toney Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'll be driving to a trial this weekend about 12-13 hours away. Any suggestions about some interesting audiobooks I could download to my phone? I checked the local bookstore but couldn't really find one that caught my imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 My daughter loves the Harry Potter series. I don't do audiobooks so can't be any help to you! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Festerling Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 I have a set of "All Creatures Great and Small" that always makes me laugh, think and cry at the same time. But I never get bored or sleepy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toney Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thanks! I haven't reread that series in years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 I have a set of "All Creatures Great and Small" that always makes me laugh, think and cry at the same time. But I never get bored or sleepy!Oh, how I love those books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 LOVE the All Souls Trilogy and haven't met anyone who read it and didn't also love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockdogranch Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Does Bukkie get to trial? A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toney Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Bukkle is toward the end of the month at the Southeast Regionals for NCA. This weekend is for my two open sheep dogs. But she's working again with hardly any limping after her break so I am pleased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toney Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Just downloaded the first book in the series. Thanks for the suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I am hooked. I haven't started the 3rd book yet because I wanted to reread the first two so I could remember all the details. Hoping for a series of movies to come out of the trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simba Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Okay, so it's an acquired taste, but I loved some of the chapters of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: a behemoth of a book detailing the lives of the ancients. Very old-fashioned, long-winded, can be dry and sesquipidalian, but by god is it fun. "The Empress Julia was a woman of many virtues, but chastity was not chief among them..." Luckily the chapters are mostly reasonably self-contained, since it would take a lifetime to listen to the whole thing. I liked it, anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Steven King's Under the Dome is also a good book for a long drive. I hated the TV series, so don't judge the book based on that. The Stand, 11/22/63 and Dreamcatcher are my other favorites by him. Dean Koontz's The Watchers is a great book with a dog as the hero. His Odd Thomas series is also great, with the first book being the best by far. You really fall in love with the main character. Can you tel I like sci fi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Oh, oh, Kite Runner. Best experienced as an audiobook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 If you liked The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns is even better, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I actually liked Kite Runner better. I think he got into the characters' heads more effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Boots Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 So far, we have really enjoyed this podcast http://serialpodcast.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I would vote for Kite Runner as well. Although I liked A Thousand Splendid Suns too. I just started reading All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr and already like it. Don't know if it's on audiobooks or not. There are so many. People of the Book, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (that one brought me all the way back from the Sturgis finals and then some--I'm always recommending it). Heck, if you're not watching the series on TV, Game of Thrones is good for a long trip I'd imagine. If you like Ireland and its history, not long ago I finished listening to Tipperary by Frank Delaney. I really enjoyed it. Liz, I will look for the All Souls trilogy. I know my library doesn't have it on audiobooks, but I'm happy reading it instead! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Oh, the All Souls Trilogy is just fine being read. I just really liked Kite Runner as an audio book because the author read it (or I least I think I remember him being the narrator). You feel his passion for the book coming through and hear the names and words pronounced correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Steven King's The Stand, 11/22/63 .... are my other favorites by him. I LOVED The Stand. I remember reading it in college instead of studying for an organic chemistry test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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