My Own Words

It look me a bit to read this, but it was worth it. I have always admired Justice Ginsburg, but reading her biography has added many more layers of respect. The audiobook enhanced my reading experience, as hearing her and her husband's speeches in addition to clips of various opera performances helped make this a richly textured biography.

My understanding of the court's procedures and her philosophies on said procedures were greatly expanded during my reading of this biography. Justice Ginsburg has made history being a champion of sex and race-based discrimination; what better read for Women's History Month?

Would rate this 3.5 stars because of the quality writing and getting to know Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a person. Also appreciated the pictures but I was expecting a memoir rather than a collection of essays.

Get the audiobook! Some portions are narrative or they have recordings of RBG~ (You'll thank me for the opera portion)

I think if you're a law student this book will really excite you. Ruth is clearly passionate and a champion for rights. If I knew more law I could more admire her cases... I still absolutely admire her, but just more! lol

I will admit, I slipped through portions of these but then would get right back into it. I especially like hearing her passions for the women and Jewish judges that made headway before her. She wants to pay proper respects to the people who encouraged her, or people she looked up to during her time growing up and practicing law.


An excellent read and my thoughts go out to her battling cancer once again (7/18/20). She has a great heart.

I borrowed this from the library and renewed it again and I still only got about a quarter of the way through. There is good here, but this is a mix of speeches and essays. In the audiobook that works its way out as clips from her, her husband and others speeches and then professional narrators reading the essays. Ginsburg is a clear, but dry writer. But she is a super slow and dry speaker. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be glad to hear her speak in person. But many of these speeches are pretty low-quality recordings and her age and natural speaking style is SLOW and very deliberate.

There are lots of other things I am trying to read and listen to right now and this keeps ending up at the bottom of the list. So I am giving up.

Really enjoyed. Absolutely increased my admiration for this intelligent and brave woman.

It was very informative. Ruth Badger Ginsburg did so much in her life to advance women's standing in the world. I was glad I did this one on Audio-book... I honestly don't think I could have made it through actually reading this on my own. It's about the courts, so there is quite a bit of case discussions that most non-legal people might struggle to get through otherwise. There are a lot of parts in the book (audio) where Ruth is reading her own decisions, or they're recordings of her reading her dissents. We get to hear from her husband, Marty Ginsburg, too. I enjoyed that. And I have a much better understanding of how our Supreme Court operates.

Not sure that an audiobook is the best format to listen to her early writing and speeches. Perhaps will give this another shot in physical form. Doesn't detract my pure love for her, but after reading kid & teen bios of her, I was ready for her memoir, and this isn't it (yet).

This book was delightful and informative. It wasn't anything I expected it to be - it's literally speeches, dissents, opinions, and other snippets of RBG's work over the years - but it provided great insight into major court cases and how she managed her life and career.