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I love audiobooks. I wouldn't be able to get through nearly as many books as I do if it weren't for having so many wonderful audiobooks available!  I'm so impressed by the quality of the narrators of nearly all the books I've listened to recently.  I'm able to clean my house & run errands and "read" a book at the same time.

I used to get audiobooks from my library and occasionally still do. However I've found audiobooks on CD have become a little annoying. You have to have a CD player to haul around with you and they often have scratches so I end up missing a section of the story.

Digital downloads are so much better! I can put them on my MP3 player or iPod and can now download them straight to my cell phone. They play right on the computer too so while I'm blogging and emailing I can be listening to an audiobook too.

The best place I've found to get them is Audible.com!  They have lot of options available so whether you are looking for just one title or hoping to regularly listen to audio-books they have something for everyone.



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My daughter hates to read and rarely ever does on her own but she will listen to audiobooks. She has fabulous comprehension which I attribute to years of listening to audiobooks. There is always a book playing somewhere in my house.

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Book Review: Forgotten Truth by Dawn Cook

This third book of the enchanting Truth Series is a tale of magic and love. Alissa is the only student living in the Hold, learning a millennium's worth of magic from the last surviving Master. Even shape-shifting to her dragon-like raku form is becoming second nature. But when a spell goes awry, Alissa is transported back four centuries to an era when the Hold and its city thrive with magic students and their tutors. Separated from the man she loves by four hundred years, Alissa's distress and confusion are causing her to lose control of her shape-shifting. If she can't return to her own time, Alissa will be permanently transformed into her bestial form with no memory of her human life--or her love.
I'm really enjoying this series. Forgotten Truth, the 3rd book in the series, involves time travel and finally gives me a reason to like Lodesh or at least feel compassion towards him. It sets up a love triangle for the 4th book. I'm interested to see where this story goes and hope there is a happily ever after for all the characters although I'm definitely rooting for Strell.

Content: Clean

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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Book Review: First Truth by Dawn Cook

Alissa doesn't believe in magic. her father's stories about the Hold, a legendary fortress where human Keepers learn magic from the enigmatic Maters, are just that―stories. But her mother insists that Alissa has inherited her father's magical ability, and so she must go to the Hold―the only place her talents can be trained.


On her way, she crosses paths with Strell, a wandering musician from the plains. And though Alissa is not sure she can trust a plainsman, Strell has something she needs―one of her father's old maps. Traveling together, they can reach the Hold before the snow sets in.


But they don't know that the Hold is nearly empty. Something is very wrong and someone believes that Alissa and Strell knows about a book called First Truth.

Up until just over a week ago I had never heard of this series before. I was looking for a new audio book to listen to and my friend Diane had rated this one 5 stars. We have similar taste in books so I thought I'd give it a try. This was right up my alley!

I love fantasy, especially clean fantasy. I tried explaining this book to my husband yesterday and couldn't. It's such a simple storyline but like most epic fantasy it's full of complex details. 

If you enjoy epic fantasy give this series a try.  I loved watching the relationship between Strell and Alissa develop. First Truth is a clean read with great characters and just subtle hints of romance which will hopefully become not quite so subtle in the rest of the series.  As soon as I finished this last night I downloaded and started on book 2 in the series.



Content: Clean

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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Book Review: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped.
Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can’t remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He’s going to escape, even though most inmates don’t believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia.
Claudia claims to live Outside—her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she’s doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don’t realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.

Incarceron has a great plot and great characters. Told from the perspective of Finn, a prisoner in Incarceron, and Claudia, the prison warden's daughter who is being forced into an arranged marriage with a prince. The beginning of the book left me slightly confused at times because we aren't given many details but rather jumped right into the story. Multiple storyline from both the past and the present made it a little hard to follow and I had to go back and re-listen several times because I was lost.  Ultimately I'm glad I stuck with it.  Once I had the characters figured out a wonderful dystopian, fantasy story unfolded that held my attention to the end.

Catherine Fisher has created an intriguing, mysterious world with her book Incarceron. Looking forward to the sequel Sapphique which is already downloaded and ready for me to listen.

Rating: 4 Stars

Content: some mild language

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Book Review: The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Daughter summary contains spoilers if you haven't read The Iron King:

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her.
Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.

I am really enjoying the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. The 3rd book in the series, The Iron Queen, arrived in my mailbox on Monday for an ARC tour. I had not yet read book 2, The Iron Daughter, so it got bumped to the top of my to read list. Iron Queen is next since I have to get it in the mail by Monday.

It's hard to say much about this book without giving spoilers. There are many elements in this series that have been unique. Other storylines such as Ash verses Puck have felt similar to Edward verses Jacob. This sequel was every bit as good and maybe even better than the first book. I like the way Julie tells her story filled with a great mix of adventure and romance, with lots of twists and turns. Very well done!

Content: My only real issue with this series is there is too much swearing for my taste. There is some innuendo/sexual tension similar to what is found in the Twilight series.

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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