Grammy Award Nominees 2012: Spoken Word Category

Also known as audio books.

And the nominees announced today are (ooh, the boredom! excitement!)...

1.) Bossypants

     Tina Fey

2.) Fab Fan Memories -- The Beatles Bond

     (Various Artists)

3.) Hamlet  (William Shakespeare)

     Oregon Shakespeare Festival

4.) If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)

     Betty White

5.) The Mark of Zorro

     Val Kilmer & Cast

To show you how popular some of these audio books are, The Beatles nominee has one customer review on Amazon (and is ranked #290,313 overall in music sales). That's one review more than the Shakespeare nominee (#157,353 in book sales). Zorro at least has six reviews (but is ranked #192,430 in book sales).

You just know Betty White is taking this. She's unstoppable. Don't let osteoporosis and low calcium levels fool you.