• Review: Northanger Abbey: An Audible Original Drama by Anna Lea (Adaptor), Emma Thompson (Narrator)

    Everyone keeps telling me that I need to try audiobooks. I have only really done one or two in the last year or so and I found them to be fun but at the same time it just seemed like it would take me forever to ‘read’ a book that way. I am a speed reader so depending on the book, I can crank out a few every week but with an audio book I worry that I am stuck listening at the narrators own pace. Then I ended up with Becoming by Michelle Obama on my Audible account and even though it took me forever to ‘read’ the book,…

  • Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama (Audiobook Version, Narrated by Michelle Obama)

    The amount of times I ugly cried during this book was obscene. Let’s just get that out of the way right off the bat. Have tissues ready. When I saw this book was coming out, I wasn’t waiting with baited breaths like everyone I knew, mostly because I’m not really into biographies and I am not all that into politics. However, when the reviews started pouring in on this book, my interest grew more. I ended up deciding to try Audible and with my free book credit, I snagged this book and for one reason—it’s narrated by the author.

  • Review: Absolute Proof by Peter James (Audio Edition Narrated by Hugh Bonneville)

    I haven’t listened to a whole lot of audiobooks during my 10 years of book blogging. I am a much faster reader so listening to audiobooks seems frustrating for me because I can speed read faster than someone can read to me. Plus I tend to get interrupted a lot during the day so having to stop what I am listening to is sometimes harder than just putting a bookmark in. However, I have been spending more time in my car lately with my little one. I am a stay at home mom and the closest form of toddler entertainment is about an hour away in Portland. So a few…