Mmmmm…. good morning! I am enjoying a delicious cup of coffee from my new coffee pot the Tassimo, thanks to House Party. It took a bit to get the hang of it but now… I may be addicted.
SO feel free to nickname me absentee blogger, that’s the way I feel lately. I am seriously hoping to get my mojo back and my hope lies in the winter months when life tends to slow down a bit for me and I hate the cold and wet and snow so I tend to spend more time indoors doing bloggy type things.
You may know I have a weakness for Patterson’s audio books (go ahead, insert your own groan here). Particularly the Michael Bennett series… the one about the cop with the ten adopted kids… I know a bot crazy but I love the story line. When recently offered the latest in this series for review that was a hard YES! One of the things I love about these adios and they are excellent at sound effects.. not cheesy ones… but good ones and set up for the right time. Gun shots, etc… A few years back when I started listening to these books while driving I had a time when a gunshot was on the audio and I seriously thought I was being shot at.
In central Minnesota…. can you imagine? 😯
SO now I am listening to this new one and I am at the grocery store pulling out of my parking spot when the audio makes a crashing noise. My heart stops… I am sure I just hit something….
Egads…. GOOD audio!
I am looking forward to a fairly mellow weekend. There is a 5k opportunity this weekend that I am not signed up for but kind of considering… maybe maybe not…. but books are definitely on the upcoming weekend agenda.
Questions to ponder… do you like audio (Laurel…. be kind! 😉 ) AND do you like sound effects in your audio? Also… what are your plans this weekend. I had an idea for a fun meme to start off the new year with that I am kind of excited about implementing… stay tuned… I will post about it in a few weeks 😀
Book Journey 
Ha-ha! Okay, I might just have to try one of those with sound effects…that does sound like fun! And although I’ve only read a couple of the Michael Bennett books, those are my favorites, too. I like that character.
OMG…I think I just don’t like audio…and sound effects would drive me crazy…I want to sit in a lovely chair or chaise…hold a book or kindle and read…just simply read.
I can see me overreacting to those sound effects, since I jump when I hear an unexpected noise in the house…but if I knew they were coming….maybe.
Interesting and good to know. I’ve only listened to Harry Potter – love Jim Dale, the reader of the Artemis Fowl book was good, and thrle woman who reads Pride and Prejudice is good also.
I love audios but don’t like sound effects because they startle me so much!
I am listening to this audio as well and was startled by the sound effects too! It took me about 4 discs to get used to it.
I love audio but have never listened to one with sound effects. I need to try one!
This weekend we are celebrating my daughters birthday and furniture shopping with one of my sons for his new co-op.
That’s so funny. I hadn’t even considered the sound effects scaring the pants off of me – I haven’t ever listened to mysteries or scary stories.
How are you finding The Returned as an audiobook? I just finished the hardcover today!