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Romance Audiobooks from Audasy (for Women)

Growing up, it was the “harlequin novels” 🙂 These were romance novels that appealed mostly to women. Well, they are still around today and since I am not a women, I have never read one.  🙂

As the the technology developed, we eventually had audio books. This was  great because now we could enjoy our novels while driving or commuting. When I had a long commute years ago, I would definitely go through audio books.

With Audasy, we have romance novels merging with audio books. This is a free app available for both Android and iOS devices. I used the Android revision for this post.  This is app is designed for for mature women,

When you first download the app, you will need to allow a number of different permissions. To be honest, I am not sure why but it is something to note. You can run the app on a phone or tablet but it only presents itself in portrait mode.

The app is broken down into three main sections:

  • Featured – a listing of books organized in the following sections Classic, Trending, What’s Hot, Recommended
  • New – this is a listing new books
  • Top – a listing of book with the top likes and downloads

Now you can use the app as a guest but to have access to all features you will need to create an account using Facebook or an email address. The app has a download section too where you can easily access any book you downloaded. The app layout is pretty straight forward and easy to use.

This is a free app and every book does come with a small sample audio you can listen to. Many of them also come with a chapter or two you can download. If you wish to listen to the whole book, I assume you will need to purchase them. It is not very clear from the developers website or from the app itself.

After listening to a few free samples, I definitely realized this app was not for me – this is an app designed for mature women and definitely is NSFW.  So if you enjoy steamy romance novels, then Audasy has plenty to choose from.

Downloads:

Free Romance Audiobooks
Free Romance Audiobooks
Developer: Audasy
Price: Free+
Unknown app
Unknown app
Developer: Unknown
Price: Free
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Books Entertainment Reviews

The Hope We Seek [Android App Review]

As I put together this review, I am trying to figure out if is a book review or an app review. I think it is a little of both. Nonetheless it is intriguing.

If I had to describe the app in one word, it would be impressive. I had not heard of the author Rich Shapero before seeing this app. If you are like me, then you can head over to his website (see below) to learn a little more about him. For the purpose of this app, I am not going to go into the story line;  I am going to focus on the app and my experience with it.  This app  was tested on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1;  you are going to need a tablet to enjoy this book/app.

I enjoy reading  a good book and I must say I really enjoyed using this app to read the book The Hope We Seek.  This app is very unique in that is combines three different elements to form a great experience. In the app, you can read the story, hear the music, and view the art.  The app is broken up into layers, which you need to peel away to find.  When you first turn on the app you will see the cover art but also visible is a seam and it is through this seam that you can discover the other layers.

  1. First off is the story. Here you simply swipe left and right to read and turn the pages.
  2. Second is the Songs from the Big Wheel. You can read the lyrics and listen to the songs.
  3. Third is the art or illustrations.

If you want to go back at any time, simple pinch the seam.

For those that want a more traditional approach, simply touch the screen and a cool menu will appear. In this menu, you can see how the story, music, and art line up together.  For example, the song Bring Me More is connected to the first three chapters.  Thorugh this menu you can easily go to any chapter, song, or piece of art.  You can read  background information about the book, author, music, and art. 

mini-nav

Finally in the top right hand corner, there is a secondary menu. In this menu you can still pick the story, music or art you want to view but you can adjust the volume, brightness, and most importantly the font size of the book!

At the beginning of this review, I used the term impressive and rightly so. This app does a great job of combing three different media to give the reader a rich and unique experience. Enough of my words though.  Head over to Google Play and download this free app and see for yourself. Could this be the future of books on tablets?

App Name: The Hope We Seek

DeveloperRich Shapero

Cost: Free

Market: Google Play

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Books Education Tools

Improve Your English – Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary for Android

App Name: Oxford Advanced Learner’s 8

Description: Improve your English language skills with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Understand what words mean. Learn how to say them. Know how to use them.  The app has  3000 keywords, thousands of colorful graphics and full-sentence audio pronunciations.  You can look up over 57,000 synonyms and opposites.  You can customize the look and feel of the app too.

Cost: $28.99 USD

Developer: Paragon Software

Market: Android