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From: Colette L Drouillard <cldrouillard_at_valdosta.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:56:48 +0000
One of my favorite listens last year was Ready Player One - written by Erne st Cline and narrated wonderfully by Wil Wheaton. I've shared it with many teen readers... and adults too... and both groups have really enjoyed the audio version of this book - has even motivated at least one very reluctan t reader to pick up the book after he had listened to the audio so that he could participate in the online contest held last year by Ernest Cline!! T hat's a sign of a real winning audio in my book :)
Colette Drouillard, PhD Assistant Professor, MLIS Program Odum Library, Valdosta State University 1500 North Patterson Valdosta, GA 31698 cldrouillard_at_valdosta.edu
"When in doubt, go to the library." ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
From: Merri Lindgren
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:49 AM To: ccbc-net Subject:
Great Audio Books for Teens
With the second half of June upon us, it's time to move from our discussion of humor to that of audio books for teens.
I recently listened to the audio of Code Name Verity (by Elizabeth Wein) an d it showed me again how listening to a polished production can augment my experience with a book that I already had read and appreciated. I tore thr ough Code Name Verity when I read it last year, not able to turn the pages of this compelling novel quickly enough. Listening to the audio book allow ed me to savor the story again and appreciate each instance of impeccable p lotting and foreshadowing. The narrators brought depth to the character vo ices that were already in my head (but with much better accents than I coul d imagine).
Do you have an old favorite or a hot new audio title to share?
Merri
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:56:48 +0000
One of my favorite listens last year was Ready Player One - written by Erne st Cline and narrated wonderfully by Wil Wheaton. I've shared it with many teen readers... and adults too... and both groups have really enjoyed the audio version of this book - has even motivated at least one very reluctan t reader to pick up the book after he had listened to the audio so that he could participate in the online contest held last year by Ernest Cline!! T hat's a sign of a real winning audio in my book :)
Colette Drouillard, PhD Assistant Professor, MLIS Program Odum Library, Valdosta State University 1500 North Patterson Valdosta, GA 31698 cldrouillard_at_valdosta.edu
"When in doubt, go to the library." ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
From: Merri Lindgren
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:49 AM To: ccbc-net Subject:
Great Audio Books for Teens
With the second half of June upon us, it's time to move from our discussion of humor to that of audio books for teens.
I recently listened to the audio of Code Name Verity (by Elizabeth Wein) an d it showed me again how listening to a polished production can augment my experience with a book that I already had read and appreciated. I tore thr ough Code Name Verity when I read it last year, not able to turn the pages of this compelling novel quickly enough. Listening to the audio book allow ed me to savor the story again and appreciate each instance of impeccable p lotting and foreshadowing. The narrators brought depth to the character vo ices that were already in my head (but with much better accents than I coul d imagine).
Do you have an old favorite or a hot new audio title to share?
Merri
-- Merri Lindgren, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) School of Education / UW-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706 608-263-3930 ---Received on Thu 20 Jun 2013 02:56:48 PM CDT
