Ep. 9: Fall Preview: There's a Lot to Look Forward To

The Fall 2018 publishing season is jam packed with listening gems, hear from our Editors on what they think you should be looking out for.

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Becoming Michelle Obama

The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris

Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin? Arc of Love Esther Perel

21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari

Fire and Blood George R. R. Martin

An Absolutley Remarkable Thing Hank Green

Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom

A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult

Elevation Stephen King

Leadership: In Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin

Sadie Courtney Summers

The World of Lore: Dreadful Places Aaron Mahnke

Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast Cote Smith

Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel Joseph Fink

Feminasty Erin Gibson

The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman

The Witch Elm Tana French

Fed Up Gemma Hartley

The Indignities of Being a Woman Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester

Good and Mad Rebecca Traister

Rage Becomes Her Soraya Chemaly

Before She Sleeps Bina Shah

My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite

Out Natsuo Kirino

Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart Alice Walker

The Flame Leonard Cohen

The Dark Between Stars Atticus

Katerina James Frey

The Library Book Susan Orlean

Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak

The Odyssey Emily Wilson

The Hills of Baldwin Jordan Black, Wayne Brady, Vivica A. Fox, Nyima Funk, Daniele Gaither, Phil LaMarr, Gary Anthony Williams, and Cedric Yarbrough

Words and Music Patti Smith

Sakina’s Restaurant Aasif Mandvi

How to Get Back Up Neil Pasricha

The Three Day Effect Florence Williams

One Day in December Shari Low

Waiting for Eden Elliot Ackerman

Rosewater Tade Thompson

Heavy Kiese Laymon

A Blade So Black L.L. McKinney

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A Lot to Take In

Story: 3-Stars:
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This is the latest episode covering new audiobooks coming our way. While always appreciated, the really good stuff comes from the effort that goes into covering some not-so-obvious titles that a more casual industry follower may not be aware of. I always enjoy the prospect of reading an unearthed gem rather than a mass-marketed title. The genre coverage here, compared to prior episodes of the same type, is much improved.

Performance: 3-Stars
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This is bulky episode, both in length (just under 50 minutes) and content. My feeling is that a bit of the show's appeal has been lost trying to cover the sheer volume of titles. These are really knowledgeable hosts that add a lot of value by sharing some of the outstanding trivia and author/narrator/industry background behind these works, so there is a feeling that their wings have been clipped a bit in attempting to keep this show to a manageable duration. There is a "Goldilocks" formula for the 'just right' balance of content and editorial commentary to continue to strive toward.

Episode 9

I love that this is a preview of what books are new / coming out soon. It gives me something to look forward to listening to.

Horrible

Voices are terrible. When important name is mention voice does not annunciation properly. Waist of time.