{"id":24951,"date":"2025-09-26T20:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T00:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24951"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:15:25","slug":"midnight-taxi-tango-audiobook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24951","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Taxi Tango, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Midnight Taxi Tango<\/em>, Audiobook<\/a> (2016) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a> narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #2)<\/p>\n

\"Midnight<\/a><\/p>\n

A textbook lies open on the counter in front of me; I don\u2019t even remember taking it out. It\u2019s trig, some shit I already know how to do, and can\u2019t be bothered answering a bunch of mindless questions about. I know this is a terrible reason to be getting Cs, but the truth is, I\u2019m bored out my mind almost every day in school.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHave you heard the good word about Jesus Christ today, ma\u2019am?\u201d I say, flashing the cheesiest grin I can muster. <\/p>\n

She smiles for a half second. \u201cTry again.\u201d Not a cop\u2014way too smooth and she would\u2019ve ID\u2019d herself by now. <\/p>\n

\u201cVote yes on question six,\u201d I say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mute the TV\u2014you have to stand up and turn the remote at some hypotenuse-ass angle while pressing the button eighteen million times to get it to work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Carlos Delacruz, Riley Washington, Sylvia Bell, Mama Esther, Garrick Tartus, Bartholomew Arsten, Botus, Qui\u00f1ones, Kia Summers, Giovanni, Rigoberto, Baba Eddie, Russell Ward, Karina, Sasha Brass, Dr. Tijou, Gregorio Franco, Marie, Blaine, Reza Villalobos, Charo Velazquez, Rohan Baksh, Rolando, Bri, Memo, Mista Fantastic, Dr. Charlotte Tennessee, Victor Torres, Del, Richard Fern, Evelyn Fern, Jeremy Fern, Caitlin Fern, Shelly, Diana, Sally, Devon, Renard Deshawn White, Maritza Lavoe, Miguel, Old Ginny<\/p>\n

Publisher: Audible Audio<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s trig, some shit I already know how to do, and can\u2019t be bothered answering a bunch of mindless questions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,37,2,204,44,742,148,41,34],"tags":[139,138],"class_list":["post-24951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-good","category-hispanic","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-urban-fantasy","tag-bone-street-rumba","tag-daniel-jose-older"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6ur","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6234,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6234","url_meta":{"origin":24951,"position":0},"title":"Midnight Taxi Tango, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"November 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Midnight Taxi Tango, Audible Version (2016) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older, read by the author The second Bone Street Rumba book is as much about Kia as it is about Carlos, and that's one of the things I especially love about it. 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