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Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at That Artsy Reader Girl ! Top Five Audiobooks I Loved I love this topic! For me, audio works best with clear chronological and geographical settings, such as in fantasy and historical fiction. Memoirs read by the author can also add a lot of personality with the right narrator. Audio can even work well with multiple viewpoint characters if the distinction in voice is clear enough. Below are some of my favorite audiobooks; especially the first three really seem written to be read aloud! 1. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield 2. The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss 3. My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 4. Song Yet Sung by James McBride 5. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

Library holds are a magical, magical thing. The backseat of my car is filled with heavy hardcover books. I have no regrets. 1. Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (Already finished! First book read in March. I don't care what anyone says: I LOVE the footnotes.) 2. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon I'm going to be really honest here: I fell in love with the cover and I almost fell over when I saw how big this book is. At 804 pages, it may be the longest book I've read since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Apparently The Cider House Rules was 973 pages but that wasn't a hardcover). 3. Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik The elusive 8th book in the Temeraire series...it took so long to get this one in that I'd already finished City in the Middle of the Night and started Ruin of Kings, and I'm reading Priory before this one because other people are waiting for that. 4. Off the Sidelines by Kirsten Gillibrand I decided to read as many boo...

Books Read This Month 1. My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays and One Wondering Jew by Abigail Pogrebin 2. Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik (Temeraire #6) 3. Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik (Temeraire #7) 4. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho 5. Blue Horses by Mary Oliver 6. The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro 7. Paper Brigade Vol. 3 (Jewish Book Council Literary Magazine) 8. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders 9. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren Favorite Book This Month The Le Guin is strong with this one. When Charlie Jane Anders said "I went through Le Guin's house and took everything that wasn't nailed down," at the Baltimore Book Festival, she wasn't kidding. Despite the obvious parallels to Le Guin though (frozen landscape, mirror societies), Anders also evokes Asimov, Butler, Bradbury, L'Engle and I'm sure at least a dozen other scifi writers and movies I've never even heard of. Anders' city(ies) sit neatly in the...