Good morning! Happy Wednesday! Hazah and flowers to you all! Ok… no idea why I am giddy.. maybe because it is my first break in my half marathon training and I did not have to run this morning… maybe it is because I am going to the cabin in two days with friends to bike ride and that is exciting too…. I really don’t know…
Today is mid-week through audio book week and today we are supposes to answer the questions provided by Jen at Devourer Of Books:
Current/most recent audiobook:
I am listening to three right now. The Last Original Wide is on my phone – its a fun one!
Is This Tomorrow is in my car…. interesting…
And I am just starting Inferno this morning when I get ready for work. A friend of mine who is in a different book club read it and said they really enjoyed it and now several of my other friends are reading it too… I am curious, I have enjoyed what I have read of Dan Brown in the past.
Current/most recent favorite audiobook:
If we are talking recent audio, I am going to have to go with Quiet. I took away so much on this non fiction books about introverts. Incredible listen.
Favorite narrator you’ve discovered recently:
Hmmmmm….. I dont know about favorite but The Good House was narrated by Mary Beth Hurt and I loved how well she portrayed the characters!
One title from your TBL (to be listened) stack, or your audio wishlist:
Celebrating the healing power of food and the magic of New York City, A Place at the Table follows the lives of three seekers who come together in the understanding that when you embrace the thing that makes you different, you become whole. A Place at the Table tells the story of three unforgettable characters whose paths converge in a storied Manhattan café: Bobby, a young gay man from Georgia who has been ostracized by his family; Amelia, a wealthy Connecticut woman whose life is upended when a family secret comes to light; and Alice, an African-American chef from North Carolina whose heritage is the basis of a renowned cookbook but whose past is a mystery to those who know her. These characters are exiles – from homeland, from marriage, from family. While they all find companionship and careers through cooking, they hunger for the deeper nourishment of communion. As the narrative sweeps from a freed-slave settlement in 1920s North Carolina to Manhattan during the deadly AIDS epidemic of the 1980s to the well-heeled hamlet of contemporary Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Bobby, Amelia, and Alice are asked to sacrifice everything they ever knew or cared about to find authenticity and fulfillment.
I am excited about this one. I think it sounds really good!
So that’s the audio post for today. Stop by Devourer Of Books and see what others are saying to these questions… I know I will be! 😀
I am off, full day at work, a meeting afterwards for camp planning and a gym date tonight with my friend Kate.
If you listen to audio, I would love to hear how you would answer these questions – better yet, write a posy and add it to the link at Devourer of Books.
Enjoy your day 😀
Book Journey 
I so second Quiet. My introvert family members and friends concur. I think the thing I took away most was the argument that just because people are the loudest in a group doesn’t mean they always have the best ideas. I also was fascinated not only with with her interviews at schools, churches and corporations, but also how she showed introverts process problems differently, and what they can bring to the table if we extroverts will shut up for a few seconds to listen to them. 🙂 . Very thorough yet easy listen.
I liked the part you mention too. My boss tells me each year at my review that I need to work on building volunteer teams to assist me with projects. And sometimes I do, but in the audio I learned that being introverted can mean that you prefer to work on things alone. That is true a lot for me….
I’m planning to use an audible credit for The Last Original Wife. I think The Good House is one of my favorite audios of the year and maybe ever. Mary Beth Hurt’s performance is fantastic.
Goof choice! I really enjoyed it!
The Good House will be my next Audible credit! Quiet is just the type of nonfiction listening I enjoy… adding to my wishlist.
Awesome – you will enjoy it! Quiet is also worth the credit 😉
I’ve only read one Dan Brown book – The DaVinci Code. I really want to read the rest and am thinking audio might be the way to go! Have you listened to all of them?
A Place at the Table sounds really good – I’m going to see if my library has it in!
~Kristin @ Always With a Book
Davinchi was food wasn’t it? So was Angel and Demons. This is the first of his I have tried on audio.
These all sound good…I read and loved The Good House, and Is This Tomorrow? is on Sparky….just waiting.
Enjoy your running and bike riding…do you listen when you’re doing these activities?
I do not listen to audio while I run or bike. I like the beat of music to keep me motivated. If I was walking I could do audio.
I don’t listen to many non-fiction, but I love the idea behind Quiet and will definitely be adding Quiet to my listening list.
It is good. There are some great non fiction books out there that I have enjoyed. The Henrietta Lacks one was amazing!
I really want to read Quiet but with time constraints I may take the audio route especially with so many recommending it as a good listen.
Good call Laura. It is one I own in book format too so I can go back and looks things up but I did really enjoy the audio.
I was on the fence about Inferno – so I’m curious to see what you think when you’re done.
I probably would not have given it a second look if my friend had not recommended it. It was her first Dan Brown and she gushed. 😀
I’m listening to This Is What Happy Looks Like and Dear Girls Above Me and both are good!
Two I need to look up Kathy 😀 Glad they are good ones!
I loved Quiet, too, though I read it in print. And you’re the second person I’ve seen praising The Good House today… hmm…
Great narration on the Good House but I bet it reads well too.
I’m listening to Ten Tiny Breaths by K A Tucker, unfortunately it’s not that well read. 😦
Ugh.. I hate it when that happens. I try to listen to samples on line before I pick.
I am currently listening to Ellen Burstyn’s “Lessons in Becoming Myself”. What a life this lady had lead so far. Abusive childhood, scary and sad things happening while filming “The Exorcist”, married to a crazy husband ! Whew ! And I’m not even done yet !
That one sounds interesting Lori! Isn’t it amazing – we all come with a story 😀
I don’t know how anyone can listen to so many at a time! I must be audioly flawed!
I like the variety 😀
Look forward to your thoughts on Is This Tomorrow.
I am about half way through it… it is interesting but I can not really call what I think of it yet. A lot of flash back and forths that I think work better in books then on audio.
I finished Life After LIfe by Kate Atkinson ( a free audio book from BEA, thank you BEA!!). I didn’t want the lives of Ursula to end. The narrator, Fenella Woolgar, has a wonderful voice and did an extremely good job of giving the little “extra” to the reading. I travel a good deal for work and at times I sat in the parking lot for a few extra minutes because I didn’t want to leave the story. I would recommend this audio book to everyone!
Hmm…I’ll have to check out Quiet.
As an introvert I really need to check out the audio of Quiet. I’d considered picking up the book but if the audio is so well done I’d rather go that route.
A Place at the Table does sound good!