eMusic Bookshelf
Rerun Rehab, Pt. 1
Is your Tivo feeling a little empty? Can't stomach the thought of watching any more ridiculous reality shows while the Writers Guild of America strike drags on? Here's a novel idea — survive the Hollywood writers strike by ditching the TV and listening to audiobooks instead. The titles below offer entirely new ways to get your fill of Office politics, Ugly Betty glitz and Daily Show snark. Tuning in to reruns? Now that would be truly laughable.
Interested in the dramatic side of things? Check out Rerun Rehab, Pt. 2.
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The No Asshole Rule
Hey, Office fans. Surely a certain someone comes to mind when you encounter a book titled The No Asshole Rule (that's what she said!) about maintaining civility in the workplace. Could be the perfect pick for the Finer Things Club (for you Office philistines, that's the Dunder Mifflin book club).
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The Devil Wears Prada
Before beautiful-on-the-inside Betty Suarez arrived on the scene at Mode magazine, Anna Wintour's former assistant at Vogue penned a frothy roman a clef about her experiences as a fashion mag peon. Betcha ice queen Miranda Priestly of The Devil Wears Prada could totally take down Ugly Betty's Wilhelmina Slater in a diva vs. diva slap fest.
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Walden
Any Cavemen fans out there? I can hear the crickets, but not much else. Perhaps it's time to shun modern technology, return to nature and spend two solitary years in the wilderness completely removed from society, Thoreau-style.
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America (The Audiobook)
Missing your nightly fake news fix? Check out Jon Stewart's narration of America (The Audiobook), a characteristically clever revisionist US history textbook. With cameos from Daily Show luminaries past and present, including Stephen Colbert, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry and Samantha Bee.
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Indecision
Navel-gazing twenty-somethings no doubt appreciate the antics of the adorably neurotic gang on How I Met Your Mother. If Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision isn't quite as full of pithy catchphrases, it still hits the mark for its grasp of post-quarterlife crisis angst. In fact, in the hipster lit genre Indecision might just be legen — wait for it — dary.
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My Life
The filthy rich and morally depraved Darling family has made Dirty Sexy Money the season's guiltiest pleasure. While eldest son and future US Senator Patrick Darling (a total Baldwin!) struggles to keep his extramarital proclivities under wraps, perhaps he could take some hints on how to recover from a political sex scandal by reading the memoir of the master — Bill Clinton.
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