Introducing Book Club!
Happy Friday!
I hope you are having a good week so far :)
One of my Mother's Day gifts for my mom was an audiobook subscription. I love a good audiobook (which I've written about here). My mom used to listen to audiobooks when she would drive to Peterborough when I was a kid. I can see her listening now when she is driving around or when she is cleaning the house or doing yard-work.
I signed up for an audiobook subscription with Kobo. It's $12.99/month and your first audiobook is free! I used to have an audiobook subscription with Audible, but the selection in Australia wasn’t very good. I buy all my ebooks from Kobo anyways, so it made sense to start getting my audiobooks from them as well.
Since I was surprising my mom, I chose our first book on my own. I selected I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. My mom saw Malala on Ellen and was really moved by her story. I know she will like this one! Here is the description from kobo.com:
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.
I'll do a review of the book next month and get my mom's thoughts too. We will also let you know our next book club pick!
