I am now on Audible

I got a early birthday gift this week. My wife got me an Audible.com membership. We've both been considering getting it for each other for a while, and finally decided to do it. I gave her an early mother's day gift by changing the membership from one credit to two credits a month. This was after I decided to get Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. My wife told me that I could listen to that all by myself.

I'm quite excited about being able to choose a book on audio that I get to keep. I enjoy reading and have difficulty finding time between studies, family, work, and that annoying need for sleep. I've been known to stay up until 2:00 am finishing a book, or even just reading it. Larry Corriea's Grimnoir Chronicles were consumed this way. Well, really all my latest fiction have been that way as I have homework to do. The audio books let me take advantage of my 40 minutes commute, mowing the lawn (I wear ear muffs with my ear buds inside), folding laundry, doing dishes, etc to enjoy books. The problem is that I can also listen to them at night with the light off. Normally I feel conscious of a light being on as it disturbs my wife so I stop reading earlier than I would otherwise. So some audio books get listened to late into the evening anyways.

I've already started building a wish list of books for audible. I've already listened to Night of Blacker Darkness by Dan Wells. It was delightful! Imagine a world where the Gothic culture was started by vampires in order to make up for their shortcomings. And a hero who was wrongfully imprisoned and wants to get out in order to commit the crime he was accused of. Then throw in a collection of Victorian-era authors including John Keats and Mary Shelly who end up tagging along for the ride. Add a vampire hunter who is as inept at catching vampires as they are at being a menace and I don't know what you've got but it is really funny.

I've already mentioned what I'm currently listening to - Red Storm Rising. I figured it was time to listen to the pinnacle of Cold War turns WWIII. That and it's 31 hours. A nice long read. Funny that it should start because of radical Muslims....

I'm not sure what I'll do next, but I've enjoyed building my list:

Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - because he's that good and it will last me 45+ hours.
Alloy of Law by the same - Although I may just borrow the physical copy from my parents.
Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal - the third in the series and read by the author.
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas unabridged - It's 47 hours long and I never finished reading it.
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini - I listened to the first two, read the third, it's time to finish the series.
Partials by Dan Wells - I own this, but had a hard time reading it. I think listening to it would be better.
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Another I own and want to read, but can't find time for.
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George - The author's favorite story. Would love to try it.

I may or may not listen to all of these (hence they are on my wish list), but I thought I would share. Please, if you know of any good audio books our there on Audible let me know about then. My wife is hoping that having a regular source of books will cut down on my buying them in groups. We'll see if that is the case.