Some fun audiobooks to try!

 If you haven't downloaded Hoopla and Libby, you are missing out on some great ebooks & audiobooks.

This is a quick list of a few of my favs (because the narration is amazing)


Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix:  Narrated by Allan Corduner

Corduner has an amazing voice and adds a ton of nuance (and creepiness) to a tightly written adventure fantasy.  







Lirael by Garth Nix:  Narrated by Tim Curry
Tim Curry has quite a long career as an actor, but not everyone realizes that he has also done some amazing audiobooks.  This series shows off Curry's ability to be serious, funny, sarcastic and scary......sometimes within the same paragraph.  Nix's story is intricately woven and Curry adds to the fabric of the story with his nuanced voices.





The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman  Narrated by Neil Gaiman
Most are familiar with Gaiman's skill as an author (as evidenced by this Newbery award winning novel); however not everyone realizes that he is an equally talented narrator and usually does his own books.  This is a title not to be missed.











The Alchemyst by Michael Scott  Narrated by Denis O'Hare

Scott's series is an intricately woven fantasy adventure, popping around the globe and meeting magical people from a variety of places (and who have perhaps been secretly immortal); so O'Hare needed to learn a ton of accents....plus he needed to be able to do....well, a German accent with a touch of Italian (for someone who is now German but was originally Italian).....so, yeah...O'Hare does an amazing job of bringing all the characters to life with a variety of accents and tonal qualities.


Feel free to explore these and many more titles on the library's free apps!

Saleena




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