Several Audiobooks

I actually finished listening to several audiobooks over the past few weeks. Between being sick, sick babies, and a sick husband...well time hasn't been on my side, but I have had time to listen to books.  Anyway, I finished  Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Eric Metaxis' Bonhoeffer's biography (the one Alex posted on), and the first three books of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monster's, and The Titan's Curse). 


I have never read this American Classic (unless the Illustrated Classics count) and I wanted to "read" a fun classic.  Mark Twain didn't disappoint.  The fun thing about this book is how clearly Mark Twain displays the attitudes of his time.  I really didn't agree with a lot of the ideas he was promoting (mainly ancient people were stupider than modern people, and some of the stuff he said about the Church). But it was fun to listen to and the performer did a great job reading it.  I don't if this is the first time travel novel, but it is one of the earlier ones, even so it didn't spend a lot of time on how "The Boss" was transported to Arthur's Court, so it's really not much of a "science" fiction story but more of a fiction.

So the plot is basically a Connecticut Blacksmith gets into a fight and gets knocked out.  He wakes in King Arthur's England without any idea of where he is and how he got there.  He is captured and taken to Court where he is sentenced to burn on the stake.  But because he knew that a solar eclipse was going to happen the day of his execution he uses it to turn around his fortunes.  He then tries to turn the "simple" people into modern (Twain's modern) people with "modern" sensibilities and values.  There is adventure, love, war, and time travel. A fun book all around.  It was also kinda fun to argue with some of his assertions, but they were merely the mindset of his time. I enjoyed it.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy Alex has already commented on.  All I can say is Wow.  What a life! It was a great book, very well written.  I almost want to get it in print to be able to mark it up and use it for quotes and things to ponder.  I wonder if Alex would let me do that...he hasn't ever really liked me marking up books...anyway...It's a great book and a fascinating person.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians these are great to listen to while driving the kids around praying they will go to sleep.  As they have been sick their naps have been off, and Auggie  has been teething so naps unless taken in a moving car don't often last longer than 15 minutes. So anyway these are fun kids books that are about the children of the Greek gods in today's world.  They are just brain candy and easy to pick up on the plot after dealing with screaming kids. Lots of fun.