Sadly only one publisher submitted additional audiobooks for the Cybils Awards, but it was still over a dozen new books.

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Our final count of eligible books for this year's Cybils is 48. Thankfully we aren't each required to read every book. I will be starting my main reading push this coming week. (Note: I decided not to list all the books I am getting from the library each week, since I have over a dozen so far.)

In other news, I am not going to meet my (very ambitious) Blog Ahead goals entirely, but I hope by the end (Monday night) to have finished 4 more reviews and 1 more "Other" posts. So far I have written 28 posts (13 of which were for October & 15 for Nov/Dec).

Important blogging news this week: Changes are coming to BEA. Read the official announcement.

Blog Ahead (October 2016)

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On GMB: Last week

• SUN: I Had to Work Extra Shifts | Sunday Summary #25
• MON:10 Book Related Halloween Costume Ideas | Top Ten Tuesday
• TUE: Wagner meets... The Sleeping Beauty | Review - ★★★★ Adult Fanasy
• WED: Haunted, Human, Huntress | New Audiobook Releases
• THU: Where it All Began: For Love of Mother-Not | Review - ★★★★ YA SciFi
• SAT: Just this Side of Reality: Nim's Island | Review - ★★★★ MG Fantasy

On GMB: Coming Up

• MON: Thoughts that Think Themselves | Rants & Raves
  
• TUE: The Crucible of Empire | Review - ★★★★ Adult SciFi
• WED: New Audiobook Releases
• THU: Review - YA Fantasy
• SAT: Only You Can Save Mankind | Review - ★★★★ MG SciFi
• SUN: Sunday Summary #27

Exploring Cyberspace

• "Audiobooks are a different art form" by/at Gene Doucette
  

"But maybe there’s another point, and maybe that point is this: respect the fact that the audiobook is a different work of art than the novel you wrote. This means understanding that the narrator isn’t just a necessary but otherwise interchangeable piece. They’re someone who brings a different artistic sensibility to the project, and that is just as important in this context as who the director hires to deliver that Hamlet soliloquy."

• "Really Like an Author? Follow Their Agent!" by Jessica Pryde @ Book Riot
  

"Looking at her client list, I found other authors I love, authors who have been on my to-read list forever, and a few names that are completely unfamiliar. All of the ones I haven’t yet read have since moved up my TBR, and many books by authors whose books I don’t already have were added to my Buy Soon list. They might not have anything in common in style, genre, or audience, but I do know one thing: K. Nelson and I apparently have very similar reading likes, and I am going to follow her trail."

Reading: Update

I re-listened to the following in preparation for upcoming reviews:

In Progress:

Reading: Up Next

Acquired: Freebies

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

Some of the other Kindle books I acquired.

*Whispersync price (subject to change). Must purchase Audible version after obtaining a Kindle copy to get the discount.

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