I’ve been thinking about doing this series for such a long time now, but for some reason couldn’t think of what to name it. Which I’m now realising is stupid because it’s painfully obvious.
Anyway, I’ve only recently just started enjoying audiobooks and while the ones on Audible Plus aren’t the best, there are some pretty decent listens on there.
Call Me Maybe (Love Lines #1) by Cara Bastone
This was the first full cast, dramatised audiobook I listened to and it really made me fall in love with them. I’ve listened to this entire series (I will be mentioning the others at some point) and trust me when I say Cara Bastone writes excellent banter.
The premise of Call Me Maybe is so fun, it’s basically just an IT call, but it’s so entertaining. If you’re either thinking about getting Audible Plus, or you haven’t tried audiobooks yet but want to, I’d definitely recommend Call Me Maybe as a first listen.
Synopsis: Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days.
Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth… when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Cal. He’s surprisingly helpful and really knows his stuff, even if he’s a little awkward…. in an adorable way.
And suddenly I’m flirting with him? And I think he’s flirting back.
And suddenly it’s been hours, and we’re still on the phone talking and ordering each other takeout while he trouble shoots my website.
And suddenly we’re exchanging numbers and sending texts and DMs every day, leaving voice mails (who even does that anymore?!).
And suddenly I’m wondering if it’s possible for two people fall in love at first talk.
Because I’m falling… hard.
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Vera Hoffman has just days to make sure her website for her new Date-in-a-Box business launches. When the darn thing glitches, she calls her IT company and connects with Cal Kantola. An intense week of phone calls, DMs, voice messages, and texts ensue, and in between troubleshooting, these two start to develop feelings. But will their systems be compatible when they actually meet face-to-face?
The Set Up by Falguni Kothari
This wasn’t the best audiobook I’ve ever listened to, but the fact that you get it with your Audible Plus subscription is great. It’s only a couple of hours long and it does have an interesting story. It does get a bit weird at one point, I won’t say why because it will spoil the story, but it’s decent and the narration is pretty good.
If you’re looking for a quick read to bulk up your reading challenge, I’d definitely recommend this, especially if you like multiple narrators.
Synopsis: “Just three dates. That’s all I’m asking. One boy shares your sense of humor. Another has similar interests and ideals. The third boy has a helpful heart like yours.”
When Aditi Gupta comes home late from work as a pediatric resident one night and her grandfather offers this pitch, she reluctantly agrees. She’s far too busy with med school to be dating, and besides, she dreams of a love for the ages, like her parents, not an arranged marriage. And yet she finds herself agreeing to three dates because she loves her grandfather. All she has to do is make herself utterly ineligible and problem solved!
And sure enough her first date with the disgustingly handsome and intriguing Krishna Lal goes exactly as planned: not well! But then the second date comes around and Aditi finds that there is more at stake than just three bad dates. Suddenly, her heart is on the line, and maybe her grandfather’s, too.
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