Road Trip! | Litsy

A great road trip awaits. 😊 Posted on FB through a fantastic local indie.

https://olioiniowa.com/2021/01/26/independent-bookstores-in-iowa/

Aims42 How neat!! My parents live in Cedar Falls, will definitely be saving this list for a post-COVID road trip 🙌🏻 3y

vivastory Prairie Lights is one of the best bookstores I've ever visited. Only went once but have vivid memory of it. 3y

emz711 Too bad plot twist bookstore in Ankeny closed. I would escape from work in the middle of the day to browse 3y

emz711 I lived in iowa for 6 years and didn't hit up half of these places! 3y

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Bibliogeekery

Road Trip! | Jan Fields

Thanks for the suggestions for group reads for my road trip yesterday! Today I am looking for suggestions for my own reading on the trip. I'm in a bit of a slump. I'm looking for fun queer books, whodunnits (similar to Louise Penny or Kate Atkinson), shortish engaging not devastating narratives etc. Any suggestions?

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Bibliogeekery

Road Trip! | Jan Fields

I need some suggestions! I am going on a road trip with two well-read sci-fi fantasy geeks and want to find some good collections of short stories, or fun relatively quick reads that we can read to each other or listen to on audiobook. I'm less into sci-fi than them so nothing too technical. Any thoughts?

Zelma Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, The Martian by Andy Weir or

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

xicanti Bujold‘s Vorkosigan books are all relatively short and enjoyable on audio. SHARDS OF HONOUR is a good starting place. Ditto JANE, UNLIMITED, an SF + other stuff novel by Kristin Cashore, and DOUBLE STAR by Robert A Heinlein. For short fiction, HOW LONG TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH? by N.K. Jemisin is great, and the Clarkesworld podcast has tons and tons of free short fiction. 5y

Dragon I enjoyed the Murderbot novellas

All Systems Red

Dragon Also enjoyed the audiobooks of the Illuminae Files

Illuminae

Bibliogeekery @Zelma @xicanti @Dragon Thanks!! 5y

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MommyOfTwo

Road Trip! | Jan Fields

I got no reading done this weekend because my sister in law, my kids and I took a road trip to see another one of my sister in laws. It was the hottest days we‘ve had this summer so far but lots of fun!
#GetOutTheMap #LilithJuly

KarenUK, Cinfhen

Cortg I love a road trip! Glad everyone had a great time! 5y

KarenUK Road trips are the best!💕 5y

Cinfhen Fun!!! Glad you all enjoyed 😊‼️ (edited) 5y

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Well-ReadNeck

Road Trip! | Jan Fields

Hitting the road with your family this weekend (or this summer)? Here are some suggestions for audiobooks the whole family will love to read along the way!!

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2019/05/24/family-road-trips-with-audiobooks/

RebL I love audio books and I love road trips and I love audiobooking on road trips with my kiddos. We did the Joey Pigza books once and that was fun too. BUT I'm commenting because I saw the pic on your website of RC Cola and Moon Pies and it gives me such joy! 5y

Well-ReadNeck @RebL 🥰 5y

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jpmcwisemorgan

Road Trip! | Jan Fields

My friend and I are driving to and from Albuquerque later this year. It‘s about 20 hours in the car, round trip. We‘re considering an audiobook for the trip and have the following criteria:
1. Stand alone
2. 20ish hours
3. We both liked Ready Player One so something similar - fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, pop culture references are all good
4. Not a mystery/thriller
5. Not Harry Potter because we both have read that - a lot

Any suggestions?

julesG Dodo? But it's definitely not 20 hours.

Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (International)

LibrarianRyan

Illuminae

jpmcwisemorgan @julesG This one sounds like something we‘d both like. Amazon says it‘s under 25 hours so that could still work if we listened in the hotel some. Thank you! I‘ll put it in the list to chose from. @LibrarianRyan Does it work ok in audio? I‘ve read it and I‘m wondering how it works in that format. It‘s one I think my friend would like. 5y

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LibrarianRyan @jpmcwisemorgan I haven‘t listened to it, but my friends rave that it‘s full cast. 5y

julesG @LibrarianRyan Illuminae was on my mind, too. The audiobook is good. But it's not a standalone. That said, I still haven't read book two and am still alive. 5y

LibrarianRyan @julesG I‘ve read the entire trilogy and had tooooooo. And I forgot she wanted a stand alone 5y

LibrarianRyan Okay how about You could do the entire series in about 20 hours.

The Book of Three

julesG @LibrarianRyan I will read the trilogy. I have book two on my kindle. I just haven't found the right time yet. I feel obligated to get my ARC TBR done first. 🙈🙈🙈🙈 5y

LibrarianRyan @julesG amen to that 5y

jpmcwisemorgan @LibrarianRyan @julesG I was thinking of a stand alone because I didn‘t want us to start a series and then not finish it but Illuminae would still work because it‘s not a long audiobook - we could probably get through 2/3 of the series in the trip. I‘m going to present it with the other two suggestions as options because I like all of them. Thank you both! 5y

jpmcwisemorgan @julesG I‘ve only read Illuminae and I‘m also still alive! I keep thinking I‘ll finish it but I don‘t. 🤷‍♀️ 5y

julesG Let us know what you decide upon. 😉 5y

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