Has anyone noticed that there has been, on average, one more
audiobook than usual available for download from the Richmond Public
Library? That’s because I took a little
hiatus from listening to books in exchange for napping. But I’m back, as I have found audiobook
listening to be a perfect activity to pair with nesting, the act of a
mother-to-be looking at cute baby stuff on Pinterest. In olden times, this term was used to refer
to cleaning and organizing. Silly
pioneer women!
Ok, so about this week’s audiobook. Several people – but most notably Top Blog
Reader Kiley – have been surprised for years that I have never read the Harry
Potter books. I have never been
interested in the Fantasy genre (and have lived to regret my brief foray into
the Twilight series). But when I saw that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling was available
to download, I thought I’d give it a listen.
I’d love to add 500 books to my To Read Pile. (That’s how many are in the series, right?)
Turns out, I don’t care about wizards going to wizardry
school and their dumb wizard problems.
This book was completely uninteresting.
I mean, wow. I can’t believe how
much people (mainly 10 year olds, Kiley) love this stuff. I’d like to recommend they check out the Little House on the Prairie series by
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wow, is that good
stuff. And based on true stories of
suffering and overcoming hardship, which every kid should want to learn about. At one point they lived in a hill! (On the Banks of Plum Creek, Book 4 in
the series) For Christmas they got a
peppermint stick! (every single one of the books) And, perhaps even more sad – no
Pinterest. How did they decorate their
dirt walls?
Ok, ok I think kids reading books is good no matter what
wizardry crap they are into. I remember
reading some (perhaps 100) pretty useless books about silly babysitters and
their little babysitter problems. And now I run a completely unsuccessful blog
about reading books. Aim high, kiddos!
