We are going on a trip and I'd like to get a couple books on tape. I love fiction- especially scary like Gone Girl, the Good Girl, the Silent Sister, I just finished The Handmaid's Tale. I want to avoid parenting books.
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Ooh listen to unbroken! It's soooo good and the narrator is so great. It's very long - but so intriguing. I drive for work and was actually looking forward to each day while I had this book.
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@Mrs. Pen: is this it?
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@youboots: how was Claire Danes narration of the hamdmaids tale? I want to listen but hesitate because although I like her, not sure about her voice as a narrator!
The Outlander series was fun, good narration. I just finished The Nightingale, but would not recommend. All the light we cannot see was a good listen.
The Martian was also really good.
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@Mrs. Pen: good to know! Is it sad though?! I can't do another sad book. I also listen to audiobooks on my commute and it makes it go so fast!
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@hellobeeboston: I was going to recommend The Martian too - I loved the audiobook, I thought the reader was so great.
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@erinbaderin: yes!! He was great, made it really funny!
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@youboots: behind closed doors by BA Paris was so good!
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@youboots: yes! That's it!
@hellobeeboston: well, there are definitely hard parts seeing as it's a true story that takes place during WWII. But it actually has a really great ending.
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@hellobeeboston: I really loved it. It was my first audiobook in over 5 years. But now it's hard to watch the show because it does not feel right that the lead is not her.
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@youboots: right! It's Peggy from Mad Men!
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OMG why are audio books so expensive 🙄
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@youboots: did you sign up for Audible? It's cheaper that way. Library also has free audio books
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@hellobeeboston: yes I did. I'm going to the library today. Are they just CDs?
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@youboots: our library uses Overdrive, digital files.
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If you're looking for something light (and you're a Gilmore Girls fan) I really enjoyed Lauren Graham's memoir "Talking as Fast As I Can". She reads it and she's fantastic.
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If you like Trevor Noah (or even if you don't know him), Born a Crime is a really good read. I loved reading the book. I've heard people say the audio book was even better because he's narrating it himself....and his South African accent is sexy to me.
ETA: It's more of a memoir, so definitely not fiction. But entertaining nonetheless!
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@hellobeeboston: Curious why you wouldn't recommend The Nightingale? I'm about 3/4 of the way through and really enjoying it!
I always recommend The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It's described as a gothic suspense novel. It's SO good. And anything by Kate Morton.
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@IRunForFun: it was very hyped up, so I had REALLY high expectations which never seems to work out.... it was a slow start, then I got into it in the middle with Isabel's storyline, then I really didn't like the end, although there is a nice 'twist' if you can call it that, I won't give away....I couldn't get behind the characters, mainly Vianne, but I thought it was just SO sad in parts, which I get it, really life was probably way more sad. Blah. I wanted to like it more. I really enjoyed "All the Light we cannot see" which I just read recently.
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@hellobeeboston: same
@youboots: my library uses the app overdrive- so I can digitally check out the book and hook my phone up in my car to play it. No risk of overdue fees either lol
@SteelerGirl: oh that sounds good! I love Lauren Graham -
@Mrs. Pen: unbroken is hands down the best audiobook I've ever listened too. And it was one of the first so I have a high bar now!!
The Martian: very funny and captivating.
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Don't recommend listening to all the light we cannot see. Too many people to keep straight! Took me 13 hours to start liking it! Yeeps.
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@youboots: I check out everything online through the library now. Signed up for audible credits a few years ago but now my library has great options for audiobooks so I stopped audible.
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@hellobeeboston: did you read or listen to all the light we cannot see? I think I would have liked it more reading instead of listening.
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@birdofafeather: I listened. Still liked it. But I agree that would have been a good one to read.
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@birdofafeather: I was reading through all tj light we cannot see and liked it a lot- I didn't get to finish cause I had to return to the library so it's still on my to-read list!
And I agree!! Unbroken was actually my very first audiobook experience and it set the bar sooo high, that no book has been as captivating as that!!
Oh, thought of another one I liked listening to: murder on the orient express
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Have you listened to (or read) Dark Places? I may have liked it a little better than Gone Girl!
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