Major Audio Must-Haves for May: Six Titles
Raya Kuzyk -- Library Journal, 04/02/2009
Buckley, Christopher. Losing Mum and Pup. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 10½ hrs. Hachette Audio. May 6, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60024-683-8. $34.98; digital download. AUTOBIOGThe political satirist on his famous parents; read by the author. Other Buckley titles from Hachette: Boomsday and Supreme Courtship.
Child, Lee. Gone Tomorrow. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 15 hrs. Books on Tape. May 19, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4159-6288-6. $100; digital download. F
The No. 1 New York Times best-selling author’s 13th Jack Reacher thriller, following Nothing To Lose, also available from Books on Tape; reader TBA.
Lancaster, Jen. Pretty in Plaid. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Penguin Audio. May 5, 2009. ISBN 978-0-14-314477-9. $29.95; digital download. AUTOBIOG
This prequel to Bitter Is the New Black marks New York Times best-selling author Lancaster's audio (and hardcover) debut. Penguin will simultaneously be publishing her three backlist memoirs as digital downloads; reader TBA.
Malkin, Nina. Swoon. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 8½ hrs. S. & S. Audio. May 19, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7435-8200-1. $34.99; digital download. YA
Teen chick-lit author Malkin breaks out in a new direction with this Twilight-like paranormal YA saga of “impossible love”; Caitlin Greer (Fly on the Wall) reads.
Palahniuk, Chuck. Pygmy. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8½ hrs. Blackstone Audio. May 5, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4332-7723-8. $70; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F
Palahniuk tackles the subject of terrorism in his tenth novel, following Snuff; reader TBA. Other Palahniuk titles from Blackstone Audio: Survivor and Invisible Monsters.
Palmer, Diana. Heartless. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. Brilliance Audio. May 26, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4233-8257-7. $87.97; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 4 CDs. library/retail eds. abridged. 5 hrs.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; digital download. ROM
New York Times best-selling author Palmer follows up Fearless—available from Brilliance Audio on April 28—with this tale of Texan love; Phil Gigante (Moscow Rules) reads.
