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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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#519 ~ Heft
2013-05-21 17:48 UTC by Jennifer

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Heft by Liz Moore

Published by: Norton, W. W. & Company

Published on: September 4, 2012

Page Count: 368

Genre: Fiction

My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased from Downpour.com using my monthly credit.

Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio

Narrators: Kirby Heyborne and Keith Szarabajka

Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

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#518 ~ And The Mountains Echoed
2013-05-19 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Published by: Riverhead Books

Published on: May 21, 2013

Page Count: 416

Genre: Fiction

My Reading Format: Both the audiobook version and an ARC provided to me by the publishers for consideration

Audiobook Published by: Penguin Audio

Narrators: Khaled Hosseini, Navid Negahban, and Shohreh...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-05-19
2013-05-19 04:00 UTC

  1. #516 ~ Flora
  2. #515 ~ Murder As A Fine Art
  3. #517 ~ Black Venus
  4. Armchair Audies Notes on American Grown & Killing Kennedy
  5. #514 ~ The World’s Strongest Librarian

Armchair Audies Notes on American Grown & Killing Kennedy
2013-05-18 15:16 UTC by Jennifer

When the Audiobook of the Year nominees were announced, I was a little perturbed. Then, after finishing all of the Literary Fiction nominees, I listened to Beautiful Ruins. The review is forthcoming, but that experience was so incredible that it made me that much more irritated at the Audiobook of the Year category. As The End of the Affair was...

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#517 ~ Black Venus
2013-05-16 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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Black Venus by James MacManus

Published by: St. Martin’s Press

Published on: May 7, 2013

Page Count: 368

Genre: Historical Fiction

My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by BookTrib in order to participate in this book tour

Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook

Summary from the Publisher:

A vivid novel of Charles Baudelaire and his lover...

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#516 ~ Flora
2013-05-15 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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Flora by Gail Godwin

Published by: Bloomsbury

Published on: May 7, 2013

Page Count: 288

Genre: Fiction

My Reading Format: eGalley provided by the publisher for consideration

Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook

Summary from the Publisher:

Ten-year-old Helen and her summer guardian, Flora, are isolated together in Helen’s decaying...

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#515 ~ Murder As A Fine Art
2013-05-14 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell

Published by: Mulholland Books

Published on: May 7, 2013

Page Count: 368

Genre: Fiction

My Reading Format: eGalley provided by the publisher for consideration

Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook

Bloggers Recommendation: I recommended this title in the May edition of the ...

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Weekly Top Posts: 2013-05-12
2013-05-12 04:00 UTC

#514 ~ The World’s Strongest Librarian
2013-05-10 15:17 UTC by Jennifer

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The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne

Published by: Gotham

Published on: May 2, 2013

Page Count: 288

Genre: Memoir

My Reading Format: eGalley provided to me by the publisher for considertion

Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook

Note: This book will prompt you to pay your library fines.

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A Hundred Summers Giveaway
2013-05-05 17:02 UTC by Jennifer

This weekend the girls and I froze our tushes off at an outdoor baton practice and planting our garden yesterday and during May crowning at church this morning. It is May for crying out loud, and I want summer. The weather here in Virginia can’t seem to decide what it wants to do, but there is one place where you can choose your own weather...

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

#513 ~ NOS4A2
2013-04-30 08:00 UTC by Jennifer

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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

Published by: William Morrow

Published on: April 30, 2013

Page Count: 704

Genre: Fiction

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

Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook

Related Review: Horns

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Don’t slow down

Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for...

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