挺喜歡現在的公司, 工作和同事們. 美中不足的就是來回一趟要將近45-50分鍾左右, 比以前多了一倍還多. 我不喜歡一個人開長途車, 更不希望成為車禍統計數目之一. 但沒別的更好的選擇, 就隻好想盡辦法使自己在車裏有點事兒幹. 老公給裝了XM電台, 每天上下班路上換著台聽聽也很快覺得沒什麽勁. 想著自己原來在國內很喜歡看小說的, 到了美國以後讀書拿學位, 後來找到工作又結婚再有了孩子, 沒什麽屬於自己的時間. 在此雖讀過很多課本, 讀過對增進具體知識和自己進步 (Self Improvement)有用的書, 但沒時瞷看過幾本小說, 尤其是英文的.
上網一查, 激光盤上的書要價非凡. 我一般也不會一書聽兩遍, 覺得買來太浪費了. 朋友說你為什麽不去公共圖書館看看. 這才找到聽書的源泉. 很想借網上介紹的有4-5 顆星的好書或是什麽賣得最好的書. 無奈小鎮公共圖書館不大, 書源非常有限, 所以我也沒有太多的選擇. 數了數, 二十個月內我已經聽了大概40 來本書. 收獲不小. 現在甚至有點喜歡開車了. 有好書時, 有時周末還惦記著書裏的情節, 巴不得星期一早點來 :-(.
以下是我一年多來聽過的書. 有些我看過電影, 但沒讀過原本. 帶星號的是我認為比較好的, 值得一讀的書. 這些書不但有娛樂作用, 也更使我了解了世界各地的人土風情, 習俗觀點, 開拓了我的眼界.
Audio Books (Starting Nov. 2011 to June 2013):
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Infidel * - Somali-Dutch-American feminist - 非洲索馬裏
Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code *
Lee Child: Nothing to Lose
Arthur Golden: Memories of a Geisha * - Japanese woman before and during the WWII
John Grisham:
The Firm* The Pelican Brief * Calico Joe The Appeal Skipping Christmas The Chamber David Guterson: Snow Falling On Cedars * - Japanese-American immigrants before and during WWII
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea * - classic – I’ll trying to get more
Dee Henderson: The Negotiator
Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns * - Afghanistan three generation woman’s lives
Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs *
Diane Johnson: Le Divorce – Lives about Americans live in France
Debbie Macomber: - Back on Blossom Street
- Christmas Letters
- A Good Yarn
- 1225 Christmas Tree Lane
像瓊瑤小說, 故事人物差不多, 看後混在一起記不清了. ">但她講的人都住在一個小鎮上, 每部書有些連接. 有點創意. Henning Mankell (Author) Laurie Thompson (Translator): The Man from Beijing – Early Chinese immigrants
mso-ansi-language:EN">Stephenie Meyer: Twilight – don’t like most animated or fantasized or superhero or vampire-themed novels :-(.
James Patterson – Killer, Diller, Thriller – not my cup of tea, but again I do not have much choice. Good to kill time. - Sundays at Tiffany’s
- The Lake House
- The 4th of July
- The 9th judgment
- The 11th Hour
- The Quickie *
Tom Perrotta: Little Children * - interesting outcomes and very dark J.K. Rowling: - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone *
- The Chamber of Secrets *
- The prisoner of Azkaban
- The Goblet of Fire
- The Order of the Phoenix
- The Half-Blood Prince
- The Deathly Hallows
為孩子們聽的書. 開頭兩部還不錯, 但耐著性子聽完了其餘的. 知道這裏很多人喜歡, 我可能太老了. 聽到後來, 就想what else J. K. Rowling can make up now? Again, I don’t like most animated or fantasized or superhero or vampire-themed novels. 隻是我個人觀點. Lisa See: Dreams of Joy * - great leap forward – 大躍進年代從國外回歸的人的悲慘但堅強的命運.
Danielle Steel: - The House
- Second Chance
- Betrayal
- Five Days in Paris
也有點像瓊瑤小說. Adriana Trigiani: The Shoemaker's Wife * - Italian immigrants after WWI
A Prairie Home Companion pretty good jokes * - 很好笑 幹淨 好的笑 話不一定非每句話裏都帶罵人的詞。 我一人在車裏大笑, 你要是在路上看見 可別認為我有毛病啊 :-). |