Title: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Author: Suzanne Collins ; Read by Paul Boehmer
Publisher: Listening Library
Series: Underland Chronicles, Bk 2
ISBN: 0307282686
Length: 6 hours, 34 minutes ; 6 discs
Obtained: Library audiobook copy
Comments:
After reading Gregor the Overlander, I had to read more. Once I
started this one, I was just as caught up as I had been with the first
book. I had some issues with one of the discs skipping and jumping
backwards, but I finally made it through. It can be so intense with
some really dramatic scenes. At one point when a shocking death
occurred, my mouth dropped open, and I had to tell my coworker about
it. I was all, "This is a kids book for, like, 10-12 year olds!"
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't age appropriate just...
very intense.) In any case, by the end I was so caught up I decided I
had to read book 3 immediately.
Title: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Author: Suzanne Collins ; Read by Paul Boehmer
Publisher: Listening Library
Series: Underland Chronicles, Bk 3
ISBN: 9780739353950
Length: 7 hours, 48 minutes ; 7 parts
Obtained: Library downloadable audiobook copy
Comments:
Immediately following my reading of Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, I got on my computer and downloaded this book. I put the actual audiobook on hold too, but I couldn't wait. I didn't intend
to stay up until 4:30 in the morning listening to it (and of course it
had to be longer than the rest), but I couldn't just stop either. I
started book 4 the next morning.
Title: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Author: Suzanne Collins ; Read by Paul Boehmer
Publisher: Listening Library
Series: Underland Chronicles, Bk 4
ISBN: 9780739364826
Length: 7 hours, 17 minutes ; 6 discs
Obtained: Library audiobook copy
Comments:
Unlike in the first three stories, Gregor does not have a specific
prophecy to follow, or at least not yet. But it's not like there is
much he can do in the Overland over his summer break. Not with the
fresh scars across his legs and body. While Gregor starts this book
without any overt pressure, the story becomes increasingly intense as it
goes. There are even parallels with holocausts and
concentration camps.
Title: Gregor and the Code of Claw
Author: Suzanne Collins ; Read by Paul Boehmer
Publisher: Listening Library
Series: Underland Chronicles, Bk 5
ISBN: 9780739364864
Length: 9 hours, 4 minutes ; 7 discs
Obtained: Library audiobook copy
Comments:
This is the last and most intense of the Gregor/Underland books. Each book has loss of life, but the loss in this one was so MUCH. I was sobbing through parts. And the ending! I couldn't get this out of my head. I really wish there were more; I wasn't ready for it to end. But there you are... I'm glad I at least took the journey.
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