Confessions

I admit it. I am totally addicted to the strangest thing. If I go more than a day or so without it I start to have panic attacks. No, it is not my diet DP (we won't go there). I am totally addicted to audio books. Totally nerdy I know but i can't help it. I can download a lot of them for free now through an e-library and I am completely hooked. I listen while I get ready in the morning, when I am cleaning or doing dishes, while I am doing puzzles with the kids and while I work out. Paxton says it is because I have ADD and have to be doing three things at once. Maybe he is right...

Anyway, I want to put a few recommendations out there for anyone who loves to read but doesn't have time to sit down and for people looking for fun, clean authors to choose from.
-The Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. Action, romance, mystery, historical fiction and placed in turn of the century Egypt so it is right up my ally. Scores a 9 on the cleanliness scale. The narrator Barbra Rosenblat is fabulous! Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first book.
-Clive Cussler: Fun action books, I prefer the Dirk Pit series and I think my favorite is Inca Gold. Very fun to listen to (for guys too) on a road trip. Scores a 7 on the cleanliness scale for minor swearing and sexuality (for some reason his older books have more of this).
-Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer: Written for a younger audience but is very fun with a lot of humor. First book is Case of the Missing Marquess. 10 on the cleanliness scale.
-Anne Perry: Writes turn of the century murder mysteries. Kind of Sherlock Holmes meets Jane Austin. More serious books with a lot of insight into lifestyle and culture of the time. 9 on the cleanliness scale, very clean but deals with some mature topics.
-No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith: I haven't read all these but I have enjoyed the ones that I have listened to. They are not so much mysteries but entertaining books about live from the perspective of a woman in Botswana. These are very calm books that I like to listen to when life seems chaotic and overwhelming. Somehow I find them very peaceful. 10 on the cleanliness scale.
-The secret garden: I was surprised how much I loved this book. It is also a favorite of my Mom's and it makes me think of her a lot. I read this after I lost my little Colin and really loved that the whole book is about finding and cultivating your own happiness but written in a way that a child would love to listen to it. 10 on the cleanliness scale.

I guess this one addiction that I don't mind passing on to my kids.