June is audiobook month! If you haven’t yet given audiobooks a try, now is the perfect time. Here are a few of my recent favorites, and you can enter the giveaway below for your chance to win a great selection of audiobooks to get you started. Already an audiobook fan? Leave me your recommendations in the comments – I’d love to hear from you!
I love audiobooks! I have an hour long commute to and from work, and they keep me sane during the long drive and the time stuck in traffic. I also love listening on long drives to visit my family out of state. Whether you are a long time audiobook fan, or just trying to decide if they might be for you, here are a few of my favorites for you to check out. Then be sure to enter for a chance to win some new audiobooks to add to (or start) your collection.
1. The Entire Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling, read by Jim Dale
Even if you have tried audiobooks and decided that they are not for you, please give this series a try. Jim Dale is my favorite audiobook narrator, and his work on the Harry Potter books is outstanding. How one person can do so many voices and keep them all straight is beyond me, but it is a pleasure to listen to. I may have said this in an earlier post at some point, but I would gladly listen to Jim reading the phone book. He’s just that good.
Twitter : @JimnJules
2. Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet
If you happen to be a fan of the BBC Poirot series, then you are in for a treat. This book contains 18 stories, and they are alternately read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings, and David Suchet, who plays Poirot. Both do an excellent job, and the familiar voices make this a perfect listen for any Agatha Christie fan.
Twitter – Hugh Fraser: @realhughfraser
Twitter – David Suchet: @David_Suchet
3. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, read by Jon Linstrom
Dark Matter is a sci-fi thriller full of unexpected twists and turns, terribly believable science, and a surprising amount of real emotion thrown in to keep you off your guard. Jon Linstrom did a great job of keeping the story flowing, the suspense high, and letting you feel what the protagonist, Jason, was feeling. I expected to like this book, but I ended up loving it.
A selection of audiobooks narrated by Jon Linstrom on Audible.com
4. The Seventh Plague by James Rollins, read by Christian Baskous
Is action adventure your thing? Christian Baskous narrates several of James Rollins’ Sigma Force novels, and I really enjoy his style. His smooth voice always fits perfectly with the action-packed story-lines.
Twitter: @BaskousChris
5. Storm Front by Jim Butcher, read by James Marsters
A perfect start to a great urban fantasy series – Storm Front is still one of my favorite Harry Dresden novels. James Marsters is perfect as the voice of Harry, with just the right amount of sarcasm where appropriate. I thoroughly enjoy his narration of this series.
James Marsters Official Website
Audiobooks for contest have been generously donated by various publishers, and will be a surprise!
Want to check out the other audiobook posts on the tour? Here’s the list of participants, and be sure to visit the Audio Publishers Association website.
The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog – Wednesday, Nov 1
Beth Fish Reads – Thursday, Nov 2
Reading Books Like a Boss – Friday, Nov 3
Collector of Book Boyfriends – Monday, Nov 6
Caffeinated Book Reviewer – Tuesday, Nov 7
Audio Gals – Wednesday, Nov 8
Under My Apple Tree – Thursday, Nov 9
Shelf Addiction – Friday, Nov 10
To Read or Not To Read – Monday, Nov 13
Adolescent Audio Adventures – Tuesday, Nov 14
I Am, Indeed – Wednesday, Nov 15
Enchantress of Books – Thursday, Nov 16.
The Maiden’s Court – Friday, Nov 17
A Bookworm’s World – Monday, Nov 20
Books, Movies Reviews Oh My – Tuesday, Nov 21
Joyfully Jay – Wednesday, Nov 22
Carol Baldwin Blog – Monday, Nov 27
Backwards Compatible Podcast Tuesday, Nov 28
Audio Gals – Wednesday, Nov 29
The Book’s the Thing – Thursday, Nov 30
You may have heard by now that June is Audiobook month. I personally love audiobooks – I have an hour commute to and from work each day, and that gives me lots of time to listen in the car. I also love bringing along a kids’ or YA audiobook on road trips with my two daughters to help pass the time. If you’ve been thinking about trying an audiobook but haven’t yet given them a chance, read on to see how you can enter to win 3 audiobook downloads. And in case you need some suggestions to get you started, here are a few of my favorites that I think almost anyone would enjoy.
When Annalee Ahlberg goes missing, her children fear the worst. Annalee is a sleepwalker whose affliction manifests in ways both bizarre and devastating. Once, she merely destroyed the hydrangeas in front of her Vermont home. More terrifying was the night her older daughter, Lianna, pulled her back from the precipice of the Gale River bridge. The morning of Annalee’s disappearance, a search party combs the nearby woods. Annalee’s husband, Warren, flies home from a business trip. Lianna is questioned by a young, hazel-eyed detective. And her little sister, Paige, takes to swimming the Gale to look for clues. When the police discover a small swatch of fabric, a nightshirt, ripped and hanging from a tree branch, it seems certain Annalee is dead, but Gavin Rikert, the hazel-eyed detective, continues to call, continues to stop by the Ahlbergs’ Victorian home. As Lianna peels back the layers of mystery surrounding Annalee’s disappearance, she finds herself drawn to Gavin, but she must ask herself: Why does the detective know so much about her mother? Why did Annalee leave her bed only when her father was away? And if she really died while sleepwalking, where was the body?
Maybe I’m the last one to find this, but I just had to share. If anyone is an audiobook fan, be sure to check out http://www.mobydickbigread.com/ to listen to Moby Dick for free.
Each chapter in this massive undertaking is read by a different person of interest – authors (China Miéville), actors (Benedict Cumberbatch), even Prime Minister David Cameron reads a chapter.
You can listen to each chapter online, as a podcast, or download them from iTunes. There is also some great art inspired by the novel included on each chapter’s web page that’s worth checking out.
I’ve only managed to get 5 or 6 chapters into Moby Dick, so I think I’ll give it a try this way!
The Book's the Thing 