Don't Forget: June is AudioBook Month

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AudioBookRex Do You Listen to Audiobooks?

What is AudiobookREX?

AudiobookREX is mobile-friendly audiobook recommendations from AudioFile Magazine editors, carefully selected from among hundreds of audiobooks that we review.  Find weekly listening recommendations in your favorite categories: Fiction; Mystery; History & Biography; Young Adult; Sci-Fi & Fantasy; Culture; Mind, Body & Spirit; Classics; Family Listening.  Browse categories for lists of the best audiobook listening recently chosen and recommended by AudioFile reviewers.  Save titles to "My Listening Shelf." REX brings you new title recommendations each week.

Check it out:  Click HERE.  Do you listen to audiobooks?  We do!  If you do, got a favorite?  Let us know your favorite listen!  

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Free Audiobooks

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Top Ten Reasons To Listen To Audiobooks

1	It's so easy, you can do it with your eyes closed
2	You will never have to worry about pronouncing characters’ names incorrectly
3	No more turning pages
4	There’s no extra weight added to your bag
5	You can enjoy your beach book and the beach view at the same time

6	Your hands are free for a high five or a thumbs-up
7	Nobody can read over your shoulder
8	Papercuts are few and far between
9	You never have to remember a bookmark
10	You can catch up on your reading list while driving

What reason would you add?

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SYNC Summer 2013 Titles Revealed

SYNC Summer 2013 Titles Revealed:

12 weeks of free audiobook downloads combining a popular contemporary YA title and a classic paired by theme available starting May 30, courtesy of audiobook publishers, AudioFile Magazine, and OverDrive.
CHECK OUT the 2013 titles!
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YNC Titles
Summer 2013

May 30 – June 5, 2013
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks, read by Rebecca Gibel (AudioGO)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare, read by a Full Cast (AudioGO)

June 6 – June 12, 2013
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood, read by Katherine Kellgren (HarperAudio)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, read by Wanda McCaddon (Tantor Audio)

June 13 – June 19, 2013
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, read by Will Patton (Scholastic Audiobooks)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, read by Robert Ramirez (Recorded Books)

June 20 – June 26, 2013
Once by Morris Gleitzman, read by Morris Gleitzman (Bolinda Audio)
Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr., read by Dion Graham (christianaudio)

June 27 – July 3, 2013
Rotters by Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne (Listening Library)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, read by Jim Weiss (Listening Library)

July 4 – July 10, 2013
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford, read by Nick Podehl (Brilliance Audio)
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, read by a Full Cast (L.A. Theatre Works)

July 11 – July 17, 2013
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann, read by Peter Altschuler (HarperAudio)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, read by Simon Vance (Tantor Audio)

July 18 – July 24, 2013
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, read by Erin Moon (Recorded Books)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, read by a Full Cast (L.A. Theatre Works)

July 25 – July 31, 2013
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen, read by Charlie McWade (Scholastic Audiobooks)
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, read by Steve West (Blackstone Audio)

Aug 1 – Aug 7, 2013
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane, read by Dan Weyman (Macmillan Audio)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Ralph Cosham (Blackstone Audio)

Aug 8 – Aug 14, 2013
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis, read by Katherine Kellgren (Brilliance Audio)
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, read by Miriam Margolyes (Bolinda Audio)

Aug 15 – Aug 21, 2013Sold by Patricia McCormick, read by Justine Eyre (Tantor Audio)
Let Me Stand Alone by Rachel Corrie, read by Tavia Gilbert (Blackstone Audio)

Which of the SYNC free audiobooks are you looking most forward to receiving?  Let us know here at The Things You Can Read!

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First Glimpse SYNC 2013

It may only be January but the folks over at audiobooksync are already working on SYNC Summer 2013!  If you are unfamiliar with this wonderful program, now is the chance to sign-up for their newsletter, so you can get in on a really fabulous summer-long event.  SYNC provides wonderful pairings of audiobooks.  These selections are offered all summer, and, here is the best part, it is all FREE.  As we write this they are hard at work, "...assembling a terrific list of SYNC YA and Classic pairings to engage summer listeners. Previous SYNC titles included THE HUNGER GAMES, IMMORTAL, DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE, AND THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND featuring authors such as Laini Taylor, Jonathan Stroud, and Randa Abdel-Fattah. Count on SYNC 2013 to be just as exciting!"  For  more information coming in the next couple of months be sure to watch the SYNC blog found at http://www.audiobooksync.com.  Let us know your favorite audiobook!  We have too many to list, but our most recent favorite is Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day by Winifred Watson. Check it out over at Audible.com.

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