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Awkwardness of Audible!

So I'm in London at the moment doing an intern-ship at a small political publishers, which is actually the leading political publishers in the country; but that's just the way of publishing books on politics. Well it been an interesting four weeks, with best-selling memoirs, crazy bitch fights involving the Managing Director and a grammatically-incorrect dog, Nuns, Awkwardness, South Africans, Cricket, UKIP Racism, Book Prize Longlist, French Food, New Jobs, a horrible head-cold, crazy ass tourists pushing me into cyclists and most magical of all NEW iPhones!!!

Unfortunately so far I haven't had enough time or energy to fit in much reading, instead I have been audio-booking it every morning to a number of books. This week 'The Name of the Wind' (One of the best fantasy books written in a few years) and this is what brings me to my reason for this post....my love of Audible! 

Come on what could be better than a monthly audio-book credit....£3.99 a month is what I call brilliant. I think the thing I love most is it makes it another form of rewarding for reading - yay I've been listening for 3 hours straight, Give me a Badge - Wow I enjoy telling people what I've read, Give me a badge - Yay I keep checking how many badges I have, Give me a badge! It gives you so much more than just a way to download books *yes i'm rolling my eyes* 


It's also a good way to almost get yourself killed. Yup, I'm quite happily walking along the road listening to Kvothe getting kicked out the Archive and some nasty Oxford Street Tourist decides to push me into the road right in front of a cyclist. Bastard. But it was straight out of an Awkward Episode or teen chick lit; the geeky girl needs rescuing because she had a book in her head (see what I did there). 

Any that's my bookshelf rant over for the time being, I'm unfortunately lacking in actual reviews because I can't really share what I'm reading at the moment. However, if you would like to see previous reviews and long term love affairs check out my Goodreads link at the top.

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