I still haven't ventured into listening to fiction on an audio book, so I look for nonfiction selections. A month ago I found It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy by Laurie Notaro. It was certainly an enjoyable read and found myself at times laughing out loud. This book is a collection of humorous personal essays. I will say though at times, it felt like the jokes were forced, that Notaro was trying a little too hard to be funny. But I laughed my butt of at this one story, I think it was called "Instant Karma" about the hippies that populate the town where she lives. It was really funny to me, especially because I could have been some of the people she was complaining about. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this quite as much had I read it instead of listened to it, but it was quite entertaining.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
It Looked Different on the Model
I have a slight addiction to these new Playaways. For those who don't know, a Playaway is an audio book downloaded onto an MP3 kind of player so it's super portable plus unlike audio CD's it keeps your spot for you even if you turn it off and don't listen for days on end. (It was because I'd always lose my place that I gave up on the CD's, so this was a selling point for me.) So with a Playaway I can wash dishes or fold laundry while listening to a book- pretty cool, huh?
I still haven't ventured into listening to fiction on an audio book, so I look for nonfiction selections. A month ago I found It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy by Laurie Notaro. It was certainly an enjoyable read and found myself at times laughing out loud. This book is a collection of humorous personal essays. I will say though at times, it felt like the jokes were forced, that Notaro was trying a little too hard to be funny. But I laughed my butt of at this one story, I think it was called "Instant Karma" about the hippies that populate the town where she lives. It was really funny to me, especially because I could have been some of the people she was complaining about. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this quite as much had I read it instead of listened to it, but it was quite entertaining.
I still haven't ventured into listening to fiction on an audio book, so I look for nonfiction selections. A month ago I found It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy by Laurie Notaro. It was certainly an enjoyable read and found myself at times laughing out loud. This book is a collection of humorous personal essays. I will say though at times, it felt like the jokes were forced, that Notaro was trying a little too hard to be funny. But I laughed my butt of at this one story, I think it was called "Instant Karma" about the hippies that populate the town where she lives. It was really funny to me, especially because I could have been some of the people she was complaining about. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this quite as much had I read it instead of listened to it, but it was quite entertaining.
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