Latest Audiobook Reviews and Insights
🎧 Dad Rec: The Complete Nuclear Dawn Set by Kyla Stone
🔥 1-Sentence HookOne minute, she’s working at a bar; the next minute, multiple American cities are gone. Casual Tuesday. 🔍 Quick StatsGenre: Apocalypse, Cult Energy, and VengeanceNarration Style: Solo narrationNarrator: Stacey...
🧟♂️ Spite Reading: It Happens
Now and then, I stumble into a series I shouldn’t finish.I know better.I’m yelling at the main character.I’m rolling my eyes so hard I’m giving myself a headache.And yet—I keep listening. This is what I call spite reading.And yes, it’s real. 📚 Case Study: The Hot...
🎧 New to Audiobooks? Should You Start for Free?
Uh… yeah.Saving money is basically the first commandment of Dad Culture. Right after “don’t touch the thermostat” and “pretend you know how to fix things.” Also, audiobooks are not something you brag about to your imaginary country club friends.Who even goes to...
🎧 Excellent Times to Listen to Audiobooks
A Survival Guide for When Your In-Laws Show Up Look, I’ve done my part; I married one of their kids. That should be enough. But no, now I also have to pretend I care about their opinions on local traffic and casserole techniques. Time to retreat into the sweet,...
Things That Make Me Want to Punch Book in the Face
Okay. There are a few things that drive me absolutely nuts when I’m listening to audiobooks—or reading. Let’s break it down. 📅 Chapter Titles with Dates Why? Why does every chapter need a timestamp like it’s a government document?“April 5th, 9:47 a.m.”Dude, I’m not...
Am I Dave?
Look, I try to withhold my book recommendations. I do. I tell myself, “Be cool, don’t awkwardly pin down your wife to tell her how the hierarchy of species works in your latest space series.” But sometimes, I just need to point someone toward a book so good it makes...
📚 You Have to Read a Self-Improvement Book?
Sometimes life hands you a book you didn’t ask for—and it's usually wearing khakis and quoting productivity stats at brunch. Let’s talk about the three ways I’ve been ambushed by “required reading”: 1. Dave Wrote a Book That’s right.Your client. Your coworker. Your...
🧘♂️ Yoga Time Is Audiobook Time
So I don’t know if you’ve ever had the pleasure of being dragged into a yoga class, but let me tell you—it’s… an experience. A humbling, soul-wrenching, prime audiobook listening experience. Because while you’re in a room of hyper-flexible soccer moms pretending to be...
📉 You Hit Book Four and It’s Just… Not Hitting the Same
It happens.Book one? Fire.Book two? Even better.Book three? Uh… okay.Book four? Who the hell wrote this—and why are they trying to ruin my week? We’ve all been there. You're committed to a series, emotionally invested, already referring to the main character like...
🎧 Finding Time for Audiobooks (Even When Life Is on Fire)
Let’s get real: there are a million great books out there. But sitting down and reading one? HA. That requires a magical window of silence, focus, and free time—which, if you're a dad, doesn't exist. Enter audiobooks: the multitasking miracle. You get to dive into an...