Audio book recommendations for mom and 16 yo daughter road trip

[Anonymous]

Although it’s YA, years ago my mom and adult sister drove cross country and listened to “The True confessions of Charlotte Doyle” and said they couldn’t wait to get into the car.

I think Ms Benson’s Beetle could be fun (though I didn’t love the ending.)

[Anonymous]

Murderbot series by Martha Wells is excellent in audiobook. I especially like the GraphicAudio version (my husband listened to the other version and likes as well). Very humorous and each one is only about 3-4 hours.

[Anonymous]

Trevor Noah’s autobiography. He reads it. Kids cut rest stops short bc they couldn’t wait to continue listening

[Anonymous]

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

[Anonymous]

Mary Jane would be perfect!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I decided to look over my list of books I have read over the last couple years and see what I have read recently that I think might be suitable for a 16 year old girl and mom.

Mary Jane -- about a 14 year old girl who babysits for a family that is hosting a famous rock star. The book is a little spicy, but not too much.
Dead end in Norvelt -- About a boy who is 14 (?) years old and gets a job typing up obituaries for the elderly neighbor lady who has arthritis and can't write well anymore.
Dear Mrs. Bird -- about a young woman in England during WW II who gets a job working for a magazine advice columnist. There are two sequels to this book. There is no sex, no cussing. People die in the book because there is a war going on but the book is not gory.
Roll of Thunder hear my cry -- About a black family in the 1930's in Mississippi. Deals with racism. It is a book for older kids.
Finding Audrey -- A book by Sophie Kinsella written for adolescent girls. In the book, a teenage girl has crippling anxiety after a bullying incident at school. She is now homeschooled and afraid to leave her house. She meets with a counselor regularly. Little by little, she befriends her brother's friend and gets better. It is based in England.
The Lincoln Highway -- set in the 1950's. About an 18 year old and his younger brother who go on a road trip.
Nine, ten -- a book for middle schoolers about the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The book depicts what 4 middle school kids were doing in the days leading up to that day.

If you all want to listen to romance books, both Debbie Macomber and Sophie Kinsella write romance novels where no one has sex until there is an engagement ring involved. Debbie Macomber books are more chaste, but the Sophie Kinsella books are more comedic.

Oh! I just remembered a book I read many years ago. It was called "The divine secrets of the Ya Ya sisterhood". It was about an adult daughter with a very dramatic mom. The young woman was trying to understand her mom. Her mom's lifelong best friends explain it all to the young woman. I remember when I read it, my own daughter was about 12 and I thought at the time that when my own daughter was older I would love to read this with her.

I generally really like the narrators of this book but I could not get into it to save my life. I was bored to tears by the audiobook, maybe it's better in writing. However, Rules of Civility, also by Amor Towles, was a great audiobook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Ya Ya Sisterhood" was great!

Maybe The Devil Wears Prada for fun? Daisy Jones and the Six? (I've heard the audio book is great.)

I hated this audiobook, as did a lot of other people. Some also loved it, of course, but I recall there was a large contingency of us who thought it was terrible.

Devils Wears Prada or other stuff by her would be good. Ya Ya Sisterhood was phenomenal, although I read it so I can't say anything about the narration (which is key).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rose code

Hidden figures

The Rose Code and the Alice Network were both great! Hidden Figures I only saw the movie but it was wonderful.