Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933 | Blanche Wiesen Cook

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Surprisingly, inspiring, detailed, and fascinating.

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The historical research for this novel was impressive. Eleanor Roosevelt was a private woman, but the author found personal letters that adds important information about her personal life, family and marriage. She's an amazing woman & loved reading about her life. Definitely discovered surprising details.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933 | Blanche Wiesen Cook

I just used three hard earned credits on these audiobooks: Parade's End, Eleanor Roosevelt: 1884-1933 Volume One, and Victoria: The Queen. Feeling like biographies and a loooong classic. Anyone read any of these? Also, my husband wondered if all readers are equally finicky about audible books...it took me 2 hours to decide what to order off my wishlist. I have to listen to samples and ensure it's "credit-worthy." ? #audible #bookhaul #audiobooks

Megabooks I do the same thing! 8y

Desha Yes I am very picky about my audible choices...I hoard my credits until I find just the right book that I absolutely HAVE to have lol 😜 Looking forward to your review on Victoria...I'm interested in that one too! 😍❤️🙏🏻 8y

readinginthedark Um, yes! I listen to samples for hours and add things to my wish list, then go back through it a million times to weed things out and decide what I really want! 8y

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BookishFeminist Yep, normal! It's not just a book you're picking out. A narrator totally makes or breaks what might otherwise be a great book, or a mediocre one made much better! I hoard credits too. But I do love Audible's easy flexible return policy. I often buy right away and return if it's not my thing since the credit goes back in my account immediately 8y

EvieBee @Ebooksandcooks @desha Yes! Knew it wasn't just me! I'll be sure to keep you posted on Victoria when I start it. For some reason, nonfiction is less daunting for me when it's audio. 8y

EvieBee @readinginthedark The weeding is so essential! So glad we "get it." ?? 8y

EvieBee @BookishFeminist I loooove that policy so much because narrators can just ruin it...sadly the case when some authors choose to narrate their own books. I had to recently return Mermaid and check it out from the library instead. Gotta love Audible!

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BookishFeminist @EvieBee84 Oh that sounds good!! I'll pass on the audible now. I recently tried the author-narrated bolt Chronicle of a Last Summer and it was awful but I enjoyed it in print. Some authors are great narrators, thankfully! I really love Mohsin Hamid & Neil Gaiman for that. 8y

DGRachel I second what everyone else has already said. I spend a lot of time listening to samples. I hate returning audiobooks, but I have had to return a couple that were just SO bad. 8y

EvieBee @DGRachel Yes, and the reviews are so helpful too! I nearly bought a serious book about concentration camps but many reviews stated that the narrstor's awful German accent when quoting characters was so funny it took away from the seriousness of the book.

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GlitteryOtters I go back and forth between researching heavily & buying titles on a whim just because it sounded interesting. 😂 is say 75% of the time I am cashing in a credit I really research heavily. 8y

EvieBee @GlitteryOtters Lol, you risk taker! 8y

Donna_sBookMinute I'm Absolutely finicky and very frugal with my Audible credits. In fact, if the members' price of a book is lower than --say -- 10-$12, I'll pay that just to save my credits to use on higher-priced books. I also pay close attention to reviews (not only on Audible). Finally, if I determine I don't necessarily have to own a copy, I'll check it out from Hoopla or Overdrive. Yeah, I'm a beast on Audible. 8y

EvieBee @Donna_sBookMinute I do the same thing! It has to be over $24 and over 14 hours for me to feel it's worth a credit. Probably explains why most of my audible books are enormous tomes! 8y

Donna_sBookMinute Yep. 🎧 8y

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