Audiobooks for Summer
Roasting in the sun and wishing for a swimming pool, we’re in the midst of Summer. Time for flip flops and ice cold lemonade...
And for some audiobooks that take us away to Summer places, Summer pastimes!
Shoot me a line at Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com and share your thoughts and books for summer.
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Series: Island Trilogy, Book 1
By: Tudor Robins: Narrated By: Cody Sterna
Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
Sweet and has its charm… and thank GOSH—little Teen Angst to be found!
Series: Summer of My German Soldier, Book 1
By: Bette Greene / Narrated By: Dale Dickey
Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
Better than the TV flick… sweet… devastating… sweet… devastating
By: Lois Lowry / Narrated By: Andi Arndt
Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
Soooo short I didn’t wind up crying—
A Novel
By: Emily Nemens / Narrated By: Vivienne Leheny, Malcolm Hillgartner, Will Ropp, James Patrick Cronin
Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
Was okay, but if you like to think of sport figures as heroes…? OUCH
Series: One Crazy Summer, Book 1
By: Rita Williams-Garcia / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
The first gem in a truly wonderful series
By: Cindy Baldwin / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
Danged near wrecked me with a roller-coaster ride of emotions
By: Patricia MacLachlan / Narrated By: Jesse Vilinsky
Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
Hmmm… Who might be the audience for this one? Maaaaybe really young kids?
Love and Death in Chicago
Written and Narrated By: Alex Kotlowitz
Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
No, indeed not the best narration, but wow what heartbreaking and heartfelt stories!
Series: Timeless Regency Collection, Book 4
By: Regina Scott, Donna Hatch, Sarah M. Eden / Narrated By: Sarah Zimmerman
Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
The authors had me at: Regency Collection…
A Novel
By: Helen Simonson / Narrated By: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
First listen? Tickled pink! Second listen? Holy cow, the narration really killed it for me…!
A Season of Bounty
By: Bernd Heinrich / Narrated By: Mel Foster
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Oy, the narration—And where the heck are the animals?!?
By: Gillian McDunn / Narrated By: Cassandra Lee Morris
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
As it was my pick for our little audiobook club, I held my breath… until I let out gasps of surprise and delight!
By: Steven Johnson / Narrated By: Alan Sklar
Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
The rambling Epilogue can’t mar what’s a really nifty story of sage sleuthing
By: Alice Hoffman / Narrated By: Jenna Lamia
Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
I’m giving this particular pat Happily Ever After a pass cuz it is, after all, supposed to be for Kids and not for meeeeee in particular!
A Novel
Written and Narrated By: David Duchovny
Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
What a great book! Laughter, tears, you name it…!
By: Sophia Holloway / Narrated By: Matt Addis
Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
Okay, so maybe it does drag a bit, but that just means more Regency Romance to love!
By: Matt de la Peña / Narrated By: Henry Leyva
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
Passionate without being all “Fraught-with-Angst”
A Story of Katrina
By: Rodman Philbrick / Narrated By: Jerry Dixon
Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
History, horror, racism, friendship—all handled deftly: Perfect for kids and a treat for adults!
A Physician's Reflections on Life, Love, Death and Healing
Written and Narrated By: Judith Boice
Meditations on nature, spirit, what it’s all about
The Game's Greatest Players Reflect on Their Fathers and the Game They Love
By: Wayne Stewart / Narrated By: Jason Griffith
Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
Very sweet, but I still haaaaaate baseball…
A Novel
By: Cecelia Ahern / Narrated By: Ali Coffey
Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
7 hours foot-stomping snits; 1 hour and 10 minutes intrigue; 15 minutes resolution… I need a drink!
Bringing US Troops’ Dogs and Cats Safely Home from the Combat Zone
By: Terri Crisp, Cynthia Hurn / Narrated By: Nicole Vilencia
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
I’m so thankful for all the people in this book!
The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family
By Joan Criddle and Teeda Butt Mam / Narrated by Christina Moore
Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
Brutal, with hit after hit, yet hopeful when all is said and done