Quotes to Help You Through the Hot Days of Summer
There’s nothing better than to close your eyes, nestled under the cool shade of a tree, listening to a good book. These authors would hardly disagree.
The Bookseller Chronicles: Green Apple Books
We turn to indie booksellers all the time for advice on everything from marketing to what to read. So when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, I popped in at Green Apple Books, to chat with co-owner Kevin Hunsanger.
A Traveler’s Guide to Listening
Drivers, this one’s for you. Keep your eyes on the road and your brain on the move by listening to some of the brightest minds and most entertaining narrators to grace the literary world.
6 Children’s Books for Road Trips
Summer is finally here and for most families that means road trips and long family car rides. We have scoured our children’s audio books and compiled some of our favorites that are sure to keep you and your family entertained for hours.
Book of the Month: Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins is an ideal summer listen, with a little bit of romance, mystery, and adventure. Switching between 1962 Italy and 21st-century Hollywood, with a cast of quirky characters along the way, it’s easy to get swept up in the magic of Walter’s intertwining storylines. As our July Book of the Month, we’ll be talking about this great book all month long!
Indie Picks: July 2015
From the moment you enter Village Books in Bellingham, WA, you feel their love of books. So what better choice than Village Books to give us advice on what books to listen to this month? Here’s what booksellers Hayden, Hana, and Claire recommend.
What I Know for Sure
Oprah has gathered her favorite entries from her “What I Know for Sure” column of O, The Oprah Magazine. The essays are grouped by themes, ranging from joy to awe, clarity to power, and much, much more.
How Would You Describe Where’d You Go Bernadette?
Is the book trailer for Where’d You Go Bernadette the best book trailer of all time? Set in Seattle, in perfectly reflects the the comedy of Maria Semple’s book.
Narrator Interview: Kathleen Wilhoite
What’s the worst part about narrating an audiobook? For Kathleen Wilhoite, the narrator of Where’d You Go, Bernadette, it’s driving in rush-hour traffic. Wilhoite talks about narrating, how she met Maria Semple, and her favorite parts of the book.
Semple Quote
‘Can you believe the weather?’ . . . ‘Actually, I CAN believe the weather. What I can’t believe is that I’m actually having a conversation about the weather.’” —Maria Semple, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is not only the world’s bestselling mystery but one of the most bestselling books of all time. It is the genre’s crown jewel, that by which all other mysteries are judged, and a mystery that you’ll want to solve over and over again.
The Long Way Home
Follow the journey of Former Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he is swept out of the peaceful town of Three Pines in search of Peter Morrow, a tortured artist caught in a particularly tortuous web of secrets.