Audiobook Jungle readers can get The Device or any other audiobook for free with a new Audible account. Click the image to download the audiobook.
The Device by Patrick Skelton
Written by: Patrick Skelton
Narrated by: Kurt Feldner
Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
Format: Unabridged
Release Date:10-04-13
Publisher: Patrick Skelton
The Device by Patrick Skelton seemed like an intriguing sci-fi story so I couldn’t resist reading it. A mysterious device, a troubled man on a quest to uncover the secrets of his past and a chilling discovery that might change the world. What’s not to like? It’s an interesting premise and the author largely delivers.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get the Dauntless audiobook for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
Written by: Jack Campbell
Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell
Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
Series: Lost Fleet, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 03-20-08
Publisher: Audible Studios
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell is a military sci-fi novel and the first book in The Lost Fleet series. John “Black Jack” Geary’s emergency pod has just been recovered from deep space after a century of cold-sleep hibernation. He was considered dead after his heroic last stand against enemy spaceships, allowing the remaining Alliance fleet ships escape. His actions went into the history books as the famous battle of Grendel and every child in the Alliance grew up with exaggerated tales about Black Jack and how some day he’ll come back to save everybody.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get The Vampire Diaries for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
The Vampire Diaries, Book 1: The Awakening
Written by: L. J. Smith
Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo
Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
Series: Vampire Diaries, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 10-27-09
Publisher: HarperAudio
Personally, I’m not very fond of love story books but this one isn’t that bad. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening is the first The Vampire Diaries audiobook in a series and if I’m not mistaken it doesn’t follow the story from the TV show. I’ve caught glimpses of it but never actually got to watching it, but if you have you’re still going to enjoy the audiobook because it’s practically a brand new storyline with your favorite characters.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get The Host audiobook for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
The Host: A Novel
Written by: Stephenie Meyer
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 23 hrs and 5 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 06-09-08
Publisher: Hachette Audio
There’s no doubt – The Host is superior to the Twilight Series, probably given it is designed for adults, rather than teens, and I fall in that first category.
Quite interesting insights into a genre that hasn’t been explored much. Take Robert Heinlein’s “The Puppet Masters” or maybe ABC Televesion’s recently unsuccessful series “Invasion”, jump 3 years after some symbiotic aliens have successfully crushed Earth and many of its human population then tell a story from the point of view of a good alien introduced right into a hostile host then you have the beginning of The Host.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get The Hunger Games audiobook for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
The Hunger Games
Written by: Suzanne Collins
Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick
Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
Series: Hunger Games, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 10-01-08
Publisher: Scholastic Audio
Amazing, I’m really unsure where to start! The Hunger Games is the first in the trilogy of audiobooks by author Suzanne Collins and managed to leave me holding my breath on more than one occasion. This wasn’t the simplest review to write since probably the entire world population has already read the book.
I’ve kept this audiobook in my to-read list for quite a while and have even given it out to a couple of friends yet never listened to it personally. I’m leary of the hype associated with audiobooks such as this trilogy. I feel like I’m going to be disappointed whenever everyone informs me how wonderful and intense it is and that I assume I’ll like it.
With that said, I eventually let myself to be persuaded into listening. As I read, I met quite a few interesting characters including Katniss, Prim, Gale and Peeta while they prepare for the reaping.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get the Inferno audiobook for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
Inferno: A Novel
Written by: Dan Brown
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
Series: Robert Langdon, Book 4
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 05-14-13
Publisher: Random House Audio
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost four years since there was a Dan Brown book. In his latest novel, Inferno, Brown uses the protagonist from The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons – the imperturbable symbologist Dr. Robert Langdon. The author uses the same technique for his latest book, Inferno, switching the Bible for Dante. I think this works out quite well. The thing with all Langdon books is that they happen over a very short time period, so you don’t get so many opportunities to get to know the characters better, what they are about and the backstory is lacking.
Audiobook Jungle readers can get The Great Gatsby audiobook for free when signing up for a new Audible account. Click on this image to sign up and get your free copy!
The Great Gatsby
Written by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 04-09-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
If you grew up in the USA you’ve probably read The Great Gatsby in school but somehow I managed not to do that. As an adult I’ve read and heard good things about it which left me with the impression that it seems to reflect on some of the base qualities that form our culture. That intrigued me and finally made me read the book. I wasn’t disappointed. The audio edition I listened to is the newest one – a tie-in with the movie.
The story develops in the Roaring Twenties which are fascinating in so many ways. All the events in the book revolve around the love that Jay Gatsby feels towards the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. They meet a few years back during the war but can’t be together. Now, Gatsby has become very rich and thinks that he’s worthy of her. He’s trying to become close with her again but she’s married to another man who isn’t exactly the faithful sort.