Guess what: June is National Audiobook Month! Exciting, isn't it? Of course, it got me thinking of my own audiobook habits. I'm not a purist, and I enjoy keeping a book-on-iPod nearby for long road trips and the gym. It allows me to cram in more "reading" than my schedule would otherwise allow.
On the other hand, I never listen to a book that is more complicated than say, something by Stephen King or Jennifer Wiener, and I feel staunchly committed to reading the classics with my own eyes. What about you? Do you curl up with a good audiobook now and again?
In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.
