I mentioned in an earlier post about the free audio books and podcasts at podiobooks.com, that at the time I was listening to EarthCore by Scott Sigler. I finished it, and I loved it.

It took a little while for the action to get going, but to be honest, I was very interested in the character and plot development. The characters and interactions held my interest, so it didn’t seem slow while I was listening.

Let me tell you though, when the real action started, I was just hooked. I think I listened to the last half of the book in about 4 days, rather then the 3 or 4 weeks it took me to listen to the first half.

My biggest complaint is that during a question and answer session that was part of the podcast, Scott said that he was going to really get cracking on the sequel, and should have it out in 8 months or so. Although the podcast wasn’t dated, I figured that was a year or more ago, now I learn that the sequel isn’t out yet.

I can’t wait!

Currently I am listening to 7th Son Book 2: Deceit, written by J.C. Hutchins. I finished “Book 1: Descent“, but I’m so into the story that I’m spending every free moment listening to it. I’ll write a review eventually.

One warning though, while I was looking for all of the links for this article, I found out that “Book 3: Destruction” is currently underway, so unless I catch up with the author, the review may be awhile. Here is a quick one, just to hold you over:

Its great, go listen to it.

References

- EarthCore’s page

- Scott Sigler’s Web Site

- 7th Son Book 1: Descent - on PodioBooks

- 7th Son Book 2: Deceit - on PodioBooks

- 7th Son Book 3: Deceit - on J.C. Hutchin’s web site

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I spend about an hour a day driving back and forth to work, and I’ve been using my iPod to keep the drive interesting. Not too long ago I ran across PodioBooks, which offers free Books in podcast format.

Although you do have to create an account, I don’t think I have received even one e-mail from them since I signed up.

You can browse through their large selection of free books, and once you have decided on what you want to listen to, a RSS feed is created which allows you to subscribe using your favorite feed reader.

New installments are delivered at the schedule you define, and that’s about all there is to it. The site is easy to use, and the podcasts are delivered in a timely manner.

The first podcast novel I listened to was EarthCore, and I liked it so much that I have downloaded pretty much everything by Scott Sigler.

I definitely recommend this site.

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