In an effort to create more blog posts since apparently I read more slowly than I thought when I go through a string of books I consider only ok (which has happened lately), I decided that from now on I’m going to include shorter posts about audiobooks that I’ve listened to as well. My selections of audio books aren’t going to be anything unbelievably high caliber. Don't judge. In fact, off the top of my head, I can only think of one (Unbroken, which will get a longer post devoted to it soon!) that could be considered as such. Essentially when I get a hold of an audio book, I want to stay entertained, but not think a whole lot. Also, I tend to want to save books that I REALLY want to read for actual reading, not distracted listening while driving or whenever.
Which is how I ended up listening to Sh*t my Dad Says... Laugh away. It was a cute little book though, a bunch of anecdotes about the author’s dad, entwined into a book of short stories, and interspersed with lines from the titular Twitter Feed. It’s certainly not going to win any Pulitzer Prizes, but I enjoyed it. I even laughed a few times. Granted, I don’t follow the Twitter account, so I don’t know how much overlap there might be, but the lines quoted in the book were funny enough for me to want to look into it.
If you’re looking for mindless entertainment, this is it. It’s short, sweet, and funny enough.
3- I think a lot of audiobooks will end up with this designation. Anything less and I won’t finish it, anything more and I would say there’s a decent possibility I’ll give up the audio part and get a hold of the actual book!
**Note: I went to the twitter page, to find an example of what you might find in reading this book, and my favorite current tweet is the following:
"WENT through an awkward phase? What phase you think you're in now? Ever seen yourself walk up stairs? It's like a T-rex that shit himself."
It’s pretty funny, right? That’s basically what you’re going to end up with.
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