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Audiobook Week ~ Wednesday Meme
2013-06-19 11:03 UTC by Jennifer

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Here’s something quick and easy for the middle of the week, just a short meme. Thanks to Jen for posting it this morning!

My class kept me from commenting last night, but I hope to be back in the commenting saddle again tonight. I am so loving Audiobook Week and what everyone is posting.

Current/most recent audiobook:

Redshirts by John...

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Audiobook Week – Choosing Audiobooks
2013-06-18 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

audiobookweekbutton zpsdb6e126c pictureWelcome back to Audiobook Week! Today Jen came up with a really interesting topic:

Tuesday: How do You Choose Your Audiobooks?
How do you decide what you’ll listen to? Do you mostly listen, or split time between listening and reading? Particularly if you split time, how do you decide what you’ll consume in audio and what in print?

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Audiobook Week ~ My Year in Audiobooks
2013-06-17 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

audiobookweekbutton zpsdb6e126c pictureHooray for Audiobook Week! I’m so glad it’s here. This is my favorite theme week of the entire year. I love having the excuse of looking back on my year in audiobooks. Thanks so much to Jen from Devourer of Books for organizing this event each year. I very much attribute my involvement in audiobooks to her encouragement and this theme...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-06-16
2013-06-16 04:00 UTC

  1. June is Audiobook Month Giveaway #1
  2. Sum Sum Summertime
  3. #520 ~ Looking For Me
  4. Read A Hundred Summers With Me!
  5. #518 ~ And The Mountains Echoed

Sum Sum Summertime
2013-06-13 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

Ah, summertime. As the spring came to a chilly end, everyone in the LH Household applauded the arrival of warm weather. For the first time ever we have planted a small garden in the backyard. Our green beans and tomatoes are doing quite nicely, but the jury (and the bunnies) are still out on our banana peppers and *sob* cucumbers. We also planted...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-06-09
2013-06-09 04:00 UTC

  1. June is Audiobook Month Giveaway #1
  2. #520 ~ Looking For Me
  3. Read A Hundred Summers With Me!
  4. armchairaudies.com
  5. #519 ~ Heft

June is Audiobook Month Giveaway #1
2013-06-05 16:36 UTC by Jennifer

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Every year, the Audiobook Publishers Association hosts June Is Audiobook Month (or JIAM). To help celebrate this month dedicated to some of my most favorite things, I’m offering a giveaway of my favorite recent audiobook release, Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman and narrated by Jenna Lamia. I loved both the story and the way it was presented...

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#520 ~ Looking For Me
2013-06-03 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman

Published by: Pamela Dorman Books

Published on: May 28, 2013

Page Count: 368

Genre: Fiction

My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me by the publisher for consideration

Audiobook Published by: Penguin Audio

Narrator: Jenna Lamia

Audiobook Length: 12 hours

Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-06-02
2013-06-02 04:00 UTC

  1. Read A Hundred Summers With Me!
  2. Come Visit With Me and the AudioGals!
  3. 2013 Armchair Audies Wrap Up: Audiobook of the Year
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Read A Hundred Summers With Me!
2013-05-31 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

5.31.13_AHundredSummersI am so excited about A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams. When it was cold, damp, and dreary this spring, thoughts of this book made me smile and I was happy to co-host a giveaway of the book with Putnam Books. I even included a bookmark. Karen, the lucky winner (I promise to get it in the mail soon – I suck at the post office and...

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Come Visit With Me and the AudioGals!
2013-05-27 16:52 UTC by Jennifer

Happy Memorial Day to all of my American readers. Not only is today great because of because of the day off of work, the wonderful ladies over at AudioGals have made me their first Blog Friend. I am so flattered to receive this honor. Thank you so much!

We had a timely conversation about audiobooks and the upcoming Audie Awards this week. Please...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-05-26
2013-05-26 04:00 UTC

  1. #518 ~ And The Mountains Echoed
  2. 2013 Armchair Audies Wrap Up: Audiobook of the Year
  3. 2013 Armchair Audies Wrap Up: Literary Fiction
  4. #519 ~ Heft
  5. Armchair Audies Notes on American Grown & Killing Kennedy

2013 Armchair Audies Wrap Up: Audiobook of the Year
2013-05-24 13:35 UTC by Jennifer

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Before I begin my discussion, here were the Audie Award nominees for Audiobook of the Year:

AmericanGrown

American Grown by Michelle Obama and narrated by Michelle Obama and a full cast

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Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene and narrated by Colin Firth

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2013 Armchair Audies Wrap Up: Literary Fiction
2013-05-23 01:24 UTC by Jennifer

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Before I begin my discussion, here were the Audie Award nominees for Literary Fiction for 2013:

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Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel and narrated by Simon Vance

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene and narrated by Colin Firth

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Heft by Liz Moore and narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Keith Szarabajka

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