Get those TBRs ready because we’re about to melt your library card. In this episode, romance lovers will hear Jordy’s review of the new Ali Hazelwood novel, Deep End. Then stick around for Shoshana’s podcast debut as she chats with Nox about this year’s Audie Award winners. Stick around for some excellent insight into the audiobook industry as a whole.
Diving into the Deep End (0:23)
Jordy dives into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, a gripping romance set in the high-stakes world of competitive diving. From sizzling chemistry to raw emotional depth, we explore Scarlett and Lukas’s journey of ambition, healing, and unexpected love.
30th Annual Audie Awards – The Good, The Bad, and The Hopeful? (5:38)
Shoshana and Nox, both avid audiobook listeners, chat about the 30th Annual Audies, National Audiobook Awards, held March 4th, 2025. In this spoiler-free conversation, they share some of their opinions about the winning titles, some stark demographics of the winners, and the changing landscape of the audiobook industry.
Books/Resources Mentioned:
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Libro.FM 2025 Audie Award Finalists Playlist – list of finalists available for purchase
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
George Orwell’s 1984 Adapted by Joe White Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast – Audible exclusive 🙁
This Could by Us by Kennedy Ryan
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Flamboyants by George M. Johnson
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu
You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Coming Home by Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford – Audible exclusive 🙁
Unprotected: A Memoir by Bill Porter
On the Hustle by Adriana Herrera
2025 Audie Awards Winners – full list of finalists and winners by category
Audie Awards Past Winners – full list of winners from 1996 onwards
AAP December 2024 StatShot Report – includes the year to date numbers
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
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![Our monthly selections always look so good together 🍃 All March we have been "Returning to Nature" with our reading.
How are books are selected each month:
1. Our members/subscribers suggest titles when the theme is announced.
2. Members vote on the titles they suggested
3. The Feminist Book Club team works with publishers to bring in titles to send to you!
We always have a fiction and non-fiction pick of the month and host a moderated discussion for that monthly pick in our online community!
And if you have already read the book of the month, you're able to swap for a different book and stay on theme.
Learn more about how you can get in on the conversation by heading to the link in our bio!
[alt text: Books sit cover up on a white background. Titles include: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari, Sharks Don’t Sink by Jasmin Graham, The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and the Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin.]
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