Reddit reviews Harry Potter 1- 7 Audio Collection

Chilespicedmango gave an amazing comment! I have a couple recommendations for audiobooks that you can listen to or read along with. I struggled with reading comprehension as I got older and following along with audiobooks really helped me. Plus some have great voice actors. Make sure you get unabridged!

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman, read by Lenny Henry
A great adventure story, incorporates mythology and cleverness and tricksters. Also the hero's quest of ordinary man-becomes great hero.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, read by Stephen Fry
I memorized this as a child. I can probably recite it to you now. It's a hilarious story of an Englishman and his alien compatriot who escape the Earth right before it's destroyed and have adventures around the galaxy. Originally written as a radio serial, so it's episodic and might help with comprehension.

The Harry Potter Audiobooks
You may have heard of Harry Potter? Jim Dale does some fabulous voices - though his Hermione always bugged me.

Best of luck! We are here to support you. Sorry you couldn't relate to the Regency female protagonists - they always bored me too, I guess I missed the part of female development where you're supposed to be in love with Mr. Darcy? But you're free of school-assigned books now! Hopefully the fact a book has a female protagonist won't discourage you from reading it. r/books has a lot of suggestions for exciting books (including scifi/adventure) with kickass female leads.

You should be able to access the American version of Amazon, and purchase them that way. They're expensive, though. :(

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/harry-potter-1-7-audio/9780739352243-item.html?ikwid=Harry+potter+books+1-7&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0

$333 CND


https://www.amazon.ca/Harry-Potter-1-7-Audio-Collection/dp/0739352245/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=harry+potter+books+1-7+jim+dale&qid=1556381992&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull

$329 CND

Amy, regarding the Harry Potter books, I would highly recommend listening to Jim Dale's narration on audio book. He did a fantastic job.

The audio books are my go to when I'm feeling overwhelmed and need to unwind or get out of my mind for a bit.

Personally, I don't like the idea of just plugging kids into the audiobook. I'm looking forward to having kids in the near future and I most definitely plan to read these books to them. The audiobooks have helped me understand a lot of the context and emotion and make me feel like I'll be able to put my own twist on the character voices when the time comes. If you take the chance, I promise you will not regret it. Here is where you can purchase them on amazon (to save you some trouble).

Your work is amazing! This AMA has made me realize that there is a lot of your work I feel I should check out and will definitely get on that. Thank you for taking the time to chat with us!