Welcome to another edition of AudioSynced, a monthly round up of all things audiobook, hosted by STACKED and Abby (the) Librarian. I think it’s fair to say that October was one heck of a listening month, as we have a ton of reviews to share. And if you’ve got any audiobook reviews or news from the month of October, drop a comment to be added to the roundup!

Audio Reviews

Let’s kick off this month’s AudioSynced with the reviews from the folks at Earphoria reviews. They’ve talked about a ton of different audiobooks, including The Night Circus, Around the World in Stilettos, The Age of Wonder, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Hero, and Poor Miss Finch.

Erica at The Book Cellar reviewed Lisa McMann’s The Unwanteds.

Shelf Employed brings a review of Vespers Rising, the 11th book in the 39 Clues series.

Beth at A Foodie Bibliophile in Wanderlust reviewed Alyson Noel’s Dreamland, Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens, and Gabrielle Zevin’s All These Things I’ve Done.

Amanda at A Patchwork of Books offers up a selection of mini audiobook reviews this month, ranging from adult to children’s titles. Check them out.

Sarah at YA Librarian Tales brings us her take on Marcus Sedgwick’s Revolver.

Alli at Reading Everywhere has a review of One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street.

As usual, Lee at Reading with my Ears brings a ton of thoughtful audiobook reviews across a spectrum of genres and age groups. Check out reviews of Dennis Lehane’s Moonlight Mile, Cynthia Voigt’s Young Fredle, Jack Ferraiolo’s Sidekicks, Cecelia Galante’s The Patron Saint of Butterflies, Andrea Davis Pinkney’s Bird in a Box, China Mieville’s The City & The City, Jennifer Richard Davidson’s Small as an Elephant, Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens, Molly Gloss’s The Hearts of Horses, and Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi. I envy how many audiobooks Lee listens to and reviews in a month!

Abby offers up a review of Jack Gantos’s Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.

Drea at The Book Blather also talks up Lisa McMann’s middle grade novel The Unwanteds.

Carin at Caroline Bookbinder offers up a review of The Circus Fire. This sounds like a really interesting non-fiction listen.

Audiobook News & Other Adventures

Meg at writemeg! talks about her first experiencing trying out an audiobook, and it looks like it was a good one.

Have a favorite audiobook from 2011? Drop a comment on PW’s Listen Up Audiobook blog.

Neil Gaiman now has his own audiobook space at Audible. What does that mean? He’s hand selected a number of favorite audiobooks and he’s had a hand in helping select the readers for these titles.

Let’s talk apps for a second. I’m not a big app user, but I know some folks are, and what better way to reach audiobook listeners with smart devices than through an app? Check out what AudioFile has to offer, along with Overdrive for those who have access to that line of audiobooks via their library, Audiofy (still in beta and, as it looks, a good opportunity to listen to some front list titles for free), and Audible.

Want a chance to win an audio copy of The History of the World in 100 Objects? Viking Books and AudioGo are teaming up for a book/CD giveaway today (11/1/11) and tomorrow. All you have to do is follow the respective Twitter accounts, @VikingBooks and @AudioGo.

Welcome to another month of AudioSynced, your roundup of reviews, news, and other audiobook related stories from October 1 until now. If you’ve got something audiobook related on your blog, share it in the comments and I’ll add it! Next month, make sure you head over to Abby (the) Librarian‘s blog where she’ll be hosting.

News:

This month marked the launch of new audiobook publisher Iambik. The founder was also the founder of LibriVox. To learn more, check out this release and their website.

Have you checked out Audible yet? If you haven’t perhaps the idea of two free audiobook downloads will convince you. Just head to this site and sign up. It’s easy to use and the amount of titles they have available is incredible.

Views:

Julia of Spine Label shares with readers what makes an audiobook awesome. She’s serving on the “Awesome Audiobooks” committee for YALSA, which creates a list of the best of the best. Check it out.

On SLJ’s Practically Paradise blog, Susan shares her plea for audiobooks at her school and discusses how she uses them (and how the kids respond).

Devourer of Books offers her take on how to best choose an audiobook for those who haven’t tried one yet. Practical and helpful!

Jenn at Jenn’s Bookshelves has featured haunted books over the last few posts of hers, and in her final post, she’s offering up the opportunity for 9 people to win spooky audiobooks by some of the biggest names in creepy stories. Enter to win here through November 12.

Reviews:

We’re back! Jen shared a review of Marcus Zusak’s I Am the Messanger here at STACKED.

Abby brings us two reviews this month. First up is the middle grade title The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street and then she shared a review of Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan.

Lee over at Reading with My Ears has gotten back into the swing of posting this month, bringing us 5 reviews! Check out reviews of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Stephen King’s The Long Walk, Rachel Ward’s Numbers, non-fiction pick (still sitting on my to-be-read pile) The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, and Laura Amy Schlitz’s The Night Fairy.

Rhapsody in Books gives us a review of Jon Stewart’s Earth on audio this month.

Have news or reviews to share this month? Pop ’em in the comments to be added!