The Earth's Children Series

I have to admit I am a bit of an Earth’s Childrenite. For those who don’t know what this is, it’s a large group of fans who are borderline obsessed with the Earth’s Children series by Jean M. Auel. Having just found out that after 9 years of not-so-patiently waiting, the 6th audiobook will be releasing in March, I knew it was time to play some catch-up with the series I love. Problem: I didn’t have nearly 150 hours of free time to devote to listening to the whole series. Solution: re-listen to just the fifth audiobook in the series, The Shelters of Stone.

The first time I listened to The Shelters of Stone, I must say, I was a little disappointed. The new plot twists were great, but a lot of the audiobook seemed to be the previous audiobooks repeated. This time around however, I found the very thing I found frustrating my first time listening was ideal to catch-up on the series without the need to dedicate the time needed to re-listen to the whole set.

The Land of Painted Caves (book 6) will be releasing March 29, 2011. For those who looking for an epic saga and haven’t already listened to this series, I highly recommend these be your next audiobooks. The series that centered around a young girl named Ayla and her people, the Clan of the Cave Bear, was first written thirty years ago and is still one of my favorite audiobook series of all time. And for those Sandra Burr fans out there: the whole series is magnificently narrated by her. Listen to the series and become a fellow Earth Childrenite, you won’t be disappointed.

-H.B.