Title: Seriously … I’m Kidding Author/Narrator: Ellen DeGeneres Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 256 (audio length: 3 hours 7 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir-ish, Humour Source: Purchased audiobook version from Audible.com From the cover: I’ve experienced a lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you’ll take a moment [...]

Title: Go the F–k to Sleep Author: Adam Mansbach Illustrator: Ricardo Cortes Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 36 (audio length: 6 minutes) Genre: Adult, Humour, Audiobook Source: Audiobook version, free from Audible.com From the cover: Go the F**k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, [...]

Title: The Prestige Author: Christopher Priest Narrator: Simon Vance Publication Year: 1995 Pages: 416 (audio length: 12 hours 19 minutes) Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction? Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their [...]

I loved Overreader‘s description of the Armchair Audies so much that I’m stealing it. Here ya go: It’s Armchair Audies time! What’s that? Never heard of them? Well, they’re new. The Audies are annual “awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment” and are awarded in June. There are 29 categories and 5 contenders [...]

Title: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Author: Mary Roach Narrator: Shelly Frasier Publication Year: 2003 Pages: 304 (audio length: 7 hours 59 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers [...]