Digital audiobook related news and information
The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw (read by Heather O’Neill) is a fantasy-mystery about a woman suffering from a strange milady: her feet are slowly turning to glass. Why is this happening? How can she stop it? What’s going to happen? You’ll have to purchase the audiobook yourself to find the answers to all of these questions, but you can read more about the book in an article by Lanea from Books for Ears.
Source: http://booksforears.com/2011/09/21/girl-glass-feet-ali-shaw/
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ Blood Never Dies. Peter Robinson’s Watching the Dark. Susan Hill’s A Question of Identity. These are three books from the pens of acclaimed British authors that you definitely don’t want to miss. Paula Wolf reviews the trio of novels and explains exactly why you need to read these delicious mysteries.
Source: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/844545_Trio-of-mystery-treats-from-British-writers.html
The Nancy Drew books are some of the most famous and renown girls’ mystery stories ever known. Who first invented the rather paradoxical character of Nancy Drew? Where did she come from? How has she managed to stay so popular, even as different authors write her books? It appears that Nancy Drew is a bit of a mystery herself. Meghan O’Rourke talks about the origin and story of the Nancy Drew mysteries.
Source: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/11/08/041108crat_atlarge
Do you have grandchildren who are just entering the age where they can start absorbing information around them? Maybe you know a few tweens (or even teens) who are starting to understand the wonderful world that a good book opens? If so, then you’ll want to encourage these children on their journey with some well-picked audiobooks. Mike Olson recommends ten audiobooks that your grandchildren or younger acquaintances shouldn’t miss.
Audiobooks provide us with a useful way to experience great literature and yet still have both our eyes and our hands free to accomplish other tasks. When it comes to audiobooks, there are some readers that we like and some that we don’t; some books that we like in an audio format and others that we prefer on paper. Here’s a list of the top 10 audiobooks in an article by Janaki Jitchotvisut.
Source: http://www.complex.com/rides/2011/12/the-10-best-audio-books-to-listen-to-while-driving#1
