Emily Woo Zeller joined me to discuss her experiences as an audiobook narrator and producer across a range of genres including how she prepares for a new narration, collaborating with other narrators, and the benefits and downsides to working and recording from home. Emily Woo Zeller [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Referenced Works: The Poppy War  [Audible] [Libro.fm]  [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Episode 115]   Doctor Aphra (Star Wars) [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 74] / [Episode 75]  The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 3  Uncharted [Audible] Ruthless [Audible] Nice and Naughty [Audible] Connect with Emily Woo Zeller: [Website] / [Twitter] / [Instagram] / [Facebook]

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122: Narrator Emily Woo Zeller

My Monticello, written by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, and narrated by Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu & Tomiwa Edun brings the listener five thought provoking short stories and a novella centered around Monticello, Charlottesville, and greater Virginia. Review & discussion with Scott Ullery, Lisa McCarty and Shachi Bhatt Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Macmillan Audio for providing advance review copies of My Monticello for today’s episode. My Monticello [Libro.fm] Monticello Sundry Book Club: [Instagram] / [Newsletter] Other Referenced Works: Parable of the Sower [Libro.fm] Legendborn [Libro.fm]

121: My Monticello

This time we discuss and compare two recent science fiction novels: We are Satellites, written by Sarah Pinsker, and narrated by Bernadette Dunne; and Machinehood, written by S.B. Divya, and narrated by Inés del Castillo and Deepti Gupta. Discussion with Scott Ullery and Lisa McCarty. We are Satellites  [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Libro.fm] /  [Audible] Machinehood [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Other Referenced Works:   A Song for a A New Day [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Binti [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] The Expanse (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 4]

120: We are Satellites & Machinehood

Cloud Cuckoo Land, written by Anthony Doerr, and narrated by Marin Ireland & Simon Jones tells the interconnected stories of individuals linked across the centuries by a common story and the fragility of keeping a story alive. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Simon & Schuster Audio for providing advance review copies of Cloud Cuckoo Land for today’s episode. Cloud Cuckoo Land [Libro.fm] Other Referenced Works: Damian's Workshop [Audible] An Island Too Lovely [IndieBound]

119: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Redemptor, written by Jordan Ifueko, and narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt is a fitting conclusion to the Raybearer duology. Review and discussion with Scott Ullery and Lisa McCarty. Redemptor [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91] 

118: Redemptor

The Past is Red, written by Catherynne M. Valente, and narrated by Penelope Rawlins, takes a frequently whimsical look at post-apocalyptic life on a floating garbage patch that manages to balance being challenging, thought provoking, and entertaining. The Past is Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] A Psalm for the Wild-Built [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] /[Audible] / [Episode 113] Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Future is Blue [Amazon] Brighton Palace Pier Station Eleven [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Cheers (1982) [IMDb]

117: The Past is Red

The Witness for the Dead, written by Katherine Addison, and narrated by Liam Gerrard, is a non-traditional sequel that gives us a glimpse at a different part of The Goblin Emperor universe. Review and discussion with Scott Ullery and Lisa McCarty. The Witness for the Dead [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [

116: The Witness for the Dead

The Narrated audiobook club convened to discuss the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Series. Scott Ullery with Lisa McCarty The Poppy War (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm (Only Book 1&2)] / [Audible]   The Interdependency (Series) [Audible] / [Episode 66: The Last Emperox with Author John Scalzi] / ["The Origin of the Flow" (short story)]  The Murderbot Diaries (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 99: Fugitive Telemetry]  The Daevabad Trilogy (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / Libro.fm: [The City of Brass] [The Kingdom of Copper] [The Empire of Gold] / [Audible]   The Lady Astronaut Universe (Series) [Audible] / [Episode 73: The Relentless Moon with Mary Robinette Kowal]  October Daye (Series) [Libro.fm (Books 1-7)] / [Audible]     2021 Hugo Episodes: 2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel [Episode 107]  2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novellas [Episode 111]  2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Series [Episode 115]    Other Referenced Works: Babel [Goodreads] Strange Beasts of China [Libro.fm] / [Episode 114] The Goblin Emperor [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm]  / [Audible]   Imperial Radch (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Our Favorite Short Audiobooks [Episode 92]  The Golem and the Jinni [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 14]   Rip-Off! [Audible Original]   The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]  

115: 2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Series

Strange Beasts of China, written by Yan Ge, translated by Jeremy Tiang, and narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, follows an amatuer cryptozoologist writing about the different creatures found in and around the fictional city of Yong’an. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Dreamscape Media, LLC for providing advance review copies of Strange Beasts of China for today’s episode Review and discussion with Scott Ullery and Lisa McCarty. Strange Beasts of China [Libro.fm] The Lonesome Bodybuilder [Libro.fm]   Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Episode 110]   The Poppy War [Libro.fm]   The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up [Libro.fm] / [Episode 3]   Ninefox Gambit [Libro.fm] 

114: Strange Beasts of China

 A Psalm for the Wild-Built written by Becky Chambers and narrated by Emmett Grosland, starts a new novella series centered around a tea monk and the arrival of the first robot to make contact with the people of Panga in centuries. Becky Chambers has once again created a rich and inviting world with characters you will want to follow and join on their journey. Review and discussion with Scott Ullery and Lisa McCarty A Psalm for the Wild-Built [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Galaxy, and the Ground Within with Author Becky Chambers [Episode 97] including introduction to A Psalm for the Wild-Built. Klara and the Sun [Audible] /  [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Road Trip Audiobooks II [Episode 100]

113: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Shachi Bhatt reviews the historical fiction novel When Stars Rain Down, written by Angela Jackson-Brown and narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. When Stars Rain Down [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Hate U Give [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 71] Caul Baby [Libro.fm] / [Episode 94]

112: When Stars Rain Down

The Narrated audiobook club convened to discuss the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella. Scott Ullery with Lisa McCarty The Empress of Salt and Fortune [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Come Tumbling Down [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Finna [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Ring Shout [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Riot Baby [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] Upright Women Wanted [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   2021 Hugo Episodes: 107: Hugo Finalists - Best Novel 111: Hugo Finalists - Best Novellas   Other Referenced Works: When the Tiger came Down the Mountain [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   The Murderbot Diaries (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Name of the Wind [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Wayward Children (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]   Lost [IMDb] Doctor Who [IMDb] The Midnight Library [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 103]  Defekt (ebook) [Overdrive] / [IndieBound]   Klara and the Sun [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Episode 110]  The Handmaid’s Tale [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The Hunger Games [Overdrive/Libby] /  [Libro.fm] / [Audible]  

111: 2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella

The Narrated audiobook club had a wide ranging discussion about Klara and the Sun, written by Kazuo Ishiguro and narrated by Sura Siu Scott Ullery with Shachi Bhatt and Lisa McCarty Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Road Trip Audiobooks II [Episode 100]

110: Klara and the Sun

Narrator Marc Thompson joined me to discuss The Rising Storm, the latest installment in the new Star Wars: The High Republic series that explores an earlier era of the Star Wars universe. The Rising Storm [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Light of the Jedi [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Tempest Runner [Penguin Random House Audio] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Star Wars: The High Republic (series) [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Dooku: Jedi Lost [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 38]  Marc Thompson [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]/ [IMDb] Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendency with Narrator Marc Thompson [Episode 79] Connect with Marc Thompson: Twitter: CaptainEhud / Instagram: CaptainEhud / Facebook: Marc Thompson / Website: Marc Thompson

109: Star Wars: The High Republic with Narrator Marc Thompson

Midnight, Water City, written by Chris Mckinney and narrated by Richard Ferrone; is a futuristic detective story with noir undertones that goes beyond the immediate murder mystery to introduce and explore an interesting post apocalypse-averted world and the lasting impacts from the decades old crisis.. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Recorded Books for providing a review copy of Midnight, Water City for today’s episode Midnight, Water City [Libro.fm]

108: Midnight, Water City

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