Songteller is a wonderful memoir by Dolly Parton. I listened to the audiobook and thoroughly enjoyed the format. It was structured as an interview of sorts and Dolly answers questions and prompts to tell stories and the background about many of her songs. Generally, there is a snippet of her singing her song at the start of the section. Dolly has such a sweet and happy voice it was such a pleasure to listen to her tell stories. It was almost as though she was sitting right there next to me as I listened.
Previous to this book I had no idea just how prolific a songwriter she is. The impact and diversity of her work are amazing both in the music industry and her other business and philanthropic endeavors. Readers will be happy to know she discusses some of her most famous- "Nine to Five" and "Jolene". Also, I forgot she was the songwriter behind Whitney Houston's famous "I Will Always Love You."
I can highly recommend this book to anyone who likes Dolly or enjoys hearing stories told from personal experiences.
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dolly is such a sweet and honest soul and it comes through in this audiobook. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her tell about her songs and what inspired each of the ones they discussed. The format was a unique one as it was like a question and answer session. Listening to her stories about the business, her family and writing songs was such a peaceful experience. So glad I read this book
Challenge Prompts
The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:
- Library Love #LibraryLoveChallenge Book #54
- Literary Escapes #LiteraryEscapes TN
- Audiobook #2022AudiobookChallenge #5
- Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2022 Book #74
- Back List Reader #Backlistreader Book #53
- Memoir #15 Written by someone over 40
- Non Fiction Reader #ReadNonFicChal Book #3. Language
- 52 Book Club #the52bookclub #30 Audiobook is narrated by the author
- BooklistQueen #booklistqueenreadingchallenge2022 #50. Inspiring Memoir
- Nerdy Bookworm #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #4 Read a memoir
- PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge #21. A book about a band or musical group
- Pick your Poison # 70 a non fiction book about someone you admire
- RAD challenge #aradreadingchallenge #6 A Celeb Memoir
- Diversify your reading #DYRC22 Jan theme of Memoir
- Lifetime of Reading Books that Follow the Main Character over Several Decades
- 52 books in 52 weeks #29 Clef Notes
Possible Prompts book could be used for
Memoir # 9 Written by a woman; #6 Music Memoir
Pick your Poison #38 a memoir focused on the author's profession
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