Top Ten Tuesday – September 20, 2016: All About Audio

TOP TEN TUESDAY
September 20, 2016

It’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the wonderful blog at The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic was All About Audio!

I accidentally jumped the gun on this topic a couple weeks ago when I posted about my favorite audiobook narrators (Rats!) so instead, for today’s Top Ten Tuesday, I’m going to compile a sort of hodgepodge of my favorite audiobooks, narrators, and other things audio-related, except in threes instead of tens!

BY BOOK

MY TOP THREE WELL-KNOWN SERIES RECS

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling | Read by Jim Dale
The Magicians series by Lev Grossman | Read by
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich | Read by Lorelai King

MY TOP THREE BRANDON SANDERSON READS/LISTENS (because I’ve read so many)

The Mistborn series | Read by Michael Kramer
The Reckoners Trilogy | Read by MacLeod Andrews
The Rithmatist | Read by Michael Kramer

THREE AUDIOBOOKS I DNFed WHOSE NARRATORS I ACTUALLY LIKED

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Invisibility by Andrea Cremer & David Levithan

THREE SERIES I’VE RE-READ AS AUDIOBOOKS

Harry Potter
The Lunar Chronicles
The Grisha Trilogy

THREE SERIES I BINGED AS AUDIOBOOKS

The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
The Mara Dyer Trilogy by Michelle Hodkin

THREE BOOKS I HALF READ & HALF LISTENED

A Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R.R. Martin
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (I couldn’t stop!)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (wanted to hurry up and read!)

MY TOP AUDIOBOOKS EVER

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

BY NARRATOR

MY TOP THREE NARRATORS WITH AN ACCENT

Michael Page
Jim Dale
Philip Battley

THREE SURPRISING NARRATOR CHOICES THAT TOTALLY WORKED

Will Patton for The Raven Cycle (old southern guy narrating a teen novel)
Michael Kramer for The Rithmatist (usually does adult audiobooks)
Jesse Eisenberg for The Curse Worker Trilogy (surprise celeb narrator)

MY TOP THREE MALE NARRATORS

MacLeod Andrews
Steve West
Michael Kramer

MY TOP THREE FEMALE NARRATORS

Julia Whelan
Jorjeana Marie
Lorelai King

MY TOP THREE CELEBRITY NARRATORS

Wil Wheaton
Jesse Eisenberg
Anne Hathaway

MY TOP THREE “AUTHORATORS” (AUTHORS WHO NARRATE THEIR OWN BOOKS)

Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book
Adriana Mather | How to Hang a Witch
Libba Bray | Beauty Queens

MY TOP FULL CAST/MORE THAN THREE NARRATOR RECORDINGS

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
As You Wish by Cary Elwes

MY TOP THREE NARRATORS OVERALL

MacLeod Andrews
Wil Wheaton
Michael Kramer

Those are some of my audiobook favorites! It was actually really fun breaking them down into categories. I’ve never done that before!

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These are MOST of the books i’ve read narrated by Karissa vacker, and then Andrew Eiden. Bonus: When in Rome is both 😆

I think this could be a fun series so look out for Part 2 sometime for more of my favs & recommendations!

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How have you rated Goodreads’ most popular books

How have you rated Goodreads’ most popular books?

I went through my shelves to find the ones with the highest average rating on Goodreads to see how I rated them! It was fun to see what they were (most were not surprises 😅) and what I thought of them! Here’s how it went… (Note: if there were multiples from the same series that made it on this list, I just chose one to keep it to a minimum. Ratings may also have changed since I made this list!)

✔️ The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
GR rating: 4.65 / My Rating: 4.25
✔️ Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Mass
GR Rating: 4.63 / My Rating: 3.5
✔️ Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
GR Rating: 4.62 / My Rating: 4.25
✔️ Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
GR Rating: 4.61 / My Rating: 5
✔️ The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
GR Rating: 4.55 / My Rating: 5
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GR Rating: 4.52 / My Rating: 5
✔️ The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
GR Rating: 4.52 / My Rating: 5
✔️ Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
GR Rating: 4.49 / My Rating: 2.5
✔️ Morning Star by Pierce Brown
GR Rating: 4.49 / My Rating: 5
✔️ Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
GR Rating: 4.42 / My Rating: 4

Did any of these surprise you? How did you rate these popular books?

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✨ Book Recommendations for fans of Stacy Willingham ✨

I love giving book recommendations and I always try to rec on themes or vibes! I’ve been seeing Stacy Willingham’s books all over social media since her debut and I thought it would be fun to share some more I think people would enjoy if they’ve liked these!

If you liked…
✔️A FLICKER IN THE DARK
✔️ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS

try these:
▪️In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead: intentional, slow burn vibes • unreliable narrator • intense relationships
▪️ The Better Liar by Tanen Jones: complicated family past • new motherhood • memorable finale
▪️ What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall: atmospheric vibes • serial killer theme • past catching up to characters
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▪️ When I Was You by Amber Garza: obsessive friendship • suspicious new person • mistaken/stolen identities

Have you read any of these books? What else would you recommend for fans of Stacy Willingham?

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No thoughts, just aesthetics…

The petals were falling from the flowering trees in our backyard and the birds were singing. It was such a peaceful moment. And of course, a book shared this moment with me. These trees only flower for a few days to a week before the wind knocks all the petals off. This mood was so calming!

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I know some will upset you… tell me which ones you loved too!

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This haul was actually all from one seller too! I had a search going for one and she happened to have so many that I wanted/needed!!

If you’ve read any books in this stack, what’s your favorite?

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This book also had some great supporting family, some quirkiness without being too over the top, book industry connections, and brought out some emotion. I ended up giving it 4 stars!

Swipe to see my review & for bonus Max content!

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1 thought on “Top Ten Tuesday – September 20, 2016: All About Audio”

Lauren @ Bookmark Lit September 20, 2016 at 2:59 pm

I looove how you broke this down!! This is super helpful for upcoming audiobook listens 😉

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