Category: Audiobooks

Today is the fourth day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's prompt is about what we do while we listen. What do you do while you listen? Any particular tasks or games that you find amazing for audio time? I guess maybe I approach this a little different. For me it's more like what do I have to do that I make a little better, easier, more enjoyable if I listen to an audio book while I'm doing it. I don't play games while I listen, I find I can't concentrate on the book. I also don't watch tv. I don't listen in the car for a couple of reasons: most of my drives are less than ten minutes long and my books are on my MP3 player which can't plug into my...

Today is the third day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's post is a quick, middle of the week meme. Current/most recent audiobook: Dragons at the Party  by John Cleary, read by Shaun Grindell Impressions: This is a new series for me, although this one was first published in 1988. The mystery itself is interesting, although I'm not necessarily thrilled with one of the characters, but thankfully I think this is probably his only appearance in the series. Grindell does a good job, disappearing for me if that makes sense. He fits the story and the characters. Current/most recent favorite audiobook: A recent favorite audiobook is Frank Sinatra in a Blender by Matthew McBride, read by Keith Szarabajka. Violent and funny.  Favorite narrator you’ve discovered recently: I don't really notice narrators for the most part. If I do...

Today is the second day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's prompt is about how we choose our audiobooks. How do you decide what you’ll listen to? Do you mostly listen, or split time between listening and reading? Particularly if you split time, how do you decide what you’ll consume in audio and what in print? I mentioned yesterday that I tend to listen to mainly mysteries with the occasional romance thrown in. I need things that are light, that don't take too much though, since I'm usually doing something else while listening and I can't focus on too much detail or overly complicated plots. Lots of characters can get a little confusing too. For the most part, I choose from what's available at my library, but lately I've received a...

Title: Frank Sinatra in a Blender Author: Matthew McBride Read by: Keith Szarabajka Category: Crime Fiction Audio published: April 1,2013 by Blackstone Audio Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound Nick Valentine has problems. He’s a drunken ex-cop who lives in his shabby office, hangs out at strip clubs, and has only one real friend—Frank Sinatra. But he’s one of the best private investigators in Saint Louis. So when an inept crew robs a credit union, only Valentine can figure out who made off with the millions—because sometimes solving a crime takes a hard guy who’s not afraid to work outside the law. Valentine swerves through the underbelly of Saint Louis looking for answers, and with every law he breaks, every drink he takes, and every OxyContin he snorts, he lurches closer to finding the truth—or floating facedown in the Missouri River. https://twitter.com/carolsnotebook/status/332926849950818305 That's still how I feel. Frank Sinatra in a Blender by Matthew McBride is a non-stop ride full of violence, alcohol, violence, and strippers, but it's funny and...

Title: I've Got Your Number Author: Sophie Kinsella Reader: Jayne Entwistle Category: Romance- Contemporary Audio Published: February 14, 2012 by Random House Audio Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon  | Book Depository | IndieBound Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her "happily ever after" begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect! Well, perfect except that the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree. He wants his phone back and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life. What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam...