June is Audiobook Month!
Here's just one more reason
to celebrate the month of June: it's Audiobook Month! In honor of
the occasion, I'm kicking off the month by listening to Bad Monkey
by Carl Hiassen http://www.carlhiaasen.com/.
Normally, I want to savor
every funny word Hiassen writes, but in this case, the audiobook
version was better because I'm listening to it with my husband. Carl
Hiassen is one of the few fiction writers we both can agree on,
joining a small band of other fabulous authors including Christopher
Moore http://www.chrismoore.com/
and Tom Robbins http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Robbins/e/B000APVAHM.
This is an opportune time to
note that both Christopher Moore and Tom Robbins have new books out
this summer. Moore's latest work is called The Serpent of Venice.
As the title implies, the
action is set in Venice. Pocket from Fool: A Novel,
returns in The Serpent
of Venice, lured there on the
promise of scoring a with a hot chick. As luck would have it, three
men are actually trying to murder poor Pocket instead of granting
him the heart of the wile-some
Portia
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+serpent+of+venic.
I
usually wait with baited breath for anything new to come from
Christopher Moore. I slowly indulge in his wacky humor which is why
reading his stuff is usually best. However, there are some
exceptions and I believe The Serpent of Venice may
be one of them. Like Moore's 2012 book Sacre Blue: A
Comedy d'Art, cries out for the
spoken word. The story was set in exotic locations with words that
are hard to read and mentally pronounce. In addition to being
tickle-me-funny, Sacre Blue
was made all the more enjoyable by a wonderful narrator who correctly
annunciated all the wonderful locations in Europe this novel invokes
http://www.amazon.com/Sacre-Bleu-A-Comedy-dArt/dp/006177975X/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1Z44A8W52MTNR9RX0GZX.
Tom
Robbins' Tibetan Peach Pie is touted as an amusing
memoir, giving readers an insight into the colorful mind of this
talented author. I'll also try this one as audio book on the
promises that it will be an quirky romp through the fascinating life
of Tom Robbins – the perfect backdrop for a long road trip or
journey
http://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Peach-Pie-Account-Imaginative/dp/1483004600/ref=tmm_abk_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1401744250
However your tastes may run,
I hope you'll find a good audio book to accompany you on your
adventures this summer. With so many titles to choose from, the
hardest thing will be deciding which one to listen to first!
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