Podcast Talk With Audiobook Reviews

Podcast Talk With Audiobook Reviews

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  • THE KOREAN VEGAN COOKBOOK by Joanne Lee Molinaro, read by Joanne Lee Molinaro

    Audiobook Review

    Joanne Lee Molinaro narrates her cookbook in a warm and welcoming voice, sharing both mouthwatering recipes and poignant, funny, and powerful stories of her family. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss listening to cookbooks on audio, Molinaro’s captivating family stories, and the delicious recipes within the audiobook. It is a sampling of her print book, giving listeners a taste of her recipes interwoven with family lessons on making food and caring for others. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Penguin Audio.

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    9 min
  • THIS IS EAR HUSTLE by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, read by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, et al.

    Audiobook Review

    Ear Hustle, hosted by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, is an award-winning podcast produced inside San Quentin State Prison, and audio is the natural format for a book about a podcast. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Ear Hustle, which also includes new interviews not yet featured on the podcast. The conversations with incarcerated people reveal their innate humanity, coping strategies, regrets, and hopes. Listen, regardless of whether you’re a regular listener of the podcast or not.

    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Random House Audio.

    Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com

    Support for the podcast comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Tarzan and the Ant Men, the tenth in the complete Authorized Tarzan collection.

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    9 min
  • STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, and a full cast

    Audiobook Review

    With endless energy, verve, and style, Guy Lockard is a total superstar narrating this middle-grade novel about Portico Reeves, aka Stuntboy, supported by a full cast and a dynamic production. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss the newest audiobook from Jason Reynolds, whose funny, smart, and empathetic writing meets kids where they are. Portico, voiced by Nile Bullock, loves living in his apartment building, but every time he catches his parents arguing, he feels “the frets.” So, he and his best friend Zola, voiced by Angel Pean, come up with his superhero alter ego who can help save his parents AND defeat their bully neighbor. A unique audio experience on AudioFile’s list of 2021 Best Audiobooks!

    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio.

    Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com

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    9 min
  • Interview with Natalie Naudus: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Natalie Naudus joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to talk about THE HEART PRINCIPLE, Helen Hoang’s contemporary romance that Naudus co-narrated with Brian Nishii. THE HEART PRINCIPLE is one of AudioFile’s 2021 Best Romance Audiobooks, and it’s an emotionally demanding but ultimately rewarding audiobook. Natalie tells Michele about what she enjoys about narrating romance audiobooks, and how she prepared for the intense emotional journey of this title.

    Read AudioFile’s full review of THE HEART PRINCIPLE at audiofilemagazine.com

    Published by Dreamscape.


    2021 Best Romance Audiobooks:

    THE HEART PRINCIPLE by Helen Hoang, read by Natalie Naudus, Brian Nishii

    PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry, read by Julia Whelan

    THE PERKS OF LOVING A WALLFLOWER by Erica Ridley, read by Moira Quirk

    REEL by Kennedy Ryan, read by Eboni Flowers, Jakobi Diem, Nicole Small

    THE SEGONIAN by Dianne Duvall, read by Kirsten Potter

    SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE by Tia Williams, read by Mela Lee


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life.

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    8 min
  • Interview with Louis Ozawa: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Louis Ozawa joins AudioFile’s Robin Whitten to discuss FACING THE MOUNTAIN, Daniel James Brown’s examination of Japanese American heroes in World War II. FACING THE MOUNTAIN is one of AudioFile’s Best History & Biography Audiobooks of the year, and it shines much-needed light on the way those of Japanese heritage were treated during WWII. Louis’s deft narration makes the stories even more compelling and harder to forget. Louis tells Robin about what has stayed with him about narrating this audiobook and how he prepared for the performance. Read our full review of FACING THE MOUNTAIN at audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Penguin Audio.


    2021 Best History & Biography Audiobooks:

    FACING THE MOUNTAIN by Daniel James Brown, read by Louis Ozawa

    FOUR HUNDRED SOULS by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain [Eds.], read by JD Jackson, Kevin R. Free, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Dion Graham, Angela Y. Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and a Full Cast

    SOMERSETT by Phillip Goodrich, read by Robert Petkoff, Joe Morton, Simon Jones, Euan Morton, Nicola Barber, Phillip Goodrich [Note & Afterword]

    TOM STOPPARD by Hermione Lee, read by Steven Crossley

    TONY HILLERMAN by James Morris McGrath, read by George Guidall

    YOU DON'T BELONG HERE by Elizabeth Becker, read by Lisa Flanagan


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Support for our podcast comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Heavenly Mortal, a suspenseful story of the battle between light and darkness by Jack Cavanaugh.

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    11 min
  • Interview with Amir Abdullah: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Amir Abdullah joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to talk about BLACK BOY JOY, edited by Kwame Mbalia and written by 17 Black male and non-binary authors. BLACK BOY JOY is one of AudioFile’s 2021 Best Children & Family Listening Audiobooks, and it’s a lively celebration of the power of joy in Black boys’ lives. Amir, who co-narrated the audiobook with Taj Leahy, tells Michele the fun of narrating audiobooks for kids and families and the special preparation that went into voicing so many characters and a variety of stories from incredible authors. The narrator’s engaging delivery of genres ranging from realistic fiction to poetry to sci-fi and fantasy will appeal to many middle-grade and YA listeners. Read AudioFile’s full review of BLACK BOY JOY on our website. Published by Listening Library.


    2021 Best Children & Family Listening Audiobooks:

    ALWAYS by Morris Gleitzman, read by Morris Gleitzman

    BLACK BOY JOY by Kwame Mbalia [Ed.], read by Amir Abdullah, Taj Leahy

    KALEIDOSCOPE by Brian Selznick, read by Gwendoline Christie, Brian Selznick [Note]

    STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chanté McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, DePre Owens

    THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle, read by Kevin R. Free, Eric Carle

    WE ARE STILL HERE! by Traci Sorell, read by Garrett Abel, Jacob Cummings, Mary Kay Henderson, Lauren Hummingbird, Don McClellan, Ella Mounce, Kaitlyn Pinkerton, Isobel Shults, Oliver Shults, Carlos Sorell, Tonia Hogner-Weavel, Traci Sorell


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life.

    Amir Abdullah photo by Patrick Maus.

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    13 min
  • Interview with Karen Chilton: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Karen Chilton joins AudioFile’s Robin Whitten to talk about narrating EARTHA & KITT, Kitt Shapiro’s memoir on her love of her mother. EARTHA & KITT is one of AudioFile’s Best Memoir Audiobooks of the year, and Karen gives it a superb and moving performance. Karen tells Robin about preparing to bring Kitt Shapiro’s words to life, and how her background in jazz informed her approach to this memoir about growing up with entertainment icon Eartha Kitt. Read AudioFile’s full review of the audiobook at audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Dreamscape.


    2021 Best Memoir Audiobooks:

    THE BOYS by Ron Howard, Clint Howard, read by Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard

    EARTHA & KITT by Kitt Shapiro, Patricia Weiss Levy, read by Karen Chilton

    JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford, read by Viola Davis, Cicely Tyson, Robin Miles

    MY BROKEN LANGUAGE by Quiara Alegría Hudes, read by Quiara Alegría Hudes

    SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER by Ashley C. Ford, read by Ashley C. Ford


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life.

    Karen Chilton photo by James Alexander.

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    13 min
  • Interview with Ray Porter: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Ray Porter joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to tell listeners about his experience narrating PROJECT HAIL MARY, Andy Weir’s newest sci-fi bestseller. PROJECT HAIL MARY is one of AudioFile’s 2021 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Audiobooks, and it’s a thrilling interstellar adventure. Ray gives Michele an inside glimpse into preparing the many voices deployed in this space opera and tells her what has stayed with him about bringing it to life. Read the full review of the audiobook at audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Audible, Inc. Curious listeners can take a peek into Ray's recording studio in his narrator video on PROJECT HAIL MARY.


    2021 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Audiobooks:

    BLACK WATER SISTER by Zen Cho, read by Catherine Ho

    PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, read by Ray Porter

    REMOTE CONTROL by Nnedi Okorafor, read by Adjoa Andoh

    RULE OF COOL by Matthew Siege, read by Felicia Day

    THE SANDMAN: ACT II by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs [Adapt.], read by James McAvoy, Neil Gaiman, Kat Dennings, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, John Lithgow, and a Full Cast

    VAGRANT QUEEN 1 by Magdalene Visaggio, Jason Smith, read by Nanette Savard and a Full Cast


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Support comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Tarzan and the Ant Men, the tenth in the complete Authorized Tarzan collection.

    Ray Porter photo by Travis Hodges.

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    10 min
  • Interview with Isabella Star LaBlanc: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Isabella Star LaBlanc joins AudioFile’s Robin Whitten to discuss Angeline Boulley’s thrilling debut, FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, one of AudioFile’s picks for the year’s best Young Adult audiobooks. Isabella tells Robin about getting her start in audiobook narration and what has stayed with her about narrating this powerful audiobook. Set amid state and tribal lands in Michigan, this thriller, romance, and action-packed adventure is told with heartfelt compassion. For the full audiobook review, visit audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Macmillan Audio.


    2021 Best Young Adult Audiobooks:

    ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS by Rainbow Rowell, read by Euan Morton

    CONCRETE ROSE by Angie Thomas, read by Dion Graham

    FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley, read by Isabella Star LaBlanc

    REDEMPTOR by Jordan Ifueko, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

    SIX CRIMSON CRANES by Elizabeth Lim, read by Emily Woo Zeller

    WHEN WE MAKE IT by Elisabet Velasquez, read by Elisabet Velasquez


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life.

    Isabella Star LaBlanc photo by Nicole Feest.

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    10 min
  • Interview with Richard Ferrone: 2021 Best Audiobooks

    Audiobook Review

    Narrator Richard Ferrone joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to talk about narrating OCEAN PREY, John Sandford’s 31st audiobook in his Prey series. OCEAN PREY is one of AudioFile’s 2021 Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks, and Richard tells Michele about narrating this long-running audiobook series, including how to keep all the tough guys as unique characters for the listener. Sandford’s action-packed scenes, as delivered by Richard Ferrone, keep listeners on edge. For a full review of the audiobook, visit audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Penguin Audio.


    AudioFile’s 2021 Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks:

    BLOOD GROVE by Walter Mosley, read by Michael Boatman

    THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides, read by Louise Brealey, Kobna Holdbrick-Smith

    THE MURDER ON THE LINKS by Agatha Christie, Kate McAll [Adapt.], read by Alfred Molina, Simon Helberg, and a Full Cast

    THE NIGHT GATE by Peter May, read by Peter Forbes

    OCEAN PREY by John Sandford, read by Richard Ferrone

    VELVET WAS THE NIGHT by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, read by Gisela Chípe


    For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit: audiofilemagazine.com

    Today's episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Oasis Audio, publisher of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Best Audiobook, Chasing Vines, find your way to an immensely fruitful life.

    Richard Ferrone photo by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty-Images.

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    12 min

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