S10:Ep221 - Audiobook Appreciation Month: A Book Rec Episode - 5-8-24

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest to you 10 plus books that give an added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And we aren't even entertaining the notion that listening to audiobooks isn't reading. Listening counts! Books mentioned-- 1- The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna 2- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 3- Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover Shannon Loar @shopcoffeekids 4- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori 5- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci 6- Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why by Alexandra Petri, narrated by Rebecca Gibel 7- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland 8- The Assasination of Brangwain Spurge by MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin narrated by Gildart Jackson 9- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by an ensemble cast 10- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, narrated by Tom Hollander 11- Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams, narrated by author 12- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, narrated by Marin Ireland 13- Ava's Man by Rick Bragg 14-The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and his People by Rick Bragg 15- My Southern Journey: True Journeys from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg 16- It's All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg 17- Calypso by David Sedaris 18- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 19- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, narrated by Bronson Pinchot 20- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 21- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 22- The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia Movies and Shows mentioned-- 1- Big Night (1996) 2- Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy (CNN) 3- The Hunger Games (2012) 4- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 5- Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon, 2023) 6- Leave the World Behind (Netflix, 2023) 7- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)