My next audiobook AND Review - Be Ready When the Luck Happens (audiobook)

 

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (audiobook)

OVERVIEW

First, how did I forget to post that I was reading this audiobook! Maybe, because I enjoyed it so much?!? Who knows?

Ina Garten has a beautiful, spontaneous, and realness about her that comes through on her FoodNetwork show. It was good to be validated in my impressions as this audiobook proved. She is real, raw, and honest about her early family life, marriage, and mistakes made in her education and career. 

The titles of her chapters are just hysterically funny! I feel like Ina gives great advice throughout the book without being condescending or preachy. She is a woman who had rough patches in life but came out on top because she did what she loved and followed her dreams. 

OVERALL REVIEW: 5.0 stars

Writing: 5.0 stars

Ina writes beautifully. That is no surprise as she used to work for Presidents Ford and Carter! 

I love how she talks about food, friendship, and life with it all being interconnected. It was lovely. 

Narration: 5.0 stars

Great narration. Ina is not a perfect speaker or an on-camera personality which she readily admits in the audiobook. But that nervousness and imperfection make her so approachable and so likable. She is real!

She is funny, a swear word dropper, and a straight-shooter - my kind of gal!

Character Arc: 5.0 stars

The audiobook is told chronologically which I thoroughly enjoyed.  

Memorable:  5.0 stars

She spills her guts, so to speak, about her life and how she rose above a harsh family life in an affluent part of Connecticut. Something that her father said to her resonates with me deeply and sadly. 

Ina found her love, Jeffrey, very early in life. But, she also knew what she needed in her marriage which she asked for and received.

I was shocked at what happened when Ina and Jeffrey applied for a mortgage in the early 1970s. The loan officer wouldn't consider her income because "she would get pregnant and stay home". Geez, how sexist and misogynist! 

Entertaining:   5.0 stars

Ina was so funny. She has a great sense of humor and would be a hoot to have a meal with. 

Book cover: 5.0 stars

So pretty.     

Book title: 5.0 stars 

Words to live by. 

HIGHLY recommend

STATISTICS

Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) borrow (audiobook)

Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

Random House Audio

8 hours, 47 minutes

Release date of 10/1/2024

INFORMATIONAL LINKS

Ina Garten

My Goodreads review

Random House Audio

Los Angeles Public Library

Happy reading, 

Dorothea 💜