It’s been a travel-heavy few months. Thank goodness for audiobooks! They haven’t all been great, but that’s the risk you take. The Kingdom (By Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood, read by Scott Brick) The adventures of Sam and Remi Fargo continue in Nepal, where the couple is racing to discover the location of a sacred…
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The Long Drive: Mostly True Stuff
Non-fiction November 2015 is drawing to a close, and I should finish my last audiobook during my Thanksgiving travels. These are the books that kept me busy during my work commute this month. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (By Jenny Lawson, read by Jenny Lawson) I read Lawson’s memoir in “dead tree” form when it…
The Long Drive: Ancient Gold and Murder
Lately I’ve been on a mystery kick. It started with After the Funeral and has expanded to include a favorite of mine since high school, Clive Cussler. Strange how listening to characters in a book murder each other makes me feel less murder-y on my commute. Spartan Gold, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (Read…
The Long Drive: Recent Audiobook Reads
I’m nearly over the shell shock of new job and new town, but the only thing keeping me from snapping like a twig during my work commute is the blessing of audiobooks. I’ve had some time to explore my new local library system, and now have a healthy list of “aural reads” to keep me…
Review: This I Believe
I’ve used my recent weeks’ commute to listen to This I Believe, a series of 80 recordings of people — alive and dead, famous and not — sharing their personal philosophies in just a few hundred words. Originally conceived in 1949 and revived in 2003, This I Believe has become a global phenomenon and a…