+ so no loss of value

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