Now that I have an Audible plus subscription again, I’ve decided I’ll be posting these more frequently. I’m also a little excited to listen to audiobooks again, which isn’t something I ever thought I’d say. I’ve almost finished listening to my current audiobook, which is seasonally appropriate, so keep an eye out for that review later this month.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This was the first audiobook I actually loved. I’d listened to a few and thought they were pretty good but this completely blew me away. Having a full cast of narrators, especially for a book that speaks directly to the reader, is truly the best experience you can have with an audiobook. Because of Daisy Jones & The Six, I now purposefully look for full cast audiobooks.
I spent a lot of time listening to this book wondering if it was based on a real band – it isn’t, but you could have fooled me. I always say Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book have this magical sense to them where the characters are so well written you think these stories have actually happened. I really can’t recommend this book enough.
Synopsis: Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.
Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.
Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realises that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.
Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone
If Cara Bastone releases a new audiobook I’m absolutely going to listen to it. This is another full cast narration and the chemistry between the leads is so good. This isn’t my favourite of hers but it’s still a really good listen.
The majority of this book is various phone calls and texts between the main characters and it has such a cosy vibe. The acting is good and it’s a very easy listen with hardly any conflict or drama.
Synopsis: It’s officially booty o’clock, I’m alone again in my kitchen choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cake…and I’m pretty sure I just got drunk texted by the man I have a ginormous crush on.
I’ve been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffman’s dimples for two months, and even though I’m sure this was a mistake on his end, it doesn’t mean it’s not an opportunity on mine. It’s the middle of the night, and I just wanna talk to him. So I text him back.
And then somehow we keep talking…ALL NIGHT. We’re both insomniacs, so talking all night soon turns into talking EVERY night.
And talking about nothing soon turns into talking about something.
And here we go from in-depth analysis of reality TV to my relationship with my family to his amazing artwork. There’s no topic we don’t cover…
Except for who I really am. It’s the only question of his I won’t answer.
As my crush turns into an avalanche of Eliot, I think of him all the time now. But if he knew who I was, the entire house of cards we’ve built this relationship on would come toppling down. I want him to be mine, but we might never be more than just a sweet dream….
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