Jonathan Lowe’s new book, Post Office Confidential: A Memoir, covers Lowe’s 22 years experience in the USPS before retiring under “early out” in 2009. Lowe is PostalMag.com’s audiobooks reviewer and the memoir also covers his 30 years of experience in the audiobook industry. An introduction to Post Office Confidential can be found at SoundCloud. Lowe […]
From the Vault: Tim Lundeen’s career in audiobooks has encompassed most aspects of the business, including narration of both fiction and non-fiction across multiple genres. Both national and international publishers have found his low key narration style captivating to their listeners. He has also directed and edited authors Gary Chapman, Shannon Ethridge, Nate Larkin, Andy […]
PostalMag.com audiobooks reviewer Jonathan Lowe interviews author Brad Taylor. Taylor is a New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer. His new audiobook, The Devil’s Ransom: A Pike Logan Novel, is available for download on January 23rd, 2023. Lowe: Are you writing a memoir? What’s it about, and does it start at the […]
MEGAN TROUT is a multi-talented voice actor who has appeared on stage and in film. She attended voice acting and audiobook schools, and has received raves for appearances with Shotgun Players, Boxcar Theatre, Z-Space, Aurora Theatre, Central Works, and the O’Neill Foundation for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” For more visit MeganTrout.com. Jonathan Lowe: […]
L.L. SOARES’s newest book is TEACH THEM HOW TO BLEED, published by Bloodshot Books. His fifth novel, it offers a very different take on vampires. His previous novels are also in print, including LIFE RAGE, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, HARD, and BURIED IN BLUE CLAY. His first professional story sale was “Little Black Dress” to the […]
Lawrence Block was born in Buffalo, New York in 1938. He attended Antioch College in Ohio then went to work in the mailroom of a New York publisher. His first story was published in 1957 and he has gone on to write more than thirty novels and countless stories and articles, not just under his […]
PostalMag.com audiobooks reviewer Jonathan Lowe interviews Dr. Laurie Helgoe, PhD. Lowe 1) As a doctor what about your career and people you were seeing led to writing your first book? And second? HELGOE: In general, after absorbing so many observations from the lives of my clients as well as my own, I wanted to share […]
Jonathan Lowe, a retired postal clerk in Arizona, is the author of novels and stories ranging from science fiction and mystery/suspense to romance and humor. Popular works include Postmarked for Death, The Methuselah Gene, Fame Island and Awakening Storm. A jazz and classical music lover, Jonathan has won several writing awards at both the local […]
Jonathan Lowe, a retired postal clerk in Arizona, is the author of novels and stories ranging from science fiction and mystery/suspense to romance and humor. Popular works include Postmarked for Death, The Methuselah Gene, Fame Island, Going Postal and Awakening Storm. A jazz and classical music lover, Jonathan has won several writing awards at both […]
January 2009 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe With parallels to The Great Gatsby, the revived 1961 novel REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates is now a film starring Leonardo DeCaprio and Kate Winslet. As in Fitzgerald’s novel, Yates’ book, recently re-released in paperback (and new on audio), tracks the disillusionment of the times following a […]
CHURCHILL AND ORWELL by Thomas E. Ricks: Churchill and Orwell proved their age’s necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940s to triumph over freedom’s enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell’s […]
Geoff Sturtevant has been driving for UPS (not USPS) and voraciously consuming audiobooks for 16 years. He won the 2018 ABR LISTENERS CHOICE AWARD for best humor entry for his audiobook production of Occupational Hazards: The Blue-Collar Omnibus. He writes about the absurd, the macabre, and the general strangeness of the human experience. The book […]
Harlan Ellison died in June 27 at age 84. He wrote or edited more than 120 books, and more than 1,700 stories, essays, and articles, as well as dozens of screenplays and teleplays. He won numerous awards, including the Edgar Award, a Hugo Award, an Audie Award for Best Solo Narration (including other authors work), […]
Let’s call it Clive Cussler Day. June 1, 2018. June is also Audiobook Month, and all of the Cussler novels are on audio. Many are set in the summer on the ocean. June 1 is also release day of my novel Lottery Island on audio, an adventure based on the true story of John Caldwell, […]
Interview with Peter Berkrot Jonathan Lowe) How did you come to voice acting? Peter Berkrot) I started acting and training in New York in 1973 when I was in 13 or 14, so how I came to voice acting is like how I came to Massachusetts or marriage. The longer the trail, the more paths […]
No topic is more controversial than gun control, unless that would be immigration. In the new audiobook production of Postmarked for Death, narrated by Atlanta actor Len Cassamas (with author Jonathan Lowe), a postal clerk with a grudge against illegal immigrants begins bombing government offices and mailing letter bombs, just like the Unabomber…except he continues […]
The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life. Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and THE LONGEVITY DIET is easier to follow than you’d think. The culmination of twenty-five years of research […]
Wanting to see how ANNIHILATION compared to the audiobook (which is actually a trilogy), I can report that the movie is definitely worth the price of admission, whether of not you’ve read or listened to the books. Still, it’s a different animal, and there are plenty of strange creatures populating both movie and “audio movies.” […]
Couple centuries back the call “go west, young man!” propelled settlers and homesteaders into the Louisiana Purchase and beyond into New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California. Our mythic vision of “conquering” the west envisioned cowboys and ranches with cattle and crops abundant. Indians were resettled onto reservations, although many did not go quietly. […]
THE KARDASHIANS: AN AMERICAN DRAMA. How did it happen? From the curious life of patriarch Robert Kardashian, whose family meatpacking business was tainted by scandal, to “momager” Kris Jenner’s top-secret plan for the future, The Kardashians reveals the untold, definitive story based on two years of investigative reporting and scores of candid, on-the-record interviews, ranging […]
RED MOUNTAIN in eastern Washington is home to a community of eccentrics. Otis Till, the area’s visionary winemaker, has been known to howl at the moon–fully nude. Single mother Margot Pierce moved across the country to build an inn, but so far all she does is binge on gelato, the Hallmark Channel, and fantasies of […]
Some interesting new non-fiction this month includes WAYNE & FORD: THE FILMS, THE FRIENDSHIPS, AND THE FORGING OF AN AMERICAN HERO by Nancy Schoenberger, read by the author. (John Wayne and his director John Ford.) WHY WE DON’T SUCK by comic actor Denis Leary, read by him. THE PENTAGON’S WARS by Mark Perry, read by […]
PHOTO: Jonathan Lowe at the Tucson CFS in 1996. Lowe later worked as a processing clerk on Tour 3, and as a window clerk before retiring from the Postal Service. PostalMag.com audiobooks reviewer Jonathan Lowe is an award winning writer who has published articles and stories in over 40 magazines, with both drama and fiction […]
ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vandermeer. Plot: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide; the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as […]
New this month are many new and riveting audiobook titles, including A COLUMN OF FIRE by Ken Follett, THE GOLDEN HOUSE by Salman Rushdie, and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng, but my personal favorite listen was MOVING THE PALACE by Charif Majdalani. Set at the dawn of the twentieth century, it’s about a young […]
TINKER DABBLE DOODLE TRY is about unfocusing your mind to achieve goals, certainly a contrarian approach. Culture tells us to be razor focused, “Linked In,” and concentrated on our busy schedules. But the mind is not a muscle, and doesn’t need endless reps at the gym. It needs down time, day dreaming, and awareness of […]
A heartfelt comedy of manners, Diksha Basu’s debut novel THE WINDFALL unfolds the story of a family discovering what it means to “make it” in modern India. For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha’s lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants […]
The Earth is mostly covered by water, and while driving the weather the ocean is the staging area for geopolitical disputes over borders, climate change, fishing, pollution, and nuclear weapons. As former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Admiral James Stavridis looks at the history of the oceans from the point of view of the military, […]
January 2008 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe Every year, it seems, we feel the need to make New Year’s resolutions. Whether we succeed in sticking to them is a matter of motivation and tenacity. To aid such attempts at self improvement I’ve chosen several new releases for their unique perspectives and/or scientific rigor. They […]
January 2007 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe Nelson DeMille is a funny man. That’s an odd thing to say, considering that the author is known for his military suspense novels, like “The General’s Daughter” and “Up Country.” In fact, narrator Scott Brick says that he had to pause in recording DeMille’s latest, WILD FIRE, […]
January 2006 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe For this first month of the New Year, I’m joined by Audiofile magazine founder and editor Robin Whitten, who contributed the first two reviews below. You may pick up Audiofile at newstands like Barnes & Noble. While there, be sure to ask for my new medical thriller […]
January 2005 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe American Idol finalist Clay Aiken reads his new book LEARNING TO SING for Random House Audio. No, Clay doesn’t sing on this 2-CD abridgment of his inspirational memoir, but rather tells his fans the whole story of his life so far, starting from when he was a […]
July 2004 – Audiobooks reviewed by Jonathan Lowe THE BREATHTAKER by Alice Blanchard is a suspense novel about a serial killer who chases tornados in Oklahoma and Texas because it provides him with the perfect cover to commit murder. Unafraid of the horrific chaos, the killer is tracked by a police chief who soon has […]
