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It's hot and steamy here in norther Virginia; the heat index was 126 degrees at one point yesterday! It's the perfect kind of day to stay inside with the shades drawn and read a good blog. And as luck would have it, it's Friday, which means that I am here to entertain you with new hero and villain picks.
Hero of the Week: Audible.com
I've spent a lot of time in the car recently. Between the road trip to Florida and back and my hour-long commute to work, I put in some serious time behind the wheel. As I've mentioned on this blog before, I absolutely love singing in the car and have very little shame about my tone-deafness. However, a terrible thing has started happening recently: I've gotten sick of all of the music on the radio! I tried to mix things up with play lists from my iPhone, and then even hearkening back to the days of CDs, but nothing has been entertaining me as much as I'd like. Enter Audible.com. Audible is an Amazon company that specializes in audiobooks. I am a huge fan of (well-performed) audiobooks. An interesting story and lively narration makes the time go ever so much faster. Plus, you get two free books when you sign up for a trial, and they have several that are $5 and under. I got Water for Elephants and The Book Thief for free, and picked up a "summer book" on sale for my work commute. For adding hours of enjoyment to an otherwise dreary stretch of time, Audible.com is my hero of the week.
Villain of the Week: Distance
As much as I love audiobooks, I love even more not to have to drive an hour to get to work. I would absolutely adore not having to drive 15 hours to see my family in Florida. All of the pesky miles in between me and where I want to go desperately annoy me. I want to be able to blink my eyes, wiggle my nose, snap my fingers, or click my heels and be somewhere else. If I could do that, not only would I get to see my family more often and significantly reduce my commute, but I'd be able to travel more. There are some pretty great vacation deals out there in my price range, but the airfare is the killer. So for standing relentlessly in my way, Distance is my villain of the week.
Come back next Friday to find out what makes my day and what makes me mad. Until then, have a nice cool weekend!
Isn't "Water for Elephants" lovely? I read it a couple of years ago and enjoyed it thoroughly.
ReplyDeleteI am currently in the middle of "The Book Thief." It is a beautiful and visceral piece of work, as close to a painting as words can come...a Kandinsky of literature.