Since I am bound and determined to give audio books a chance, last Saturday I went to the library for the first time in a very long time. In fact, it had been so long I couldn’t find my library card (what an embarassing thing for a reader to admit). So I had to fork out a buck. Not that I’m complaining…libraries are a fantastic deal.
However, my local library always disappoints me. It’s small, and last Saturday it was filled with pre-teens running around calling each other butt-head, or some other equally un-charming thing. And while I was standing in front of the new book section there was an elderly man heavy breathing in my ear. He probably had emphysema and couldn’t help it, but it wasn’t quite the ambiance I wanted. And the audio book section was fairly disappointing. I ended up with:
The Year of Living Biblically, Thank You, Jeeves, and The Passion of Artemesia. I’m not sure I’ll listen to them all, but that’s what I got.
I also came home with a book:
The book was a bust. I read it, but it wasn’t anything great. I’m currently half-way through The Year of Living Biblically, which for a visual learner is amazing. I’m listening to it in my car, which I think is the only place I can do audio books. For 25 minutes on my way to work, and then again for the drive home, I’m a captive audience.
So now that I have a shiny new library card, I’m hoping to make the trip to the library a more frequent event. However, I think I’ll need to drive into the big city (hah! that would be San Luis Obispo) and hope they have a better selection of audio books.
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