Following my heart, one book at a time...
So you know how I always say I can’t listen to audiobooks (or I’ve tried and can’t quite get them)? Well, I just realized (yet again) that… that’s not true at all! I just remembered… I listen to audiobooks all the time. BUT!! There’s a caveat:
Maryse: Strange book realization… I have a hard time listening to fiction audiobooks. I need to READ them. Yet, I struggle to read self-help & financial books. I need to LISTEN to them. *hrmph* 😑😒😏 So. Weird.
Ahhhh I love this subject!! And Leslie is the one that got me thinking:
Leslie M: Ok, so I just read Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret for my “Time’s top 100″ in our challenge. So funny to re-read something from my childhood with an adult perspective. “We must, we must, we must increase our bust.” I feel so far removed from an 11 yr old girl, I could never write a realistic coming of age book. The silly things that seem so important…
Anyway, it was fun. Maybe I need to pull out some Nancy Drew.
Not really a confession per se (other than neither one of us thought of this beforehand), but now we’re thinking.
I know… it sounds a little morbid, but it’s something to consider, and I’m so thankful that JulieO brought this to our attention.
She messaged me saying:
My girlfriend told me something interesting the other day that I had never thought of.
Her aunt passed away and they had a ‘reading of the will’ and her granddaughter, who is in her twenties was bequeathed her 4 kindles which were loaded to the max. Apparently they both shared a love of books. Someone else got other household items or the car etc. but she was overjoyed with the kindles.
Tee hee!! Yes. I am so guilty of this myself. I love that we can struggle with the same “book collecting” needs, the squirreling over awesome reviews and blurb jolts, click to our hearts content and feel guilty about it together. Although Nay doesn’t seem to feel so guilty about it. 😉 *snort*
Tasha J started us off saying…
Tasha J: My new hobby as of late seems to be searching for books, reading synopsis’ and reviews, adding to tbr and collecting as opposed to reading….then I will read a book or 2 and go back to this. How do I control myself??
NOTE: THIS IS A HUGE WORK IN PROGRESS… the response I received was over 150 comments/books deep!! I LOVE IT!!
SO… due to the overwhelming response, I’m currently immortalizing this into a post (and you are all welcome to comment on your favorite, and I will continue adding to this list). :D!!
After learning the awesome news that Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was going become a movie, I marveled about the very first books I read as a child and how I still remember them clearly to this day. ESPECIALLY that one. I re-read that one SO often it was crazy.