It’s that time of the year again! Since the first edition, the Armchair Audies has been one of my favorite book blogging events. I’ve discovered lots of great reads but unfortunately, have yet to put my money in the winner – maybe this year? I’ve also noticed that this time around all books I searched for were available to me on Audible.com, while in previous years there were lots of annoying country restrictions.
I was really torn between categories. History, Female Narrator, Male Narrator, Fiction, and Sci-fi looked really interesting, but I’ll go with Literary Fiction & Classics. (Still a bit confused about the difference between fiction and literary fiction.)
Several reasons for the choice: a couple of them were already under my radar, there’s a nice diversity in the writers, narrators, topics and geographical setting, and none are sequels.
So these are the books I’ll listen to by mid-May:
- The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma, read by Chukwudi Iwuji
- Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Kieron Elliot
- Little Big Man by Thomas Berger, read by Scott Sowers, David Aaron Baker, and Henry Strozier
- Sweetland by Michael Crummey, read by John Lee
- ‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma, read by Ron Butler and Bahni Turpin
Are you joining?
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February 25, 2016 at 7:59 pm
Care
I believe Sweetland is on my tbr – will have to add it to my Audible wishlist. I don’t think I’ve ever participated in this event. Will go check it out…
February 29, 2016 at 10:18 am
Alex
That was one of the books in the list that was under my radar. I like story about isolated islands.
February 26, 2016 at 4:23 am
rudejasper
I hadn’t run into this event before so thanks for the heads up! I really love audio books and it looks like a lot of fun though picking a category looks pretty tough. Happy listening!
February 29, 2016 at 10:20 am
Alex
Take a look, it’s great fun!
February 26, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Mady
Se avisares quando fores ouvir cada um destes, acho que deve dar para fazermos uns listen-alongs 😉
February 29, 2016 at 10:21 am
Alex
Maybe with your help I’l pick the winner this year 🙂
February 29, 2016 at 12:40 am
Athira
Those look interesting. ‘Til the Well Runs Dry especially looks interesting. I haven’t heard of it so I need to check it out. I prefer to listen to nonfiction so I need to check the nominations in that category.
February 29, 2016 at 10:22 am
Alex
I was tempted by the History (my category for the first 2 years), but there were a couple of them I really wasn’t interested in, like the history of the Texas Rangers…
March 2, 2016 at 1:45 am
Kailana
lol My sister-in-laws dog we always say has ‘little-big dog syndrome’ so maybe I should read ‘Little Big Man’ for that reason. 🙂
March 5, 2016 at 11:14 pm
Christina
John Lee is one of my favorite audiobook narrators. I’m tempted to read Sweetland solely so I can enjoy is narration.