This week we discussed The Surviving Sky, written by Kritika H. Rao and narrated by Sharmila Devar & Pranshu Mishra. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. The Surviving Sky [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Broken Earth (Series): The Fifth Season [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This week we discussed Walking Practice, written by Dolki Min and narrated by Nicky Endres.We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Walking Practice [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Short Fiction Spotlight: "Silo, Sweet Silo" written by James Castles, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 197: February 2023 "Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont" written by P A Cornell, narrated by Nan McNamara [Fantasy magazine] - Issue 96: October 2023 "How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" written by P. Djèlí Clark, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Fifty "The Only Living Cabby In New York City" written by Jason Smith, narrated by Laurice White [Kaleidocast] - S4 Ep5 "Better Living Through Algorithms" written by Naomi Kritzer, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 200: May 2023 "Crystal Hexagons on Windowsills" written by Prashanth Srivatsa, narrated by Sonali Misra [Cast of Wonders 560]  

We celebrated Non-Fiction November by discussing some of our favorite non-fiction audiobooks from 2023 and a few we are looking forward to in 2024. Shachi’s Picks: Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Poverty, by America [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa’s Picks: Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect what is Human in a World of Machines [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Burn it Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Mark’s Pick: All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap into Your Massive Potential [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott’s Pick: Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] 2024 Picks: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder - Release: April 16, 2024 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography - Release: March 15, 2024 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round - Release: January, 2024 [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

This week we discussed People Collide, written by Isle McElroy and narrated by Daniel Henning & Aida Reluzco. Discussion with Shachi and Lisa. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and HarperAudio for providing an audio review copy of People Collide for today’s episode. People Collide [Libro.fm]  

This week we discussed To Shape a Dragon's Breath, written by Moniquill Blackgoose and narrated by Charley Flyte. Discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Tess of the Road [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] In the Serpents Wake [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Temeraire (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Legendborn [Libro.fm] VenCo [Libro.fm]  

This week we discussed If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, written by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver, and narrated by Jefferson Mays. Discussion with Mark and Scott. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Tackling the To Be Listened List [Episode 67] Cloud Atlas [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Starless Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 55] The Expanse (Series) [Libro.fm]  / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 128]

This week we discussed Bookshops & Bonedust, the upcoming prequel to Legends and Lattes, written and narrated by Travis Baldree. We also briefly discussed the 2023 Hugo Awards. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Bookshops & Bonedust for today’s episode. Bookshops & Bonedust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 150]

This week we discussed Mammoths at the Gates, written by Nghi Vo and narrated by Cindy Kay. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our audio short fiction spotlight. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Mammoths at the Gates [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Light From Uncommon Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 141]  Starling House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 225] ”Destination Star” written by Gregory Marlow, narrated by LeVar Burton [Levar Burton Reads] - 20 Feb 23 ”All Summer in a Day” written by Ray Bradbury ”The Breaks” written by Scott King, narrated by Alicia Atkins [Cast of Wonders 552] - 24 Sep 23 ”There’s Magic in Bread” written by Effie Seiberg, narrated by Gigi Yelen [Fantasy Magazine] - Mar 2023 (Issue 89) ”The Tenth Life” written by Sheryl R. Hayes, narrated by Alethea Kontis [CatsCast - Ep 15] - Ep 15 (May 2023) ”The Adoration of Random Strangers” written by Azure Arther, narrated by Tonia Ransom [Nightlight - 622] Nine Goblins written by T Kingfisher, narrated by Katherine Inskip [Cast of Wonders] - Ep 544 (13 Aug 23) “A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to be Done.” written by Scott Edelman, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - Jan 2023

This week we discussed Starling House, written by Alix E. Harrow and narrated by Natalie Naudus. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Starling House for today’s episode. Starling House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Fractured Fables (Series): A Spindle Splintered [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Mexican Gothic [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Spring Hills Cycle (Series): The Empress of Salt and Fortune [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Audible]   The Hazel Wood [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This week we discussed He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan and narrated by Natalie Naudus. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. He Who Drowned the World [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] She Who Became The Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] 158: 2022 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel The Poppy War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This week we discussed The Saint of Bright Doors, written by Vajra Chandrasekera and narrated by Sid Sagar. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. The Saint of Bright Doors [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Victory City [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Blue Skinned Gods [Libro.fm]  Where I Can’t Follow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] We Could Be Heroes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This week we discussed audio short fiction including where to find it and some of our recent listens. Escape Artists Podcasts: [Escape Pod] / [PodCastle] / [PseudoPod] / [Cast of Wonders] / [CatsCast] Uncanny Magazine Podcast Levar Burton Reads The Clarkesworld Podcast Lightspeed Podcast Beneath Ceaseless Skies khōréō Magazine Fantasy Magazine Kaleidocast Nightlight The Drabblecast Upbeat Tales Tall Tale TV / [Episode 23] StarShipSofa Apex Magazine Strange Horizons Glittership Available Audio for 2023 Hugo Best Short Story & Best Novelette Finalists: ”D.I.Y.” [PodCastle 800] ”Rabbit Test” [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 49A] ”The Difference Between Love and Time”: Someone in Time [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] ”A Dream of Electric Mothers”: Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] ”If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 47B] ”Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness” [Clarkesworld] ”We Built This City” [Clarkesworld] Referenced Recent Works: ”City of Refuge” [Escape Pod 828] ”Can You Hear Me Now?” [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 54A] ”Sorry We Missed You!” [khōréō magazine 1.2] ”Gel Pen Notes from Generation Ship Y” [Clarkesworld] ”The Bodies Upstairs” [Kaleidocast S4E4] ”SuperMAX” [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 53A]  

This week, we continued our 2023 awards discussion with the finalists for the 2023 Lodestar Award. Discussion with Lisa and Scott. 2023 Lodestar Finalists: Akata Woman [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Golden Enclaves [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Golden-Enclaves-Audiobook/B09NQKQRWL">Audible] / [Episode 174] Bloodmarked [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] In the Serpents Wake [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 149] 2023 Hugo Episodes: 213: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella 217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel 219: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series Narrated on Bluesky: Lisa: @lisajune.bsky.social Scott: @sullery.bsky.social Shachi:@sundrybookclub.bsky.social Mark: @marksiegal.bsky.social  

This week we discussed Silver Nitrate, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and narrated by Gisela Chípe. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing an audio review copy of Silver Nitrate for today’s episode. Silver Nitrate [Libro.fm] The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Episode 217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel Ring Shout [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Siren Queen [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 153] Prime Meridian (ebook) [Overdrive/Libby] Radiance [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This week, we continued our look at the 2023 Hugo Finalists with the Best Series category. Lisa on Bluesky: @lisajune.bsky.social 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series: Children of Time (Series): Children of Time [Audible] The Founders Trilogy (Series): Foundryside [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [Libro.fm] / [Audible] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Rivers of London (Series): Midnight Riot [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] 2023 Hugo Episodes: 213: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella 217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel 219: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series  

This week we discussed More Perfect, written by Temi Oh  and narrated by Nneka Okoye and Adam Courting. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. More Perfect [Overdrive/Libby] We are Satellites [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 120] Do You Dream of Terra-Two? [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  Discipline and Punish [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus]  Machinehood [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 120]  Minority Report (2002) [IMDb] Inception (2010) [IMDb]  

This week, we had a great time discussing the 2023 Hugo Finalists for Best Novel with three special guests. Hugo, Girl! Podcast [Website] / [Twitter] / [Mastadon] / [Instagram] / [Facebook] Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog [Blog] / [Mastadon] Hugos There Podcast [Website] / [Twitter] 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Kaiju Preservation Society [Audible] / [Episode 144] Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 150] Nona the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 171] Nettle & Bone [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Spare Man [Audible] / [Episode 176]  Other Referenced Works: The Island of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Mexican Gothic [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Winter Tide [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Lock In (series) [Audible] Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Harrow the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Spinning Silver [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Episode 30] Babel [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 169] The Mountain in the Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 172]  How High We Go In The Dark [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] When Women Were Dragons [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Impossible Us [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Eversion [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Ballad of Perilouis Graves [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This time we discussed Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw, a memoir written and narrated by Eddie Ndopu. Review & discussion with Lisa and Shachi. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing an audio review copy of Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw for today’s episode. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw [Libro.fm] Sitting pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body [Libro.fm] Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century [Libro.fm] Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): First-Person Stories for Today [Libro.fm] A Mind Unraveled [Libro.fm] Babel [Libro.fm] / [Episode 169] Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space [Libro.fm]  

More discussions from Readercon 32. Readercon John Wiswell: [Newsletter] / [Patreon] / [Linktree] Someone You Can Build a Nest In (April 2, 2024) [Penguin Random House]  ”Bad Doors” [Uncanny]  ”The Coward Who Stole God’s Name” [Uncanny] / [Psuedopod] ”Under the Rubble” [Psuedopod]  ”The Lie Misses You” [Cast of Wonders]  ”Open House on Haunted Hill” [LeVar Burton Reads]  All the Seas of the World (written by: Guy Gavriel Kay and narrated by: Simon Vance) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Golem and the Jinni (written by: Helene Wecker and narrated by: George Guidall) [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 14]   The Echo Wife (written by: Sarah Gailey, narrated by: Xe Sands) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Moby Dick (written by: Herman Melville, narrated by: Frank Mullerv) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Noah Beit-Aharon (N.S. Dolkart): [Website] / [Angry Robot] Silent Hall [Audible] Wings of Fire (Series): The Dragonet Prophecy  (written by: Tui T. Sutherland, narrated by: Shannon McManus) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth (written by: Tamsyn Muir and narrated by: Moira Quirk) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Sumana Harihareswara: [Blog] / [Mastadon] / [Dreamwidth] / [MetaFilter] Otherwise Award Wolf 359 ”An Annotated Bibliography of the Inside of My Head” [Blog Post]  China Mountain Zhang written by: Maureen McHugh Regeneration written by: Pat Barker Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard (written by: Chip Heath & Dan Heath, narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Love in Penang written by: Zen Cho Spirits Abroad (written by: Zen Cho, narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Black Water Sister (written by: Zen Cho, narrated by: Catherine Ho) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Leonard Richardson

Sharing our discussions with authors at Readercon 32. Readercon Vajra Chandrasekere: [Website] The Saint of Bright Doors [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Short Stories: [Clarkesworld ] /[“Ulde” - Glittership] Strange Horizons Podcast Nightmare Magazine Glittership Cameron Roberson (Rob Cameron): [Website] / [Tor.com] / [The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction] / [Foreign Policy Magazine] Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers Daydreamer (Forthcoming in Summer 2024) The Silk Roads [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Bloodmarked [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Monsters We Defy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Saint Death’s Daughter [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Hidden Palace [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   A Master of Djinn [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] LJ Cohen: [Website] / [IndieBound] / [Amazon] Derelict [Overdrive - eBook ] / [Audible] Ithaka Rising [Overdrive - eBook ] / [Audible] For Flux Sake Podcast Clarkesworld Podcast Scott Edelman: [Website] / [Twitter] / [Eating the Fantastic] ”A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to be Done” [Lightspeed Magazine ] Lightspeed [Podcast]

Lisa and Scott discuss the 2023 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella. 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella: Into the Riverlands [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Even Though I Knew the End [Libro.fm] / [Episode 180] A Mirror Mended [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 157] Ogres  [Audible]  / [Episode 170] Where the Drowned Girls Go [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 135]  

This time on Narrated, we embrace the warmer weather and discuss some of our favorite summer audiobook listens. Round 1: Shachi: The Museum of Ordinary People [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa: Binti [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 199] Round 2: Shachi: VenCo [Libro.fm] / [Episode 195]  Lisa: Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: The Kaiju Preservation Society [Audible] / [Episode 144] Round 3: Shachi: A Deadly Inside Scoop [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lisa: Black Water Sister [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: The Lego Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Additional Picks: Shachi: Ice Cream Parlor Mystery (series), Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club, Sea Change, The Shamshine Blind, Yellowface Lisa: Lady Astronaut (series), Murderbot Diaries (series), A Fire Upon The Deep, The Telling, The Disordered Cosmos Scott: Legends & Lattes, The Spare Man, Still Just a Geek, Wayfarers (series)  

This time we discussed The Little Book of Exoplanets, an upcoming look at the latest science on the search and investigation of exoplanets, written and narrated by Joshua N. Winn. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Princeton University Press for providing an audio review copy of The Little Book of Exoplanets for today’s episode. The Little Book of Exoplanets [Libro.fm] Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life Extraterrestrial:The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] First Contact [Episode 177] How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Great Courses [Episode 65]  

This time we discussed Translation State, written by Ann Leckie and narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Translation State [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Ancillary Justice [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]/ [Audible] Food & Drink Audiobook Draft [Episode 72] The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Remote Control [Libro.fm]   Good Omens (Full Cast Production) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Wayfarers (Series):  The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 97]  

This time we discussed Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy, the newest middle grade fantasy novel written by Angie Thomas and narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott with special guest Colin (Note: Includes some minor character spoilers). Thank you to Libro.fm ALC program and Balzer + Bray for providing an audio review copy of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy for the episode. Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy [Libro.fm] The Hate U Give [Libro.fm] / [Episode 71] Concrete Rose [Libro.fm] / [Episode 98] Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [Libro.fm] / [Episode 149] Amari and the Night Brothers [Libro.fm] Keeper of the Lost Cities [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The School for Good and Evil [Libro.fm] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [Episode 91]   Legendborn [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, written by Tananarive Due and narrated by William DeMeritt & Jasmin Walker. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Recorded Books, Inc. for providing an audio review copy of The Wishing Pool for today’s episode. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories [Libro.fm] A Song for a New Day [Libro.fm] The Book Eaters [Libro.fm]  

Lisa discusses The Ferryman, written by Justin Cronin and narrated by Scott Brick & Suzanne Elise Freeman. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing advance review copies for today’s episode. The Ferryman [Libro.fm] Logan’s Run (1976) [IMDb] An Island Too Lovely [Kindle]

This time we discussed Witch King, the newest Fantasy novel written by Martha Wells and narrated by Eric Mok. Review & discussion with Lisa, and Scott. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Witch King for today’s episode. Witch King [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 99: Fugitive Telemetry]  The Goblin Emperor [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Unspoken Name [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Locked Tomb (series):Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark, Lisa, and Scott got together to run and to discuss running with audiobooks including a few recommendations. How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters [Audible] The Incomplete Book of Running [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] We are Satellites [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 120] Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy [Audible] The School for Good and Evil [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] 🚴 1138.quest  

This time we discussed Flux, written by Jinwoo Chong and narrated by David Lee Huynh. Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Flux [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Time Travel in Fiction [Episode 168] 12 Monkeys (1995) [IMDb] Midnight, Water City [Libro.fm] /  [Episode 108]

This time we discussed Chain Gang All-Stars, written by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; and narrated by Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch, & Lee Osorio. Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing advance review copies of Chain Gang All-Stars for today’s episode. Chain Gang All-Stars [Libro.fm] Riot Baby [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]  

This time on Narrated, we discussed our favorite biography and memoir audiobooks. Round 1: Shachi: Finding Me [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 198]  Lisa: Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 37] Round 2: Shachi: The Man Who Could Move Clouds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Lisa: A Mind Unraveled [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Scott:Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood [Audible] / [Episode 16] Round 3: Shachi: The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Lisa: The Ice Diaries: The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War’s Most Daring Mission [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Scott: Jim Henson: The Biography [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Additional Picks: Shachi: I Am Debra Lee, You Can't Be Serious, My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture, Dog Flowers, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop Lisa: Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography, A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir Scott: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, The Princess Diarist, Unprotected

Lisa & Scott discuss two recent novellas: The Mimicking of Known Successes written by Malka Older and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus; and The Scourge Between Stars written by Ness Brown and narrated by Bahni Turpin. The Mimicking of Known Successes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Scourge Between Stars [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Tea and Murder (including The Tea Master and the Detective) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Braking Day [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 155]  

Lisa and Scott discuss a range of science fiction stories featuring artificial intelligence and discuss what these depictions can tell us about humanity and how we interact with the world. References: AI 2041 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Rossum’s Universal Robots (Adaptation) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Robot (Series): The Caves of Steel [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] 2001: A Space Odyssey [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Robopocalypse [Libro.fm] / [Audible] The Prey of Gods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Arc of the Scythe (Series): Thunderhead [Audible] The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Midnight Robber [Audible] The Diamond Age [Audible] The Mother Code [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Exhalation [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Cloud Cuckoo Land [Libro.fm] / [Episode 119] Blade Runner (Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Episode 110]  Speak [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  Monk and Robot (Series): A Psalm for the Wild-Built [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 113] A Closed and Common Orbit [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]/ [Audible] Imperial Radch (Series): Ancillary Justice [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]/ [Audible] CatNet (Series): Catfishing on CatNet [Audible] The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 190] Meru [Audible] World Running Down [Audible] The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Tea and Murder [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Machinehood [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 120] Bobiverse (series) [Audible] When the Sparrow Falls [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Light From Uncommon Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 141]  The Jesus Incident [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lisa and Scott discuss The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi written by Shannon Chakraborty and narrated by Lameece Issaq & Amin El Gamal. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Daevabad Trilogy (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / Libro.fm: [The City of Brass] [The Kingdom of Copper] [The Empire of Gold] / [Audible] A Master of Djinn [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Shachi and Scott discuss the award-winning Finding Me, written and narrated by Viola Davis. Finding Me [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [https://www.audible.com/pd/Finding-Me-Audiobook/B09F4X96MC">Audible] 2023 Audie Winners The Monsters We Defy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Unprotected: A Memoir [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Fairy Tale [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [https://www.audible.com/pd/Fairy-Tale-Audiobook/B09R62PV4B">Audible] / [Episode 197]  You Can't Be Serious [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Episode 130]

Mark and Scott discuss Hugo Award nomination thoughts (not necessarily the categories you’d think) and recent listens including Fairy Tale, written by Stephen King and narrated by Seth Numrich and Stephen King.  Fairy Tale [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Our Favorite Audiobooks of 2022 [Episode 184] Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) [IMDb] Andor (2022-) [IMDb] Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [IMDb] WandaVision (2021) [IMDb] Dune (2021) [IMDb] Ms. Marvel (2022) [IMDb] Severance (2022-) [IMDb] The Expanse (2015-2022) [IMDb] The Expanse: Dragon Tooth (Graphic Novels) [Kickstarter] Hugo, Girl! Hugos There Podcast  Micro SF/F stories  The Golden Enclaves [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 174] Stellarlune [Audible] / [Episode 183]

Gilbert joined Lisa & Scott to discuss reading challenges including how we approach setting and tracking reading goals, finding time to read or listen, and other tips for reaching your reading goals. Referenced Audiobooks: Memory’s Legion [Libro.fm] / [Audible] /  [Overdrive/Libby] Contact - Unabridged [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Contact - Abridged [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Miracle and Wonder [Libro.fm] [Overdrive/Libby] [Audible] A Master of Djinn [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] A Dead Djinn in Cairo [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Haunting of Tram Car 015 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This time we discussed VenCo, written by Cherie Dimaline and narrated by Michelle St. John. We also discussed some of the finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards. Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and HarperAudio for providing a review copy of VenCo for this episode VenCo [Libro.fm]   2023 Audie Finalists Legends and Lattes [Audible] / [Episode 150] The Monsters We Defy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The 1619 Project [Libro.fm]   Finding Me [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Noor [Libro.fm] / [Episode 127]  Miracle and Wonder [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 137] How High We Go In The Dark [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Coraline (Full Cast Production) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Good Omens (Full Cast Production) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] January LaVoy for Thistlefoot [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Joniece Abbott-Pratt for Nightcrawling [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91]   The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Women Could Fly [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Where I Can’t Follow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] We Ride Upon Sticks [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] How to Stop Time [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Girl One [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The City We Became [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This time we discussed The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, written by Roshani Chokshi and narrated by Steve West & Sura Siu. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and HarperAudio for providing a review copy of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride for this episode Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride [Libro.fm]   Mexican Gothic [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Among Others [Audible] The Chronicles of Narnia [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Spinning Silver [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Episode 30]  

We took a look at some of our favorite audiobooks with non-human main characters. Panel including Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Round 1: Shachi: Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Episode 110]  Lisa: The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: Wayfarers (Series):  The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 97] Round 2: Shachi: Glory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Lisa: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Scott:The Golem and the Jinni [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Episode 14] Round 3: Shachi: What We Fed to the Manticore [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Lisa: CatNet (series): Catfishing on CatNet  [Audible] Scott: The One and Only Ivan [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] Additional Picks: Shachi:The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, The President and the Frog Lisa: A Snake Falls to Earth, Monk and Robot (series), The Murderbot Diaries (series) Scott: Charlotte's Web, The Hobbit, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Sundry Book Club: [YouTube] / [Instagram] / [Newsletter]

Meru, written by S.B. Divya and narrated by Deepa Samuel begins The Alloy Era series Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Meru [Audible] The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 190] Children of Memory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 191] Caves of Steel [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Actual Star [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Machinehood [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 120] Runtime [Libro.fm]  

Children of Memory is the third book in the Children of Time series written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and narrated by Mel Hudson. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Children of Memory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Children of Time [Audible] Elder Race [Overdrive/Libby] (Not available as an audiobook) Harrow the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Mountain in the Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 172]  An Informal History of the Hugos [Overdrive/Libby] The Three-Body Problem [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Embassytown [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 190]

The Terraformers, written by Annalee Newitz and narrated by Emily Lawrence, explores the lives of the residents of a terraformed planet and the threats to their way of life over more than a thousand years. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Future of Another Timeline [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Wayfarers (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 45] / [Episode 97] Lock In (Series) [Audible] Neuromancer [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Neuromancer [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart is a memoir, written and narrated by Jen Sookfong Lee, that traces her life journey contrasted through the lens of pop culture. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing a review copy of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart for this episode Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Superfan [Libro.fm]   The Conjoined [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] My Life as a Goddess [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 42] You Can't Be Serious [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 130] Minor Feelings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] No Time Like the Future [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Whether it’s a wardrobe, a tornado, or the second star to the right; portal fantasies have long allowed protagonists and reader to escape to and explore new worlds. Lisa and Scott discuss a range of portal fantasies and the common themes that immerse us in their stories. References: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Audible Plus] The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus] Peter Pan [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus] The Chronicles of Narnia [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Phantom Tollbooth [Libro.fm] / [https://www.overdrive.com/media/4197544/the-phantom-tollbooth">Overdrive/Libby] / [https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Phantom-Tollbooth-Audiobook/B07HPD8P18">Audible] / [Episode 53] Tales of Magic (Series) by Edward Eager Howl’s Moving Castle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Wrinkle in Time [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Wayward Children (Series): Lost in the Moment and Found [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Haroun and the Sea of Stories [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Coraline [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Akata Witch [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Neverwhere [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Magicians [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Labyrinth Lost [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] mulberry down!! [Nicole Kornher-Stace] Redemptor [Libro.fm] / [r">OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]  / [Episode 118] Piranesi [Audible]   Nine Princes in Amber [Audible] The Summer Tree [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Cartographers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 147] The Starless Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive] / [Audible] / [Episode 55] The Daevabad Trilogy (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Memory Librarian [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Stormlight Archive (series): The Way of Kings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Ballad of Perilouis Graves [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] A Darker Shade of Magic [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Un Lun Dun [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 149] The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Ghost Bride [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Where I Can’t Follow [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Age of Vice is a thriller, written by Deepti Kapoor and narrated by Vidish Athavale, that follows different POVs surrounding a late night accident and a powerful family. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing a review copy of Age of Vice for this episode Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Age of Vice [Libro.fm]   The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Whether you are trying audiobooks for the first time, or looking to change how you currently listen, we discussed some of our top audiobook listening tips and explored the many listening options available to audiobook listeners. Review & discussion with Shachi, Mark, Lisa, and Scott. Audiobook Services Referenced: * Overdrive * Libby * Hoopla * Libro.fm [Episode 49] * Audible * Scribd [Episode 31] * Chirp [Episode 60] * LibriVox * Spotify * Speechify * Kobo [Episode 41] * Audiobooks.com [Episode 56] * Downpour * Overcast Other References: Kate Reading & Michael Kramer  [Episode 87] Boston Public Library  [Episode 47] Book Rack  [Episode 129] Stellarlune  [Episode 183] State of Sanderson 2022