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How to Meet-Cute Your Next Audiobook February 26, 2020

Tropes, tropes, tropes: we see them everywhere, and yet we can’t get enough. We’ve got an audiobook match for whatever movie makes your heart sing, whether it’s Meg Ryan falling in love with her best friend over the course of 10 years or Meg Ryan falling in love with a Duke who fell through a crack in the space time continuum. Valentine’s Day may have come and gone in a puff of pink confetti, but go ahead, make those butterflies last all year long. READ MORE

Tags: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Bailey Carr, David Yoon, Frankly in Love, Her Royal Highness, Holly Jackson, Janina Edwards, Jasmine Guillory, Josie Silver, Karissa Vacker, Melissa George, Minnie Darke, Olivia Vinall, Rachel Hawkins, Raymond J. Lee, Star-Crossed, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, The Wedding Party

Keep that New Year Feeling with January Debuts January 15, 2020

It’s the debut list to rival all debut lists: six brand new titles publishing in the first month of the brand new year. It doesn’t get any fresher than this. READ MORE

Tags: Emma Galvin, How Quickly She Disappears, Karissa Vacker, Kate Weinberg, Kristen Sieh, Lisa Flanagan, Miranda Popkey, Nameless Queen, Olivia Dowd, Raymond Fleischmann, Rebecca Lowman, Rebecca McLaughlin, Shayna Small, Simon Jimenez, Tanen Jones, The Better Liar, The Truants, The Vanished Birds, Topics of Conversation

8 Stories Steeped in History You’ll Want to Hear July 31, 2019

Combing through history you’ll find events, people, and moments that are so compelling and important that they inspire great stories to be told. And we love listening to them! READ MORE

Tags: A Different Drummer, A. M. Stuart, All the Flowers in Paris, bookclub, Cassandra Morris, Colson Whitehead, crafter, Fiona Davis, Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, Jay Smooth, JD Jackson, Jeanne Mackin, Julie Kibler, Karissa Vacker, Kim Bubbs, Kirsten Potter & Hillary Huber, Mark Deakins, Sarah Jio, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Saskia Maarleveld, Singapore Sapphire, The Chelsea Girls, The Last Collection, The Nickel Boys, William Melvin Kelley

12 Audiobooks Perfect for Mother’s Day Gifting May 1, 2019

Break out of your normal Mother’s Day gift routine (our default is flowers, too!) and give the mother in your life the gift of an audiobook! Not only can she relax in bed listening to her favorite book series, but she can have some “me time” anywhere she goes whether she’s running errands or commuting to work. READ MORE

Tags: Anna Guisewite, Catherine Taber, Cathy Guisewite, Cribsheet, Dorothy Dillingham Blue, Dustin Lance Black, Emily Oster, Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault, Helen Ellis, Janet Evanovich, Karissa Vacker, Kathleen Gati, Kimberly Farr, Look How Happy I'm Making You, Lost Roses, Mama's Boy, Martha Hall Kelly, Michael Urie, Peter Evanovich, Polly Rosenwaike, Rebecca Eanes, Ruth Reichl, Save Me the Plums, Scott Brick, Southern Lady Code, Steven Rowley, Susan Meissner, Tavia Gilbert, The Big Kahuna, The Editor, The Gift of a Happy Mother, The Last Year of the War

8 YA Audiobooks Not to Miss April 26, 2019

A thrilling mystery. A heartfelt coming-of-age. A swoon-worthy romance. Really good stories are ageless—especially when it comes to YA (audio)books. READ MORE

Tags: A.S. King, Allan Corduner, Anthony Mark Barrow, Arthur Morey, bookclub, Come Find Me, Dig, Family Listening, Field Notes on Love, How to Make Friends with the Dark, Jayne Entwistle, Jennifer E. Smith, jorjeana marie, Julie Berry, Julio Sanchez, Karissa Vacker, Kathleen Glasgow, Kirby Heyborne, Kyla Garcia, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lovely War, Megan Miranda, Michael Crouch, Mike Chamberlain, Peter Bognanni, S. E. Grove, Shout, The Waning Age, This Book is Not Yet Rated, Tonya Cornelisse

Martha Hall Kelly author of Lost Roses and Lilac Girls

S4 E23: Martha Hall Kelly April 9, 2019

In this special episode of This Is the Author meet Martha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of Lilac Girls. She tells us about her newest audiobook, Lost Roses which is narrated by four talented narrators: Catherine Taber, Tavia Gilbert, Kathleen Gati, and Karissa Vacker.

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Tags: bookclub, Cassandra Campbell, Catherine Taber, cook, crafter, gardener-cook, Karissa Vacker, Kathleen Gati, Kathrin Kana, Lilac Girls, Lost Roses, Martha Hall Kelly, Tavia Gilbert

6 Audiobooks for Your Next Family Trip April 3, 2019

Preventing boredom when you travel with kids and teens can be challenging—especially if you want to limit the amount of screen time they have. How many games of “I Spy” can you play before someone loses interest? (Answer: not enough to last an entire road trip!) This is why choosing a few audiobooks to listen is essential to your pre-travel checklist. READ MORE

Tags: Andrew Eiden, Anthony Mark Barrow, Anthony Rey Perez, Aru Shah and the Song of Death, Carlos Hernandez, Chelsea Clinton, Don't Let Them Disappear, Family Listening, Field Notes on Love, Jennifer E. Smith, Karissa Vacker, matt de la peña, Norton Juster, Rainn Wilson, Roshani Chokshi, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Soneela Nankani, Superman: Dawnbreaker, The Phantom Tollbooth

Audiobooks For the Spring Equinox Based on Your Astrological Sign March 20, 2019

Congratulations, you’ve made it through another winter! Today (March 20, 2019) is the Vernal Equinox, which means spring has sprung and a brand new astrological year has begun. READ MORE

Tags: A Woman of No Importance, Adenrele Ojo, Anissa Gray, Anthony Mark Barrow, Aoife McMahon, Bahni Turpin, Benjamin Bratt, Blair Brown, Cassandra Campbell, City of Girls, Colson Whitehead, Craig Ferguson, Daisy Jones & The Six, Dominic Hoffman, Elaine Welteroth, elizabeth gilbert, Elsey Come Home, Field Notes on Love, Frances Mayes, Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi, Higher Etiquette, Hugh Ambrose, Ibi Zoboi, Isabel Sterling, January LaVoy, Jenna Glass, Jennifer Beals, Jennifer E. Smith, John Schuttler, Judy Greer, Julia Whelan, Juliet Stevenson, Kamala Harris, Karissa Vacker, Kristen DiMercurio, Liberated Spirits, Lindsay Stern, Lizzie Post, Macleod Andrews, Matthew Gray Gubler, Minnie Darke, More Than Enough, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Normal People, Norman Juster, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Pablo Schreiber, Rainn Wilson, Riding the Elephant, Robin Miles, Rumple Buttercup, Ruth Reichl, Sally Rooney, Save Me the Plums, See You in the Piazza, Sonia Purnell, Star-Crossed, Susan Conley, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, The Nickel Boys, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Study of Animal Languages, The Truths We Hold, The Women's War, These Witches Don't Burn

What We’re Listening To: March 2019 Picks March 14, 2019

Spending March in New York is like babysitting your wealthy aunt’s geriatric cat: It’s mostly cold at first, but signs of warmth are on the horizon.
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