Apologies for being late to rounding up June’s audiobook links. But better late than never! June is designated audiobook month, so there is a lot to enjoy in this month’s collection of links and news.

News & Features

Jen at Devourer of Books hosted Audiobook Week, with daily topics for bloggers to write on and link up.  I started pulling them all out individually, but why reinvent the wheel? Go check out discussions of where readers learn about their audiobooks, what makes for a good audiobook narrator, the essentials of reviewing audiobooks, and how this year has sounded in listening (including reader favorites).  Jen and others shared a ton of audiobook reviews over the course of the week, so I highly encourage you to check out all of the posts during that week. Good stuff!

Emily at Emily’s Reading Room hosted a number of excellent features in June focused on audiobooks, including “Narration Creation,” which interviewed multiple audiobook readers on the different facets of preparing to record, getting into character and more. She also teamed up with a number of other bloggers to feature numerous reviews and interviews, so check out her post with the links to other participants to read their contributions.

The annual Odyssey Awards presentation the American Library Association convention in Anaheim got some nice blog coverage, too, including this piece on The Hub by Gretchen Kolderup and this one at Liz Burns’s blog.

Over at Booklist’s Audiobooker blog, you can check out the winners of this year’s Audie awards.



NPR has a piece on audiobooks for family road trips. Then make sure you check out the SLJ post about more family-friendly audiobooks.

Reviews

Our friend Lee at Reading with my Ears reviewed Zombies vs. Unicorns, Little Women, Rabbit Run, One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street, Nightwoods, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, and Dissolution.   

Over at The Readventurer, check out reviews for Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life and MT Anderson’s Feed.

April at Good Books & Good Wine has a review of Barry Lyga’s I Hunt Killers, Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, and a review of Ally Carter’s Uncommon Criminals.

Sarah at YA Love Blog reviews Catherine Gilbert Murdoch’s The Dairy Queen and Bill Konigsberg’s Out of the Pocket.

Beth at A Foodie Bibliophile reviews Jennifer Holm’s Turtle in Paradise and Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton (this review is amazing).

Sarah at YA Librarian Tales reviews The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright.

Beth Fish Reads has reviews up of Mark Kurlansky’s Birdseye, as well as six mini reviews.

Melanie from Melanie’s Musings has two reviews this month: Amy Kathleen Ryan’s Glow and Georgette Heyer’s Venitia.

Megan at Devour Books has four reviews this month to share, including The Selection, Unwind, Cinder, and Dreamland.

Carin from Caroline Bookbinder has a review of David von Drehle’s Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.          

Mindi has a review of Meg Cabot’s Pants on Fire up at KidLitGeek.

I know I’ve missed stuff this month, so please drop any reviews, news, or interesting stories about audiobooks you might have in the comments. And don’t forget — next month Audiosynced will be over at Abby (the) Librarian.