Narrated

The Narrated audiobook club discusses Calypso, written and narrated by David Sedaris. Calypso features Sedaris' frequently humorous autobiographical essays on a variety of topics including his family, beach house, and unconventional turtle food.

Calypso [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Referenced Episodes

Episode 43: Road Trip Audiobook Draft

Episode 49: Libro.fm

Other Recommended David Sedaris Listening/Reading

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Naked (Abridged) [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Me Talk Pretty One Day [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

When You Are Engulfed in Flames [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Theft By Finding [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This American Life

The New Yorker

Episode editing by: Gilbert Tang [EDIT/OR]

An audio review of Melissa Albert's fantasy novel, The Night Country, narrated by Rebecca Soler and James Fouhey. Published by Macmillan Audio.

The Starless Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program andMacmillan Audio for providing a review copy of The Night Country.

**Other referenced works:**

The Hazel Wood [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This is How You Lose the Time War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Episode edited by: Gilbert Tang [EDIT/OR]

Discussion and review of Chirp audiobooks, a discount audiobook service, which offers rotating selection of audiobook deals with no monthly subscription required.

Chirp Audiobooks [Includes referrallink with an additional 20% off your first purchase]

Related Episodes on Audiobook Services:

8: Intro to Audiobooks (Audible)

21: Free Audiobooks From Your Local Library (Overdrive, Libby, and Hoopla)

31: Scribd ('Unlimited' audiobook borrowing)

41: Kobo & Walmart Audiobooks

47: Boston Public Library (including RBdigital)

49: Libro.fm

56: Audiobooks.com

What are we listening to?

Every Heart a Doorway

The Hazel Wood

Fantastic Mr. Fox and Other Animal Stories

The Starless Sea

The Night Country

Stiff

Calypso

Episode edited by: Gilbert Tang [EDIT/OR]

The Narrated audiobook club discusses Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, written and narrated by Malcolm Gladwell.

Narrated audiobook club panel including: Linus Edwards, Shachi Bhatt and Scott Ullery

Talking to Strangers [Overdrive] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm]

Episode editing by: Gilbert Tang [EDIT/OR]

In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, narrated by Juliet Stevenson, author Margareta Magnusson presents a partial memoir and a different look at decluttering for yourself and family members. While the book focuses in part on decluttering in connection with end of life, many of the included techniques will find value for readers of all ages and are interspersed with heartfelt scenes from the author's life. I am joined by Mark Siegal.

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive] / [Audible]

Episode 3: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

As 2019 comes to a close, we take a look back at our favorite audiobooks from 2019 and what we are looking forward to in 2020.

Round 1 (2019):

Mark: Tiamat's Wrath (Written by: James S. A. Corey / Narrated by: Jefferson Mays)

Shachi: When Less Becomes More (Written + Narrated by: Emily Ley)

Gilbert: The Toll (Written by: Neal Shusterman / Narrated by: Greg Tremblay)

Scott: The Starless Sea (Written by: By: Erin Morgenstern / Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, full cast)

Round 2 (2019):

Mark: Bayern Agenda (Written by: Dan Moren / Narrated by: Victor Bevine)

Shachi: My Life as a Goddess (Written + Narrated by: Guy Branum)

Gilbert: Alone on the Wall (Written By: Alex Honnold, David Roberts / Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Will Damron)

Scott: This is How You Lose the Time War (Written by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone / Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell, Emily Woo Zeller)

Round 3 (2019):

Mark: Girl, Stop Apologizing (Written and Narrated by: Rachel Hollis)

Shachi: The Deep (Written by: Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes / Narrated by: Daveed Diggs)

Gilbert: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) (Written By: Philip Pullman / Narrated by: Michael Sheen)

Scott: (Written Seanan McGuire / Narrated by: Cynthia Hopkins)

Round 4 (2020):

Mark: The Aleph Extraction (Written by: Darn Moren /Narrated by: TBD): May 12, 2020

Shachi: Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock (Written by: Christina Lane / Narrated by: TBD): February 4, 2020

Gilbert: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Written By: Suzanne Collins / Narrated by: TBD) : May 19, 2020

Scott: The Relentless Moon (Written + Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal): July 14, 2020

Additional Picks:

Mark: Expanse #9, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Auberon, Embrace Your Weird

Shachi: The Splendid and the Vile

Gilbert: Talking with Strangers

Scott: Storm of Locusts, The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl, Stormlight Archive #4

Discussion and review of Audiobooks.com, a subscription based audiobook service from RBmedia, the largest producer of audiobooks.

Audiobooks.com

Related Episodes on Audiobook Services:

8: Intro to Audiobooks (Audible)

21: Free Audiobooks From Your Local Library (Overdrive, Libby, and Hoopla)

31: Scribd ('Unlimited' audiobook borrowing)

41: Kobo & Walmart Audiobooks

47: Boston Public Library (including RBdigital)

49: Libro.fm

An audio review of Erin Morgenstern's latest lyrical fantasy novel The Starless Sea, narrated by Dominic Hoffman. Published by Penguin Random House Audio.

The Starless Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive] / [Audiobooks.com] / [Audible]

Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing a review copy of The Starless Sea.

Other referenced works:

The Night Circus [Episode 1] /[Libro.fm] / [Overdrive] / [Audiobooks.com] / [Audible]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore [Episode 33] /[Libro.fm] / [Overdrive] / [Audiobooks.com] / [Audible]

Audiobooks make excellent gifts for holidays, birthdays, and other occasions. Digital gift giving can be scheduled in advance or as a last minute option for family and friends. Our guide to gifting Audiobooks provides an overview of some of the most popular ways to give audiobooks as gifts.

Full guide available at: Gifting Audiobooks

Our audiobook club listens to and discusses a children's classic: The Phantom Tollbooth, written by Norton Juster, and narrated by Rainn Wilson.

The Phantom Tollbooth [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive]

*Alternate Narrations: Norman Dietz [Overdrive] //David Hyde Pierce (CD): [Amazon] *