Jose’s Favorite Audiobooks

June is National Audiobook Month and as part of the celebration Kristen and I are listing our favorite audiobooks. Audiobooks are a great way to enjoy books when it’s not convenient to read them, like during commutes to and from work or when you’re working outdoors. The best audiobooks help provide an extra dimension to books, giving the characters and the plot more life than just letters on a page. Here are some of my favorite audiobooks: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Narrated by Oliver Wyman, Tavia Gilbert, William Dufris, Neal Stephenson) I had first listened to Anathem after hearing how great an audiobook it was from other science fiction fans. The narration does a great job in pulling you into the story, and the emotions felt by the characters come through amazingly. Another nice touch is the Gregorian chant songs that are played in between parts of the book, it [...]

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ANATHEM by Neal Stephenson

ANATHEM by Neal Stephenson Review (5 out of 5 Stars) Anathem by Neal Stephenson Release Date: September 9, 2008 Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 960 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon To me, the sign of a good book is that you want to read it again after you finish it. The sign of a great book is not only that you want to read it again, but you can pick up that book at any time and any place in the story and start reading. Anathem is one a few books that fall in this category. Neal Stephenson’s story weighs in at just under 1000 pages (32 hours for the audiobook), yet does a wonderful job in creating good characters and an engaging story that tackles a wide variety of topics (from environmental to metaphysical to linguistics). The story takes place on an Earth-like planet named Arbre and you can infer [...]

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