In a little over two years I’ve gone from being an audiobook neophyte to one of their most devoted fans. In 2016 I listened to maybe three audiobooks, whereas this year so far I’ve listened to 29. I tend to have pretty good luck with audiobooks because I’ve become very careful in not only thoroughly checking out the book, but also the narrator. We have to face it, a wonderful story on audio can be ruined with the wrong narrator. The audiobooks I’m sharing today come from three categories, nonfiction, fiction and backlist books I listened to this year. Let’s get started!…

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The second half of August is always a little bitter sweet for me. Yes, it’s still vacation, but the school year is looming out there and it’s hard to ignore. I actually went in and worked on curriculum with the math team two days last week and that made the school year feel all too close. I have two weeks left and they’re going to be filled with grandkids. Tomorrow I’m off to Bozeman for a visit with the two who live there and the following week I’ll have the 2-year old who lives here for a few days. Good thing I got a lot of reading in last week because I have a feeling I’ll be slowing down quite a lot. (Thanks for all the good wishes last week. I’m doing much better and the black eye gets a little lighter every day.)

Last Week’s Reads

I’m not sure how, but I had a four book week! It helped that I was already halfway through with both The Distance Home by Paula Saunders and A Double Life by Flynn Berry. …

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