This week’s Book Blogger Hop question: Do you listen to audiobooks?

I do!  I only started in the last few years, which I largely account to reading other bloggers’ accounts of listening to audiobooks.  I also started a new job a few months ago with a longer commute, so I get more audiobook time in.  I only listen to audiobooks in the car, and out of respect for the fact that I am, after all, driving, I tend to listen to rereads rather than new books.  And preferably ones that won’t be too suspenseful.

Though I also have a habit of listening to Agatha Christie novels, which are both new to me and suspenseful so…I can’t explain that. Continue reading “Blog Hop: Hearing a Story” →

This week’s Book Blogger Hop question: If you are in a book club, where do you meet? A restaurant, someone’s home, the library?

I am in a book club!  We’re a pretty laid-back one, we read a variety of books, and usually the conversation turns towards Star Wars at some point.  One of my favorite conversations?  A semi-serious one about the best weapon to use against zombies, and the decision was for lightsabers.  Clearly, I know awesome people. 🙂

I’ve been in this book club for…long enough that I’ve lost track.  I think about four years?  Currently we meet at a restaurant on a Monday night, for dinner and book discussion.  Over the years we’ve also done coffee shops and parks, which both worked pretty well too (well, the parks are only good some parts of the year…)  The public location is nice when we want to encourage new people to join, and we’ve never had problems with loud venues–or being too loud ourselves.

I’m also in a writing group, and we meet weekly at a pizza place.

Anyone else in a book club?  How do you handle meetings?