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We took our annual selfie after a wonderful holiday lunch.
From left to right: Greg, Carol, Austin and Tom
Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview and podcast is with Cara Wall, whose debut novel, THE DEARLY BELOVED, is a Bets On pick and a "Today" show "Read with Jenna" book club selection.
Click on the photo above for the video and here for the podcast.
Carol talks about the 52 books we're giving away in our Year-End Bets On contest.
Click on the photo above to watch the video.
Carol talks about this week's Bookreporter update in her latest promo video.
Carol's festive stockings are hung by the chimney with care.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa,
Happy New Year, End of the Year, End of the Decade!
This is the last newsletter of this year and the decade. Yesterday, we were at our staff holiday lunch, where I celebrated our very small, but super dedicated team. We calculated that with 50 weeks of newsletters in the last 10 years alone, we have sent 500 newsletters since the start of the decade. (Since the start of the company, we have sent more than 1,166.) My huge thanks to Tom Donadio, who shepherds every review, organizes our lineups and never misses a beat.
We also spent a lot of time over lunch plotting what we are going to do next.
First up, we need to continue to raise money for the website redesign. We have been toooo busy to work on this recently. Right now, the sites are built in a way that has us paying onerous hosting fees each month to support them as they are on an unstable platform. With a rebuild we will reduce these costs, which are just a waste of money. I feel like, until we can upgrade, we are on one of those little hamster wheels running as fast as we can, but the wheel keeps spinning and it is saying ka-ching! This is super tiresome. ANY donation will be appreciated!
Our focus this summer and fall has been on launching our “Bookreporter Talks To” video and podcast series, which has attracted quite a following in both formats. We already have “Bookreporter Talks To” interviews lined up for the new year with Liz Moore, author of LONG BRIGHT RIVER (in stores January 7th), and Allison Pataki, author of THE QUEEN’S FORTUNE: A Novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire (in stores February 11th). And this week, we taped an interview with William Kent Krueger, author of THIS TENDER LAND, that we think you will enjoy; it will be live on January 8th.
This week, we are bringing you our interview with Cara Wall, whose debut novel, THE DEARLY BELOVED, is a Bookreporter Bets On pick, as well as a "Today" show “Read with Jenna” book club selection. You can watch the video here and listen to the podcast here.
We have a number of special year-end features to share with you in this newsletter. First up is our ninth annual End-of-the-Year Contest, where one Grand Prize winner will be awarded all 52(!) of my Bets On picks from 2019, while 13 other winners will receive a selection of four of these titles. Some of the books you may win include the audiobook edition of Richard Russo’s CHANCES ARE… read by Fred Sanders, DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid, THE GOLDEN HOUR by Beatriz Williams, THE NANNY by Gilly Macmillan, NEVER HAVE I EVER by Joshilyn Jackson, and THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, January 6th at noon ET.
We did something else new this year. We shot a video with me sharing a few comments about each of the 52 books that I picked as Bets On selections in 2019. It took a couple of hours to shoot it, but we are really happy with the way it came together. Please keep in mind that I am just doing top notes about each book here, even briefer than one of my typical book talks. I hope that while watching you will discover something you want to read. Also, if you want to play a game as you watch, count how many times I say the word “unraveling.” Caution if you decide to make it a drinking game and take a drink each time I say it!
Huge thanks to Austin Ruh, who joined us in August and has been producing both the video and audio segments. And he can blackmail me with a bloopers tape; there are times that the pronunciation of a word will completely evade me. He has the patience of Job! And thanks to Greg, who created all of the art for this feature --- including 52 pieces of art that we shared with the individual authors!
Next up are our Reviewer Picks! We always love hearing from our reviewers what their standout books of the year were. Check out their fiction and nonfiction favorites here, and see which of their selections you agree or disagree with --- and which titles you may want to add to your 2020 reading lists. I cannot thank our reviewers enough for all the outstanding work they’ve done for us this year. We are so lucky to have each and every one of them on our team!
For more highlights from 2019, take a look at this page where you’ll find a number of “Best Of” lists that we’ve compiled from around the web --- including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, LibraryReads and many more.
We have THREE poll questions to close out the year. We want to know how many print books and e-books you’ve read this year, and how many audiobooks you’ve listened to. Click here to let us know how much of a bookworm you’ve been in 2019!
Our previous poll asked if you’re planning to give books as gifts this holiday season. 71% of you are planning to give hardcovers or paperbacks, while 27% plan on giving a gift card that will allow the recipient to buy a print book, e-book or audiobook. Click here for all the results.
Our 12th annual Holiday Author Blog series is now in the books! Many thanks to this year’s contributing authors --- Alena Dillon, Marjan Kamali, Jean Kwok, Sarah McCoy, Liz Moore, Kim Michele Richardson, Wendy Wax and Karen White --- for sharing with us their memories of giving or receiving books during the holidays. One piece is more inspiring than the next. I hope you will take some time out of your busy schedules to read them!
If you are still looking for last-minute gift ideas, may we suggest you take a look at this year’s Holiday Cheer feature? These are books that are perfect for holiday giving --- and you may even want to include some of them on your "to me/from me" list.
We wrap up the year with our final 11 reviews of 2019. Among them are FINDING CHIKA, Mitch Albom’s memoir about what it means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart (click here for a discussion guide on ReadingGroupGuides.com); DISNEY’S LAND by popular historian Richard Snow, which chronicles the conception and creation of Disneyland; and REGRETTING YOU, Colleen Hoover's novel about family, first love, grief and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.
We have a new Word of Mouth contest to tell you about. Let us know by Friday, January 10th at noon ET what books you’ve read, and you’ll be in the running to win DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano and LADY CLEMENTINE by Marie Benedict, both of which release the week of January 6th.
Due to the timing of the holidays, we’ve decided to extend our current Sounding Off on Audio contest to Monday, January 6th at noon ET. Submit your comments about the audiobooks you’ve listened to, and you’ll have a chance to win the audio versions of Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson’s THE ANDROMEDA EVOLUTION, read by Julia Whelan, and Bernard Cornwell’s SWORD OF KINGS, read by Matt Bates.
News and Pop Culture
Reader Mail:
Jean wrote, “Thank you for a copy of THE GLASS OCEAN, which I won in the Fall Preview contest. I was so excited to get this book. It was a wonderful read, and I highly recommend it.”
Top Books of the Decade: According to BookScan, these were the top books of the past decade. Not sure what this says about the decade.
#1 was FIFTY SHADES OF GREY by E. L. James (2011), which sold 15.2 million. Then FIFTY SHADES DARKER (2011) and FIFTY SHADES FREED (2012), both also by E. L. James, selling 10.4 million and 9.3 respectively. THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (2008) sold 8.7 million, as did THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett (2009). THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins (2015) sold 8.2 million, while GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn (2012) sold 8.1 million. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green (2012) was right behind that with 8 million, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson (2008) sold 7.9 million, and last up, DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth (2011) sold 6.6 million.
Look at those dates. The newest book came out in 2015.
"Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season": I really enjoyed this documentary on HBO.
"24/7: Kelly Slater": I also enjoyed this HBO documentary "chronicling the prolific surfer’s life in the weeks leading up to the December Billabong Pipe Masters in Oahu, Hawaii."
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel": I still am feeling lukewarm about this season, but it did have high notes. I do agree with this article. Well, I also thought the clothes were marvelous.
"Ray Donovan": I was really happy that Mickey, the character played by Jon Voight, was gone, but alas...
A small favor from you. We would love for you to share our newsletters and the links to our podcasts and videos with those who you see over the holidays. We are hoping to grow our audience of readers --- and you can help with that.
Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year --- the least amount of daylight, that is. And it shepherds in...winter!
I am just about ready to stop hitting the keyboard and head to the post office to mail gifts and thank-you notes, make cookies and then try to kick it back a big notch. The latter will be the most challenging. I have a huge stack of books that I want to read; there are so many that I am excited about for 2020!
We are planning to do the Seven Fishes at the house on Christmas Eve; note that we skip the baccala and eel, and do things like shrimp cocktail, clam chowder and sushi among the selections. We all share ideas about what to make. My parents will be at the house for Christmas dinner; we are making prime rib and Yorkshire pudding.
I know that the holidays can be hard if you are missing those you love, especially if this is the first year that there will be an empty seat at the table or around the house. And I know there will be those who cannot muster the joy that everyone wants to see at the holidays. Our thoughts are with those of you who find yourselves in these situations.
I am looking forward to sharing much with you on January 3rd. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a very, very Happy New Year! Read on, and have a great two weeks when we will be back with a brief newsletter. The next full one will be on January 10th.
Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
P.S. For those of you who are doing online shopping --- including your holiday shopping --- if you use the store links below, Bookreporter.com gets a small affiliate fee on your purchases. We would appreciate your considering this!
Special Contest:
Enter to Win Our End-of-the-Year Celebration,
Featuring All 52 "Bets On" Titles from 2019
We are thrilled to announce a very special contest featuring Carol Fitzgerald’s Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2019. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded all 52 books, while 13 other winners will receive a selection of four of these titles. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, January 6th at noon ET.
Here are this year's Bookreporter.com Bets On titles:
Click here to enter the contest.
Bookreporter.com Reviewers Choose
Their Favorite Books of 2019
Featured Review: FINDING CHIKA by Mitch Albom
FINDING CHIKA: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Mitch Albom
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch Albom operates in Port Au Prince. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, “No one in Haiti can help you with.” Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. Reviewed by Judy Gigstad.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: DISNEY’S LAND by Richard Snow
DISNEY'S LAND: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow (Entertainment/History)
Audiobook available, read by Jacques Roy
One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, California, and imagined building a park where people “could live among Mickey Mouse and Snow White in a world still powered by steam and fire for a day or a week or (if the visitor is slightly mad) forever.” On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates…and the first day was a disaster. But the curious masses kept coming, and the rest is entertainment history. In DISNEY’S LAND, Richard Snow presents the entire spectacular story, an epic of innovation and error that reflects the uniqueness of the man determined to build “the happiest place on earth” with a watchmaker’s precision, an artist’s conviction, and the desperate, high-hearted recklessness of a riverboat gambler. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: REGRETTING YOU by Colleen Hoover
REGRETTING YOU by Colleen Hoover (Romance)
Audiobook available, read by Tanya Eby and Lauren Ezzo
Morgan Grant is determined to prevent her 16-year-old daughter, Clara, from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris --- Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here to read our review.
Now Available: THE CONFESSION CLUB by Elizabeth Berg
THE CONFESSION CLUB by Elizabeth Berg (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Elizabeth Berg
When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than they bargained for. The plan for congenial evenings abruptly changes course one night when one of the women reveals something startlingly intimate. The supper club then becomes Confession Club, and the women gather weekly to share not only dinners but embarrassing misdeeds, deep insecurities and long-held regrets. They invite Iris Winters and Maddy Harris to join, and their timing couldn't be better. Iris is conflicted about her feelings for a charming but troubled man, and Maddy has come back home from New York to escape a problem too big to handle alone. The club offers exactly the kind of support they need to help them make some difficult decisions.
Click here to read more about the book.
Bookreporter.com's Holiday Author Blogs:
Authors Write About Their Favorite Holiday Memories
of Giving or Receiving Books
Our Holiday Author Blogs have returned for a 12th consecutive year! Eight authors shared with us some wonderful memories about giving or receiving books during the holidays.
As always, we appreciate all the authors who took the time to participate in this annual feature.
Click here to read Bookreporter.com's 2019 Holiday Author Blogs.
Bookreporter.com's Holiday Cheer Feature:
Books You Want to Wrap and Unwrap
At Bookreporter.com, we've been celebrating the holiday season in style with our Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature. As our gift to you, we've been spotlighting a book and giving five lucky readers the chance to win it.
Although the contests have ended, we encourage you to take a look at this year's featured titles. These are books you'll want to read during the holidays --- and throughout the year as well!
- Click here to see the winners of this year's Holiday Cheer contests.
Click here to see our Holiday Cheer feature.
2019 "Best Of" Lists from Around the Web
This is the time of year when “Best Of” lists are everywhere. These annual roundups always seem to spark lively discussions among readers as they reflect on their favorite books of the year. Although we at Bookreporter.com don’t have a “Best Of” list of our own, we’ve compiled a number of them for you here. See which of your top picks appear on these lists and which titles you feel should've been included but weren't. Perhaps you’ll even find some books to add to your reading list as we head into the new year!
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
In late August, we launched “Bookreporter Talks To,” a video and podcast series where we deliver a long-form, in-depth author interview every week. For years, I have moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal --- to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
By the way, this follows a long history of The Book Report Network delivering compelling programming to readers. Back in 1997, the company hosted the first online interview with John Grisham, which started a tradition of ongoing interviews with authors.
Authors interviewed to date include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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William Kent Krueger (THIS TENDER LAND)
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Liz Moore (LONG BRIGHT RIVER)
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Allison Pataki (THE QUEEN'S FORTUNE: A Novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire)
Watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interviews and listen to our podcasts.
DEAD ASTRONAUTS by Jeff VanderMeer (Science Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Emily Woo Zeller
A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose purpose remains hidden. DEAD ASTRONAUTS presents a City where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth --- all the Earths. Reviewed by Maya Gittelman.
BOWIE'S BOOKSHELF: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life by John O'Connell (Essays)
Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. In 100 short essays, music journalist John O’Connell studies each book on Bowie’s list and contextualizes it in the artist’s life and work. How did the power imbued in a single suit of armor in THE ILIAD impact a man who loved costumes, shifting identity and the siren song of the alter-ego? How did the poems of T.S. Eliot and Frank O’Hara, the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Anthony Burgess, and the groundbreaking politics of James Baldwin influence Bowie’s lyrics, sound and artistic outlook? How did the 100 books on this list influence one of the most influential artists of a generation? Reviewed by Ray Palen.
STAY by Catherine Ryan Hyde (Historical Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Nick Podehl
In the summer of 1969, 14-year-old Lucas Painter carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His embattled parents are locked in a never-ending war. And his best friend, Connor, is struggling with his own family issues. To find relief from the chaos, Lucas takes long, meandering walks, and one day he veers into the woods. There he discovers an isolated cabin and two huge dogs. Frightened, he runs. And the dogs run with him. Lucas finds unusual peace in running with the dogs, and eventually he meets their owner, Zoe Dinsmore. Closed off and haunted by a tragic past, Zoe has given up and wants out. But Lucas doesn’t want her to go, and he sees an opportunity to bring more than one friend back into the light. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.
HOW THE DEAD SPEAK: A Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Novel by Val McDermid (Mystery/Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Saul Reichlin
Construction is suddenly halted on the redevelopment of an orphanage after dozens of skeletons are found buried in the grounds. Forensic examination reveals they date from between 20 and 40 years ago, when the nuns were running their repressive regime. But then a different set of skeletons are discovered in a far corner, young men from as recent as 10 years ago. When newly promoted DI Paula McIntyre discovers that one of the male skeletons is that of a killer who is supposedly alive and behind bars --- and the subject of one of Carol Jordan’s miscarriage investigations --- it brings Tony Hill and Carol irresistibly into each other’s orbit once again. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
A NEW WORLD BEGINS: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin (History)
The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society --- even if, after more than 200 years, they are more contested than ever before. In A NEW WORLD BEGINS, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre and Danton, in all of their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Reviewed by John Vena.
NINE ELMS: A Kate Marshall Thriller by Robert Bryndza (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Kristin Atherton
Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly turned into a nightmare. Traumatized, betrayed and publicly vilified for the shocking circumstances surrounding the cannibal murder case, Kate could only watch as her career ended in scandal. Fifteen years after those catastrophic events, Kate is still haunted by the unquiet ghosts of her troubled past. Now a lecturer at a small coastal English university, she finally has a chance to face them, as a copycat killer has taken up the Nine Elms mantle. Success promises redemption, but there’s much more on the line: Kate was the original killer’s intended fifth victim…and his successor means to finish the job. Reviewed by Kate Ayers.
WINTER GRAVE: An Embla Nyström Investigation written by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Stina Nielsen
When a little girl disappears a few weeks before Christmas, suspicion falls on the last person she was seen with: the mentally disabled teenage boy who gave her a ride home after school. Complicating the matter is the fact that detectives can hardly get a word out of him. When a second child disappears and a police officer is found dead, tensions in the small town of Strömstad reach an all-time high. As Detective Inspector Embla Nyström hunts for the missing children, she can’t help but think of the case that has been haunting her for years: the disappearance of her childhood best friend. Could the incidents be linked? Reviewed by Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum.
OPPO by Tom Rosenstiel (Political Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by David Colacci
It’s presidential primary season in Washington, DC, and both parties are on edge. At campaign rallies for all the candidates around the country, there are disturbing incidents of violence and protest and shocking acts of civil disobedience. When Wendy Upton, the highly respected centrist senator, receives an anonymous threat that could destroy her promising career, she hires Peter Rena to investigate her past and figure out which side is threatening her and what they are threatening her with. As Rena digs through the senator’s seemingly squeaky-clean past, he must walk the tightrope between two parties at war with each other and with themselves, an electorate that is as restive as it has ever been, and a political culture that is as much driven by money as it is by ideology. Reviewed by Lorraine W. Shanley.
Noteworthy Books Releasing on December 30th and 31st
Below are some notable titles releasing on December 30th and 31st that we would like to make you aware of. We will have more on many of these books in the weeks to come. For a list of additional hardcovers and paperbacks available the weeks of December 30th and January 6th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.
GOOD GIRLS LIE by J.T. Ellison (Psychological Thriller)
J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies, and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets.
MURDER IN RAT ALLEY: A Sam Blackman Mystery by Mark de Castrique (Mystery)
In this unusual spin on the classic spy novel, murder strikes from our wartime pasts. The Sam Blackman mysteries excel at merging past and present, bringing little-known history to light, and are perfect for fans of James Lee Burke, Stephen Mack Jones, Margaret Maron and Robert B. Parker.
THE PLAYGROUND by Jane Shemilt (Psychological Thriller)
BIG LITTLE LIES meets LORD OF THE FLIES in this electrifyingly twisty follow-up to Jane Shemilt’s breakout debut, THE DAUGHTER.
SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid (Fiction)
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, SUCH A FUN AGE is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.
Our Latest Poll: Looking Back on Your 2019 Reading
How many print books did you read in 2019?
How many e-books did you read in 2019?
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Click here to vote in the poll by Friday, January 10th at noon ET.
Word of Mouth Contest: Tell Us What
You're Reading --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from December 20th to January 10th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano and LADY CLEMENTINE by Marie Benedict.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the books you write about, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For rules and guidelines, click here.
- To see reader comments from previous contest periods, click here.
Sounding Off on Audio Contest: Tell Us What
You're Listening to --- and You Can Win Two Audiobooks!
Tell us about the audiobooks you’ve finished listening to with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for both the performance and the content. During the contest period from December 2nd to January 6th at noon ET, two lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win the audio versions of Michael Crichton and Daniel H. Wilson’s THE ANDROMEDA EVOLUTION, read by Julia Whelan, and Bernard Cornwell’s SWORD OF KINGS, read by Matt Bates.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the audiobook, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For complete rules and guidelines, click here.
- To see reader comments from previous contest periods, click here.
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