FREE/BARGAIN — Audiobooks

[tubemonkey]

Sync Audio -- Weekly Offers -- FAQs & Help -- exp 25 Jul @ 7 AM ET

Week 13 -- We make assumptions about other people in our lives all the time—and yet, we also know that assumptions others make about us can be way off base. This week’s pair of audiobooks explore just such situations and let listeners consider both sides of the assumption trap.

FREE -- The Go-Between -- Veronica Chambers/ Karla Souza -- 5.6 hrs -- fiction

Available everywhere except British Commonwealth (available in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)

Fans of Jane the Virgin will find much to love about The Go-Between, a coming-of-age novel from best-selling author Veronica Chambers, who, with humor and humanity, explores issues of identity and belonging in a world that is ever changing.

She is the envy of every teenage girl in Mexico City. Her mother is a glamorous telenovela actress. Her father is the go-to voice-over talent for blockbuster films. Hers is a world of private planes, chauffeurs, paparazzi, and gossip columnists. Meet Camilla del Valle - Cammi to those who know her best.

When Cammi's mom gets cast in an American television show and the family moves to LA, things change, and quickly. Her mom's first role is playing a not-so-glamorous maid in a sitcom. Her dad tries to find work but dreams about returning to Mexico. And at the posh, private Polestar Academy, Cammi's new friends assume she's a scholarship kid, the daughter of a domestic.

At first Cammi thinks playing along with the stereotypes will be her way of teaching her new friends a lesson. But the more she lies, the more she wonders: Is she only fooling herself?

FREE -- Kids of Appetite -- David Arnold/ Phoebe Strole, et al -- 10.0 hrs -- contemp

Available everywhere except British Commonwealth (available in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)

Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco have a story to tell. It begins with the death of Vic’s father. It ends with the murder of Mad’s uncle. The Hackensack Police Department would very much like to hear it. But in order to tell their story, Vic and Mad must focus on all the chapters in between.

Please note: this download does not come with access to the PDF that is referenced in the recording, but it is not necessary for an enjoyable listen.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Just received an email that Graphic Audio is clearancing 400 audiobooks on CD. Mostly western, but also includes a couple of Brandon Sanderson series (still complete), as well as a smattering of scifi and paranormal. 40% off right now.

Thanks. I would still buy a CD today, if I found audio books on it that I wanted. It is getting hard to find a CD player today, though, to play them on. Especially CD players which will play MP3-encoded CD's (A hint: my experience has been that if the box containing a CD player does not _specifically_ say that it plays MP3's, it will _not_ play them!)

The first thing that I would do after getting a CD is to rip it to my computer's hard drive.

[GtrsRGr8]

Can you provide a link to the Graphic Audio sale?

[GtrsRGr8]

I found a link: https://www.graphicaudio.net/our-pro...audio-cds.html.

Most of the CD's are probably westerns, but they are strange westerns. Tarana described other choices as being paranormal and sci-fi, but it looks that description applies to the westerns, as well!

A tidbit: I happened to see this information on a description for one of the audiobooks: the audiobook is for listeners 18+ in age. An audio, nothing visual!

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I found a link: https://www.graphicaudio.net/our-pro...audio-cds.html.

Most of the CD's are probably westerns, but they are strange westerns. Tarana described other choices as being paranormal and sci-fi, but it looks that description applies to the westerns, as well!

A tidbit: I happened to see this information on a description for one of the audiobooks: the audiobook is for listeners 18+ in age. An audio, nothing visual!

From the top of their Twitter feed:

GraphicAudio is a unique audio entertainment experience that features a full cast of actors, sound effects and cinematic music. Over 1,000 titles & 100 series!

I'm not sure I'd like these, even if they weren't odd westerns.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- Macbeth -- William Shakespeare --> classic dramatisation

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 19 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- We Hope for Better Things -- Erin Bartels --> literary
  
• Down -----> $5.99 -- The Right Sort of Man -- Allison Montclair --> mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- Thrawn: Alliances (series) -- Timothy Zahn --> sci-fi

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 20 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- Murder Flies the Coop -- Jessica Ellicot --> historical
  
• Down -----> $5.99 -- The Right Sort of Man -- Allison Montclair --> mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 21 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- The Five -- Hallie Rubenhold --> NF history

* The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 21 Jul @ 11:59 PM PT

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- You're Going to Mars! -- Rob Dircks --> sci-fi
  
• Down -----> $5.99 -- The Right Sort of Man -- Allison Montclair --> mystery
  
• eStories --> TBA

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 21 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• TBA -- The Five -- Hallie Rubenhold --> NF history

* The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

I recommend this one--it is an interesting look at the lives of the victims, who weren't all necessarily the prostitutes we've come to think they were. Very little here about Jack or the murders, but a lot about the women and the society they lived in.

[GtrsRGr8]

The number of podcasts "out there" seems to growing exponentially.

Overall, I think that this is a good development. However, like everything else, dark forces begin to ruin every good thing that comes along. In my opinion, podcasts are no exception.

You can use a search engine like https://www.listennotes.com/ to find podcasts on subjects that you're interested in, but you're still on your own to weed out the bad ones.

I was perusing the publisher Macmillan's website (https://us.macmillan.com/podcasts/) just now, however, and noticed that the apparent handful of podcasts that they have so far all seem to be much more dignified and substantive than the usual fare.* I encourage you to take a look!

It appears that all of the podcasts are _free_.

* I can't speak to podcasts that any of the (many) Macmillan imprints may have.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I recommend this one--it is an interesting look at the lives of the victims, who weren't all necessarily the prostitutes we've come to think they were. Very little here about Jack or the murders, but a lot about the women and the society they lived in.

I've been interested in this since I read a review in The Guardian, but I'm waiting on a US deal or library borrow.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 22 Jul @ 11:59 PM BST

• £1.99 -- The Guilty Ones (book 4) -- Joy Ellis --> thriller