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Throwback Thursday: My 2013 New Year’s Audiobook Resolutions

Way, way back in 2012, which is like a decade in Audiobook Technology, I created my first Audiobook Resolutions. Let’s see how I did! 2013: 1. More DNF. Actually what I mean is, I resolve to stop listening to audiobooks…

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Are Sam and Cait Actually Jamie and Claire? A Countdown to Outlander

AN INTERACTIVE GAL CHAT MELINDA: It’s like watching a car wreck – Diana Gabaldon posts some photo, some video, some snippet about the upcoming OUTLANDER A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES and the first reply is some douchebag misguided fan saying (insert…

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Je Suis Prest – An Outlander Tailgate Party – Countdown to Outlander

ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE? JE SUIS PREST! It’s common in the southern United States for people to get pretty dang excited about some sports game or other, and throw a party where everyone gets together and eats and enjoys…

Perfectly Frank – A Countdown to OUTLANDER A STARZ ORIGINAL

SPOILER ALERT – this article is for people who have already read Outlander or who don’t care that I’m totally giving spoilers. And if you are the latter, Frank Randall is Claire’s husband in the 20th century, the one she’s on holiday with…

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A Romance Lover’s Guide to Outlander

(Romance Audiobook Lovers that is) First, about Outlander and the Outlander series: not technically romance. Author Diana Gabaldon will be first in line to tell you this. Loudly and adamantly. But Outlander isn’t neatly categorized as one genre – there’s time travel (paranormal/sci-fi), suspense, murder, mystery,…

The Month in Review: AudioGals’ Favorites

This year marks the – well, only the 8th year, I guess, of my Serious Audiobook Adventure. Not that long in the scheme of the universe, but in technology years, that is centuries. The first audiobook I ever listened to…

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Christine Feehan’s Dark Series – The Rerecorded Seven

Tomorrow, on December 31st, Harper Audio is releasing seven titles from Christine Feehan’s Dark series. This completes the rerecording and releasing of the Feehan titles originally produced in audio by Books in Motion. This is cause for excitement among Feehan…

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It Takes Two, Baby

  A Riff on Dual Narration and Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters and Some Other Stuff Suzanne Brockmann has two military suspense series of which I am a big, big fan – the original Tall, Dark and Dangerous series (TDD) where she introduces SEALs…

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New Releases: Susan Andersen’s Backlist

GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS – A Brenda and Melinda Chat THE GOOD NEWS IS, YAY, MORE SUSAN ANDERSEN IN AUDIO! YAY! She’s a great contemporary voice with a lot of humor, as well as strong family ties, especially “made-up” families, including…