Reviews of audio books on tape, CD, and MP3 download from Library Journal.
Sound Bites Raya Kuzyk - 10/01/2008
The Road, the Pulitzer® Prize-winning postapocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy, is coming to theaters November 26. Directed by John Hillcoat and adapted by Joe Penhall, the film will star Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Reviewer John Hiett called the audio recording (6 CDs. library ed. unabridged.
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Audio 10/01/2008
Fiction Barry, Brunonia . The Lace Reader . 10 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 11½ hrs. HarperAudio . 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-166155-6 . $39.95. F This initially self-published first novel revolves around a family of women in Salem, MA, who can read the future in a piece of Ipswich lace. Protagonist Sophia "Towner" Whitney is an admitted liar with a history of mental illness, and listeners quick...
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Sound Bites By Raya Kuzyk - 09/15/2008
To promote Just After Sunset (Nov.), Stephen King's new short story collection, Scribner has partnered with Marvel Comics, CBS Mobile, and S. & S. Audio to produce and distribute an online comic adaptation of "N," a previously unreleased story from the collection. The 50-minute "animated audiobook" (nishere.
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Audio 09/15/2008
Fiction Brockmann, Suzanne . Into the Fire . (Troubleshooter). 16 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 18 hrs. Brilliance Audio . 2008. ISBN 978-1-4233-4258-8 . $117.25; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed. ISBN 978-1-4233-4260-1 . $44.25; digital download. ISBN 978-1-4233-4262-5 . $44.25. F Stressful love/hate relationships simmer in the ranks of the Troubleshooters and their U.
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Spin By Raya Kuzyk - 09/01/2008
Fiction
Bradbury, Ray. The Halloween Tree. 2 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. Oct. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4332-3216-9. $14.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed. ISBN 978-1-4332-3217-6. $19.95. F A group of boys travel back in time to discover the beginnings of Halloween; dramatization.
Ozick, Cynthia.
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Audio 09/01/2008
Fiction Allen, Sarah Addison . The Sugar Queen . 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. Books on Tape . 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-5433-1 . $80; digital download. ISBN 978-1-4159-5435-5 . $68. F Allen follows her New York Times best-selling debut, Garden Spells, with this story of love, redemption, and choosing happiness.
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