8th free YA novel & Summer Reading Classic pair from SYNC!!! Yeah!!!

[compulsiveread…]

Just copying and pasting my email this morning as there are some helpful tips that some might find useful!   Download the 8th free YA novel & Summer Reading Classic pair from SYNC here. This Week's Free Audiobook Downloads:

Available to download free August 2 - August 8 2012

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE
Published by Hachette Audio (This title is available to listeners in the U.S. and Canada only)

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages–not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she?

“Hvam maneuvers her way through the fantastical characters smoothly, sharpening the contrast between ordinary and extraordinary events." --AudioFile Magazine

A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Published by Blackstone Audio

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . ." Set before and during the French Revolution, a French aristocrat and an English lawyer compete in their love for Lucie in the menacing shadow of the guillotine.

"Here’s an undisputed classic given a fresh performance by a master audio-actor.” --AudioFile Magazine

Thank you to Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio for this week's titles.

Available for a Limited Time:
Remember--grab these titles before they are replaced by a new pairing on August 9! While the title availability is time-limited, your listening time is not. Once you have downloaded the MP3 files, the audiobook is yours to listen to at your leisure.

Downloading Tips:
The OverDrive Media Console will deliver SYNC summer audiobooks to you via Overdrive Media Software installed on your computer (compatible with Windows and Mac) or through an Overdrive App on your mobile device (compatible with iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7).
Visit the OverDrive website to download the App or Software.

Thanks for Listening to Lit and and join us at SYNC [audiobooksync.com] for comments, questions and to see the summer's full schedule.

Many Thanks,

Kirsten Cappy
SYNC Manager
sync@audiofilemagazine.com

[A_Wilson]

Thanks compulsivereader, I have been waiting impatiently for this week to showup. I have really been interested in Daughter of Smoke and Bone and I enjoy a good classic too!

[compulsiveread…]

Here ya be!!! I have spent so much time on the road this week and the audio books I've downloaded so far have been great company!!

August 9 – August 15, 2012
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Read by Rupert Degas (Harper Audio)
Dead Men Kill by L. Ron Hubbard, Read by Jennifer Aspen and a Full Cast
(Galaxy Press)

[compulsiveread…]

They say there's a hold up on the downloads today, but will have it up later.

you can check in occasionally to see if they are available yet here:

http://www.audiobooksync.com/free-syn-downloads/

On the other hand, if you missed last weeks downloads, they appear to still be available.

[compulsiveread…]

New d/l's still not posted yet, maybe later today!

[javabird]

Looks like the downloads are working today!

[compulsiveread…]

Thanks Java, I have been checking every day before and after work and today I didn't check. LOL! Going to go get my freebies now!

[Doug_Pardee Distinguished Bibliophile]

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compulsivereaderTX wrote:
August 9 – August 15, 2012

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Read by Rupert Degas (Harper Audio)
Dead Men Kill by L. Ron Hubbard, Read by Jennifer Aspen and a Full Cast
(Galaxy Press)

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I'm not easily impressed, but the audiobook of Skulduggery Pleasant has really impressed me. I'm only partway through it so I can't yet give it a full review, but so far the story line, characterizations, writing, and audiobook reading have been exemplary. Well, okay, in the opening chapter there are a few cardboard cut-out characters, but they quickly fade out of the picture.

I listen to my audiobooks when commuting, and usually I have no problem if I miss a sentence or two while changing lanes or dealing with other driverly details. But Skulduggery Pleasant is so tightly-written that there are few sentences or even words that can safely be missed. I'm having to back up the reading quite a bit in order to keep up.

Officially it's a YA Urban Fantasy, but like a lot of YA work, it also appeals to grown-ups.