One of my favorite pastimes is reading light fiction, which is sometimes difficult to do while performing any number of tasks in the course of a day. Let's hear it for audio books!
Fortunately, our library has a large selection of audio books. And our librarian is constantly adding to the collection with newly released titles. That's the good news and the bad news. The good news part has to do with the number of audio books available. The bad news has to do with subject matter. Reading the back of an audio book container to get an idea of content I 'm all too often met with the same, "Marjorie and Milton weren't expecting to find a dead body in the honeymoon suite when they entered their room blah, blah, blah." And so I made a request.
"Is it possible to get some audio books without dead bodies in them," I asked our librarian. She told me that someone else is requesting more romance novels. Hers is not an easy life. It seems that publishers give the public what it wants and right now the public wants murder and mayhem. As an example, the other day, while waiting in a check out line, I overheard a young man tell his companion that he only needed a few more kills to reach 10,000. I do believe he was referring to his video game expertise.
But fear not, I have found a few good stories without undue amounts of blood. If you're looking for the same I have some recommendations. I'm in love with any book by Alexander McCall Smith, who's done the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series as well as another series set in the UK. I've recently listened to "Major Pedigrees Last Stand," and many months ago enjoyed "The Elegance of the Hedgehog." And although some of these books would never be classified as great literature, I didn't have to mop up any blood when I finished listening to them.
Do you have a favorite author or series to share? Would love any suggestions.
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