Dead in the Family, Audio edition by Charlaine Harris

I picked up this audio book at a freebie table not really knowing what to expect. After listening to it I discovered it is the 10th book in a series called "The Southern Vampire Mysteries. The TV series True Blood was based on these books. It's a bizarre tale set in Northwestern Louisiana complete with a southern drawl, vampires, shape-shifters, faeries, and werewolves. The main character, Sookie is human, can read minds, is in a complicated relationship with Eric a Viking vampire, her cousin Claude, a gay male stripclub dancer moves in with her after his second twin sister dies, and she is right in the middle of the never-ending turmoil of the supernatural. Except for the occasional over-explicit/described sex, it was a fun novel to listen to.

Someone I Wanted To Be - by Aurelia Wills

I found this to be a dark and depressing view of real life

 as an overweight 15-year old high school teenager with skinny diva friends. Leah's life is the life of millions of high school girls. Her mother, a widow, is over worked, underpaid, and dependent upon her wine to help her finish off her days.

There were no bright spots in this story, yet, I was compelled to read it to the end. 

Unlocked; Audio edition - by Karen Kingsbury

I love Karen Kingsbury's writing style and this one did not let me down; even though I listened to it on a CD instead of reading it.
An interesting concept into the mind of autism. I gave this one a 5-star but it bothered me that through-out the story the parents kept wondering if the vaccinations were the cause of their son's autism. There is no proof of that. BUT, the fact that he was given so many all at one time is something to be questioned.