Audiobook Lovin Podcast: S1 E8 - Felicia's & Viviana's 2019 Top 5 Audiobooks

Welcome to episode 8 of the Audiobook Lovin Podcast! 
Felicia Spark, aka The Geeky Blogger and I are hanging out with a glass of wine and sharing our Top 5 Audiobooks of 2019! So grab your favorite drink and join the conversation!! 

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Felicia's Top 5 Audiobooks 
Re-listens

#5

Forever and the Night

(Black Rose Chronicles, Book 1)

By Linda Lael Miller

Narrated by Cris Dukehart

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | Kobo | Nook

Part of the Audible Escape Romance Package

#4

Virgin River
(Virgin River, Book 1)

By Robyn Carr
Narrated by Therese Plummer

Available for purchase at

Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | BAM | Google Play

Audio only $12.49 via WhisperSync
Part of the Audible Escape Romance Package

#3

Wildest Dreams
(Fantasyland Series, Bk 1)
By Kristen Ashley
Narrated by Tillie Hooper

Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | BAM | Google Play

Audio available at a reduced price via WhisperSync

Part of the Audible Escape Romance Package



#2

Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
(Half-Moon Hollow, Book 1)
By Molly Harper
Narrated by Amanda Ronconi

Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | BAM

Audio only $7.49 via WhisperSync


#1

Cry Wolf
(Alpha and Omega, Book 1)
By Patricia Briggs
Narrated by Holter Graham

Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | BAM | Google Play

Audio only $7.49 via WhisperSync



Viviana's 2019 Top 5



#5

Moonstruck
(Crossbreed Series, Book 7)
By Dannika Dark
Narrated by Nicole Poole

Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo

Whispersync for Voice-ready 

#4

Never Have I Ever
(Always Satisfied, Book 3)
By Lauren Blakely
Narrated by Amanda Ronconi and Jason Clarke


Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iBooks | Kobo | Nook | Google Play

Part of the Audible Escape Romance Package

#3

Getting Played 
(Getting Some Book 2) 
By Emma Chase
Narrated by Andi Arndt and Zachary Webber

Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | Google Play 

Part of the Audible Escape Romance Package

#2

Overnight Service
(Always Satisfied, Book 4)
By Lauren Blakely
Narrated by Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder 
with full cast including  
Andi Arndt, Shane East, Erin Mallon, Dion Graham, Dan Bittner, Teddy Hamilton, Vikas Adam, and Lili Valente


Available for purchase at
Audible | Kindle | Amazon Paperback | iTunes | Kobo | Nook | Google Play 




#1

The Fae's Captive Series

By Lily Archer

Narrated by Mackenzie Cartwright and Shane East

Click here to grab your copy!!

Audio only $7.49 via WhisperSync

Part of the Kindle Unlimited program

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About Felicia

I am just your average gal from Texas that loves Audiobooks and Libraries with a passion! I can wine them, dine them, and love them forever. My eclectic reading tastes include: Cozy Mysteries, Thrillers, Swoon-Worthy Romance of all kinds, Zombies, Urban Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and the occasional YA read.

During my non-reading time you can find me hanging with my rescue furr children named after book characters: Minerva (Foster Fail) Shep/Pit mix, Lizzie a beautiful cattle dog mix (Pound Pup), and Cinder a beautiful Shep/Pitt mix (Pound Pup). I can also be found gathering with friends and family, attending conventions, watching movies/tv shows, rooting for the 49rs, and crocheting/knitting. 

You can find Felicia at

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Sultry Listeners

Sultry Listeners Awards 2019: Winners

So excited to share with you the winners of the Sultry Listeners Awards!!

Below are the Erotica, New Adult and LGBTQ! 

You can find the winners of 

Contemporary and Cozy Mystery at That's What I'm Talking About

Fantasy and Paranormal at Hot Listens

Historical and Romantic Suspense at The Geeky Blogger

POC and Seasoned Romance at Sultry Listeners

Thank you to everyone who nominated and then voted!!

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Finals: New Adult

Below are all of the nominees for New Adult! 

Scroll down to cast your votes!! 

Read on to get the rules, where to vote, and future info!

Rules

1: You can vote once a day 

2: You can pick 1 choice 

3: The Winner will be announced Sept 6th

Week 2 Finals

LGBTQ: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
New Adult: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About
Paranormal: Hot Listens
Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog
Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners

TIME TO VOTE:

If you can’t see the poll below or if you don’t see a vote button you can vote directly on the site: POLL 

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Finals: LGBTQ

Below are all of the nominees for LGBTQ! 

Scroll down to cast your votes!! 

Welcome to the Sultry Listeners Finals!

Read on to get the rules, where to vote, and future info!

Rules

1: You can vote once a day 

2: You can pick 1 choice 

3: The Winner will be announced Sept 6th

Week 2 Finals

LGBTQ: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
New Adult: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About
Paranormal: Hot Listens
Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog
Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners

TIME TO VOTE:

If you can’t see the poll below or if you don’t see a vote button you can vote directly on the site: POLL 

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Finals: Erotica

Welcome to the Sultry Listeners Finals!

Read on to get the rules, where to vote, and future dates!

Rules

1: You can vote once a day 

2: You can pick 1 choice 

3: The Winner will be announced Sept 6th

Week 1 Finals

Contemporary: That’s What I’m Talking About 

Erotica: Viviana, Enchantress of Books (that's me!)

Fantasy: Hot Listens 

Historical: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog 

POC: Sultry Listeners

Additional Dates

August 26th to Sept 1st: 

LGBTQ, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance, New Adult 

 We will announce the winners on Sept 6th!

TIME TO VOTE:

If you can’t see the poll below or if you don’t see a vote button you can vote directly on the site: POLL 

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Semi-Finals: LGBTQ

Hi Everyone!!! 

Voting has begun for this year's Sultry Listener Awards!

Below are all of the nominees for LGBTQ! 

Scroll down to cast your votes!! 

Rules:

1: You can vote once a day 
2: You can pick 5 choices 
3: The Top 5 will proceed to the Finals 


Week 2 Semi-Finals: August 12th -18th

LGBTQ: Viviana Enchantress of Books
New Adult: Viviana Enchantress of Books
Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About
Paranormal: Hot Listens
Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog
Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to quite a few New Adult Nominations we are having that category. We apologize for not having a specific nominations round but this gives a chance for those that were nominated under contemporary to have a chance to win.

If we have a tie for the 5th place in any category runoffs will be on the 14-15!


Finals Voting will also run in 2 phases: 
August 19th to 25th: Contemporary, Erotica, Fantasy, Historical, POC 

August 26th to Sept 1st: 
LGBTQ, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance, New Adult 


We will announce the winners on Sept 6th!

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Semi-Finals: New Adult

Hi Everyone!!! 

Voting has begun for this year's Sultry Listener Awards!

Below are all of the nominees for New Adult! 

Scroll down to cast your votes!! 

Rules:

1: You can vote once a day 
2: You can pick 5 choices 
3: The Top 5 will proceed to the Finals 


Week 2 Semi-Finals: August 12th -18th

LGBTQ: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
New Adult: Viviana, Enchantress of Books
Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About
Paranormal: Hot Listens
Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog
Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to quite a few New Adult Nominations we are having that category. We apologize for not having a specific nominations round but this gives a chance for those that were nominated under contemporary to have a chance to win.

If we have a tie for the 5th place in any category runoffs will be on the 14-15!


Finals Voting will also run in 2 phases: 
August 19th to 25th: Contemporary, Erotica, Fantasy, Historical, POC 

August 26th to Sept 1st: 
LGBTQ, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance, New Adult 


We will announce the winners on Sept 6th!

Sultry Listeners Award 2019 Semi-Finals: Erotica

Hi Everyone!!! 

Voting has begun for this year's Sultry Listener Awards!

Below are all of the nominees for EROTICA! 

Scroll down to cast your votes!! 

Rules:

1: You can vote once a day 
2: You can pick 5 choices 
3: The Top 5 will proceed to the Finals 


Week 1 Semi-Finals: 

Contemporary: That’s What I’m Talking About

Fantasy: Hot Listens

Historical: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog

POC: Sultry Listeners

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to quite a few New Adult Nominations we are having that category. We apologize for not having a specific nominations round but this gives a chance for those that were nominated under contemporary to have a chance to win.

If we have a tie for the 5th place in any category runoffs will be on the 14-15!


Semi-Finals Group 2: August 12th -18th 
LGBTQ: Viviana Enchantress of Books 
New Adult: Viviana Enchantress of Books 
Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About 
Paranormal: Hot Listens 
Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog 
Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners 

Finals Voting will also run in 2 phases: 
August 19th to 25th: Contemporary, Erotica, Fantasy, Historical, POC 

August 26th to Sept 1st: 
LGBTQ, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance, New Adult 


We will announce the winners on Sept 6th!

Sultry Listeners Award 2019: Nominations

Hot Listens, Geeky Bloggers Book Blog, Viviana Enchantress of Books, & That’s What I’m Talking About are excited to bring back Sultry Listeners Awards for it’s 6th year!

You now have the opportunity to submit nominations in the following categories:

• Fantasy (Urban Fantasy included)
• Paranormal Romance
• Contemporary
• Romantic Suspense
• Historical
• Erotica
• LGBTQ
• Cozy Mystery
• POC (Person of Color–one of the leads must be POC)
• Seasoned (General definition is both leads must be 38+)

There are only a few rules:

• They must have some kind of romance in the story. This is after all The Sultry Listeners Awards!
• AUDIOBOOK had to be released between June 2018 to June 2019 to qualify (doesn’t matter when the ebook/print book was released)

You can nominate as many titles as you like!

Timeline:

• Nominations: July 19th to July 29th
• Semi-Final Voting on the nominations to get down to 5 in each Category will run in 2 phases:
• August 5th to 11th
• Contemporary: That’s What I’m Talking About
• Erotica: Viviana Enchantress of Books,
• Fantasy: Hot Listens
• Historical: Geeky Bloggers Book Blogs
• POC: Sultry Listeners
• August 12th -18th
• LGBTQ: Viviana Enchantress of Books,
• Cozy Mystery: That’s What I’m Talking About
• Paranormal: Hot Listens
• Romantic Suspense: Geeky Bloggers Book Blog
• Seasoned Romance: Sultry Listeners
• Finals Voting will also run in 2 phases:
• August 19th to 25th
• Contemporary, Erotica, Fantasy, Historical, POC
• August 26th to Sept 1st
• LGBTQ, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Seasoned Romance

We will announce the winners on Sept 6th!

TIME TO NOMINATE:

Top 10 Audiobooks of 2017 & Audio Flow Podcast

I had the honor of being a guest of The Audio Flow Podcast hosted by Jocqueline M. Protho with fellow guests Anna from Anna's Antics and Felicia from The Geeky Blogger! We had a blast sharing our Top 10 Audiobooks of 2017! Though some of us cheated and included a book or two from previous years, they still rock enough that we love them still!

Listen to "Episode Twenty Top Ten Audiobooks 2017" on Spreaker.

#10 - The Chronicles of Nick Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Narrated by Holter Graham

I'm not a YA reader in general but I LOVE this series!!!

Available for purchase at 

Amazon 

#9 - The Billionaire Builders by Jennifer Probst
Narrated by Madeleine Maby & Sebastian York 

Available for purchase at 

Amazon 

#8 - Anything by Lauren Blakely! 
Narrators include Sebastian York, Zackary Webber and Andi Arndt
Seriously! I LOVE how she writes the male POV! The books are also full of humor, great characters and the narrators lift the book to the next level!! Below are some of my favorites from this year.
I had the pleasure to have Lauren as a guest for Audiobook Lovin 2017! Click here to learn Lauren's Top 5 Favorite Reasons She Loves Audiobooks

 

Purchase at Amazon | Audible | iTunes | Kobo | Barnes & Noble

Available for purchase at 

Amazon 

#7 - Its a Tie between COMPLICATED and THE HOOKUP by Kristen Ashley

COMPLICATED Narrated by Lance Greenfield & Erin Mallon 

THE HOOKUP Narrated by Lance Greenfield & Stella Bloom

I've LOVED everything I've read/listened to by Kristen Ashley!! These two stories have great characters and story! Low 'drama' and 'angst' and basically a great story! 

  

Available for purchase at
Amazon



#6 - Michael's Wings by Tiffany Reisz
Narrated by Guy Locke 

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon 

#5 - Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity) by Nalini Singh

Narrated by Angela Dawe 

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon 

#4 - Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper
Narrated by Amanda Ronconi 

Filled with great characters and awesome story! Love the humors and you'll love it all!

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon 

#3 - The Cake Series by J. Bengtsson
CAKE (Bk 1) narrated by Andi Arndt & Joe Arden 
The Theory of Second Best (Bk 2) narrated by Zachary Webber & Andi Arndt
Fiercely Emma (Bk 3) narrated by Zachary Webber & Andi Arndt

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon 

#2 - Mercy by Debra Anastasia

Narrated by Muffy Newtown and Zachary Webber

Not only did I love the story and characters, but the narrators' performance was phenomenal! 

You can read my full review here!

Available for purchase at 

Audible | Kindle | Amazon | B&N

#1 - The Crossbreed Series by Dannika Dark
Narrated by Nicole Poole

Keystone

(Crossbreed Series Book 1)

Grab your copy at  

Kindle | Amazon (Paperback) | Audible | iTunes | Nook | B&N | Kobo | Tantor

Ravenheart

(Crossbreed Series, Bk #2)

Available purchase at 

Kindle | Amazon (Paperback) | Audible | iTunes | Nook | B&N | Kobo | Tantor

Deathtrap

(Crossbreed Series, Bk #3)

Available for purchase at

Kindle | Amazon (Paperback) | Audible | iTunes | Nook | B&N | Kobo | Tantor