Yes, I admit it, I can't do without my Audio Books. I am that person that sits in the car listening "just a little bit longer" when I should be going in the house. In fact, if I have to listen to radio instead of a book on CD there are times when I would rather hear nothing at all. (Although I have to say that Ann Arbor Public Radio is pretty decent, when I can get it.)
Maybe my love of audio books stems from the fact that in school, I just loved it when the teacher would read aloud to us. This practice ended in sixth grade...too bad. Teachers...do you still read aloud to your students? I hope so. The actors that read books aloud tend to be pretty terrific. If you are looking for some listening suggestions I offer the following link to the American Library Associations website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/amazingaudiobooks/aaya2010.cfm
This is the 2010 list for amazing audiobooks for young adults. You can also find lists from the past several years.
What titles have I listened to lately? "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa Yee, "The Compound" by S.A. Bodeen, "Twenties Girl" by Sophie Kinsella, "Comfort Me with Apples" & "Garlic and Sapphires"
by Ruth Reichl, "Julie and Julia" & "Cleaving" by Julie Powell, "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff, "The Year of Living Biblically" by A. J. Jacobs, "The Graveyard Book" & "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman, and currently I am listening to "March" by Geraldine Books. I am certain that is not a complete list.
I have favorites too. Jim Dale reading any of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books - he is a full-cast audio in one man. Natalie Moore reading "Dairy Queen" and "The Off Season" by Catherine Murdock, (there is a third book in this series and I am actually waiting for it to be released as a book on CD I enjoyed it so much!) any of Hilary McKay's Casson Family series: "Saffy's Angel", "Indigo's Star", "Permanent Rose", "Caddy Ever After", & "Forever Rose", and any of the Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella.
As I am captive in my car for the 20+ minutes it takes to get to work, this is the perfect time to catch up on my reading/listening. I tend to feel guilty if I am reading at home because I always have a long list of other things I should be doing. Also, reading makes me a bit sleepy sometimes and then I really am not getting anything done. (You can't count sleep as an accomplishment unless you are a new parent or an insomniac, and I am neither.)
Let me just give a little shout-out to our library catalog with it's downloadable books for all of you with mp3 players. Check it out
http://seoebook.seo.lib.oh.us/2667D08A-8CF3-487B-AB18-40835FB0BD3B/10/253/en/Default.htm
So that's it. I admit it. I'm hooked on audiobooks and proud of it. I'm just multi-tasking all the time.
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