Aural Pleasure - in my car!

Because my new(ish) day job is located on the city fringes, I get the dubious priviledge of driving to work each day in my car instead of catching the bus. Having been a long term user of public transport - I actually didn't mind catching the bus. Unlike Handsomest Husband, I never get motion sick and I can happily read for hours on end on the bus, the train, or the ferry. A 40 minute bus trip each way adds up to a lot of reading time every week.

So while I'm rather enjoying driving to work - I am seriously missing my reading time. So I borrowed an audio book from work. My god, why hasn't anyone told me about these before! What a fantastic thing the audio book is - I'm completely addicted. I've become a totally different person in the car - red lights, train crossings or just being really late don't matter anymore. Sure, cut me off, don't bother to indicate, tailgate all you like - I am completely calm about it all. Because I'm listening to literature.

In fact, I think that I actually prefer the audio version of some books. At the moment I'm listening to Kate Atkinson's "Human Croquet". I've read a few of her books and find that I don't really get into them. But listening to her work is a totally different experience. I'm absolutely rivetted. She has such a wonderful turn of phrase which I have never appreciated before. And her stories are so beautiful crafted. I've also thought that she was too wordy but I now have a completely different impression.