A review by heathero621
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

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4.0

This is Katie Ledecky's memoir (even though she isn't even 30 yet!).  I wanted to know more about her since this last olympics.  The book definitely gives you more background on her and her swimming career.  I listened to the audio and I really enjoyed it that way.  Katie comes off as so likable and such a genuinely nice person.  Since she hasn't had a long life there are parts of the book where she talks about her Grandparents' and parents' histories.  Katie's life is basically swimming, so there isn't much outside of that in the book.  It was interesting to learn more about her trajectory.  I also watched some videos of her swimming to see the races or moments she was talking about.

It definitely was a good book to get me out of a slump and something easy to listen to post election week.