Much like a
great novel, the last Green Bay Packers game of the season was full of twists
and turns, great hope and what ended in extreme agony for those rooting on
green and gold. For my husband and many of his friends, hours upon hours were
logged throughout the season reading about players and stats, listening to analyses
and watching games across the country. After such a bitter loss, the thought of
hearing one more word about that Packer defeat, and even worse, the Super Bowl
they wouldn’t be a part of, was too much to bear.
That’s when an
even greater turn of events occurred. My husband, Chris, and some of his
college buddies who correspond about football and baseball daily, decided to
take a sports radio break. The day after that big loss, they simultaneously
started listening to an audio book. What’s more, they chose The Power Broker by Robert Caro, a very long book that takes 66 hours to listen to. Chris was
determined to listen to this during his hour commute each day. He religiously
listens to sports podcasts, so I had my doubts on whether he would ever achieve
this ambitious goal. But he proved me wrong, finishing it last
week.
He and his
friend have even chosen another historical audio book to continue what I think
we can now safely call (although they would not admit this) their male book
club. It’s another historical biography – Truman by David McCullough. And right
when spring training is kicking off, too!
I am not only
surprised, but also impressed and inspired. I have never taken advantage of
audio books, but am thinking I need try one out.
Do you listen
to audio books? If so, when and where?
Just the Adventures of Curious George! (on the way to/from school, as you prob would guess)
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