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Podcast - 7 May 2012

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Audiobook Club Review

 
A Pleasure to Burn by Ray Bradbury, Read by Scott Brick
 


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Audiobook Club Selection

 The audiobook club selection for May and June is Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye, and read by Bronson Pinchot.  Go here to find links to the book and a place to comment.
 
 


Sample: Billy: Messenger of Powers by Michaelbrent Collings


 

Audiobook Club Selection - 7 May 2012

When Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallow-bear explosion, they get sent straight to Heck, an otherworldly reform school. Milton can understand why his kleptomaniac sister is here, but Milton is—or was—a model citizen. Has a mistake been made? Not according to Bea “Elsa” Bubb, the Principal of Darkness. She doesn’t make mistakes. She personally sees to it that Heck—whether it be home-ec class with Lizzie Borden, ethics with Richard Nixon, or gym with Blackbeard the pirate—is especially, well, heckish for the Fausters. Will Milton and Marlo find a way to escape? Or are they stuck here for all eternity, or until they turn 18, whichever comes first?

Podcast - 9 Apr 2012

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Audiobook Club Selection for March & April

Audible Link: http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0071D0SOM

You can join us for our discussion of A Pleasure to Burn by Ray Bradbury here.

We've Been Reading

  • Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, Narrated by Jack Garrett.  (Audible Link)
  • The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading (Audible Link)
  • The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan, Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading (Audible Link)
  • The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, Narrated by Gerard Doyle (Audible Link)
  • Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor, Narrated by Gerard Doyle (Audible Link)
Audiobook Club Selection - 15 Mar 2012
Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of 20th-century American literature - a chilling vision of a dystopian future built on the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. The origins and evolution of Bradbury’s darkly magnificent tale are explored in A Pleasure to Burn, a collection of 16 selected shorter works that prefigure the grand master’s landmark novel. With classic, thematically interrelated stories alongside many crucial lesser-known ones - including, at the collection’s heart, the novellas “Long after Midnight” and “The Fireman” - A Pleasure to Burn is an indispensable companion to the most powerful work of America’s preeminent storyteller and a wondrous confirmation of the inimitable Bradbury’s brilliance, magic, and fire.
 
Ray Bradbury, one of the most popular science fiction writers in the world, is the author of more than five hundred short stories, novels, plays, and poems. He has won many awards, including the National Book Award and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Audible Link: http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0071D0SOM

Make sure to join in the conversation by posting your thoughts on the book here on this page in the comments, or send them to us to discuss on the podcast.  We'll discuss this book on the March podcast, so send in your thoughts by the first Wednesday of May.

Podcast - 15 Mar 2012

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Audiobook Club Selection for March & April

Audible Link: http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0071D0SOM

You can join us for our discussion of A Pleasure to Burn by Ray Bradbury here.

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Podcast - 9 Feb 2012

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Audiobook Club Selection

What We've Been Reading

Audiobook Sample

Our audiobook sample for this show is Care and Feeding of Dragons: Confession of a Diabetic by Ahnalira Koan.  

“When I died,” Ahnalira Koan begins…a head-on automobile accident and a near-death experience that resulted in the onset of type 1 diabetes, her life took a turn she didn’t expect.  Amid the struggles to assimilate her health changes, she found herself on a journey of awakening.  Transforming her personal tragedy into opportunity, Ahnalira learned how to embrace her fear of the “dragon within” and make it into, not only a friend, but a teacher as well. All of us are evolving, and the more consciousness we can bring to the process, the more we can expand, explains Koan in her groundbreaking new book. Filled with techniques and tips to help readers navigate any challenges that come their way, Care and Feeding of Dragons shows that all the answers needed are within reach. Using her background in Jungian psychology, Law of Attraction, and personal experience, Koan guides readers on a playful and engaging journey to becoming the best version of themselves possible. Ask for what you want. Learn to align all the parts of yourself - including the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual - and you can live a fulfilling life.

 

Beautifully written and filled with wit and warmth, Care and Feeding of Dragons shows you the deeper meaning behind the Law of Attraction. Deal with personality patterns that are not serving you. Figure out the patterns that are calling to “be made right”—and learn to listen to and tend your dragons instead of fighting them.

 

Whether you’re diabetic or you’re dealing with relationship or financial problems… or you are on a spiritual quest to awaken Consciousness, Care and Feeding of Dragons can jumpstart a new way of thinking to awaken greater possibilities.  Life will always guide us to be the best we can be if we are willing to embrace the journey. Beautifully written and playfully presented, Care and Feeding of Dragons offers a guide to empowering yourself and realizing your full potential.

 

The audio version of the book includes two sample meditations which utilize the author's techniques.

 

This book is currently available from Audible, iTunes, Amblingbooks.com, and LearnOutLoud.com.  Find more links here: http://openbookaudio.com/audiobook/care-and-feeding-dragons

Podcast - 10 Jan 2012

Welcome to 2012.  We hope it will be a wonderful year for you and yours!

News

Brilliance Audio will no longer be selling titles to libraries for lending through services such as Overdrive. http://infodocket.com/2012/01/04/brilliance-audio-is-suspending-availability-of-download-audiobook-titles-for-library-purchase/

Audiobook Club Selection

Our selection for January and February is The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino and read by David Pittu.  Make sure to join the conversation here.

What We've Been Reading

Andrew took a break in December
Matt has been reading The Game of Thrones, A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin and read by Roy Dottrice - He's not finished yet, so he is withholding a rating, but it's not going particularly well at the moment.

Audiobook Sample

January's Audiobook Sample is the first New York Times Bestseller we've had in the Open Book Audio catalog.  It is from The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream by Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer Electronics Association.  You can find more about the book, including links to where it can be purchased here.

Audiobook Club Selection - 10 Jan 2012

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko’s next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step.

When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko’s manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there’s something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.

Make sure to join in the conversation by posting your thoughts on the book here on this page in the comments, or send them to us to discuss on the podcast.  We'll discuss this book on the March podcast, so send in your thoughts by the last day of February.

Podcast - 12 Dec 2011

Andrew got a new microphone for the podcast, and is still learning how to work it.  So, apologies for the prounounced poximity effect of this month's podcast.  It'll get better in January!

NEWS

AUDIOBOOK CLUB

 
We discussed our book club selection for Oct, Nov, and Dec, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, read by Jeff Woodman.  Andrew and Matt both gave it a 9 out of 10.
 
 

WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING

 
 
Andrew's been continuing on with the Tobolowsky Files
Matt has listened to Happy Accidents, written and read by Jane Lynch - 4 out of 10
 

SAMPLE

 
This podcast also contained a sample of our newest book in the catalog, Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber and read by our own Matt Armstrong
Podcast - 13 Nov 2011

Andrew joins us on the phone for this podcast.

Audible has announced the launch of Neil Gaiman Presents

Matt and Andrew answer Beverly's question, and talk about recording equipment.

Andrew has been listening to the Tobolowsky Files (at Matt's suggestion) and loves the podcast.

Matt listened to ​Songmaster by Orson Scott Card and read by Stefan Rudnicki.  8 out of 10.

A reminder to join us for the audiobook club selection for October and November, ​The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon and read by Jeff Woodman.  Listen to the book and then join us on the discussion page to share your own review.

We got a sample of Aaron D. Cushman's ​A Passion for Winning​ as read by Bruce Horlick.  You can find more information on the book here.

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