No time to read a book? You can of course by a "book on tape" or "book on CD", but that is so yesterday. With Playaway's iPod-Mini-sized audiobooks, you can now listen to the books you've wanted to read but have not had the time.

These Playaway audio-books come with ear buds and a lanyard and run on one AAA battery. Of course, why not just download an audio book from iTunes? Well, I suppose these could make great gifts or stocking stuffers. Titles begin at $34.95 - a bit pricey for my tastes, but if you want to force your book tastes on someone else, it might be worth the price.

Hmmm, maybe I will buy some of my liberal friends The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy or Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild on audiobook. Of course, I can no more force them to listed to these audiotapes than you can force me to listen to or watch Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.