Reading Out of Our Comfort Zone | Book Talk, etc.

[@smileycindy]

You shared some great suggestions in this edition of the podcast again. I've finished three audiobooks in two days since the beginning of December. First, I listened to the last part of Paris: The Memoir from Paris Hilton. I was running out of time to read all of the physical books I have on loan from the library before their due date, so I switched to the audiobook for this one since it was available. I also finished Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister. I was not too sure about this one as I was listening, but it was keeping me engaged enough that I wanted to hear what would come next, and I did like how the story tied up in the end. And while I'm waiting on my next audiobook reservation to come in soon, I picked something short (3 hours) that caught my eye in the New Acquisitions list: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good from Helene Tursten. It was unique and different and it kept me entertained. I'm now in the middle of The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey. By the way, I totally relate with large books being out of my comfort zone. It screams big time commitment, but now that I've gotten into the habit of sometimes reading more than one book at once to rotate and avoid reading slumps, this might be the way to get through larger book while still feeling like I have some variety in my reading over the course of a month. The latest chunky book I read was The Winners (Fredrik Backman), at 670 pages. And frankly, it was too long for no reasons, the author could have cut the book to make it similar in length to the first two books of the trilogy.