Love those audio books!

I haven't posted to my book blog for quite some time, but that doesn't mean I haven't been reading & listening like crazy for the months since I last posted. My Shelfari site has a list of many of the books I've read in the interim.

One of the things I like about audio books is that I can listen to them on my way to and from work, while I'm doing laundry, cleaning house, shoveling the driveway (thanks to our very snowy winter here in Minnesota), and painting. It took me many years to figure out that I could still "read" and get things done. I am a huge fan of audio books!

Here's a list of some of the audio books I've enjoyed listening to during the past few months.

From Dakota County Library's Net Library (downloadable onto certain mp3 players)

• Jaguar by Roland Smith (endangered animals, father/son relationships)
  
• Airhead by Meg Cabot (plain to pretty in one step)
  
• Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry (fairytale)
  

From my Audible account:

• A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (historical fiction, characters with personality!)
  
• Airman by Eoin Colfer (injustice, engineering, prison)
  
• The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby (orphans, automatons)
  
• DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul (fantasy, dragon keeper)
  
• Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry (contemporary realistic fiction; dad in Afghanistan war)
  
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (folktales)