Tag: Audiobook Challenge

(Audio)Book Talk: *Stories I Only Tell My Friends*, by Rob Lowe
July 24, 2012 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: *Stories I Only Tell My Friends*, by Rob Lowe

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rob Lowe (Facebook) (Twitter) audiobook read by the author St. Martin’s Griffin (2012), Paperback (ISBN 1250008859 / 9781250008855) Biography/memoir, 320 pages Source: purchased audiobook (Audible ASIN B004XXVSS8) Reason for reading: personal, Audiobook Challenge Opening lines: “I had always had an affinity for him, an admiration for his easy grace, his natural charisma, despite the fact that for the better part of a decade my then girlfriend kept […]

(Audio)Book Talk: *Rules of Civility*, by Amor Towles
July 12, 2012 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: *Rules of Civility*, by Amor Towles

Rules of Civility: A NovelAmor TowlesAudiobook read by Rebecca LowmanPenguin Books (2012); Paperback (ISBN 9780143121169 / 0143121162 )Fiction, 352 pagesSource: purchased audiobook (ISBN 9780142429273, Audible ASIN B005EJFUYI)Reason for reading: Personal, 2012 Audiobook Challenge. #JIAM (June is Audiobook Month) Opening lines (Chapter 1): “It was the last night of 1937. “With no better plans or prospects, my roommate Eve had dragged me back to The Hotspot, a wishfully named nightclub in Greenwich Village that was four […]

Book Talk: *Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother*, by Amy Chua
March 26, 2012 reading

Book Talk: *Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother*, by Amy Chua

This week, I’m posting the final two reviews of the Indie Lit Awards Biography/Memoir short list contenders. (Also: Have you entered my Blogiversary Giveaway?) Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Amy Chua (Facebook) (Twitter) read by the author Penguin (Non-Classics) (2011), Reprint, paperback (ISBN 0143120581 / 9780143120582) Nonfiction (memoir/parenting), 256 pages Source: purchased audiobook (Audible ASIN B004INSU48) Reason for reading: Indie Lit Awards Short List (Biography/Memoir) RUNNER-UP, Audiobook Challenge 2012, Memorable Memoirs Reading Challenge Opening lines: “This […]

(Audio)Book Talk: *Ready Player One*, by Ernest Cline
January 23, 2012 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: *Ready Player One*, by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One (book website) Ernest Cline Audiobook read by Wil Wheaton Crown (2011), Hardcover (ISBN 030788743X / 9780307887436) (Audio edition ISBN 9780307913159) Fiction, 384 pages (Audio length 15 hours 46 minutes) Source: Purchased audiobook (Audible.com) Reason for reading: Personal Opening lines, Chapter 1: “I was jolted awake by the sound of gunfire in one of the neighboring stacks. The shots were followed by a few minutes of muffled shouting and screaming, then silence. Gunfire […]

Sunday Salon: Opening the Book on 2012!
January 1, 2012 reading

Sunday Salon: Opening the Book on 2012!

Happy New Year, y’all! If that Mayan calendar is to be believed, we’ve got 355 days left before it all goes away, so I suppose we’d better get to it, hadn’t we? Whatever “it” is… I guess that opens up a big question: “If you knew you had only one year left to read, what books would you want to make sure you didn’t miss?” Personally, I don’t know which specific titles would be on […]