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The Cold Moon - Jeffery Deaver - My Audio Book of the Month - December

Posted by Book Group Librarian in December 29th, 2008  
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The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver.
This was a surprise choice as I didn’t intend to buy it or listen to it but again I had discovered a narrator that I liked and was searching for other books that he had narrated.  The narrator in question is George Guidall who narrated American Gods by Neil Gaiman [...]

The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger - My Audio Book of the Month - November

Posted by Book Group Librarian in November 30th, 2008  
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My audio book for November is not a new book.  However it is the first time I had listened to it on audio and I have to say, it was fantastic.  So fantastic in fact that if we had to vote for the audio book of the year then this would probably be it!!!
I absolutely [...]

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Posted by Book Group Librarian in November 19th, 2008  
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Just a quick reminder that this month we are reading and talking about The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.  Both fantastic books and both discussions have just started so there’s plenty of time to join in.
In December we can look forward to 1984 by George [...]

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - My Audio Book of the Month - October

Posted by Book Group Librarian in November 1st, 2008  
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In case you don’t know already, let me preface this post by telling you all that I am a BIG Neil Gaiman fan.  So it is with great excitement that I have to tell you to run out and buy the audio book version of his latest book - The Graveyard Book.  This is one [...]

Double Trouble - more free books!

Posted by Book Group Librarian in July 28th, 2008  
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Award-nominated authors and podcasters Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine have teamed up across hemispheres for “Double Trouble”, a unique celebration and promotion for their summer releases of The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery and Digital Magic. Morris and Ballantine are asking their fans to make “Double Trouble” on Amazon.com by ordering [...]

The Guardian’s 40 Best Audio Books

Posted by Book Group Librarian in July 5th, 2008  
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Another National Year of Reading event!  The Guardian (newspaper) in the UK is running a 40 best audio books promotion. 160 books were suggested and now they have their 40 best which we can all vote on.
1. You can now vote for your favourite audio book from the list by clicking here and [...]

Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com

Posted by Book Group Librarian in February 1st, 2008  
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PRESS RELEASE
Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.comSEATTLE & NEWARK, N.J., Jan 31, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Audible Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBL).
Audible.com is the leading online provider of premium digital spoken word audio content, specializing in digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, television and radio [...]