Books on tape are a great way to pass the time while driving on long road trips. My daughters and I spent two very long days driving to Yellowstone National Park and two days back; one of our all time favorite places to vacation. Since we love road trips we reminded ourselves how important it was to listen to a book on tapes series. Tradition. Having teenage girls they selected the books by Stephenie Meyer the Twilight Series http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight.html ~ I will admit that I had quickly read the first book Twilight before the movie opened in November 2008. The goal was to get the book finished so I could be up to speed with my daughters before I saw the movie. Speed reading Twilight was really no fun. I could not see what all the excitement was about with this book. I chalked it up to a teen girl story.... Never was I moved to read any of the other books. I believe I have been too busy with work. Not allowing myself the luxury of fiction! However, I must admit I embrace fiction on vacation and this was no different. Keeping connected to my daughters is very important to me and if it means reading fiction about vampire's and werewolves then so be it! Actually, the hours on the road listening to the books on tape, talking to the girls about story plots, character development, vocabulary and writing styles placed me in a great teaching position! Learning made fun! My daughters did not even realize it! The writing process was easy to discuss.... talking about ways to help them find their "writing voice" through the writing process became interesting discussions and hopefully, planted a process they will draw from in the future. The girls taught me so much about the author, the movie scripts and actors.....They taught me how much they had learned about the book series and movie series thus a fun way to keep mom up to speed on current fiction!