Probably I'm the only one who really cares about this

I think we need to veer back into more frivolous topics, such as my ongoing issue of things to listen to while I clean the barn each morning. I finished the first recorded book and as I grew accustomed to listening to a story the transition back to the house when I was finished was slightly less jarring. 

Wanting to try a non-fiction book, I found one that I felt I should read, mainly because it seemed to be one I had actually read even though I was pretty familiar with the content.
I started the book and realized that this was not going to work. The combination of being overly familiar with the topic and having a narrator who set my teeth on edge was unpleasant at best. I couldn't bring myself to listen to it the next day and was happy to find a new episode of one of the podcasts I listen to. 

The reason I chose the nonfiction book I did was that the app I was using had very few books that I was interested in. To be clear, there were a great many books, but my very idiosyncratic reading tastes were obviously not the app's target audience. I had kind of decided I would just need to make due with music and the occasional podcast.

Turn a couple of days ago, I was searching for something on our library's app when I realized that there was another app I could use; an app that seemed to have a lot more titles that I was interested in. I had been wanting to reread the Mrs. Polifax mysteries for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. These seemed as though they would be the perfect barn cleaning listening. I was thrilled to discover that they were available on audio through the new to me app. 

I've spent the past two mornings listening to the first Mrs. Polifax book. They are light and entertaining (14 to be exact), which makes them the perfect accompaniment. And even better, there are a lot of them, so I don't have to figure out something new to listen to for a good long time. 

(And if you enjoy mysteries and have never read Mrs. Polifax by Dorothy Gilman, I highly recommend them. The first book in the series is The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax.)

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