Getting skinny and literary!

So that title sounded like it rhymed inside my head.

It doesn't.

I've been doing really well making it down to the gym after work each each evening, but I'll admit...my workouts can get a little boring.

It doesn't help matters that ALL of the TVs are tuned to sports networks, and the one time that the Kardashians were on? Someone got up and changed the channel. While I was clearly watching. It was incredibly uncomfortable to say the least. And rude!

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So anyway. My workouts have definitely been dragging so I knew I needed something to spice things up and keep myself distracted from my aching body parts and accelerated breathing.

I ended up downloading Audiobooks on my iPhone. I've stuck to classics so far as contemporary fiction is insanely expensive (I am not paying $27.00 for an audiobook- seriously?), and I've been meaning to incorporate more literary fiction into my chick-lit filled reading schedule anyway.

This past week, I've been listening to The Great Gatsby, a novel that never seems to get old. This audiobook has a terrific narrator, too. I think hearing a book read aloud can present the prose to you in an entirely new and exciting way.

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While I'll always prefer real books to audio versions, I think this is a great way to liven up my evening workouts!

Next up? A short story by Jennifer Weiner and then Les Miserables.

Les Miserables is almost sixty hours in length.

That is A LOT of time on the treadmill.