Emily's Musings: Listening to...

November 27, 2005

Listening to...

A lot of driving in the last week, so here are the books on CD I've been listening to:

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, narrated by Chad Lowe. This would be a great read-alike with Tangerine, both feature middle school boys in Florida. In Hoot, Roy and his friends work to save a colony of burrowing owls from certain disaster in the form of a new pancake restaurant planning to bulldoze their holes. Grade 5-8.

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konignburg, author of one of my favorite books of all time, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Narrated by Molly Ringwald. This book has been sitting on my pile for ages too, so I finally checked out the CD to listen to and of course loved it. It's a good match to Hoot, another kid taking on the system and stopping something (this time art rather than animal) from getting destroyed in the name of redevelopment and property values. Grade 6-9.

and, since we had a 7 hour drive down to Joshua Tree, we listened to
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I was tempted to read the book when everyone was raving about it, but knowing that the story is told from the perpective a 14 year old brutally raped and murdered watching her family coping with the loss, I could never bring myself to pick it up. But I finally did and it was well worth it. I felt it was a bit long, but really liked it and it definitely made the drive go quickly.

On the way back home we listened to Four to Score by Janet Evanovich, a mystery starring New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Mysteries are great for long car rides since you usually want to get to the ending, but I don't think this is a character I'd go back for more of.

Posted by Emily at November 27, 2005 10:07 AM

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