I remember those big plastic boxes of cassettes at the library and the CD clamshells, too! My strongest memories from upper elementary school are when my teachers read novels aloud. I remember these shared experiences more strongly than group projects or class parties or science experiments.
Yes! In an era of individualized story consumption, teachers reading aloud in class is one of the rare places we get to experience story together in community, too.
Ooh, so many! My recent road trip included Carolyn Leiloglou's new sequel in the Restorationists series, Between Flowers and Bones, as well as a thriller novel by Richard Armitage called Geneva (with Richard Armitage as the primary narrator, so that's lovely). It was pretty good!
Some classic favorites include the Brother Cadfael series of mysteries (get Patrick Tull as a reader if you can find him)—these were a staple of my teen road trips and are still delightful to return to—and I'm always looking for books read by George Guidall. He read many of the Cat Who mysteries (also a staple of teen road trips), but also has done the Julie Rose translation of Les Mis along with many others!
There are some books that just *shine* in audio, like Pam Munoz Ryan's Echo and the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and any Neil Gaiman read by Neil Gaiman (I loved The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere particularly).
I also love narrative nonfiction in audio. Favorites among those are The Boys in the Boat read by Edward Hermann and both of Lauren Hillenbrand's books. Also The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
I just started Echo this week! Listening to it while doing dishes on vacation. 😄 It’s so good, I’m planning to start it over on our trip home so the family can listen, too. 😊
The Patrick Tull Cadfael reads are currently part of the Audible library if you have a subscription, Renee—they don’t require a credit so long as you have a subscription! But I did notice some of the ones we added to our library are going off at the end of this month…. I’m not sure what that means!
I’ve been listening to books more and more. It started as a way for me to get through books more quickly, because I could listen while driving or cooking or drawing, but now I’m wishing I could have audio versions of all my favorite books (though occasionally I come across one with a reader who doesn’t really click with my ears, haha).
I remember those big plastic boxes of cassettes at the library and the CD clamshells, too! My strongest memories from upper elementary school are when my teachers read novels aloud. I remember these shared experiences more strongly than group projects or class parties or science experiments.
Yes! In an era of individualized story consumption, teachers reading aloud in class is one of the rare places we get to experience story together in community, too.
It's so true! I remember students CRYING at the end of Where the Red Fern Grows. It was something we all shared.
Of course I'm curious! I have a road trip coming up- any recommendations?
Ooh, so many! My recent road trip included Carolyn Leiloglou's new sequel in the Restorationists series, Between Flowers and Bones, as well as a thriller novel by Richard Armitage called Geneva (with Richard Armitage as the primary narrator, so that's lovely). It was pretty good!
Some classic favorites include the Brother Cadfael series of mysteries (get Patrick Tull as a reader if you can find him)—these were a staple of my teen road trips and are still delightful to return to—and I'm always looking for books read by George Guidall. He read many of the Cat Who mysteries (also a staple of teen road trips), but also has done the Julie Rose translation of Les Mis along with many others!
There are some books that just *shine* in audio, like Pam Munoz Ryan's Echo and the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and any Neil Gaiman read by Neil Gaiman (I loved The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere particularly).
I also love narrative nonfiction in audio. Favorites among those are The Boys in the Boat read by Edward Hermann and both of Lauren Hillenbrand's books. Also The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
I just started Echo this week! Listening to it while doing dishes on vacation. 😄 It’s so good, I’m planning to start it over on our trip home so the family can listen, too. 😊
The Patrick Tull Cadfael reads are currently part of the Audible library if you have a subscription, Renee—they don’t require a credit so long as you have a subscription! But I did notice some of the ones we added to our library are going off at the end of this month…. I’m not sure what that means!
I’ve been listening to books more and more. It started as a way for me to get through books more quickly, because I could listen while driving or cooking or drawing, but now I’m wishing I could have audio versions of all my favorite books (though occasionally I come across one with a reader who doesn’t really click with my ears, haha).
I listen to books and lecture series a lot at work. Chestertons orthodoxy on audible is really well done.