Books I've Read or Listened to 2016-2017

I've been fortunate in the past couple of jobs I've recently worked.

They were temporary positions and as a result they've allowed me to listen to music while I worked.

In an effort to increase my productivity I've been listening to audiobooks.

I'm in the process of reading for my own audiobooks and I have more respect for the profession than ever.

These books are in no particular order and there will be follow up reviews in the upcoming weeks for some but not all of them.

My parents live in West Virginia (even though we're all from Philadelphia) and my husband and I live in Ohio now so that two and a half hour ride between Ohio and WV is amazingly brutal.

At first you think it's just a few hours and you're right it is. It's also an easy straight shot.   The ride between our house and my parents is not the most exciting which is bittersweet because it's an easy ride that's not stressful at all but it's a boring ride.

So, whenever I can, I listen to audiobooks.

1. Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson

2. Black Privilege: Opprotunity Comes to Those Who Create It

3. American Gods

4. Kindred

5. Parable of the Sower

6. Wizard's First Rule Series
I'm currently up to the Temple of the Wind

7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

8. The Girl on the Train

9. The Longevity Book

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