Volume 231: September 3, 2023
Hello fellow Accomplice!
Whazzis?
An open door?
In the middle of summer?!?
Yesssss! Cuz ya can’t keep a good cat from displaying Curiosity, and Sunshine Supergirl is most definitely a Good Cat!!!
Well, August is FINALLY over, and that means it’s time for a Newsletter, huzzah! Y’all ready?
Here are the audiobooks reviewed, with a sliiiiight emphasis on… All Things Jane Austen (‘Twas m’ Birthday Month, and Happy Birthday to meeeee!).
So! May you find something to your liking!
As always, feel free to share your favorites with me!
Or share your audiobook accomplice stories and photos!
Just comment below on this week’s reviews or email me at: Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com!
Well, here we all go into a brand new month… and hopefully it’ll be a tad less fraught with Overwhelming Heat Domes! (And who knows? Maybe Autumn relief is around the corner?!)
Let’s start the month’s Listening with the winner, by twoooo votes, of My Next Listen and then go onto remembering 9/11. Yeh, it’s been 22-years, but if you were there? You never forget!
Let’s NOT forget that Hispanic Heritage Month begins riiiiiight in the middle of September, and we shall add a Listen or two or three for that, shall we?
Wrapping things up?
I’ll give a Go to a new book, the next by an author whose first book, well, I truly liked…
Care to join me? Oh do say yesssss!!!
Details for the first week’s audiobooks are on the Listening to Now page.
And huzzah huzzah and hip hip huzzah!
Gearing up for a favorite time, over here at Audiobook Accomplice:
Halloweeeeen is coming up, one o’ our hottest Occasions EVER, judging from listener/reader interest.
Aaaaand, I’m QUITE fond o’ it all, m’self!
And dude! Shirley Jackson’s spooky and twisted tales that were by FAR groundbreakers when they were released!
Do any of these seem spoooooktacular to you? Vote now, and vote often!!!
Details for the audiobooks are at Tell Me What’s Next. Feel free to also suggest another audiobook for future review.
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August Faves:
Series: Pride and Prejudice Chronicles, Book 3
By: Anna Elliott / Narrated by: Mary Sarah
Fiction, Romance Faves, Historical Romance, Jane Austen Spinoff
Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
Move over Lizzie B. Kitty has morphed into an AWEsome heroine here!!!
By: Julia Boyd / Narrated By: Christa Lewis
Nonfiction, History Faves, European History, Social Science, Politics, 20th Century
Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
Three words? Stunning. Terrifying. Timely…
Fiction:
Series: Murder of Mr. Wickham, Book 1
By: Claudia Gray / Narrated By: Billie Fulford-Brown
Fiction, Regency Romance, Romantic Mystery
Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
Apparently Claudia Gray channeled Jane Austen to write a Regency Mystery…!
By: Emily X.R. Pan / Narrated By: Natalie Naudus, Shawn K. Jain, David Shih
Fiction, I Want My Hours Back, Magical Realism, Asian Fiction
Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
The most unbearably HOT MESS I’ve had the misfortune to have screeched in m’ ears…
Series: The Demon Cycle, Book 1
By: Peter V. Brett / Narrated By: Pete Bradbury
Fiction, Epics 17-20 Hours, Horror - Dead & Undead
Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
Superb crafting… except for oooooone MAJOR character… who inspires wishes to throttle most soundly…!
Series: The Darcy Cousins, Book 2
By: Jennifer Joy / Narrated By: Emma Lysy
Fiction, Historical Romance, Jane Austen Spinoff
Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
Not Brilliant, but certainly fairly enjoyable… Wow, what singing praise…?!
Written and Narrated By: Pablo Cartaya
Fiction, Shorter Kids, Hispanic Kids, Contemporary Kids
Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
Decent… but… >MEH<…
By: Paul L. Maier / Narrated By: David Colacci
Fiction, Epics 15-16 Hours, Religion & Spirituality, Biographical Fiction
Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
Outstanding historical fiction!
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Don't forget to like the reviews that feed your addiction!
Looka this! Another aaaaaaalmost Good Cat (This IS Bitty we’re referring to… and the little thing is a MESS)!
Here’s to more open doors in all of our futures…
CHEERS!
And? I’ll see y’all next month, so y’all take care!
Your Accomplice, Gillian
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