Get those TBRs ready because we’re about to melt your library card. In this episode, romance lovers will hear Jordy’s review of the new Ali Hazelwood novel, Deep End. Then stick around for Shoshana’s podcast debut as she chats with Nox about this year’s Audie Award winners. Stick around for some excellent insight into the audiobook industry as a whole.

 

Diving into the Deep End (0:23)

Jordy dives into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, a gripping romance set in the high-stakes world of competitive diving. From sizzling chemistry to raw emotional depth, we explore Scarlett and Lukas’s journey of ambition, healing, and unexpected love.  

 

30th Annual Audie Awards - The Good, The Bad, and The Hopeful?  (5:38)

Shoshana and Nox, both avid audiobook listeners, chat about the 30th Annual Audies, National Audiobook Awards, held March 4th, 2025. In this spoiler-free conversation, they share some of their opinions about the winning titles, some stark demographics of the winners, and the changing landscape of the audiobook industry. 

 

Books/Resources Mentioned: 

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood 

Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood 

Mate by Ali Hazelwood 

 

Libro.FM 2025 Audie Award Finalists Playlist - list of finalists available for purchase 

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand  

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice by Dan Slepian 

George Orwell’s 1984 Adapted by Joe White Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast - Audible exclusive 🙁 

This Could by Us by Kennedy Ryan 

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells 

System Collapse by Martha Wells 

Homebody by Theo Parish 

Flamboyants by George M. Johnson 

Black Star by Kwame Alexander 

Louder Than Hunger by John Schu 

You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King 

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 

Candy Darling by Cynthia Carr 

Coming Home by Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford - Audible exclusive 🙁 

The Women by Kristin Hannah  

Finding Me by Viola Davis 

Unprotected: A Memoir by Bill Porter  

Tough by Terry Crews  

On the Hustle by Adriana Herrera 

2025 Audie Awards Winners - full list of finalists and winners by category  

Audie Awards Past Winners - full list of winners from 1996 onwards 

AAP December 2024 StatShot Report - includes the year to date numbers 

 

 

 

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

 

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