| Thursday, April 13, 2006 |
| Book Recommendation |
I have found (or re-discovered) that while working out at the gym, I like to listen to books on tape. it used to be on CD, now it's on iPod. Never really on tape.
The book I just listened to was absolutely phenomenal, and I'd like to recommend it. It is called Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It had caught my eye some 2 years ago, but then I had to go and start stupid law school, and couldn't read. I even checked it out on disk before, but didn't like the voice of the reader. Then my very good friend A in CA recommended it to me - so I checked it out again. She said it was a "puzzle of a book" and it was. It was great.
I did have to work through a nasty voice, but you get used to it. It took me 2 weeks to listen to the entire book (16 disks at over an hour each), and I am LONELY for it now that it is over. LONELY.
I can't say too much about it without ruining it - and I want people to read it. I will say that I went after the fact and checked out the Amazon reviews, and was astonished to find that one of the more irritating parts for me {as a listener, not a reader} was the absolute favorite part for most reviewers {readers, not listeners} - so I do recommend reading it. But for those, like me, who are in law school, and have no time to read, listening while commuting or working out at the gym is a nice alternative. |
posted by Zuska @ 10:53 PM   |
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