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Audiobook Review: Letters to Zell by Camille Griep

Posted on July 9, 2015 7 Comments

Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Imaginative Retellings, Humor Publisher: 47North (July 1, 2015) Author Information: Twitter | Website Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Amy McFadden | Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Brilliance Audio (July 1, 2015) | Whispersync Ready: Yes Full Disclosure: A review copy of this book and […]

Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: New Books & What I’ve Read

Posted on July 4, 2015 26 Comments

Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every two weeks where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, what I plan to read soon, and what I’ve finished reading since the last update. Sometimes I throw in stuff like reading challenge updates, book lists, and other random bookish things. […]

Audiobook Review: Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

Posted on July 3, 2015 7 Comments

Genre: Fantasy Series: Book #1 of The Chronicles of Amber Publisher: Avon Books (April 1970) Author Information: Goodreads Tiara’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Alessandro Juliani | Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Audible Studios (July 31, 2013) | Whispersync Ready: No That cover. The 70s and […]

Audiobook Review: Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

Posted on July 1, 2015 18 Comments

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Witcher Publisher: Hachette Audio (June 2, 2015) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating (Overall): 4 of 5 stars Narrator: Peter Kenny | Length: 10 hrs 55 min I remember being thrilled when I discovered […]

Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten (Audio) Books I’ve Listened To So Far In 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 19 Comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! […]

Audiobook Review: The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord

Posted on June 28, 2015 15 Comments

A review copy was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of The Best of All Possible Worlds Publisher: Audible (April 23, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating (Overall): 3 of 5 stars Narrator: Robin Miles | Length: 11 hrs 12 […]

Audiobook Review: The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

Posted on June 28, 2015 7 Comments

Genre: Fantasy Series: Book #1 of the Ile-Rien Series Publisher: Self-Published (November 13, 2006) Author Information: Website | Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Derek Perkins | Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Tantor Audio (September 16, 2013) | Whispersync Ready: Yes The […]

Voice of Gold: An Interview with Award-winning Narrator Simon Vance

Posted on June 26, 2015 8 Comments

It’s no secret that we at BiblioSanctum are fond of audiobooks and the many narrators who bring those stories to life. It’s also no secret that one of our favourite narrators is the amazing Simon Vance, whose award-winning work encompasses almost a thousand different books over the past 30 years. We are thrilled that Mr. Vance […]

More Audiobook Narrators We Love

Posted on June 23, 2015 14 Comments

Since it’s Audiobook Month, we decided that now would be a good time to update our favorite narrators list from 2013 (yikes!). Despite the long gap since we talked about favorite narrators, that has given us plenty of time to grow as audiobook listeners and discover new and amazing voices. We still love our initial […]

Audiobook Review: The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman

Posted on June 23, 2015 12 Comments

Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Science-Fantasy Publisher: Ecco Press (February 10, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts | Length: 26 hrs and 38 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Blackstone Audio (June 16, 2015) | Whispersync Ready: No Full Disclosure: A review copy of this audiobook was […]