Monday, September 21, 2026

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Rochelle O'Gorman

Rochelle Marie O'Gorman has been a professional writer for her entire ​adult life. After learning, very quickly, that news reporting was not for her, she began work as a film critic. O'Gorman has also reviewed television, theater, and print books, as well as writing general feature stories, before turning to audiobooks full time. The first syndicated audiobook reviewer in the United States, her reviews can be read in various newspapers around the country and she was awarded an Audie by the Audio Publishers Association for her work in spreading the word about audiobooks. She currently works reviewing audiobooks and writing essays. O'Gorman lives in the hayloft of an old barn with her lovely teenage daughter and a foul tempered parrot.

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Amplifications: Resolutions

I have often heard it said that if you want to make a change in your life, you must start small: Make a small change and keep at it until it is a habit, then make another small change.

AMPLIFICATIONS: A plastic life

Alternative packaging, such as those made from bagasse and bioplastics, is being researched and manufactured, but not at a rate that will impact change any time soon. Perhaps the best way to proceed is at a community level.

AUDIOBOOKS: Literary lions and best-selling authors

This week we have the works of two literary lions who have passed on and two best-selling authors who have stepped out of their wheelhouses.

AUDIOBOOKS: ‘New’ authors

This week we are visiting several genres by authors new to this critic.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Something’s fishy

Chilean salmon farmers probably use more antibiotics than any other producer of meat or fish.

AUDIOBOOKS: Trips for armchair travelers

Armchair travelers have quite a trip in store for them this week, as our audiobooks are set in France, San Francisco, the islands of the Pacific and Botswana.

AUDIOBOOKS: Three thrillers and a suspenseful memoir

Three thrillers and a memoir by a writer of suspenseful adventures are on the docket this week.

AMPLIFICATIONS: The holidays

The best Christmas I ever had was that first one with my daughter Kay in 2008, just a few months after I adopted her.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Life lessons

Teachers come in all forms and I like to think no one is ever too old to learn.

AUDIOBOOKS: Thriller, short stories and memoirs

A noirish thriller, a short story collection and two memoirs round out this week’s selections.

AUDIOBOOKS: Tales of the supernatural

Shorter days and colder nights make us want to curl up with a scary story.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Gratitude

It really is easier to stop fighting against the tide all the time and just be happier with what you have.

AUDIOBOOKS: Revisiting old favorites

This week we are revisiting old favorites.

AUDIOBOOKS: Short stories and essays

Short stories and essays are on the menu this week, ranging from funny to futuristic as well as bleak to political.

Amplifications: Women’s rights are human rights

Women are still not protected by the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment has never passed.

AMPLIFICATIONS: Moments

I believe we are not really a nation of baby-killing, Jew-hating, Islamophobic racists. Now everyone just needs to stand up and prove it.
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