When Moby was younger, he used to read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks, a habit picked up from mom. She claimed she could read several books a day, but 2 in one week was good for me. But of course when I started working full time and could not sit around reading all the time, I made the switch to audiobooks. They can be expensive, but they are such a very good way to whittle away time while your driving or stuck in traffic.

And luckily, Audible has been doing a great job the last year or two in adding some great stuff. ‘Catalog’ type stuff from 20 years ago, sort of classics from authors like Joel Rosenburg, CJ Cherryh, Elizabeth Moon, Dave Duncan…the list just goes on. I will likely add more about Audible and the great titles they are adding every week in another post.

So anyways, it was weird when I actually bought and read a book last month, and then finished that book and bought another. Now there are about five books in line so to speak. I went with some old favorites, some new ones, and some titles from favorite authors that I never got around to. The first two I read were a couple of CJ Cherryh’s earliest novels, two that are not available on audio, Hestia and Wave Without a Shore. Continue reading »