This week we discussed Starling House , written by Alix E. Harrow and narrated by Natalie Naudus. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Starling House for today’s episode. Starling House [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Fractured Fables (Series): A Spindle Splintered [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Mexican Gothic [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Spring Hills Cy...
Oct 10, 2023•13 min
This week we discussed He Who Drowned the World , Shelley Parker-Chan and narrated by Natalie Naudus. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. He Who Drowned the World [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] She Who Became The Sun [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] 158: 2022 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel The Poppy War [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Oct 03, 2023•20 min
This week we discussed The Saint of Bright Doors , written by Vajra Chandrasekera and narrated by Sid Sagar. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. The Saint of Bright Doors [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Victory City [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Blue Skinned Gods [ Libro.fm...
Sep 26, 2023•16 min
This week we discussed audio short fiction including where to find it and some of our recent listens. Escape Artists Podcasts: [ Escape Pod ] / [ PodCastle ] / [ PseudoPod ] / [ Cast of Wonders ] / [ CatsCast ] Uncanny Magazine Podcast Levar Burton Reads The Clarkesworld Podcast Lightspeed Podcast Beneath Ceaseless Skies khōréō Magazine Fantasy Magazine Kaleidocast Nightlight The Drabblecast Upbeat Tales Tall Tale TV / [ Episode 23 ] StarShipSofa Apex Magazine Strange Horizons Glittership Availa...
Sep 19, 2023•37 min
This week, we continued our 2023 awards discussion with the finalists for the 2023 Lodestar Award. Discussion with Lisa and Scott. 2023 Lodestar Finalists: Akata Woman [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Golden Enclaves [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Golden-Enclaves-Audiobook/B09NQKQRWL ">Audible] / [ Episode 174 ] Bloodmarked [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] In the Serpents Wake [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Aud...
Sep 12, 2023•49 min
This week we discussed Silver Nitrate , written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and narrated by Gisela Chípe. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing an audio review copy of Silver Nitrate for today’s episode. Silver Nitrate [ Libro.fm ] The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Episode 217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel Ring Shout [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] S...
Sep 05, 2023•16 min
This week, we continued our look at the 2023 Hugo Finalists with the Best Series category. Lisa on Bluesky: @lisajune.bsky.social 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series: Children of Time (Series): Children of Time [ Audible ] The Founders Trilogy (Series): Foundryside [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Rivers of London (Series): M...
Aug 29, 2023•50 min
This week we discussed More Perfect , written by Temi Oh and narrated by Nneka Okoye and Adam Courting. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. More Perfect [ Overdrive/Libby ] We are Satellites [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 120 ] Do You Dream of Terra-Two? [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Discipline and Punish [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible Plus ] Machinehood [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 120 ] Minority Report (...
Aug 22, 2023•17 min
This week, we had a great time discussing the 2023 Hugo Finalists for Best Novel with three special guests. Hugo, Girl! Podcast [ Website ] / [ Twitter ] / [ Mastadon ] / [ Instagram ] / [ Facebook ] Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog [ Blog ] / [ Mastadon ] Hugos There Podcast [ Website ] / [ Twitter ] 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Kaiju Preservation Society [ Audible ] / [ Episode 144 ] Legends & Lattes [ Li...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 16 min
This time we discussed Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw , a memoir written and narrated by Eddie Ndopu. Review & discussion with Lisa and Shachi. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing an audio review copy of Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw for today’s episode. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw [ Libro.fm ] Sitting pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body [ Libro.fm ] Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First ...
Aug 08, 2023•24 min
More discussions from Readercon 32. Readercon John Wiswell: [ Newsletter ] / [ Patreon ] / [ Linktree ] Someone You Can Build a Nest In (April 2, 2024) [ Penguin Random House ] ”Bad Doors” [ Uncanny ] ”The Coward Who Stole God’s Name” [ Uncanny ] / [ Psuedopod ] ”Under the Rubble” [ Psuedopod ] ”The Lie Misses You” [ Cast of Wonders ] ”Open House on Haunted Hill” [ LeVar Burton Reads ] All the Seas of the World (written by: Guy Gavriel Kay and narrated by: Simon Vance) [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Sharing our discussions with authors at Readercon 32. Readercon Vajra Chandrasekere: [ Website ] The Saint of Bright Doors [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Short Stories: [ Clarkesworld ] /[“Ulde” - Glittership ] Strange Horizons Podcast Nightmare Magazine Glittership Cameron Roberson (Rob Cameron): [ Website ] / [ Tor.com ] / [ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ] / [ Foreign Policy Magazine ] Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers Daydreamer (Forthcoming in Summer 2024) ...
Jul 25, 2023•47 min
Lisa and Scott discuss the 2023 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella. 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella: Into the Riverlands [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] What Moves the Dead [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Even Though I Knew the End [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 180 ] A Mirror Mended [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 157 ] Ogres [ Audible ] / [ Episode 170 ] Where the Drowned Girls Go [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / ...
Jul 18, 2023•35 min
This time on Narrated, we embrace the warmer weather and discuss some of our favorite summer audiobook listens. Round 1: Shachi: The Museum of Ordinary People [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Lisa: Binti [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Scott: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 199 ] Round 2: Shachi: VenCo [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 195 ] Lisa: Space Opera [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Sc...
Jul 11, 2023•38 min
This time we discussed The Little Book of Exoplanets , an upcoming look at the latest science on the search and investigation of exoplanets, written and narrated by Joshua N. Winn. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Princeton University Press for providing an audio review copy of The Little Book of Exoplanets for today’s episode. The Little Book of Exoplanets [ Libro.fm ] Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life Extraterrestrial:The Fir...
Jul 04, 2023•16 min
This time we discussed Translation State , written by Ann Leckie and narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Translation State [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Ancillary Justice [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ]/ [ Audible ] Food & Drink Audiobook Draft [ Episode 72 ] The Raven Tower [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Remote Control [ Libro.fm ] Good Omens (Full Cast Production) [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Wayf...
Jun 27, 2023•20 min
This time we discussed Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy , the newest middle grade fantasy novel written by Angie Thomas and narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott with special guest Colin (Note: Includes some minor character spoilers). Thank you to Libro.fm ALC program and Balzer + Bray for providing an audio review copy of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy for the episode. Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manife...
Jun 20, 2023•13 min
This time we discussed The Wishing Pool and Other Stories , written by Tananarive Due and narrated by William DeMeritt & Jasmin Walker. Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Recorded Books, Inc. for providing an audio review copy of The Wishing Pool for today’s episode. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories [ Libro.fm ] A Song for a New Day [ Libro.fm ] The Book Eaters [ Libro.fm ]...
Jun 13, 2023•14 min
Lisa discusses The Ferryman , written by Justin Cronin and narrated by Scott Brick & Suzanne Elise Freeman. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing advance review copies for today’s episode. The Ferryman [ Libro.fm ] Logan’s Run (1976) [ IMDb ] An Island Too Lovely [ Kindle ]...
Jun 06, 2023•7 min
This time we discussed Witch King , the newest Fantasy novel written by Martha Wells and narrated by Eric Mok. Review & discussion with Lisa, and Scott. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Witch King for today’s episode. Witch King [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 99: Fugitive Telemetry ] The Goblin Emperor [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ]...
May 30, 2023•17 min
Mark, Lisa, and Scott got together to run and to discuss running with audiobooks including a few recommendations. How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters [ Audible ] The Incomplete Book of Running [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] We are Satellites [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 120 ] Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy [ Audible ] The School for Good and Evil [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Au...
May 23, 2023•13 min
This time we discussed Flux , written by Jinwoo Chong and narrated by David Lee Huynh. Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Flux [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Time Travel in Fiction [ Episode 168 ] 12 Monkeys (1995) [ IMDb ] Midnight, Water City [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 108 ]...
May 16, 2023•22 min
This time we discussed Chain Gang All-Stars , written by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; and narrated by Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch, & Lee Osorio. Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa, and Scott. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing advance review copies of Chain Gang All-Stars for today’s episode. Chain Gang All-Stars [ Libro.fm ] Riot Baby [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ]...
May 09, 2023•19 min
This time on Narrated, we discussed our favorite biography and memoir audiobooks. Round 1: Shachi: Finding Me [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 198 ] Lisa: Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Scott: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 37 ] Round 2: Shachi: The Man Who Could Move Clouds [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Au...
May 02, 2023•37 min
Lisa & Scott discuss two recent novellas: The Mimicking of Known Successes written by Malka Older and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus; and The Scourge Between Stars written by Ness Brown and narrated by Bahni Turpin. The Mimicking of Known Successes [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Scourge Between Stars [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Tea and Murder (including The Tea Master and the Detective ) [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Braking Day [ Lib...
Apr 25, 2023•21 min
Lisa and Scott discuss a range of science fiction stories featuring artificial intelligence and discuss what these depictions can tell us about humanity and how we interact with the world. References: AI 2041 [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Rossum’s Universal Robots (Adaptation) [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Robot (Series): The Caves of Steel [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] 2001: A Space Odyssey [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] Robopocalypse [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audib...
Apr 18, 2023•58 min
Lisa and Scott discuss The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi written by Shannon Chakraborty and narrated by Lameece Issaq & Amin El Gamal. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Daevabad Trilogy (Series) [ Overdrive/Libby ] / Libro.fm: [ The City of Brass ] [ The Kingdom of Copper ] [ The Empire of Gold ] / [ Audible ] A Master of Djinn [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Apr 11, 2023•12 min
Shachi and Scott discuss the award-winning Finding Me , written and narrated by Viola Davis. Finding Me [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ https://www.audible.com/pd/Finding-Me-Audiobook/B09F4X96MC ">Audible] 2023 Audie Winners The Monsters We Defy [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Unprotected: A Memoir [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Fairy Tale [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ https://www.audible.com/pd/Fairy-Tale-Audiobook/B09R62PV4B ">Audible] /...
Apr 04, 2023•25 min
Mark and Scott discuss Hugo Award nomination thoughts (not necessarily the categories you’d think) and recent listens including Fairy Tale , written by Stephen King and narrated by Seth Numrich and Stephen King. Fairy Tale [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Our Favorite Audiobooks of 2022 [ Episode 184 ] Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) [ IMDb ] Andor (2022-) [ IMDb ] Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [ IMDb ] WandaVision (2021) [ IMDb ] Dune (2021) [ IMDb ...
Mar 28, 2023•34 min
Gilbert joined Lisa & Scott to discuss reading challenges including how we approach setting and tracking reading goals, finding time to read or listen, and other tips for reaching your reading goals. Referenced Audiobooks: Memory’s Legion [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] Contact - Unabridged [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Contact - Abridged [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] Miracle and Wonder [ Libro.fm ] [ Overdrive/Libby ] [ Audible ] A Master of Djinn [ ...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min
