SYNC give away two complete audio-book downloads (a current YA title paired thematically with a Classic) every week in summer for 13 weeks, starting on May 15th. I’ve never “read” an audio-book before, but since joining the book blogging community I’ve heard so many bloggers say great things about audio-books and decided I would try them. What better way than by trying them for 13 weeks for free??
The titles are delivered through the OverDrive Media Console; I have this on my smartphone and tablet and already use it to “borrow” eBooks from my local library. You can sign-up on SYNCs website to receive notifications of when the free audio-book downloads are available (each title is only available to download for 7 days), and the best bit is once it’s downloaded, it’s yours to keep!
Some titles have international restrictions and are only available in certain territories. As I’m based in the UK, I assumed this would mean there wouldn’t be much for me to choose from, but luckily most of the titles are available (including pretty much all of the ones I actually wanted to “read”), see this guide for the non-US listener.
Below is the full list of titles available, each title is linked to the download page on SYNC, and you can click here for samples of each one.
- May 15-May 21: Warp the Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer (Goodreads) and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Goodreads)
- May 22-May 28: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (Goodreads) and Oedipus the King by Sophocles (Goodreads)
- May 29-June 4: Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson (Goodreads) and The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (Goodreads)
- June 5-June 11: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill (Goodreads) and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Goodreads)
- June 12-June 18: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads) and The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (Goodreads)
- June 19-June 25: I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (Goodreads) and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Goodreads)
- June 26-July 2: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (Goodreads) and October Morning: A Song For Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
- July 3-July 9: Torn From Troy by Patrick Bowman (Goodreads) and Peter and The Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Goodreads)
- July 10-July 16: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose (Goodreads) and While The World Watched by Carolyn Maull McKinstry (Goodreads)
- July 17-July 23: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Goodreads) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Goodreads)
- July 24-July 30: Headstrong by Patrick Link (Goodreads) and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Goodreads)
- July 31-August 6: Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy (Goodreads) and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (Goodreads)
- August 7-August 13: Living a Life That Matters by Ben Lesser (Goodreads) and The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick (Goodreads)
Those links took forever, so I really hope someone benefits from it! Will you be participating in the SYNC audio-book promotion? Which books would you want to download? I’m looking forward to Code Name Verity, Forgive me, Leonard Peacock and Anne of Green Gables!
Confessions of a Book Geek 
Wow thanks so much for sharing. I’ve never “read” an audio-book either but I’m definitely willing to try now! 🙂 Great post – and don’t worry all your linking will definitely be put to good use!
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No problem! I’m willing to give it a go, I just don’t know if I like it… maybe I’ll be converted 🙂
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I was super excited about this when I heard about it on Twitter. I’m not sure if I’ll actually take full advantage of it though because anytime I tried to listen to audiobooks it’s never really worked out for me
I really want to read Code Name Verity though, so I might have to give it a try!
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I’m hoping to use it to try audio books, I haven’t really given them a fair shot, and trying them for free sounds pretty good! I think it is massively down to who is narrating them if I’ll like it or not. Code Name Verity is on my list too, let me know what you think if you try them! R x
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