This time we discussed The Last Hour Between Worlds , written by Melissa Caruso and narrated by Moira Quirk. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing audio review copies of The Last Hour Between Worlds for today’s episode. The Last Hour Between Worlds [ Libro.fm ] A Darker Shade of Magic [ Libro.fm ] A Half-Built Garden [ Libro.fm ] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 199 ] Even Though I Knew the End [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 180 ] The Locked Tomb ...
Dec 03, 2024•14 min
This time on Narrated, we discussed what makes a comfort read and shared some of our favorites with a Narrated draft. Round 1: Shachi: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Lisa: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series): The Warrior's Apprentice [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Scott: Wayfarers (Series): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Round 2: Shachi: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ...
Nov 26, 2024•48 min
This time we discussed Countess , written by Suzan Palumbo and narrated by Chanté McCormick. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Countess [ Libro.fm ] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”A Stranger Knocks” written by Tananarive Due, narrated by Matt Peters [ Uncanny Magazine ] - Issue Sixty ”Nine Tenths of the Law” written by K.J. Parker, narrated by Heath Miller [ Beneath Ceaseless Skies ] - Issue 417 ”Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns” written by...
Nov 19, 2024•20 min
This week we celebrated Non-Fiction November by discussing some of our favorite non-fiction reads and listens from 2024. Biography/Memoir: Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Other Non-Fiction Picks: Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making ...
Nov 12, 2024•25 min
This time we discussed The Maid and the Crocodile , written by Jordan Ifueko and narrated by Adetinpo Thomas. The Maid and the Crocodile [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Raybearer [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 91 ] Redemptor [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 118 ] ”The Sin of America” [ Uncanny Magazine ] Other References: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] Barrayar [ Libro.fm ] /...
Nov 05, 2024•19 min
This time we discussed She Who Knows , written by Nnedi Okorafor and narrated by Yetide Badaki. She Who Knows [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] Who Fears Death [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Book of Phoenix [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Remote Control [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Nsibidi Scripts (series): Akata Witch [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Oct 29, 2024•14 min
This time on Narrated, we celebrated Halloween with a Narrated draft of some of our favorite creepy, eerie, and mysterious stories. Round 1: Shachi: Girl One [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Lisa: These Lifeless Things [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Scott: What Moves the Dead [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Round 2: Shachi: Firekeeper’s Daughter [ https://tidd.ly/48iqc0x ">Libro.fm] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 116 ] Lisa: ...
Oct 22, 2024•28 min
This time we discussed Lady Eve's Last Con , written by Rebecca Fraimow and narrated by Tamika Katon-Donegal. Lady Eve's Last Con [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Iron Children [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Discussions from Readercon 33 [ https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/266 ">Episode 266] The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ...
Oct 15, 2024•13 min
This time we discussed Haunt Sweet Home , written by Sarah Pinsker and narrated by Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey & Robb Moreira. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Haunt Sweet Home [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] We are Satellites [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] ”Two Truths and a Lie” written by Sarah Pinsker [ Reactor ] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Signs of Life” written by Sarah Pinske...
Oct 08, 2024•15 min
This time we discussed Space Oddity , written by Catherynne M. Valente and narrated by Heath Miller Space Oddity [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Space Opera [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 149 ] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Past is Red [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 117 ] The Ref...
Oct 01, 2024•15 min
This time we discussed The Dead Cat Tail Assassins , written by P. Djèlí Clark and narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Recorded Books, Inc. for providing audio review copies of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins for today’s episode. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins [ Libro.fm ] A Master of Djinn [ https://tidd.ly/3QFM1hp ">Libro.fm] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ https://tidd.ly/3ZUKFms ">Libro.fm]...
Sep 24, 2024•11 min
This time we discussed The Mercy of Gods , written by James S.A. Corey and narrated by Jefferson Mays. The Mercy of Gods [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Mercy-of-Gods-Audiobook/B0CQZ5167B ">Audible] Livesuit - Available Oct 1 [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Sep 17, 2024•31 min
This time we discussed The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles , written by Malka Older and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Mimicking of Known Successes [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 201 ] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Wonderland Is a Parking Lot in Revere” written by John Chu, narrated...
Sep 10, 2024•19 min
This week we discussed Floating Hotel , written by Grace Curtis and narrated by Braden Wright. Floating Hotel [ Audible ] ”The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024 (So Far)” By Molly Templeton [ Esquire ] - Aug 16, 2024 The Aleph Extraction [ Audible ] / [ Episode 70 ] The Spare Man [ Audible ] / [ Episode 176 ] The Expanse (Series) [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Sep 03, 2024•15 min
This week we discussed Loka , written by S.B. Divya and narrated by Deepa Samuel Loka [ Audible ] Meru [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 192 ]
Aug 27, 2024•20 min
This time we discussed All This and More , written by Peng Shepherd and narrated by Helen Laser Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and HarperAudio for providing audio review copies of All This and More for today’s episode. All This and More [ Libro.fm ] Clue (1985) [ IMDb ] The Midnight Library [ Libro.fm ] A Quantum Love Story [ Libro.fm ] This Time Tomorrow [ Libro.fm ] The Dallergut Dream Department Store [ Libro.fm ] The Ministry of Time [ Libro.fm ] Flux [ Libro.fm ] The Double Life of Benso...
Aug 20, 2024•37 min
This week we discussed We Speak Through the Mountain , written by Premee Mohamed and narrated by Eva Tavares. We also shared some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. We Speak Through the Mountain [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Annual Migration of Clouds [ Libro.fm ] / [ Episode 131 ] A Psalm for the Wild Built [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 113 ] Land of Milk and Honey [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] T...
Aug 13, 2024•32 min
Lisa and Shachi discuss the Earthseed series, written by Octavia E. Butler including Parable of the Sower narrated by Lynne Thigpen; and Parable of the Talents narrated by Patricia R. Floyd, Sisi Aisha Johnson & Peter Jay Fernandez. Discussion does include spoilers for the series. They also begin with discussion of the Booker Prize 2024 Longlist. Parable of the Sower [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Parable of the Talents [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The B...
Aug 06, 2024•40 min
Author Jessica Max Stein joined Lisa to discuss her new book Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography , narrated by Will Tulin. Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [ Libro.fm ] / [ Audible ] Jessica Max Stein [ Website ] / [ Patreon ]...
Jul 30, 2024•36 min
Lisa shares her discussions with authors at Readercon 33. https://readercon.org/ ">Readercon Carlos Hernández: [ Website ] / [ Facebook ] / [ Instagram ] Sal and Gabi Break the Universe [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria [ Overdrive/Libby ] Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Lincoln in the Bardo (Written by: George Saunders / Narrated by: Full Cast) [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Au...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min
This week, Lisa and Scott discussed Rakesfall , written by Vajra Chandrasekera and narrated by Shiromi Arserio. Rakesfall [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Saint of Bright Doors [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 223 ] This is How You Lose the Time War [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Jul 16, 2024•15 min
Lisa and Scott discuss the 2024 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novel. 2024 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 199 ] The Saint of Bright Doors [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 223 ] Starter Villain [ Audible ] Some Desperate Glory [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Translation State [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 210 ] Witch King [ Libro.f...
Jul 09, 2024•27 min
This week Lisa shares her mid-year 2024 book recommendations and what she is looking forward to in the second half of the year. Shachi shares a mini review of Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny , written by Mark Cecil and narrated by Tanis Parenteau, Ari Fliakos, and JD Jackson. Novels: The Warm Hands of Ghosts [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Those Beyond the Wall [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] / [ Episode 248 ] The Stardust Grail [ Libro.fm ] / [ Over...
Jul 02, 2024•17 min
This week we discussed Mirrored Heavens , book 3 of the Between Earth and Sky trilogy , written by Rebecca Roanhorse and narrated by Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Shyla Lefner, Nicole Lewis, Kairyn Potts & Shaun Taylor-Corbett. Mirrored Heavens [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Fevered Star [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Black Sun [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Jun 25, 2024•17 min
This week, Lisa and Scott continue their look at the 2024 Hugo Finalists with the Best Series category. 2024 Hugo Finalists - Best Series: The Final Architecture (Series): Shards of Earth [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Imperial Radch (Series): Ancillary Justice [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Laundry Files (Series): The Atrocity Archives [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] "The Laundry Files: an updated chronology" by: Charlie Stross The Last B...
Jun 18, 2024•51 min
This week we discussed The Stardust Grail , written by Yume Kitasei and narrated by Katharine Chin. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of The Stardust Grail for today’s episode. The Stardust Grail [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Interdependency (Series) [ Audible ] The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ]...
Jun 11, 2024•11 min
This week we discussed Lost Ark Dreaming , written by Suyi Davies Okungbowa and narrated by Emeka Emecheta, Nneka Okoye, Ore Apampa-Araba, Délé Ogundiran, Nene Nwoko, Ike Amadi. We also shared some of our recent short fiction listens in our Short Fiction Spotlight. Lost Ark Dreaming [ Audible ] The Scourge Between Stars [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Scourge-Between-Stars-Audiobook/B0BRNZFG1X ">Audible] The Deep [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Aud...
Jun 04, 2024•15 min
This week we discussed Archangels of Funk , written by Andrea Hairston and narrated by January LaVoy. Archangels of Funk [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Author Interviews from Arisia - Part II [ Episode 241 ] Redwood and Wildfire [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Will Do Magic for Small Change [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Station Eleven [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Past is Red [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audib...
May 28, 2024•17 min
This week we discussed Service Model , written and narrated by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing an audio review copy of Service Model for today’s episode. Service Model [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] And Put Away Childish Things [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [ Libro.fm ] / [ OverDrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] The Phantom Tollbooth [ https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781984887...
May 21, 2024•14 min
This week we discussed The Brides of High Hill , book 5 of the Spring Hills Cycle series, written by Nghi Vo and narrated by Cindy Kay. We also shared some of our recent short fiction listens in our Short Fiction Spotlight. The Brides of High Hill [ Libro.fm ] / [ Overdrive/Libby ] / [ Audible ] Short Fiction Spotlight: ”Chug the Tea Leaves, Chuck the Ads” written by Tim Chawaga, narrated by James Kaku Pierson [ Escape Pod 938 ] ”The Last Oracle of Atlantic City” written by C.H. Irons, narrated ...
May 14, 2024•15 min
