Find Road Trip Entertainment at the Library

School vacation week brings in many families checking out entertainment options for long car rides. Our audiobook section has an extension selection of fiction and non-fiction favorites on cd as well as loaded on an mp3 player called a "Playaway". 

Our children's library collection also includes books on video, "Playaway Views", as well as, interactive video books ,"Playaway Launchpads". The Young Adult section upstairs has an additional collection of audiobook selections.

In addition to the audiobooks on cd, accessing Duxbury Library's Old Library Network catalog you will find an assortment of downloadable audiobooks. You will also find video streaming options in the network's online collection. With your smartphone or tablet you can access the catalog as well as download and listen to your audiobook via the Libby app. 

Want to browse more selections? Download the Hoopla app and enter your library card information on your smartphone or tablet for access to an another catalog of audiobooks, videos, music and ebooks. Hoopla often highlights seasonal choices as well as award winners.

Features of the Libby and Hoopla apps give you the ability change the listening speed of the voice, quickly review with a 30 second rewind, as well as,  setting sleep timers.

the audiobook had Hold list
 on our Old Colony Network,
but I found available on the
Sails Network - see link on right

Recently, I've enjoyed listening to 

"The Husband's Secret", by Liane Moriarty. (Found on Hoopla) Narrated by Caroline Lee. Her Australian accent brought the setting and Aussie characters to life. Liane Moriarty's "Big, Little, Lies" and "Truly, Madly, Guilty" are also read by Caroline Lee. I have also enjoyed "Small Great Things", by Jodi Picoult, narrated by three people portraying their strong differences of the perceptions and points of view reinforcing the author's style of relating a story from different "voices".

A popular patron audiobook recommendation is "Lincoln In the Bardo", by George Saunders, adapted into a "cinematic" audiobook with a cast of 166 narrators, including the author George Saunders, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Megan Mullaly, and Keegan-Michael Key.

In addition to browsing audiobooks by genre, try searching for a popular celebrity reader through "Novelist" (available through our website). For example, try Claire Danes, who narrates "The Handmaid's Tale". (Note: You will need your library card number to search in Novelist.)  Novelist also has a great selection of audiobook recommendations under "Famous Voices:Celebrity Readers" and "Audiobooks for Road Trips". 

Note: Unfortunately, there is not a direct link from Novelist to the catalog for borrowing the audiobook selection so make sure you note the books of interest then search for them in the our catalog for availability.

I hope you enjoy expanding your "reading" and entertainment options and perhaps share a great read with the whole family during that next long car ride.  

As always - we are available to provide any assistance in Circulation, Children's, or Reference.