Audiobook News & Reviews: 4/4-4/6

We’ve got the scoop on the Canadian audiobook market, narrator interviews, and all the reviews you may have missed this weekend in today’s Audiobook News & Reviews.

News:

• The Broke & The Bookish talked audiobooks on their cocktail & conversation feature
• AudioGals chat with author A.L. Jackson and narrator Andi Arndt
• Publisher’s Weekly reports that Canadian audiobook sales dipped in 2014, according to a report by BookNet Canada

Reviews:

• Mostly YA Book Obsessed reviews Last Call (Cocktail #4.5), by Alice Clayton, narrated by Heather Smith
• A Reader of Fictions reviews Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5), by Gail Carriger, narrated by Emily Gray
• The Reading Date reviews Deep (Stage Dive #4), by Kylie Scott, narrated by Andi Arndt
• Audiobook Treasury reviews The Stranger, by Harlan Coben, narrated by George Newbern
• Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf reviews Burying Water, by K.A. Tucker, narrated by Elizabeth Louise and Josh Goodman
• Book Shelfery reviews Seeker, by Arwen Elys Dayton, narrated by Katharine McEwan
• Tyffani Clark Kemp reviews Incarcerated, by Inger Iversen, narrated by Olivia Peppersmith
• Ramblings from this Chick reviews Jagged, by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Emma Taylor
• Prism Book Alliance reviews Fire Inside, by Dawn Douglas, narrated by Randy Fuller
• Cornerfolds reviews Asylum, by Madeleine Roux, narrated by Michael Goldstrom
• Sad Bandit reviews The Blinding Light by Renae Kaye, narrated by Jonathan Young
• Milky Way of Books reviews Vicious by Victoria Schwab, narrated by Noah Michael Levine
• Wicked Little Pixie reviews The Cemetery Boys, by Heather Brewer, narrated by Kirby Heyborne
• Beckoned by Books reviews Temptation, by Nicole Edwards, narrated by Jack Dupont, Joanna Patrick, and Houston Fullbright
• Lost in Lit reviews After We Fell, by Anna Todd, narrated by Elizabeth Louise and Shane East
• Audiothing Audiobook Reviews reviews This Doesn’t Happen in the Movies, by Renee Pawlish, narrated by Johnny Peppers and New Year Island, by Paul Draker, narrated by Teri Schaubelt
• Booktalk with Eileen reviews Raving Violet, written and read by Valerie Gilbert
• Audiobook Reviewer reviews:
  • Going Shogun, by Ernie Lindsey, narrated by DJ Holte
  • The Synchronicity War, by Dietmar Wehr, narrated by Luke Daniel
  • The First Bird: Episode 2 and The First Bird: Episode 3, by Greig Beck, narrated by Sean Mangan
  • London Warriors, by Paul Rudd, narrated by Fred Wolinsky
  • The Acolytes of Crane, by J.D. Tew, narrated by Tom Pile
• MissSusie’s Reading & Observations and Holly, Every Day both review Searching for Grace Kelly, by Michael Callahan, narrated by Kristin Kalbli

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/30

Catch up on all the reviews you may have missed this weekend in today’s Audiobook News & Reviews!

Reviews:

• Jaye L. Knight reviews How a Star Falls, by Amber Stokes, narrated by Patrick Wilson Mahaney
• A Reader of Fictions reviews Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4), by Gail Carriger, narrated by Emily Grey
• Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf reviews The Deep, by Nick Cutter, narrated by Corey Brill
• Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews reviews Scrap Metal, by Harper Fox, narrated by Sean Gormley
• Rabid Reads reviews The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire, by Molly Harper narrated by Amanda Ronconi
• Hot Listens reviews The Unleashing, by Shelly Laurenston, narrated by Johanna Parker
• Amie’s Book Review Blog reviews Halfskin, by Tony Bertauski, narrated by David W. Dietz
• Kasterborous reviews Lucider: Revelation, narrated by Paul Darrow
• Lit Slave reviews Free Me, by Laurelin Paige, narrated by Tanya Eby (+ Giveaway) – also read Collector of Book Boyfriends review & enter the giveaway!
• Eargasms Audiobook Reviews reviews Reese’s Cowboy Kiss, by Kimberley Krey, narrated by Lesley Ann Fogle
• Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog reviews A Fistful of Charms, by Kim Harrison, narrated by Marguerite Gavin
• Lost in Lit reviews Pushing The Limits, by Katie McGarry, narrated by MacLeod Andrews & Tara Sands
• Joyfully Jay reviews The Only Guy, by Skylar M. Cates, narrated by Matt Baca
• I Am, Indeed reviews After, by Anna Todd, narrated by Elizabeth Louise
• Sarah Says Read reviews two audiobooks – Stuff Matters, by Mark Miodownik, narrated by Michael Page, and The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl written and read by Issa Rae
• Dee’s Book Blog reviews One Dom to Love, by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, and Isabella LaPearl, narrated by Christian Fox
• Audiobook Reviewer reviews:
  • The Dragon of Unrest, by Anthony Russo, narrated by Felbrigg Herriot
  • The Blood of Tyrants, by Peter S. Fischer, narrated by Ernie Sprance
  • Slow Burn (Zero Day Book 1), by Bobby Adair, narrated by Jason Damron
  • Project 731: A Kaiju Thriller, by Jeremy Robinson, narrated by Jeffery Kafar
  • The Last Survivors (A Dystopian Society in a Post Apocalyptic World, Book 1), by Bobby Adair & T.W. Piperbrook, narrated by Sean Runette

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/27

 

Happy Friday! Today’s news & reviews features a recap of the Virginia Book Festival, lot’s of updates on audiobook challenges, and, of course, reviews!

News:

• Literate Housewife recaps her trip to the Virginia Festival of the Book
• There have been lots and lots of bloggers/reviewers updating their progress for the 2015 Audiobook Challenge (via The Book Nympho & Hot Listens). Check out the list here.

Reviews:

• Audiobook Treasury reviews The Oscar Wilde Collection narrated by James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisett, Alfred Molina, Roger Rees, Eric Stoltz, Charles Busch, & Yeardley Smith
• Rabid Reads reviews A Hunger Like No Other, by Kresley Cole, narrated by Robert Petkoff
• Chronicles of an Avid Reader and Indie Author reviews My Sunshine Away, by M.O. Walsh, narrated by Kirby Heybourne
• Bookish Ginger reviews Eldest, by Christopher Paolini, narrated by Gerard Doyle
• Collector of Book Boyfriends reviews Pretending He’s Mine, by Lauren Blakely, narrated by Emily Durante
• Prism Book Alliance reviews Newton’s Laws of Attraction, by MJ O’Shea, narrated by George Somerset
• Audiobook Reviewer reviews Asylum (Time of Death #2), by Shana Festa, narrated by Sarah Tancer and The Breadwinner, by Stevia Kopas, narrated by Scott Birney

 

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/24/15

 

Audiobook giveaways, new releases, and today’s reviews!

News:

• Audiobook Reviewer gathers Audible’s new releases in SciFi, Horror, and Thriller
• Today is the last day to enter to win Searching for Grace Kelly, by Michael Callahan, narrated by Kristin Kalbli via Candace’s Book Blog

Reviews:

• Audiobook Reviewer reviews Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga Book 1) by Stephen Moss, narrated by R.C. Bray
• Booktalk with Eileen reviews Knight in Highland Armor, by Amy Jarecki, narrated by Dave Gillies
• Audio Gals reviews Archer’s Voice, by Mia Sheridan, narrated by Kris Koscheski and Emily Durante; Ripped, by Katy Evans, narrated by Elizabeth Louise and Sebastian York; Lost HIghlander, by Cassidy Cayman, narrated by Angela Dawe
• The Bibliosanctum reviews The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, narrated by Tony Jay
• Vampire Placebo reviews A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking, narrated by Michael Jackson
• Sad Bandit reviews Taint, by S.L. Jennings, narrated by Sean Crisden
• Three AM Book Reviews reviews A Dangerous Thing, by Josh Lanyon, narrated by Chris Patton
• Dee’s Book Blog reviews Damoren, by Seth Skorkowsky, narrated by R.C. Bray
• Audio Book Treasury reviews Necronomicon, by H.P. Lovecraft, narrated by Paul Michael Garcia, Bronson Pinchot, Stephen R. Thorne, Keith Szarabajka, Adam Verner, Tom Weiner, Patrick Cullen
• TifTalksBooks reviews Hunt Killers, by Barry Lyga, narrated by Charlie Thurston
• KarenCollier reviews Tired & True, by Mary Connealy, narrated by Barbara Mcculloch  
• Prism Book Alliance reviews Trusting Thomas, by KC Wells, narrated by Nick J. Russo
• Bitches n Prose reviews Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard, by Lars Guignard, narrated by Bailey Carlson
• Much Loved Books reviews FInding My Forever (Beaumont #3), by Heidi McLaughlin, narrated by Joshua Story and Adrian Cox
• Blackraven’s Reviews reviews Report for Booty, by Jayne Rylon, narrated by Gregory Salinas
• Book Lover’s Life reviews The Girl at the End of the World, by Richard Levesque, narrated by LC Kane

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/23/15

Want to know how authors get their books turned into audiobooks? We’ve got the scoop, plus the weekend’s audiobook reviews! 

News:

• Publisher’s Weekly discusses your options for self-publishing an audiobook (we have some options, too!)
• Audiobook Reviewer interviews narrator Jack de Golia

Reviews:

• Audiobook Reviewer reviews We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory, narrated by Tavia Gilbert and Wrath (Adrian’s Undead Diary Book 5), by Chris Philbrook, narrated by James Foster
• Literate Housewife reviews The Hound of Baskervilles (Audio Drama), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, and Christopher Neame
• Reader of Fictions reviews Blameless, by Gail Carriger, narrated by Emily Gray
• Hidden in Pages reviews The Ruby Circle, by Richelle Mead, narrated by Emily Shaffer and Alden Ford
• Sinfully Sexy Books reviews Nothing Serious, by Jay Northcote, narrated by Michael Pauley
• Rainbow Gold Reviews also reviews Nothing Serious
• Audiobook Treasury reviews Last One Home, by Debbie Macomber, narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Debbie Macomber
• Lost in Literature reviews Better than Perfect, by Melissa Kantor, narrated by Caitlin Davies
• Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog reviews Why Lords Lose Their Hearts, by Manda Collins, narrated by Anne Flosnik
• Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews reviews Strangers in Death, by JD Robb, narrated by Susan Ericksen
• Opinions of a Wolf reviews Rewinder, by Brett Battles, narrated by Vikas Adam
• Amie’s Book Review Blog reviews Dying for a Living, by Kory M. Shrum, narrated by Hollie Jackson
• Mother. Gamer. Writer. reviews Holiday Man (Sweet #3), by Marilyn Brant, narrated by Erica McKendrick
• Beckoned by Books reviews Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, and Owen Lindsay
• Brooke Blogs reviews Kodiak’s Claim, by Eve Langlais, narrated by Chandra Skyye
• Collector of Book Boyfriends reviews Falling for Jillian (Love Under the Big Sky #3), by Kristen Proby, narrated by Deacon Lee & Elizabeth Louise
• Wag the Fox reviews Devouring Milo by Tonia Brown, narrated by Luke Smith
• Candid Cover reviews An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green, narrated by Jeff Woodman
• Audiothing reviews All Saints’ Secrets, by Nicole Loughan, narrated by Suzy Lexington

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/17/15

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is release day, so we have news of new releases, plus narrator interviews and new reviews!

News:

• ListenUp Audiobooks announces today’s new releases
• Audiobook Reviewer has the scoop on new releases on Audible
• USA Today interviews narrators Amanda Ronconi and Percy O’Hara

Reviews: 

• Audiobook Reviewer reviews Keaghan in the Tales of Dreamside: The Dreamside Omnibus (The Tales of Dreamside Books 1-5), by J. Daniel Batt, narrated by Mike Pyrc
• The Nocturnal Library reviews The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2), by Samantha Shannon, narrated by Alana Kerr
• Audiobook Treasury reviews The Silent Sister: Riley MacPherson, Book 1, by Diane Chamberlain, narrated by Susan Bennett
• Christina’s Book Reviews reviews Alias Hook, by Lisa Jensen, narrated by Ralph Lister
• Eargasms Audiobook Reviews reviews Confessions of a Transylvanian, by Kevin Theis and Ron Fox, narrated by Kevin Theis
• Chrisbookarama reviews Hausfrau, by Jill Alexander Essbaum, narrated by Mozhan Marno
• I am, Indeed reviews Song of the Fireflies, by J.A. Redmerski, narrated by Chelsea Hatfield and Douglas Berger and Finding CInderella (Hopeless #2.5), by Colleen Hoover, narrated by Jason Carpenter
• AudioGals reviews Closer Than You Think, by Karen Rose, narrated by Hillary Huber
• Opinions of a Wolf reviews Storm Born, by Richelle Mead, narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck
• Angus48 reviews Blood and Bane: The Dragon Sage Chronicles, by CJ McKee, narrated by Wendy Anne Darling
• Ana’s Lair reviews The Time Being, by Antonia Honeywell, narrated by Melody Grove
• Bibliophibian Inc reviews Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy L. Sayers, narrated by Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, and Gabriel Wolf

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/06/15

Happy Friday! Today we have lots of reviews to help you decide what to listen to this weekend. Check out the reviews below and our other recommendations here.

Reviews:

• Author Timothy C. Ward reviews The Remaining by D.J. Molles, narrated by Christian Rummel
• Hot Listens reviews Sugar Daddy, by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Jeannie Stith
• Cornerfolds reviews Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time #6) by Robert Jordan, narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari, narrated by Derek Perkins, review via Audiobook Treasury
• Fractured (Guards of the Shadowlands #2), by Sarah Fine, narrated by Amy McFadden review via Mostly YA Book Obsessed
• Lost in Lit reviews Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, narrated by Emma Galvin
• The Saint, by Tiffany Reisz, narrated by Elizabeth Hart, reviewed by Kris and Vik Book Therapy Cafe
• Nomad Reader reviews The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, narrated by Campbell Scott
• Challengings Reads reviews The Whispering Swarm (Sanctuary of the White Friars), by Michael Moorcock, narrated by Julian Elfer
• The Lie, by Ashley Fontainne, narrated by Andrea Emmes reviewed by Book Lover’s Life
• The Decoy Princess, by Dawn Cook, narrated by Marguerite Gavin review via Nocturnal Book Reviews 
• Martha’s Bookshelf reviews Dead Reckoning: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #11, by Charlaine Harris, narrated by Johanna Parker

If we missed your review, leave a comment with a link and we will add it! Let us know what audiobooks you are listening to this weekend!

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/03/15

New releases and new reviews!

News:

• Someone Comes to Town. Someone Leaves Town Audiobook Release
• Impossible Cure Audiobook Release 

Reviews:

• Audiobook Treasury reviews Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann and Narrated by Christopher Lane
• AudioGals reviews The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton and Narrated by Corrie James and Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine and Narrated by Susanna Duff
• The Reading Date reviews The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand and Narrated by Julia Whelan
• Bookshelfery reviews The Young Elites by Marie Lu and Narrated by Carla Corvo and Lannon Killea
• Bark Less, Wag More reviews The Fever by Megan Abbott and Narrated by Caitlin Davies, Kirby Heyborne, & Joe Barrett
• Reading Teen reviews The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski and Narrated by Justine Eyre
• I Am, Indeed reviews Once Upon a Grind by Cleo Coyle and Narrated by Rebecca Gibel

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/03/15

 

Library Listeners get an upgraded experience with hoopla’s new features and enough reviews and recommendations to keep you busy for a while – all in today’s audiobook news & reviews. 

News:

• AudioGals posted their monthly round up of their news & reviews for February
• Library Journal reports that hoopla digital, a service that provides audiobooks to libraries, has added a new interface and a new recommendation engine
• Today is Audible release day and Audiobook Reviewer lists the titles about which they’re most excited

Reviews:

• Peeking Between the Pages “truly enjoyed every minute” of Searching for Grace Kelly, by Michael Callahan, narrated by Kristin Kalbli! Thanks for the review!
• Chrisbookarama reviewed The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro, narrated by David Horovitch and “loved Kazuo Ishiguro’s writing, even though it made me blue”.
• Christina’s Book Reviews listened to The Waking Dark, by Robin Wasserman, narrated by Mark Deakins and would “recommend it for certain people.”
• Audiobook Treasury says Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire, narrated by John McDonough is “highly enjoyable”.
• AudioGals says The Truth About Love, by Sheila Athens, narrated by Angela Dawe, is “enjoyable enough” and has similar feelings about Charmed, by Nora Roberts, narrated by Christina Panfillio
• The Cult Den says Dark Shadows: The Crimson Pearl, by James Goss and Joseph Lidster, narrated by a full cast, is “one for the collection” for true Dark Shadows fans.
• The Book Nympho reviews Vision in Silver: The Others Book 3 by Anne Bishop, narrated by Alexandra Harris and says “if you’re looking for a well written and unique fantasy series, The Others is a fantastic series.”
• Audiobook Reviewer says “if you are looking for a fast and entertaining young adult listen, you have found what you crave” with Hellhole, by Gina Damico, narrated by MacLeod Andrews

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Audiobook News & Reviews: 03/02/15

Happy March! We’ve got tons of audiobook reviews to help you decide what book to listen to this month!

News:

• Tony Wade loves audiobooks

Reviews:

• Literate Housewife reviews Euphoria by Lily King, narrated by Simon Vance & Xe Sands
• Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges, narrated by Gordon Griffin review via Audiobook Treasury
• Hot Listens reviews Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop, narrated by Alexandra Harris
• Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper, narrated by Heather Alicia Simms reviewed by I Am, Indeed
• The Reading Date reviews Before I Go by Colleen Oakley, narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Rebecca Lowman
• An Unlocked Heart by K.C. Wells, narrated by Nick J. Russo review via Joyfully Jay
• Lost in Lit reviews World After by Susan Ee and Narrated by Caitlin Davies
• Taking Chances, by Molly McAdams, narrated by Anadelle Waters, review via Kris and Vik Book Therapy Cafe
• Prism Book Alliance reviews Legally Wed, by Rick R. Reed, narrated by John Solo
• The Severed Streets, by Paul Cornell, narrated by Damian Lynch review via Wicked Little Pixie
• Tea and a Book reviews The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark & Alavair Burke, narrated by Jan Maxwell
• The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters, narrated by Juliet Stevenson review via Reader of Fictions
• Closet Geeks and Slow Mo reviews Fury of Fire, by Coreene Callahan, narrated by Benjamin L. Darcie
• Rabid Reads reviews Grave Peril, by Jim Butcher, narrated by James Marsters
• Dead of Winter, by Kresley Cole, narrated by Emma Galvin, reviewed by Starry-Eyed Revue
• Audiobook Reviewer reviewed The Biomass Revolution, by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, narrated by James Fouhey, Ted Saves the World, by Bryan Cohen, narrated by Steven Jay Cohen, and Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga Book 1), by J.D. Barker, narrated by Christina Delaine

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