Audiobooks Rock!

One of my New Year's resolutions for 2009 was to "read" more. I have tons of real books that I need to read, but I was really interested in concentrating in the audio books we have. My dad drives truck and as an avid audio book listener. It is wonderful because we can talk about books and he always has lots of suggestions on what to read next. My problem is that I spend little time in the car, and less time in the car alone, so I have gotten really far behind. To give you an idea of how many audio books we have, iTunes says it would take me about 140 days to listen to them all, back to back, without stopping.

So I have started the J.D. Robb "In Death" Series. Many of these I have read before- in real book form- but that was years ago. And since Nora Robert's (the real author's name) turns one of these fluffy books out at least every 6 months I have gotten really far behind.

They were always my favorite books to read on a plane, or on vacation- just fluffy, with some mild steamy sex scenes. But based in the future so the sci-fi element kept me amused and interested. The main character is this tough woman cop, who happens to be model beautiful (although she doesn't know it) and smart as a whip, and head strong to boot.

In the first book (Naked in Death) the main characters- eve Dallas is married to her job, but in the course of he investigation meets the billionaire, handsome dude- Roarke. (think Bill Gate's money meets and Irish Hugh Jackman...) Of course she fights it, but they end up in the sack, and he falls in love with her and she fights falling in love with him.

The second tale (Glory in Death) makes Roarke a possible suspect and Eve battling between what she knows (he is innocent) and what the evidence says (maybe he isn't). At the end, the night in shining armour comes to save the day and asks her to marry him- and she says yes...

OK... I bet you are wondering why I am bothering with such fluffy books. I'm not on vacation, and this usually isn't my thing. Well for a few reasons. 1) Since I have read the first few, I can listen and concentrate on other things- like working on my web site- without missing anything. 2) They are formulaic, so I can listen while I work- leave the room- and come back- and not miss much that isn't explained again later... and 3) while knitting at night they are as good as most junk on TV, so I can concentrate on some harder knitting and not be distracted by the book itself.

So I am on book three. I think there are almost 30 of these. But I don't think I can take more than 3 or 4 in a row without a break for some real literature...