I interview an Audie winner, don't get to comment as much, pick up too many free books, and finally get approved as an Amazon Associate.

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Happy Audiobook Month

I am thrilled to announce that Vikas Adam, who won this year's Audie Award in the Fantasy category, granted me an interview. The interview will be available next week as part of my review of Nice Dragons Finish Last, the book for which he won the award. In addition, he arranged for me to receive a copy from Audible to be given away to one of my readers. More details will be available on Wednesday.

This was a week in which my family came back through and stayed with me on their way home. I wasn't able to visit very many blogs to comment. I find that I already miss it; my inbox seems lonely without all the comment response notifications.

Thursday my allergies were bothering me a lot, I had a headache, and generally was feeling all whiny and unable to concentrate. So I decided to scroll through free Kindle books on Amazon to see if there were any interesting ones that I didn't have yet. Thus, my haul is a bit bigger than usual. You can blame the pollen carrying wind.

Then on Friday on received an email saying that my Amazon Associates application had been approved. I was thrilled. Not because of the money, which isn't much, although I am grateful to anyone who uses my links to make a purchase.  But because I had previously been rejected, for a small error in my application which they never gave me an opportunity to fix, and had had to reapply. It was a nightmare, because you have to get a new referral code and then open every page and post where you had used the old referral code and change it. I have lived in fear since submitting my new application, since I did not want to have to do that again.

Last Week on GMB

• SUN: I Become Less Anonymous | Sunday Summary #4
• TUE: Magic, Memories, and Midnight | New Audiobook Releases
• WED: Come Take a Trip: Streetlights Like Fireworks | Review + Author Interview - ★★★★ YA Psychic Mystery
• SAT: What if all the Supers Were Villains?: Steelheart | Review - ★★★★ YA Supervillain Dystopian Fantasy

Next Week on GMB

• TUE: New Audiobook Releases
• WED: Nice Dragons Finish Last | Review + Narrator Interview - ★★★★ NA Dystopian Fantasy
• WED: Giveaway: Nice Dragons Finish Last Audiobook
• THU: Critical Elements in Designing a Post Index? | My Musings
• SAT: The Grimm Legacy | Review + Author Interview - ★★★★ MG Contemporary Fantasy
• SUN: Sunday Summary #6

Exploring Cyberspace

From my Feed (recent articles/posts):

• "EXCLUSIVE: Watch Stephen King Gush About His Love for Audiobooks" by Rachel Smalter Hall @ Book Riot
  

"June is Audiobook Month, and we’re celebrating with this exclusive video of Stephen King gushing adorably about why he hearts audiobooks!"

• "Diversity Window, Mirror, or Neither?" by @ educating alice
  

"What I’ve been brooding about is why it would be necessary to identify the country in these books. Are they windows into a different culture, mirrors for children of that culture, or are they simply stories that happen to be set somewhere else? "

Reading Update

I re-listened to the following in preparation for next week's review:

In Progress:

Up Next

Wishlist Purchase

I bought the following for $1.99 with a Whispersync discount. I am thrilled to say that, although I am a chronic series dropper, I am waiting impatiently for #5 (which comes out on audio on 7/1/16).

The Pillars of Reality, Book #4: The Pirates of Pacta Servanda

By: Jack Campbell / Narrator: MacLeod Andrews / Pub: Audible Studios / Length: HH:MM

Other Acquisitions

All the Kindle books I acquired that have Audible versions available.

Some of the other Kindle books I acquired.

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• Do you ever indulge in "retail therapy" (shopping to feel better)?
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