![]() ![]() But then a book like Kelly’s comes along. Though celebrity memoirs are a major silo in my life, I still bemoan there are too many of them. But I also can’t think of anyone who could do this book better justice. My experience reading Tom Lake was so under-the-covers special that I don’t know if listening to Streep reread it for me enhanced the experience. It’s about a mother reminiscing to her daughters about a summer performing Our Town in repertory and an affair with a castmate who ended up becoming, well, someone like Brad Pitt. It just made me feel all tingly from start to finish, and of course, I wept when it was over and immediately told my three best reader friends and my therapist that they needed to read it ASAP. If a book can be called swoon-worthy, this is it. I read Tom Lake as soon as I got my hands on it. It’s even a one-up from Patchett’s previous novel, The Dutch House, which was narrated on audio by Tom Hanks, himself. In the audiobook coup of the year, this new Ann Patchett is read by Meryl Streep, herself. The goal of this column is to try to send you on your way each month with a few of them. I find that the best audiobooks are experiences in themselves. ![]() Sometimes an audiobook doesn’t work because of the narrator other times the book is overcomplicated and confusing. Over the years, I’ve learned that some books make satisfying listens and some just don’t. If I play Candy Crush while I’m listening to Pamela Anderson’s memoir, I’m accomplishing something, even if that accomplishment is absorbing Pamela Anderson’s memoir. You can go for a walk, drive to Florida, do laundry, put together a jigsaw puzzle, lie on your bed in complete and total despair. You can do lots of other things, all while enjoying one of the best books of the year. One of the great things about listening to audiobooks is you can. ![]() People will occasionally tell me they think listening to an audiobook is “cheating.” Cheating on what? Physical books? One of the great things about reading is you can’t do anything else while you’re reading. ![]()
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