Too Many Books, Too Little Time
Lately, I’ve been in a constant race against time with my library audiobooks through OverDrive.
After having all holds suspended over vacation, I got too busy to manage my holds effectively using the Libby app. Normally, Libby works well for maintaining a steady flow of available e-audiobooks instead of the recent flood conditions I’ve been dealing with, but suddenly I had audiobooks from several different OverDrive collections come through all at once.
But it’s all OK, because…
June Is Audiobook Month!
Listening to the highest-demand titles first because they have the longest wait times and putting myself back on the wait list for others so this week I’m going with Normal People by Sally Rooney and Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly.
Am also hoping to get to Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor before it expires, because I’ve been waiting a long time for the second Binti book!
For Book Club
In print books, I’m reading Clock Dance by one of my favorite authors, Anne Tyler, for book club this month. I love how her characters come so fully alive through what they say and don’t say to each other and how the author creates a personality out of a bare minimum of descriptive phrases.
I listened to the audiobook last year when it came out, and I like it just as much in print as I did on audio, narrated by Kimberly Farr. The only problem is, I keep calling the book “Cloud Atlas” or “Cloud Dance” for some reason.
On the Nightstand
I took China Rich Girlfriend with me on vacation, along with three other books, but didn’t get to it. (I need a reading vacation one of these days!) I am hooked on these books, although I’m not cool enough to get all the references. The books in this sequence (which starts with Crazy Rich Asians, as everyone knows) make great vacation reading because they’re frothy enough to be picked up and put down often but brain-engaging enough (footnotes! cultural insights! invective and obscene phrases in other languages!) to be readable amid the distractions and occasional discomforts of travel.
Did you know, though, that “crazy rich” in the title Crazy Rich Asians means really, really rich – not crazy AND rich? I didn’t; I just assumed that punctuation was left out of the title to make it punchier.
It’s Monday, and it’s finally feeling like summer! What are you all reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (#IMWAYR) is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, are, and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever-growing TBR pile! This meme started with J Kaye’s Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at Book Date.
I should take a look at my bunch of audriobooks and pick one for June. I’ve gotten so many from SYNC that I haven’t listened to yet. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
I have Clock Dance on my TBR. My weekly update
You’re in for a real treat with Normal People. I had it in print, but I bet the audiobook is fantastic.
I usually like Anne Tyler, too, but Clock Dance just didn’t work for me. I think I’m in the minority there. Hope you enjoy it.
I loved Clock Dance too. I am currently listening to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on audiobook.
I had to look to see what Libby was. Our local library region utilises an app called BorrowBox for ebooks and audios, and you can’t borrow outside of your region. The selection is pretty reasonable though.
Have a great reading week
My husband loves audio books! I really need to try one. 🙂 And I have had Kevin Kwan on my TBR forever – maybe this summer I will read him! Have a great week!