Title: The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food Author/Narrator: Adam Gopnik Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 336 (audio length: 11 hours 4 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Audiobook purchased from Audible.com From the cover: In this work, Gopnik charts America’s transformation from being simply aware of what they eat to being obsessive about [...]

Title: Memory Mambo Author: Achy Obejas Narrator: Ruth Oakes Publication Year: 1996 Pages: 200 (audio length: 8 hours 39 minutes) Genre: Fiction Source: Audiobook purchased from Audible.com From the cover: Memory Mambo describes the life of Juani Casas, a 25-year-old Cuban-born American lesbian who manages her family’s laundromat in Chicago while trying to cope with [...]

Title: Diwan Baladna: Arab Culture from an Arab’s Perspective Author: Ahmad Kamal Azban Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 147 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Received as a gift from Zaid, purchased in the Amman airport From the cover: Everything you need to get inside Arab culture you will find in this book. All essential cultural subjects from the [...]

Title: Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Publication Year: 2003 Pages: 192 Genre: Fiction, Young Adult Source: E-book purchased from the Apple store From the cover: This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl [...]

Title: Coraline Author/Narrator: Neil Gaiman Publication Year: 2003 Pages: 208 (audio length: 3 hours 36 minutes) Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: “Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . .” When Coraline steps through a door to find another [...]