My ears are full (pleasantly) of audiobooks

[kokopelli20878]

My youngest (now 12, soon to be 13) is a girl who talks - a lot.  This post, however, deals with the audio books I've been listening to of late.

On the whole, I enjoy hearing what she's thinking, but there are times when she wants to talk that I don't want to listen - say when I'm engaged in reading or writing.  There are other occasions when I'm

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[cateagle]

I don't know if they're available as audio books, but Naomi Novik's series that starts with His Majesty's Dragon is quite good, think C. S. Forester or Patrick O'Brien with a dollop of fantasy (dragons are real, large, and sentient) mixed in.

thanks

[kokopelli20878]

At least 4 have been done in audio - I've downloaded one from the DC Public Library and put it into the queue for listening.

Re: thanks

[cateagle]

Well, since there are only four so far, that pretty well covers them. :D I find she writes a very convincing story and the battle with the sea monster in book 2 is superb.

[amamama]

Good to know - I won't give my daughter (or son) Tamora Pierce to read then. Not that her English is at a suitable level yet, but it's nice to have an idea what to avoid.

Audio books are a blessing - I should drop by my library to see what they have on offer, it would be perfect to have on the iPod while gardening...

[mickawber]

It probably won't surprise you that you and I had different reactions to the Alanna series. I actually found her approach to sex (and the author's) fairly healthy. By the time she marries (in her mid-twenties), she's had sex with-IIRC-a grand total of three men, each of whom she cared for deeply (though one of whom she only knew for a short time, another was her eventual husband and the third was her best friend, the prince, whom she was seriously considering marrying). Hardly what I would consider a round-heel! In each case, she has sex because she chooses to-the man being a willing participant as well, obviously. She never has sex without being responsible about it. She never has sex with a stranger, nor does she ever have sex with someone when she didn't intend to. She never has sex without magical protection. Sounds like a fairly responsible young woman to me! But I can see that if you are ethically opposed to non-marital sex, her actions aren't terribly palatable

[mickawber]

Oh, and my almost-fourteen-year-old daughter is a pretty fair talker too. ;-)

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[kokopelli20878]

The particulars of each of Alana's encounters had aspects that made me cringe