A review by booksandbosox
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee

4.0

Taking a car trip to Hill Country, I provided my boyfriend with a list of all the audiobooks currently on my iPod and this was the one he selected for us to listen to. I was pretty surprised - we usually listen to young adult fantasy or science fiction when we take long car trips together - but I guess he was in the mood for something different. This was a delightful choice. I'm a huge fan of zoos - I've dragged him to pretty much every zoo I can - and this book definitely caught my eye when it was first released. You can buy a zoo? Seriously? Well, it's not that simple. But I loved listening to the tale of the Mee family and their adventures in acquiring and running a zoo in England. The narrator was pleasant to listen to and the story was told with the right mix of humor and pathos. My boyfriend enjoyed this even more than I did. An excellent choice.