- I listened to David Sedaris' essay collection, Holidays on Ice. Not your typical Hallmark Channel-style holiday fare, but I really like Sedaris. A couple of these essays were hilarious, and I love listening to him read them himself.
- During our trip this weekend, our family listened to A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata, a riveting novel for middle-grade readers (though we thought it definitely more appropriate for older kids/teens) about a young boy who's training to be an elephant handler, living in Vietnam during the war. We're not quite finished, but it's been excellent so far.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday: Audio Books
Somehow, when I was writing my Monday post this morning, I completely forgot about audio books! So, in addition to what we read last week:
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I read Holidays on Ice last year and thought a couple of the essays were hysterical, but I wasn't crazy about most of them.
ReplyDeleteI like your audio books post - I usually have three going at a time (IPOD, kitchen CD player for while I am cooking, and car) I am always interested in new titles and good audio narrators.
ReplyDeleteJulie - Same here! A couple were really disturbing (though I know that was his intention). More in my upcoming review...
ReplyDeleteSheila - I like to listen while I cook, too! Either audio books or podcasts (there are some awesome book podcasts out there).
Sue