"Lake Wobegon Days"

For my first audio book I chose Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor. I had initially begun reading this book; but when I was searching for an audio book I saw this one and knew I had to listen to it. Keillor narrates it and his voice is so mellow and calming that it made my drives to work and back bearable. His descriptions of his home town are very memorable. It is like you are walking down the streets and know the people and buildings. He also throws in the long vowels and little words that are 'Minnesotan'. Of course I am not from a small town. I like to call my home town a suburb of a suburb. It is however small enough to know who lives in what house. Unfortunately as years go by I am starting to forget and people are of course moving on as they do. Keillor's writing really takes you down memory lane. There are the seasons and holidays to go with the seasons. Then the religious aspect of a small town. Then of course the 'everybody knows everybody' aspect.

I have never listened to any of Keillor's radio shows. But I have heard many good things about his shows and books. This was a very good book to choose for my first audio book.