The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir Audiobook

" Finally gave up on this one. Although some of the stories were interesting, it just didn't hold my attention. "

" I can't force myself to read any more of this. I've read the first 31 chapters... 174 pages out of 311. I keep thinking it will get better, but it won't. It's not like I have to read it. This book just rambles on about one woman's personal journal of how she walks around the arroyo's in Tucson and picks up turquoise, and how she has all her favorite rattle snakes in her yard, etc. etc. I can't believe it got so many good reviews. Oh well, I must learn to cut my losses sooner with this type of book and just move on. "

" Another disappointment (see Wendell Berry review) - Perhaps I should try one of her novels. "

" Clouds, Rattlesnakes (she loves and respects them), Star Beings, her beloved Macaws, the turquoise she picks up on her walks through the arroyos near her home outside Tucson: these are the main characters of Silko's fascinating, strange memoir. Sometimes rambling and a bit repetitious, it's not as perfectly realized as Ceremony or as prophetically powerful as Almanac of the Dead, but definitely worth reading. "

" So here in northern Arizona where I live, we are being overwhelmed with honeybees taking over our hummingbird feeders. It's been a real dilemma as no one really wants them around. But this author begins one of her chapters with "This is a great day...the bees are back!" This is what I enjoyed most about her book. How she relates to the natural world and that every critter, insect, and rattlesnake has a place in life and live freely around and sometimes inside her house. I found her writing a bit dry but I still was drawn into her day to day journal where she writes about her walks through the desert and finding her collection of rocks, especially turquoise. It has changed my attitude about the bees. I now feel good about "feeding them." But I also purchased a hummer feeder today that is guaranteed to be bee proof. So everyone is happy! "

" Unedited journal not always of interest to others, even though who appreciate one's other literary offerings "

" I loved her descriptions of her walks, but...so much of this reminded me of a kid trying to pad out a term paper. I felt embarrassed for her, reading it, which not how I want to feel about Leslie Marmon Silko. "

" Leslie writes about what it was like growing up in Laguna, and chronicles her daily life in the desert of Tucson. "

" I was disappointed only because I was hoping for a more traditional narrative. I do appreciate that Silko doesn't mince words though which leads to a more straightforward reading experience (even if the story line isn't so straightforward.) "

" Award-winning Native American author writes about daily life in which ancestral stories and Southwestern landscape help shape her days. Very interesting and poetic. "

" A bizarre and unique memoir. Silko doesn't spend time talking about her family or lovers, instead acquainting us with the lizards and snakes and coyotes on her land in Tucson. Somewhat repetitive but I grew to like that about it; felt like I was accompanying her on the walks. "

" A good book by a great writer, well-written but some of her obsessions are strange. "

" Disappointing. Had to stop reading it. "

" A good book by a great writer, well-written but some of her obsessions are strange. "

" Disappointing. Had to stop reading it. "

" Oh dear God, save me from this dreadfully boring tale of rattlesnakes and rocks masquerading as a "memoir". My girlfriend had to read this book for a class. It was so dismal that we attacked it as a team in an attempt to make the book more bearable. It didn't work. "

" Finally gave up on this one. Although some of the stories were interesting, it just didn't hold my attention. "

" Leslie writes about what it was like growing up in Laguna, and chronicles her daily life in the desert of Tucson. "