Check Out Our Team’s Audiobook Recommendations! – Sept. ’18
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Our Team Picks and Audiobook Recommendations for September 2018!
We listened to a good mix of fiction and nonfiction audiobooks at hibooks this month. Some of our choices were inspired by our ’13 for Halloween’ campaign: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Rust and Stardust by T. Greenwood. But it wasn’t all doom, gloom, and serial murder. Many of us enjoyed a giggle listening to three of the biggest comedians of the moment: Tina Fey (Bossypants), Amy Poehler (Yes Please), and Aziz Anzari’s take on contemporary dating (Modern Romance). Take a look at the rest of our September listening and our recommended audiobooks.
Check back next soon for October’s selection.
Happy listening!
Louise
This month's genres- Memoir
- Fiction
- Business
- Memoir
- Fiction
- Business
The Pants of Perspective by Anna McNuff, narrated by the author
Rating: 5*
Scrum. The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland, narrated by J.J. Sutherland
Rating: 4.5*
Rating: 4.5*
Madeline
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, narrated by Allan Corduner
Rating: 4.5*
The Fact of a Body. A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, narrated by the author
Rating: 4*
Tuesdays with Morrie. An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom, narrated by the author
Rating: 4*
This month's genres- Young Adult Fiction
- True Crime
- Memoir
- Young Adult Fiction
- True Crime
- Memoir
Karin
Bossypants by Tina Fey, narrated by Victoria Hammerstein
Rating: 4*
Yes Please by Amy Poehler, narrated by Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Kathleen Turner, Mike Schur
Super relatable, this autobiography is down to earth, silly and a really fun listen. Amy talks about her rise to fame and has lots of celebrity guests, stories about her time on SNL all sprinkled with great anecdotes and hilarious one-liners. Her narration is perfection as well!
Rating: 5*
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg, narrated by Aziz Ansari
This month's genres- Memoir
- Cultural Commentary
- Memoir
- Cultural Commentary
Cat
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, narrated by the author
Rating: 3.5*
The quality and ease of the story telling, along with modern references, made this really compelling listening. I can’t wait to hear more from Evans.
Rating: 4.5*
This month's genres- Fiction
- Science and Tech
- Fiction
- Science and Tech
Peter
This month's genres- Crime Fiction
- Crime Fiction
Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood, narrated by Therese Plummer
T. Greenwood is one of my favorite authors (confession: I published 8 of her novels) and her lyrical writing is made for reading aloud and listening. Her latest, a fictionalized imagining of what might have happened to Sally Horner, whose kidnapping inspired Nabakov’s Lolita, is a stellar example of that. The narration is so lush and well-performed it will immerse listeners in the harrowing world Sally endured. Tough subject matter, so not for everyone, but heart-wrenching and gorgeous. I read it and listened to the audio book.
Team reading stats – September 2018
Audiobooks listened to: 13
Total listening hours: 112:33:02
- Male authors
- Female authors
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
Curious to know what the team read last month? Check out our recommended audiobooks for August!
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