#404 ~ Goldfinger

Goldfinger by Ian Fleming Published by: Penguin Published on: August 2009 (reprint) Page Count: 368 Genre: Mystery/Thriller My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible using monthly credits Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook and Audiobook My Mini Review James Bond, the sexy [...]

#389 ~ Everything That Rises Must Converge

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux Published on: January 1965 Page Count: 272 Genre: Short Stories My Reading Format: Audiobook won during June Is Audiobook Month Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Bronson Pinchot, Karen White, Lorna Raver, Mark Bramhall Audiobook Length: 9 hours and 5 minutes Available [...]

The Spy Who Called Me

If you had told me the evening I geeked out after receiving a tweet from Simon Vance that I would one day talk to him rather calmly on the phone, I probably would have looked at you like your hair was on fire. My hands were trembling as I typed up questions for an email [...]

#375 ~ From Russia With Love

From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming Published by: Penguin Published on: December 2002 (reprint) Page Count: 272 Genre: Mystery/Thriller My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased with a credit from Audible.com. Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Available Formats: Paperback, eBook and audiobook My Review James Bond, who [...]

#359 ~ Moonraker

Moonraker by Ian Fleming Published by: Penguin Published on: December 2002 (reprint) Page Count: 256 Genre: Mystery/Thriller My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible.com Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, paperback, eBook and Audiobook My Review After returning from a fortnight vacation, Bond returns [...]

#355 ~ Cleaning Nabokov’s House

Cleaning Nabokov’s House by Leslie Daniels Published by: Touchstone Published on: March 1, 2011 Page Count: 336 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me by the publisher for review Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Audiobook Length: 9 hours Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook My Review 39-year-old Barb Barrett is [...]

#339 ~ Autobiography of Mark Twain

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain Published by: University of California Press Published on: November 2010 Page Count: 760 pages Genre: Autobiography My Reading Format: audiobook copy won via a Twitter contest from Blackstone Audio Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Grover Gardner Audiobook Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins Available Formats: [...]

Audiobook Interview with Grover Gardner and Tanya Perez

When Jen announced this year’s Audiobook Week, I immediately knew one thing: I would use it to learn more about the audiobook industry. I love audiobooks, but my knowledge of how a book made it from print to audio was minimal. As I became a more vocal advocate of audiobooks on Twitter, I started following [...]

#324 ~ Sea Change

Sea Change by Jeremy Page Published by: Viking Adult Published on: December 2010 Page Count: 288 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me for review by Blackstone Audio Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: John Lee Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Available Formats: Harcover, audiobook, eBook My Review The death of a [...]

#310 ~ Paul Is Undead

Paul Is Undead by Alan Goldsher Published by: Simon & Schuster Published on: June 2010 Page Count: 310 Genre: Fiction/Mashup My Reading Format: Audiobook won as part of a promotion Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Available Formats: Paperback, eBook, and audiobook Cautionary Note If memory serves, [...]