Celebrating Audiobook Week 2013

I am late in joining Audio Book Week but my blog readers know I love audio and I want to participate so I am hopping in the middle of the week. (I'll be posting several audio reviews shortly and an audiobook giveaway too.)

Today we answer the questions provided by Jen, host of Audioweek, at Devourer Of Books:



Current/most recent audiobook:

I am currently listening to:

Hearts of Shadow
Author: Kira Brady
Narrator: Xe Sands

Impressions:
I am enjoying the plotline of the dragon shifters in a post apocalyptic struggle of ‘races.”  The narration is clear with a good portrayal of mystery and intensity.


Current/most recent favorite audiobook:
 
 Ohhh- it is so hard to pick a favorite. I guess for recent favorite I will pick And They Called Her Spider:.  I will be posting a review for this title tomorrow or Friday. I pick it as a favorite because it has so much that I liked: Steampunk elements; Mystery (along the lines of Sherlock Holmes); a short quick listen to enjoy; British accent narration; and all around fun to listen to. .




Favorite narrator you’ve discovered recently:
There are so many good narrators that I enjoy. I am listing two more recent favorites and two older favorites.
Luke Daniels does a super job narrating the Iron Druid Chronicles. He really nails the characters through voices and expression. The narration enhances the danger and fun of an already good story.

Marguerite Gavin, who reads the Hollows Series and many more, also does a great job with the different voices and the emotional inflections. I have noted in previous reviews that “It surprises me how seamlessly Ms. Gavin makes the shifts from one voice to another. I get caught up and love listening.”

One all time favorite narrator is sadly no longer with us. Anna Fields always was a fun narrator particularly for light romantic stories such as those by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

Another 'older' favorite is Rene Auberjonois who did the later Pendergast Series. My husband, who is not a reader or regular listener, loves listening to Rene narrate Pendergast.



One title from your TBL (to be listened) stack, or your audio wishlist:
Just ONE? Are you kidding???

I will say that I am interested in getting to listen to The 5th Wave that I recently got through my Audible subscription
The 5th Wave
    UNABRIDGED
    by Rick Yancey
    Narrated by Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strol
Epic Fantasy

  and

The Raven Boys that I got through  SYNC YA last week.

The Raven Boys
By Maggie Stiefvater
Read by Will Patton
Published by Scholastic Audiobooks

Audiobook Week 2012 Giveaway

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This Giveaway is to Celebrate Audiobook Week 2012 - which started 6-25 so I am jumping in at the end of the week.

I try to listen to at least two books a week on my MP3, on tape or on CD in the car.  I have had a subscription since 2006 at Audible.com that provides me two Audible picks each month.  I have a library now of 610  Even my DH, who is NOT a reader, will listen to certain Audible or audio books. Check out the great posts Sheila at Book Journey did rejecting excuses for not listening to audiobooks!  She has a giveaway too. :-)
Also check out the interesting Audio Drama Audiobook giveaway, other audio giveaways and discussion posts at the celebration host site: Devourer of Books.

For this Giveaway I am  GIVING AWAY THREE PRIZES:

#1:  Open Worldwide: An MP3 Player to get you started listening to Audios!!

For some reason this picture is fuzzy - you can see the real picture at this link.
The winner will get to pick either blue or red (I already have the players in my office.)

#2 Pick of a larger Audiobook - open to US only.

#3 Pick of a smaller Audiobook - open to Canada or International with the proviso that I reserve the right to award a $10.00 GC if the postage would exceed that amount.

TO ENTER: 

1.  Comment telling me about an audio book you love; or tell me why you have never tried audio but are ready to. :-)

2.  Plus extra entries - up to three - for any Audio, Audible or AudioBook Jukebox review you comment on. Let me know where you commented for extra credit. 

This giveaway ends July 6, 2012 10PM Central.

Note: Many of the CD audiobooks below have been review books. The others are from my own shelves. 

#2 Prize: US Only gets to pick from ANY of the Audio Books listed in this post.

These eight are larger CD Audiobooks:
Black Hills: A Novel by Dan Simmons

Absolute Power by David Baldacci

 

True Blue by David Baldacci

Hell's Corner (Camel Club)

by David Baldacci

What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell

Room: A Novel

by Emma Donoghue

Reversal
by Michael Connelly

Lothaire

By Kresley Cole

(Case is missing but all discs are good)

Note: These five are Audio Cassettes - not CDs:

The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, Book 3)
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

1st to Die (The Women's Murder Club)

by James Patterson

 

Kisscut: A Novel (Grant County)
by Karin Slaughter

Best Kept Secrets
by Sandra Brown

 

 

Hometown Legend
by Jerry B. Jenkins
This is a print pic as they didn't have the audio pic.

#3 Canadian or an international winner gets to pick from these 12 audio books (11 CD/One MP3). They are smaller so I hope the postage won't be too bad for international.

The Taste of Innocence CD (Cynster Novels)
by Stephanie Lauens -- CD


Don't Blink By James Patterson, Howard Roughan(A)/David Patrick Kelly(N) [Audiobook]

CD

The Postcard Killers
by James Patterson --CD


Whiteout
by Ken Follett -- CD


The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham -- CD


The Juror
by George Dawes Green -- CD

This pic is for cassettes but the version I have is CDs not cassettes.
Warning this book has very rough language.





Secular Sabotage: How Liberals Are Destroying Religion and Culture in America
by William A. Donohue -- CD


Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir
by KateBraestrup -- CD


Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
by Pat Robertson -- CD



The Snow Angel
by Glenn Beck -- CD

No Rest for the Dead
Multiple Authors -- CD

All Cry Chaos
by Leonard Rosen -- MP3

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