For Fans and Critics of Audiobooks

As some of you know, I have been recording my three novels, Counselor, Vision, and Sparrows, for the past couple of years.

Here are a couple of posts about this wonderful experience:

https://seekingdivineperspective.com/2023/01/13/another-first-from-2022-expanding-my-reach/ https://seekingdivineperspective.com/2023/09/29/audiobook-update-whats-taken-so-long/ https://seekingdivineperspective.com/2023/11/24/more-holiday-announcements-and-some-freebees/

I am excited to announce that all three books of the Awakening trilogy are now available for your listening pleasure. 😉

As with the first two audiobooks, I have a limited number of “freebies” to give out to anyone willing to listen to Sparrows and write an honest review when finished. Some of you have done this with Counselor and/or Vision, and I appreciate your help in getting those audiobooks “out there.” Fellow blogger Barb, posted a review of Vision just today. https://mylifeinourfathersworld.com/2024/06/14/vision-by-ann-aschauer-audiobook-review/#like-15327

Anyone wanting to listen to and review any of these books can email me at bascha3870@yahoo.com. A few links to Counselor were sent out but never claimed, so I have made these available again to those who will follow through. If you would like to start at the beginning (“a very good place to start”), you can snatch up one of the last of those “freebies.” I recommend starting with Counselor, although I have written the other two in a way that they can be enjoyed by themselves. But reading/listening to all three, you can recognize characters (human and otherwise) that reappear in the second and third books.

After reading reviews of my books and others, I have some tips (and pleas) for any book critics out there:

1. Keep it professional. You may know the author as a family member, friend, or even as a “friend I haven’t met yet,” such as a fellow blogger (I have a few of those. You know who you are. ❤ ). If you mention the author as a friend or relative, referring to them by their first name – or, heaven forbid, a nickname! – Amazon will not post your review.
2. Guard the mysteries. When we wrote book reports in grade school, I remember being required to write a plot synopsis, including telling how the book ended, to prove that we had read the whole thing. But this is not grade school! If your review includes information like “I was so shocked at the end to find out the uncle did it!” you’ve just ruined it for anyone who likes plot twists and turns, surprises, and trying to figure things out for himself. *
3. With an audiobook, please review the reading as well as the book. While the content of the book is crucial, listeners also want to know if the narrator did a good job. A blind friend of mine used to recommend audiobooks to me, and there were several titles that he had listened to in recordings made by more than one narrator. He had some strong opinions about which ones were great and which ones I should skip.
4. If you receive a free link to listen and review, write the review as soon as you finish the book. For some reason, some who have left it to “come back to later” were not able to get back in.

Please note: Of course, if you don’t wish to write a review but would still like to listen to Counselor, Vision, or Sparrows, they are all available on Audible, Amazon, and i-Tunes. I appreciate all my readers and listeners. To everyone who has asked me about this project and encouraged me along the way, THANK YOU!

* P. S. If you are planning to read or listen to Counselor, don’t read the reviews if you like to be surprised! One reviewer revealed the most important revelation of the book, and I’m not sure how to take that one down.