Guest Blogger: My Favorite Audiobooks #5

 Michele is back today to share some more audiobook recommendations!

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Up until a few years ago, I had never even considered audiobooks as a way to increase my reading – but then my husband started working for a major audiobook publisher and I got hooked!  Now I listen to them all the time – getting ready in the morning, in the car, exercising, at my daughter’s swim lessons, you name it.  Audiobooks are fantastic for when you can’t physically hold a book and I have listened to some really fantastic performances.  Here are some of my recent faves:

 

Stranger Things: The Dustin Experiment

While we anxiously await the final season of Stranger Things, it is very fun to catch up with our favorite characters in these books.

 Better Luck Next Time

Cara Bastone simply never disappoints and this was another winner!

Run for the Hills 

I have no idea where I even came across this new release but it totally surprised me and I loved it.  Newly discovered siblings on a road trip across the country to confront the father who abandoned them all – sounds sad but was actually very witty and uplifting!

 

Seven Brides for Beau McBride

It was so fun to be back in Buck’s Creek with Junebug and her meddling ways!

 

Spectacular Things

I have a very hit or miss relationship with Reese’s Book Club picks but this one was incredible – it follows the lives of two sisters: one an elite soccer player and the other who supports her every step of the way.

Do you listen to audiobooks?  Do you have any favorites?

Guest Blogger: My Favorite Audiobooks #2

 Last year, my sister stopped by the blog with some audiobook recs - today she's back with more!

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Up until a few years ago, I had never even considered audiobooks as a way to increase my reading – but then my husband started working for a major audiobook publisher and I got hooked!  Now I listen to them all the time – getting ready in the morning, in the car, exercising, at my daughter’s swim lessons, you name it.  Audiobooks are fantastic for when you can’t physically hold a book and I have listened to some really fantastic performances.  Here are some of my recent faves:

            

Nonfiction: Memiors read by the authors are some of my favorites!  Michelle Obama’s memiors are always a wonderful listen.  I’m an Olympics nut as well, so Katie Ledecky’s memior was double fun.  Good Night Stories has bite-sized facts of 100 historical and contemporary women and was one I enjoyed listening to with my daughter.

            

TV/Movie/Comic Book Tie Ins: If you are a Stranger Things fan, Flight of Icarus is a must listen about fan favorite Eddie Munson.  Harley Quinn is one of DC’s most interesting characters and Reckoning is the start of a trilogy.  The narrators of The Princess and the Scoundrel were absolutely fantastic – I’ve been listening to a ton of Star Wars books lately and this was an easy favorite!

                

Other Fiction: John Scalzi’s books are a favorite of mine and my husband and Starter Villain did not disappoint!  Sara Goodman Confino is a new author to me – Behind Every Good Man was fantastic and I can’t wait to binge listen to her backlist. 

              

Cara Bastone gets her own section – her audiobooks are that good!  Her Audible originals are witty, fun and read by full casts; every one I’ve listened to has been a hit.  Her latest full length novel, Ready or Not, was a really beautiful listen too!  

Do you listen to audiobooks?  Do you have any favorites?

Guest Blogger: My Favorite Audiobooks #1

 Michele is back today to talk about audiobooks!

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Up until a few years ago, I had never even considered audiobooks as a way to increase my reading – but then my husband started working for a major audiobook publisher and I got hooked! Now I listen to them all the time – getting ready in the morning, in the car, exercising, at my daughter’s swim lessons, you name it. Audiobooks are fantastic for when you can’t physically hold a book and I have listened to some really fantastic performances. Here are some of my recent faves:

Cara Bastone – Love Lines series and Love at First Psych. These books are all audio originals, so they are written specifically for that medium. They are quick and fun and have full casts.

 

Cat Sebastian – Page & Sommers series and The Queer Principles of Kit Webb. Entertaining historicals with the fantastic Joel Leslie narrating.

Randall Munroe – What If series and How to. Narrated by the fantastic Wil Wheaton, these are fun, quick reads for those of us who are science nerds at heart.

Do you listen to audiobooks? Do you have any favorites?