December 3, 2008
- Atonement
Rating: Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award Finalist, Adult Fiction, 2003 2003 Audie Award Finalist Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Jill Tanner Category: Fiction Publisher: Recorded Books Release Date: 2003 Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins Unabridged
An Overview: A rare novel of tragedy, beauty, and consequences, Ian McEwan’s Atonement is a book to be savored, pondered, and enjoyed on cold rainy days. (…)
December 1, 2008
- The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
Rating: Awards: Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award Author: James Lee Burke Narrator: Will Patton Category: Mystery & Suspense Publisher: Clipper Audio Release Date: 2008 Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins Unabridged
An overview: The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel. (…)
November 28, 2008
- Gilead: A Novel
Rating: Awards: 2005 Pulitzer Prize Author: Marilynne Robinson Narrator: Tim Jerome Category: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Release Date: 2005 Length: 9 hrs. (…)
November 26, 2008
- Wild Magic: The Immortals, Book 1
Rating: Awards: Author: Tamora Pierce Narrator: Tamora Pierce and the Full Cast Family Category: Fiction Publisher: Full Cast Audio Release Date: 2005 Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins Unabridged
An Overview: In Wild Magic: The Immortals, Book 1, Thirteen year old Daine's parents were killed in a bandit raid on their village. (…)
November 24, 2008
- Princess Academy
Rating: Awards: Author: Shannon Hale Narrator: Laura Credidio and the Full Cast Family Category: Fiction Publisher: Full Cast Audio Release Date: 2007 Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins Unabridged
An Overview: Princess Academy, I was thrilled to discover Shannon Hale's blog this week. (…)
November 21, 2008
- Fahrenheit 451
Rating: Awards: Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: Ray Bradbury Category: Fiction Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 2007 Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins Unabridged
An Overview: According to Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, the future holds dark dark things. (…)
November 19, 2008
- Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth)
Rating: Awards: Author: Terry Goodkind Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas Category: Fiction Publisher: Brilliance Audio Release Date: 2008 Length: 34 hrs and 10 mins Unabridged
An Overview: Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth) is the first of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. (…)
November 16, 2008
- So B. It
Rating: Awards: Author: Sarah Weeks Narrator: Cherry Jones Category: Fiction Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 2005 Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins Unabridged
An Overview: In So B. (…)
November 14, 2008
- Seven Up
Rating: Awards: Author: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Category: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: 2005 Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins Unabridged
An Overview: Seven Up is the seventh in the Stephanie Plum mystery series and has Stephanie finding what should be an easy case of picking up a senior citizen has way more than she bargained for attached. (…)
November 13, 2008
- A Light in the Window: The Mitford Years, Book 2
Rating: Awards: Author: Jan Karon Narrator: Jan Karon Category: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Release Date: 2005 Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins Abridged
An Overview: A Light in the Window: The Mitford Years, Book 2. (…)
November 12, 2008
- The Secret Life of Bees
Rating: Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award Finalist, Adult Fiction, 2003 Author: Sue Monk Kidd Narrator: Jenna Lamia Category: Fiction Publisher: HighBridge Audio Release Date: 2003 Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins Unabridged
An Overview: Smart, haunted, and motherless, Lily Owens is largely left to her own devices. She is visited, nightly, by a small swarm of bees that mysteriously get into her bedroom. (…)
November 11, 2008
- The Firm
Rating: Awards: Author: John Grisham Narrator: D.W. (…)
November 10, 2008
- The Namesake
Rating: Awards: A.C.S. (…)
November 8, 2008
- Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death
Rating: Awards: Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Ethan Hawke Category: Fiction Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 2003 Length: 6 hrs Unabridged
An Overview: In Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death , Billy Pilgrim is “unstuck in time.” He travels randomly through his life. (…)
November 6, 2008
- The Bluest Eye
Rating: Awards: Oprah Book Club Selection, Audiofile Earphones Award Author: Toni Morrison Narrator: Toni Morrison and Ruby Dee Category: Fiction Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: 2007 Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins Abridged
An Overview: In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison offers an intimate peek into the lived of a broken family in the South during the 1940's. (…)
November 5, 2008
- Ender's Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition
Rating: Awards: Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 1985 AudioFile Earphones Award Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1986 Author: Orson Scott Card Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, and more Category: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: 2002 Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins Unabridged
An Overview: Ender's Game is a classic science fiction book about a time in the future when humans have come into contact with a hostile alien race. (…)
November 4, 2008
- The Red Tent
Rating: Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winner, Adult Fiction, 2001 Author: Anita Diamant Narrator: Carol Bilger Category: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: 2000 Length: 12 hrs Unabridged
An Overview: The Red Tent, a NY Times bestselling novel written by Anita Diamant in 1997, is a feminist approach to the biblical story of Dina, sister of Joseph and daughter of Jacob. (…)
November 3, 2008
- All the Pretty Horses
Rating: Awards: The National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Best Fiction, 1992 National Book Award Winner, Best Fiction, 1992 Author: Cormac McCarthy Narrator: Frank Muller Category: Fiction Publisher: Harper Audio Release Date: 2004 Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins Unabridged
An overview: All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy is a unique coming of age story. (…)
October 31, 2008
- The Mists of Avalon
Rating: Awards: Locus Award, 1984 Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley Narrator: Natasha Richardson Category: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Audio Release Date: 1999 Length: 3 hrs Abridged
An Overview: In "The Mists of Avalon", Morgaine (more commonly today known as Morgan Le Fay) is struggling to save the Pagan culture in a country that is being swallowed by the developing Christian religion. (…)
October 30, 2008
- Morgan’s Run
Rating: Awards: Author: Colleen McCullough Narrator: Tim Curry Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Release Date: 2001 Length: 6 hours Abridged
An overview: Already having introduced her readers to the great Australian Outback in her wonderful saga, The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough now brings them even further back in history with Morgan’s Run, a historical fiction novel about the first penal colony settlers on the continent. (…)
