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Tag Archives: audiobooks
Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
I have slowly been working my way through the Cybils finalists by category (my favorite categories, besides the one where I’m a panelist.) I’ve finally finished the middle grade fiction finalists, and am including my brief thoughts here. The Cybils … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Lists, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic
Tagged #Cybils2023, African-American, audiobooks, autism, book-review, books, Cybils, disability, Latinx, libby, middle grade fiction, Native American, reading
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Reading with My Son – the Middle School Years
At a friend’s request, I put together a list of the audiobooks and read-alouds my son and I read together when he was in middle school. I hope you enjoy these as much as we did. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Historical, Middle Grade
Tagged audiobooks, bibliography, books for boys, read-alouds, youth audiobooks
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Two Fantasies and a Truth
Well, technically, two fantasy books and a nonfiction – I do believe that fiction can hold just as much truth as nonfiction – but going for the catchier title. Here’s catching up on reviews of some more of my reading … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, nonfiction, Print
Tagged Ann Leckie, audiobooks, C.L. Polk, Fantasy, fantasy romance, LGBTQ, libraries, nonfiction, Susan Orlean
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Everfair by Nisi Shawl
It’s summer reading time at the library. I love crowds of kids excited about reading, but it does make it challenging to get anything else done. But waiting patiently in my own review queue, I have a trio of African-based … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Historical
Tagged #OwnVoices, African, alternate history, audiobooks, historical fantasy, LGBTQ
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Cybils Finalists!
Happy New Year! Real life is conspiring to keep me away from blogging – but I’ve been reading lots of great books and hope to be back to share them with you soon. One of my New Year’s traditions now … Continue reading
War: The Lost Heir and Guts and Glory: WWII
My Cybils audiobook listening continues with two middle grade books about war, one fantasy with dragons and one historical. Continue reading
Nominate these Audiobooks for Cybils!
The Cybils Nominations are now open! And while I’m still pondering what I want to nominate in most of the categories, I’m noticing that the brand-new audiobooks category needs some love. I need lots more books to listen to, … Continue reading
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Recently, Maureen at By Singing Light had a post called Not the Chosen One. This is one of the books she talked about, which I just happen to have finished recently. It’s also one I considered putting on my Top 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged audiobooks, contemporary fantasy, teen audiobooks, teen fantasy, the Chosen One
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Top 10 Audiobooks for Top 10 Tuesday
As my regular readers know, I always have at least one audiobook going for each member of the family. I had to accept the challenge to come up with 10 favorites for Top 10 Tuesday, hosted as always by the … Continue reading