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Leap day is a great day to jump into audiobooks! If you haven’t listened to an audiobook lately, you are missing out on a great way to experience stories through the audio medium. The growing popularity of books on CD & downloaded MP3 offers literature lovers a whole new appreciation of the author’s voice, through the talents of gifted narrators. To sample the very best from 2007, give a listen to any of the first recipients of ALA’s newest literary award: The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. I’ve posted earlier on Jazz, the first Odyssey winner.
But for a true Carnival mood, give a listen to Dooby Dooby Moo from Weston Woods, a 2008 Odyssey Honor title. If you are a fan of Farmer Brown’s barnyard menagerie, you simply must get your hands on the entire series in audiobook form, beginning with Click Clack Moo. Musician Randy Travis narrates the series with banjo in hand and tongue firmly planted in his cheek. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Dooby Dooby Moo which features that dastardly Duck rocking out in his talent show performance of “Born to be Wild” or the soothing new-age soundscape of “When Pigs Fly.” Weston Woods has also released DVDs of the series narrated by Travis – sample a clip of Click Clack Moo here. Hear how humor jumps from the page through the sound of a masterful audio production.
Penguin Books is exploring the idea that the nonlinearity of information presented on the internet is transforming the way we read - and think. Jeremy Ettinghausen, Penguin's Digital Publisher, offers the example that teens start reading a web page at the center, with the eye bouncing to segments at the edge of the page when attracted visually. I can attest to the truth of this in my daily observation of my middle school students searching for information via the web. Will some declare that this nonlinear way of reading is not really literary? I think that argument is behind the disdain that has been the reaction to eBooks and the Kindle.
I've often heard audiobooks dismissed as "not really reading." I agree - they are an auditory medium for gathering story. I'm ready for the literary-medium class wars to be over. A good story is a good story - one that can hold its worth no matter what method is used to tell it. Join me in staying tuned to Penguin's exploration of new ways of nonlinear storytelling.
Click here for a cryptic invitation to the adventure!
Now here's a great idea. Cancel the gym membership & listen to literature while burning calories by walking. That's what Belinda Webb suggests in her January 1st column in the UK's Guardian. Take a moment to read her advice and suggest your favorites for her daily walk!
Now that my term on the Odyssey Award committee is nearing the end, those fabulous boxes full of the latest titles from publishers will stop magically appearing on my porch, and I will have to start finding other ways to satisfy my addiction. Audiobooks are a pretty expensive habit, if you want the newest release that isn't yet available from the public library. When the publishers were feeding my addiction, I had the luxury of listening to my no-cost audiobooks at the gym. But if it comes down to working out at the gym or listening to the newest title, I know which one I'd pick.
However, both options have one drawback - the public display of listener engagement. Every audiobook addict knows the loony-lady stigma of laughing out loud in a crowded room of serious treadmill-focused gym rats, or the concerned expression of the sidewalk passer-by who sees the denouement-induced tears. But better to consume audiobooks while becoming physically fit - as my other favorite way to listen is while cooking elaborate treats in the kitchen!
My husband and I had to drive to Ohio for a funeral a few weeks ago and so I naturally checked out a stack of audiobooks to give us something to listen to (not that an iPod wouldn’t have been just as entertaining). Now I try to pick a range of books that I think we both would be happy listening to. Jon tends to like military and non-fiction which I am not always a fan of. But we both like science fiction, humor, and certain types of non-fiction. So with that in mind, I picked out 6 or 7 books. We listened to some funny David Sedaris, but that only lasted an hour and a half. So Jon thought something by Heinlein would be good. Now I admit that I have only ever read Puppet Masters but I loved it so I figured I would like this one. NOTE:The chance of a person liking or disliking an audiobook is largely dependant on the person reading it. The back of the CD did not even tell us who did the reading. Not a good sign.
But I digress. The book is about young Thorby who starts off as a slave and slowly makes his way from slave to free man to trader to military soldier to being very very rich all by the time he is 20. But it all happens in such an uninteresting way that you do not feel there is any plot. Yet you can’t help but continue because you want to find out if Thorby, who at the beginning of the book has an unknown identity, ever discovers who he is. So Jon and I listened to it. Unfortunately, the discs were longer than the drive and so we arrived back home with 1.5 hours still left to listen to. And we finally did that by taking a drive tonight. I have to say that I don’t really know why we listened to the rest. It was singularly uninteresting and yet there was something there (definitely NOT the narrators nasally annoying voice) that made us trudge onward. But I am happy to say it is done. We’ve already agreed that next time we go on a car trip, it’s David Sedaris straight through.
During our iRead Teen Summer Reading Program various libraries will be hosting the creators of the comic Nemu Nemu, Audra Furuichi and Scott Yoshinaga. You can view their appearance schedule via the Hawaii State Public Library System website under Services>Programs>Teen>Oahu or simply click on this link. They will also be appearing on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai.
Just a little reminder folks, the Kawaii Kon is this weekend: April 18-20th. For more information go to their website: 
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In the sequelish to Street Magic, Evvy goes with Rosethorn to a small island to find out what is killing all the plants and animals. It turns out that it is a volcano and it is up to Evvy to try and save the island. That is the basic plot of the story, but it is really more about Evvy learn to love humans. She loves rocks, but doesn’t really care if people live or die and it is in this book that she must learn to do so. Pierce released this book first as an audio. It won’t release as a book until 2008. Bruce Coville’s Full Cast Audio did the book. It is the first book (supposedly) to be released as an audio first. I don’t know how I feel about the full cast audio. On one hand, I found Evvy’s voice a bit annoying, but then because there were other voices, I did not have to listen to only that voice. I think I will try another and see if I like it. I think it is admirable that they are trying to make audiobooks important, but I don’t know if it will work. Although I have to note that I wanted to read it and so instead of waiting a year I did pick up the audio so maybe it did work.
Audio books are here to stay . I am in love with them . Not only its interesting to hear voices , you can enjoy them while moving. I hear audio books all the time in my car . One of my friend is so crazy about audio books . He takes long routes to get back to his home . You can find some cheaper audio book library online .