Welcome to Audio Book Reviews
Audio books are more popular today then ever before, and one of the single most reasons for their new found popularity is todays technology. With todays technology you can find most any book including new releases available in a downloadable audio format.
Just think about what this means...Let's say you heard about a new that you'd love to read but where do you find it, and when will you find the time to read it. No problem just search for the book you're looking for at one of the downloadable audio book stores available online and download it to your PC.
Now let's say that you want to listen to this book during your commute to and from work tomorrow...again no problem just burn it to CD and listen on your car stereo. Or maybe you want to listen while jogging...in that case it might be better to upload to your MP3 player.
By now you should be realizing just how flexible downloadable audio books can be and how they solve many of the problems caused by todays fast paced life style.
In this lens you'll find resources that will help you get the most out of this new technology including where to find free audio book downloads and how to videos that show you exactly how to download them, burn them to CD, upload them to your MP3 player or how to enjoy them right on your PC.
Oh yes and let's not forget about the many audio book reviews you'll find here.
Each featured audio book review is available for immediate download and I'll be adding many more reviews very soon.
Audio Book Review of Every Mother is a Daughter
Biography & Memoir
EVERY MOTHER IS A DAUGHTERPerri Klass, Sheila Solomon Klass
Read by Anna Fields, Carrington MacDuffie
Anna Fields and Carrington MacDuffie capture the rapport, love, frustrations, and gentle teasing between mother and daughter as they read this memoir by Perri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass. The two women share their very different perspectives on each other, housework, child-rearing, and money, even as they travel the world and reflect on life with Sheila's late husband, who was an anthropologist. Both Klass women are accomplished writers who bring an engaging and conversational style to this humorous and heartwarming memoir. Fields and MacDuffie are the perfect combination to highlight this style. The outstanding performance by the two women brings this well-written account of a unique family vividly to life. H.L.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 07]
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Audio Book Review of Winter House
A Mallory Novel
Never has Mallory faced as many surprises as in the case before her now. It seems cut-and-dried at first: a burglar has been caught in the act and killed by an ice pick-wielding home owner.Except that the home owner turns out to be the most famous lost child in NYPD history, missing for almost sixty years, thought to have been kidnapped following the massacre of her family: five siblings, father, stepmother, nanny, and housekeeper - nearly the entire household wiped out... with an ice pick.
Filled with the intricate plotting and extraordinary characterization that are O'Connell's hallmarks, Winter House is her most powerful - and most astonishing - novel yet.
"O'Connell brings a hard edge of greatness to the crime thriller." - San Jose Mercury News
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Audio Book Review of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Classics
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNMark Twain
Read by Tom Parker
One of the better unabridged recordings of Mark Twain's masterpiece is on par with others vis-à-vis interpretation and excels in sheer beauty. In this impeccably quiet release, Tom Parker (aka Grover Gardner) contributes a resonant announcer's baritone, superb technique, musical expressiveness, and a fond, intelligent understanding. He is less a narrator here than a storyteller, one of the best this reviewer has heard, sounding as if he were speaking extemporaneously. Of the half-dozen recorded renditions I've auditioned, this is the one that best expresses the brilliance of Twain's rendering of dialect and a rural boy's sensibility. A judicious use of sound processing enhances his performance. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 02/ JAN 03]
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Audio Book Review of Northanger Abbey
NORTHANGER ABBEYJane Austen
Read by Juliet Stevenson
Austen's parody of a gothic novel gets an elegant reading to match its elegant prose. Sheltered Catherine Morland goes to fashionable Bath with a wealthy neighbor and discovers society and love. Juliet Stevenson gives each character a unique voice-the duplicitous Isabelle; Catherine's suitor, Henry Tinley; and Catherine's vacuous hostess-and invests each conversation with energy and importance. At the same time, as Austen, Stevenson steps back and comments on gothic heroines and Catherine's failures at becoming one. The delivery of Henry's fanciful description of the Abbey as a dark and mysterious place is a mini-classic in itself. Those who love Austen's fiction will appreciate this classy production. J.B.G. ... © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
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Audio Book Review of Red Phoenix
RED PHOENIXLarry Bond
Read by J. Charles
RED PHOENIX-code name for the second North Korean invasion of South Korea-is a big story. Actually, it's more like a series of connected stories, examining every phase of war. Engaging listeners for a book this long and busy is no easy feat. But J. Charles delivers by artfully connecting characters and situations. The stories cover the gamut from fire team skirmishes to supersonic dogfights, naval battles both above and below the surface, and geopolitical battles from Washington to Beijing to Moscow. Through it all, Charles's clear, consistent delivery, comfortable pace, and knack for projecting fear and bravado knit the pieces together to produce an exciting listening experience. T.J.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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