Perks S10:Ep221 | Audiobook Appreciation Month: A Book Rec Episode| 5-8-24

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Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest 10 plus books that give a little added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And we aren't even entertaining the notion that listening to audiobooks isn't reading. Listening counts! Books mentioned-- 1- Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna 2- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 3- Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover Shannon Loar @shopcoffeekids 4- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori 5- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci 6- Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why by Alexandra Petri, narrated by Rebecca Gibel 7- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland 8- The Assasination of Brangwain Spurge by MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin narrated by Gildart Jackson 9- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by an ensemble cast 10- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, narrated by Tom Hollander 11- Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams, narrated by author 12- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, narrated by Marin Ireland 13- Ava's Man by Rick Bragg 14-The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and his People by Rick Bragg 15- My Southern Journey: True Journeys from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg 16- It's All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg 17- Calypso by David Sedaris 18- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 19- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, narrated by Bronson Pinchot 20- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 21- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 22- The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia Movies and Shows mentioned-- 1- Big Night (1996) 2- Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy (CNN) 3- The Hunger Games (2012) 4- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 5- Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon, 2023) 6- Leave the World Behind (Netflix, 2023) 7- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)