So, I have an Audible account, and while I love it because I can download audiobooks I love and want to keep, most of the audiobooks I want are priced under the amount I pay for my monthly credit. I could avoid this by getting a higher plan, but I just can’t afford that right now. I don’t want to get rid of my plan though because the member prices are awesome and I still want to buy the cheap audiobooks. It just doesn’t make sense to use a credit on an audiobook that would cost me $12.23 when I paid $14.96 for my credit. So since I haven’t found an audiobook this month that I just can’t live without that costs more than my credit, I thought it was a good time to have a giveaway. I’ve chosen some really great audiobooks to offer up and I’ve tried to offer some that will appeal to different readers. I hope one of these looks good to you, and don’t forget to follow the title links to listen to samples. If you have any questions about Audible, you can ask me in the comments or send me an email and I’ll respond within a day.
YA Fiction
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, read by Julia Whelan.
Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life–and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey’s boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie’s own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they’re the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, the can’t collide without the whole wide world exploding.
Adult Fiction
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty, read by Elizabeth McGovern
A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both.
Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle is a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip. She has no idea what she’s in for: Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous blunt bangs and black bob, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will change their lives forever.
For Cora, New York holds the promise of discovery that might prove an answer to the question at the center of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in a strange and bustling city, she embarks on her own mission. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, it liberates her in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of the summer, Cora’s eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive.
Classic
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, read by John C. Reilly
A fiftieth-anniversary edition of Ken Kesey’s searing American classic.
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Turning conventional notions of sanity and insanity on their heads, the novel tells the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the story through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy’s heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.
Romance
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning, read by Phil Gigante
He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . .
An alluring laird…
He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart–until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm’s length–but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.
A prisoner in time…
She had a perfect “no” on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne’s reservations were no match for Hawk’s determination to keep her by his side. . . .
Giveaway Time!
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2 Responses to “Awesome Audiobook Giveaway!”
DeeDee Griffin says: I’d love to get Beyond the Highland Mist. Thanks!
I don’t know which one I want! =( Possibly The Sky is Everywhere. Or maybe the Chaparone.
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