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"While many turn to audiobooks out of convenience,

"While many turn to audiobooks out of convenience, there is also a sense of comfort to be found in spending hours with a voice and a story. For me, audiobooks come with a generous helping of nostalgia; a harking back to bedtime stories and the warm fuzziness of being read to." - Sebastian Modak

This quote from article "The Very Human Pleasure of Being Read To" published by @nytimes.

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"Sometimes what you need isn't to read a good book

"Sometimes what you need isn't to read a good book; it's to listen to one." - Ayesha Rascoe

This quote from NPR's Ayesha Rascoe is from an interview with Book Riot contributing editor Kendra Winchester. You can listen to and/ or read the transcript on the NPR website under the title "What qualities make an audiobook good?".

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In Bossypants, Tina recalls her humble roots growi

In Bossypants, Tina recalls her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her transition into writing for Saturday Night Live and her eventual creation of 30 Rock. As you would hope, she tells her story with all the wit, candor, and self-deprecation that has made her famous.

Tina Fey narrates the audiobook herself. Her delivery is great, and the story is greatly enhanced by Tina’s own timing and vocal inflection. It’s hard to imagine how reading the text could be anywhere near as satisfying as listening to the audiobook version.

If you’re a fan of Tina Fey – whether from SNL, Mean Girls or 30 Rock – you’ll love this audiobook for both its humor and the many peeks behind the curtain (e.g. during the six weeks Tina spent channeling Sarah Palin on SNL). If you’re not too familiar with Tina’s work (and I admit I wasn’t before listening to this audiobook), then you may want to check that Tina’s humor is your cup of tea before getting the audiobook.

Here are a few memorable quotes that I enjoyed:

“To say I’m an overrated troll when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair”

“[Airbrushing] is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay of our society … unless I need it, in which case, everybody be cool.”

“When Oprah Winfrey is suggesting that you have overextended yourself, you need to examine your f—ing life.”

In summary, I really enjoyed this audiobook – I was looking for something entertaining and funny and it met these wishes perfectly.

This review was originally published on the Audiobooks Addicts website. Visit the website (link in bio) to find more audiobook recommendations.

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"I would much rather get somebody who isn’t a ho

"I would much rather get somebody who isn’t a household name but is absolutely bang on. When you’ve got the right voice on a particular text, it’s just magic to listen to.” - Fionnuala Barrett

This quote is from the article, "Audiobooks: The rise and rise of the books you don’t read" published by the BBC. Fionnuala Barrett is Audio Publishing Director at HarperCollins Publishers.

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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt was one of the f

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt was one of the first audiobooks I listened to, and remains one of my favorites to this day.

Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents, Frank McCourt was later raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. His mother, Angela, had no money to feed her children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely worked, and when he did, he drank his wages. Angela’s Ashes is the story of how Frank endured – wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging for a pig’s head for Christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father.

McCourt is not only a great storyteller, but he’s a FANTASTIC reader. I was captivated by his Irish brogue, occasional songs, and joyful spirit. He narrates with a different voice for every character and the conversations flow so realistically you’d think you were standing right there in the pub in Limerick yourself!

Listening to Angela’s Ashes is an example of how an audiobook can bring a dimension to literature that raises the medium far above the convenience of “listening on the go”. The book is a classic, having won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 and a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1996. But to listen to McCourt tell his story with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness is something else – I feel as if people who have only read the book have missed out on something. Finally, some people find Angela’s Ashes to be depressing, but I find it to be just the opposite. McCourt’s attitude is inspiring. He got through his terrible childhood and triumphed. And the world is a better place for it.

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Have you tried Libro.fm? I recently wrote about my

Have you tried Libro.fm? I recently wrote about my experience in a post titled "Libro.fm Review: Is it Better than Audible?" published on the Audiobook Addicts website.

This quote is from Libro.fm CEO Mark Pearson from an interview with the Seattle Review of Books. The full quote is:

"I talk a lot about the three C’s — what bookstores do better than Amazon is the curation and the community. Booksellers are the best in making recommendations, right? They’re also the best at playing a meaningful role in their community. You don’t think about Amazon and community — it’s not a word that comes to mind. You think about Amazon destroying communities.

But the piece that Amazon does a good job with is the convenience. It’s simple to order. Now that’s the role Libro.fm plays in competing with Amazon, is we are making it more convenient through our platform for readers, for listeners who like and value bookstores to support them. That’s why seventy percent of all our Libro.fm members come from Amazon’s Audible. They cancel their accounts at Audible and they decide to support the local bookstore."

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At its heart, this book is a treatise on the meani

At its heart, this book is a treatise on the meaning of life, a swear-heavy philosophy constructed by someone who truly embodies the definition of ‘windswept and interesting.’ Born in a Glasgow tenement, Connolly came to comedy via a successful folk music career, which is fascinating on its own. However, one of the most poignant aspects of this book is knowing that the author is reflecting on this ‘life well lived’ while living with Parkinson’s disease.

The author has a comforting Scottish lilt that makes this audiobook special. You can hear the simple melodies of his childhood and the punctuated emotion behind his life experience. This book is great on a road trip, like a travel companion with a deep reservoir of interesting stories to keep you entertained.

From the article "The World According to British Comedians: Three Audiobooks Worth Listening To" by Danielle Prostrollo-Hill published on the Audiobook Addicts website (link in bio).

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"I was a bookworm before I could actually read. My

"I was a bookworm before I could actually read. My most impactful early literacy experiences were not interactions with printed text, but listening to verbal narratives in the form of bedtime stories, library read-alouds, and radio dramas. Whether it was with my family, with my class, or on my own, these aural experiences with words and stories gifted me with a playground for the imagination unfettered by technical limitations.

Now that I am a busy young adult, audio media like audiobooks and podcasts have become an essential part of my daily and weekly routines. And I am not alone. Especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, audiobook and podcast listenership have been growing rapidly in the US and the UK. It is easier than ever to discover, access, and consume audio content, and its portability and multitask-ability make audio an ideal medium for information and entertainment in a fast-paced lifestyle."

This excerpt is from the article "Listen and learn: How audiobooks can support literacy development" written by Shiori Zinnen. Shiori is a Program Coordinator at Reading Partners, an organization that empowers young students and their communities by providing effective supplementary literacy education.

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For International Women’s Day and Women’s Hist

For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we’ve selected ten audiobooks written by women about women—both nonfiction and fiction—that will entertain, educate, and inspire.

One of our picks is "Visionary Women" by Andrea Barnet. This is the story of four visionaries— Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters— who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women—linked not by friendship or field, but by their choice to break with convention—showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. Jane Jacobs fought for livable cities and strong communities; Rachel Carson warned us about poisoning the environment; Jane Goodall demonstrated the indelible kinship between humans and animals; and Alice Waters urged us to reconsider what and how we eat.

With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman’s career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. While they hailed from different generations, Carson, Jacobs, Goodall, and Waters found their voices in the early sixties. At a time of enormous upheaval, all four stood as bulwarks against 1950s corporate culture and its war on nature. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.

All told, their efforts ignited a transformative progressive movement while offering people a new way to think about the world and a more positive way of living in it.

Visit the Audiobooks Addicts website and see our article "10 Audiobooks for Women’s History Month" for more of our selections.

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