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Armchair Audies 2013: Solo Narration - Female Nominees

3/4/2013

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Every year, the Audio Publishers Association nominates outstanding audiobooks for The Audies. Last year, Jennifer from The Literate Housewife and Bob from The Guilded Earlobe started the Armchair Audies. (They are joined in this year's hosting by Tanya from Dog Eared Copy) Participating blogs listen to the nominees in one or more of the Audies categories, review them, and predict who they think will take the award in May. Last year, we listened to the Mystery category and predicted a winner. Well, we each predicted a winner and all three of us were wrong. This year, REDEMPTION YEAR, we have a different category and a new chance to make a prediction. For the 2013 Armchair Audies, we are listening to the Solo Narration by a Female category. Catie is excited because two of her favorite narrators, Katherine Kellgren and Cassandra Campbell, make appearances in three of the nominated productions. Here are the nominees for our category:




THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE
Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis
Read by Katherine Kellgren (AudioGO)
[Amazon | Goodreads | Audible]



THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
L. Frank Baum
Read by Anne Hathaway (Audible, Inc.)
[Amazon | Goodreads | Audible]



CALL THE MIDWIFE
Jennifer Worth
Read by Nicola Barber (HighBridge Audio)
[Amazon | Goodreads | Audible]



JULIET IN AUGUST
Dianne Warren
Read by Cassandra Campbell (Tantor Media)
[Amazon | Goodreads | Audible]



THE UNSEEN GUEST
Maryrose Wood
Read by Katherine Kellgren (Harper Audio)
[Amazon | Goodreads | Audible]
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One of the issues we had last year was that several of the mystery nominees were later installments in series. This year, when looking at the categories, I tried to pick a category where that would be less of an issue because it can be hard to jump into a series later on. The only series book in this year's batch of nominees is The Unseen Guest, which is the third installment in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series. We are not so concerned about that specific one as it is middle grade and it should be an easy jump in and catch-up. Solo Narration is an interesting category because the nominees are all over the board; the only common thread is that the narration is "awesome," according to the APA. Of course, a narration is nothing unless the story is engaging. 

So far, we've been able to collect most of the nominees from our libraries. The only one we will probably have to buy is the Audible version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as it is not readily available to us. We're excited to get started so look forward to a report back on our prediction and hopefully for reviews of each of them! Also, two of our blogging buddies are participating in the 2013 Armchair Audies: Heidi at Bunbury in the Stacks is listening to the children's 8-12 category, and Lucy at The Reading Date is listening to the Teens category. There are still a bunch of categories that have no one to listen to them yet, so go to the main site if you'd like to participate. (I'm (Flann) thinking of listening to Humor as they are on the short side and I've already listened to one of the nominees--Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened)
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Lucy link
3/4/2013 09:07:07 am

Yay, I'm glad you're participating again in the Armchair Audies! Looks like a nice selection in the solo female category. You're right; the nominees are all over the board.

I've heard good things about The Boy in the Suitcase and the Maryrose Wood series. Lots of celebrity narrators on the ballot this year. I can imagine Hathaway is a good fit for Wizard of Oz.

The humor category is tempting me too, but I think I have all I can handle now. Glad you found most of the titles at the library. That was a big stumbling block for me last year!

Looking forward to your reviews & predictions. Happy listening, Readventurer's!

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Heidi link
3/4/2013 11:38:23 pm

You know, I was completely serious when I said I was crushing on this catagory--it looks SO GOOD. I may end up listening to all of them. :P

Katherine Kellgreen is someone Catie's mentioned to me before, but I've somehow missed listening to her (I've wanted to read Maryrose Wood's MG series, so that's become an obvs audio chioce), and I really want to read Call the Midwife after falling in love with the BBC series. I'm excited to hear your ladies thoughts on all of these--wishing you better luck with your predictions this year!

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Christina (A Reader of Fictions) link
3/5/2013 12:04:31 am

This is such a great idea, and I would participate, but I've already listened to so much audio in a short time that I just can't. BUT I will love watching you guys figure out which of these are actually good so that I can listen to them too.

Interesting that Anne Hathaway narrated one. I like her a lot, but I'm not sure if she has a voice I would want to listen to for hours on end. Especially for The Wizard of Oz. But I could be wrong.

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Bonnie link
3/5/2013 02:11:58 am

Oooh.. I'm really interested in Call the Midwife and I can't help being intrigued by Anne Hathaway narrating The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

I'm so tempted to join in (I'd totally pick Fiction though) because I've been dying to read Beautiful Ruins and Speaks the Nightbird. Plus I still have yet to read The Handmaid's Tale and I listened to the clip with narrator Claire Danes and I loved it. That'd be A LOT of listening though and Speaks the Nightbird is over 30 hours long. Plus, my library doesn't have a single one of them. Maybe another year. Good luck with picking the winner! :D

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Cassi Haggard link
3/5/2013 11:40:33 am

Two Katherine Kellegrin audiobooks? Oh goodness that sounds like a good category.

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VeganYANerds link
3/6/2013 04:58:21 am

I'm pretty sure I remember your post on this last and now I cannot believe it's been a year!

This category sounds really interesting and I'm glad you mentioned Catie's fave narrators as I've listened to a few duds lately and want to pick my next audio book carefully ;)

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Literate Housewife link
3/6/2013 10:25:39 am

I am so glad you have you back with us again this year. I hope you enjoy this category. No matter which title you pick, they are the Armchair Audies winner regardless of the one given the fancy glass award. LOL!

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MissSusie link
3/6/2013 10:48:30 am

I am also judging this category will be fun to compare notes and see if we pick the same one. Look forward to it!

I have already listened to Call the Midwife & Boy in the Suitcase, have picked up everything else except Incorrigible Children I think I am going to try to listen to the first two but wondering if it will help or hinder my judgement on number three.

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Maggie, Young Adult Anonymous link
3/7/2013 05:01:36 pm

Is Anne Hathaway going for the EGOTA? EGOAT? Somebody stop her!!

I didn't realize Call the Midwife was a book. I've been meaning to watch the show. I have Bloody Jack narrated by Katherine Kellgren on my iPod thanks to Catie. Since I'm no longer scared of audiobooks, I'll be checking these choices out.

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