This will be my second year participating in the Armchair Audies. Last year was the inaugural one, and it was so much fun that I’m very excited to participate again this year. I’ve even read a few of the nominees already! Last year, I read and predicted the Humor, Narration by the Author/Authors, and Audiobook of the Year categories. This year, I’ve decided to read new categories.
But first, what’s the Armchair Audies all about? I loved Overreader‘s description from last year so much that I’m mostly stealing it. Here ya go:
It’s Armchair Audies time! What’s that? Never heard of them? Well, they’re new. The Audies are annual “awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment” and are awarded in June. [Over a hundred audiobooks are nominated in more than twenty different categories.] Rather more than even an audiobook maniac like myself can handle, so to get a handle on them all, blogger Literate Housewife spearheaded the Armchair Audies. Interested bloggers will listen to everything from one (or more) categories and give their opinions.
One of the books I’ve already read this year that was nominated was American Dervish. It’s not in any of the categories that I’m reading, though. I’ve also read Astray already, in one of my categories below, which I’ll be reviewing tomorrow. My goal is to review one of my nominated books every Monday until the end of May when I will be making my categories predictions.
We’ll see in a few weeks what the nominations for Audiobook of the Year are. Until then, here are the books that I’ll be tackling in the two categories I’ve already chosen (information and formatting taken from the Audiofile Audies page):
Non-Fiction
| THE CRISIS OF ZIONISM Peter Beinart Read by Lloyd James (Tantor Media) Read the review  |
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| BREASTS Florence Williams Read by Kate Reading (Tantor Media) Read the review |
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| LOVE IS THE CURE Elton John Read by Elton John (Hachette Audio) Read the review |
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| CEMETERY JOHN Robert Zorn Read by Sean Runnette (Tantor Media) Read the review |
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| SEX AND GOD AT YALE Nathan Harden Read by Jack Hume (Audible, Inc.) Read the review |
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Short Stories/Collections
| I AM AN EXECUTIONER Rajesh Parameswaran Read by Neil Shah, Lina Patel (Dreamscape) Read the review |
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| ASTRAY Emma Donoghue Read by Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, Dion Graham (Hachette Audio) Read the review |
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| WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN Holly Black, Ellen Kushner [Eds.] Read by Cassandra Campbell, MacLeod Andrews, Holly Black, Ellen Kushner (Brilliance Audio) Read the review |
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| SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM Joan Didion Read by Diane Keaton (Audible, Inc.) Read the review |
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| WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU Molly Ringwald Read by Molly Ringwald (Harper Audio) Read the review |
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If you enjoy reading audiobooks, you should definitely join in on the Armchair Audies! Let me know in the comments if you are, so that I’ll know to keep an eye on your reviews and predictions.
Tags: armchair audies, audiobooks
I liked the categories you picked for the Armchair Audies! I’m thinking about participating too but in the children’s category. Happy listening!
We would love to have you. Just let me know if you’d like to throw your hat in.
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It’s so nice to see you being adventurous. I think I might do the same next year. It’s always good to broaden your horizons.
I hope you enjoy your categories. I’m so glad you’re joining us again this year.
I look forward to hearing what you have to say about the Ringwald. I’ve heard her narration with Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins, and thought she had a great emotional connection to the text, so I bet her narration of her own work will be pretty great!
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