Welcome to day three of Audio Book Week! I’ve been having a great time visiting the audiobook blogging community and have gotten lots of tips for what to include in audio reviews to make them stand out and be helpful for others when it comes to picking audio books. Today is the mid-week meme.
Current/most recent audiobook:
I’m currently listening to 2 audio books:
* in the car: Spring Fever by Mary Kaye Andrews, narrated by Kathleen McInerney
* on the iPod: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens, narrated by Angela Dawe
Impressions:
Spring Fever is a cute, fun story and the narrator is great with the southern accents. Still Missing is an intense story, with the narrator really making you feel as if you are right there alongside the main character.
Current/most recent favorite audiobook:
This is a toss-up between Home Front by Kristin Hannah, narrated by Maggie-Meg Reed and The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, narrated by Kirsten Potter.
Favorite narrator you’ve discovered recently:
CJ Critt – I love her reading of the Stephanie Plum novels.
One title from your TBL (to be listened) stack, or your audio wishlist:
A Grown-up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson is at the top of the list!
Your audio dream team (what book or author would you LOVE to see paired with a certain narrator, can already exist or not):
This is a tough one as I feel I haven’t listened to nearly enough audios to put together any team, let alone a dream team.
So there you have it. What are your thoughts on these?
I thought Still Missing was very good but it was also absolutely brutal and I don't use that word lightly. It was one of those I recommended to my brother and apologized for doing so at the same time.
I agree – it's definitely not a light book.
A Grown Up Kind of Pretty is near the top of my list, too!
I've heard nothing but good things about it!
Good luck with Audio Week!
I always have a hard time with audio books. My mind drifts and by the time I notice it's too late and I've missed major plot points. I can't just flip back to what I missed either.
My husband has a long commute and listens to them sometimes.
Before trying audios, I thought my mind would drift as well, and at times even while listening it does. But, the more I listen, the better listener I've become. And, if my mind does happen to wander, I just rewind.
I liked the narrator of The Weird Sisters, but not too too much the story, but that's only very personal.
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It was a different kind of story, and I can see that it might not be for everyone. The narrator was great, though.
HOME FRONT was so sad in print, it must have been a real tear-jerker in audio!
It was – there were quite a few times that I needed to pull over to grab some tissues!
Still Missing does sound like it might be a bit intense, so I added it to my TBL list. LoL
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It's definitely a light book, and intense is a good word to describe it. I am enjoying it all the same.
You won't be disappointed in A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty it is author narrated and she does a great job! I Loved it!
I've only listened to one other audio that was author narrated – Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
I actually have Still Missing but haven't had the chance to listen. There are so many titles I really want to get to, and so many new releases coming, it's so hard to keep up,
Since this week, my list has grown quite fast!
I have A Grown-up Kind of Pretty on my TBL List too!
I can't wait to get to it!
I haven't listened to these but I'm just getting into audio books and I love them so far. Good post! I'm going to have to check out this audio week thing.
It gets addicting!!! Now I can't get into my car unless I have one going. What have you listened to so far?
Great listens! I am not familiar with Kathleen McInerney.
She's really good!
Oh my, Still Missing is a crazy intense book!! And I keep hearing such great things about that Joshilyn Jackson book, will definitely have to check it out! 🙂
It is very intense…but a good story, despite that. I'm hoping the library has the Joshilyn Jackson audio when I get there next time!