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Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics | Dolly Parton, Robert K Oermann
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#wdncw because it‘s been a week & we‘re only halfway through.

TheBookHippie Tis only Wednesday … 😩 1mo
dabbe #amen!!! 💙✊🏻💙 1mo
Librarybelle This is so accurate! 1mo
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😵‍💫👍🏼💝. 1mo
MemoirsForMe 😳🎯 1mo
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Teresereading
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics | Dolly Parton, Robert K Oermann
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🥰 2mo
Eggs I enjoyed this 2mo
Teresereading I listened to the audiobook which was fascinating. 2mo
21 likes3 comments
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
Run, Rose, Run: A Novel | James Patterson, Dolly Parton
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Pickpick

For the most part this felt more like a mysterious RomCom than a Thriller, never the less I enjoyed each minute of it. I honestly think it's the full cast - especially Dolly Parton and Kelsea Ballerini - that made it so likeable.

It's a quaint story and if you won't mind the that the thrilling part only comes way at the end, I would definitely recommend listening to the Audiobook.

rubyslippersreads I can see where this would be much more fun as an audiobook. 4mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile @rubyslippersreads I'm sure that if I read it, it wouldn't have made the same impression as the Audio did. 4mo
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Robotswithpersonality
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics | Dolly Parton, Robert K Oermann
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Mehso-so

A pleasant meander. Sort of an extended interview/conversation, using individual songs to talk either specifically about the story behind the song or some aspect of Dolly's life.
I'll admit to wishing the production had been a bit different: the beginnings of songs start the various conversations, and maybe it's a rights or length concern, but after a while you just find yourself wishing you could hear the whole song 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? instead of a fade out clip. Acknowledged, I could just pause and go listen to the song, but that does tend to break up the listening experience....
The other somewhat jarring feature were the interstitials not in Dolly's voice - introducing changes in subject matter that are not fronted by a different song. I can understand the organizing principle behind sectioning off and clearly labelling such shifts in topics but the voice doing so
5mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 is almost robotic, not melodic, and is an unpleasant contrast to Parton's drawl and occasional drift into song.
And on the really, really subjective end of critiques, evidently this awesome person is a lot more religious/spiritual than I knew and God/gospel talk is just distancing to this atheist reader.
5mo
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AvidReader25
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Pickpick

I‘ve never been a country fan and could probably only name a handful of Dolly Parton songs, but I‘ve always loved her sense of humor, spunky attitude, and I‘ve always believed she was incredibly intelligent. The ways she‘s poured into her community and the children she‘s impacted through her Imagination Library are inspiring. This is a quick book and it‘s delightful on audio.

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Enchanted_Bibliophile
Dumplin' | Julie Murphy
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Mehso-so

I love the inspiring message of this book, but it had just a tad too many YA tropes for my liking.
I think if I read this as a teenager I would have been much more impressed.

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Lauredhel It's definitely YA, but... Dolly Parton drag night 4 eva 10mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Lauredhel Absolutely! I want to watch the movie just for that part 🤩 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10mo
MaleficentBookDragon 🥰 the 🎥 🍿 . It was adorable. 10mo
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