{"id":12994,"date":"2022-05-26T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12994"},"modified":"2022-05-26T10:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:04:55","slug":"real-life-stories-to-read-with-your-ears-free-audiobooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12994","title":{"rendered":"Real life stories to read with your ears – free audiobooks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you registered for your free Sora shelf here<\/a> yet? That’s where the free AudioSYNC audiobooks will reside when you download them during their Thursday-Wednesday access weeks so you can listen anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that these professionally produced audiobooks are checked out to your Sora shelf online for 99 years?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll highlight each new audiobook pair on Thursdays so you’ll have time to download them. If you miss any, check your local public library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s hear real life stories this week:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Real Herge: The Inspiration Behind Tintin<\/em><\/strong> (free Sora download 5\/26-6\/1\/22)
by Sian Lye<\/a> | Read by Simon Vance<\/a>
Published by Oasis Audio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tintin and his faithful canine companion traveled the world in search of news and adventure in a long-running graphic novel series that has myriad fans today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intrepid boy reporter Tintin reflected some of his Belgian creator’s personal dreams and characteristics, as this well-narrated biography of Herge reveals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.audiofilemagazine.com\/reviews\/read\/191573\/the-real-herge-by-sian-lye-read-by-simon-vance\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream<\/em><\/strong> (free Sora download 5\/26-6\/1\/22)
by Julissa Arce<\/a> | Read by Julissa Arce<\/a>
Published by Hachette Audio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending her childhood in Mexico, Julissa joins her working parents in the US as a young teen. When her tourist visa expires, she remains to complete her education, ever fearful of deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stellar grades, great SAT scores – still so many barriers between her and university!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.audiofilemagazine.com\/reviews\/read\/186636\/someone-like-me-by-julissa-arce-read-by-julissa-arce\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whose life story do you want to listen to next?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you registered for your free Sora shelf here yet? That’s where the free AudioSYNC audiobooks will reside when you download them during their Thursday-Wednesday access weeks so you can listen anytime. Did you know that these professionally produced audiobooks are checked out to your Sora shelf online for 99 years?! I’ll highlight each new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[157,237,19,23],"tags":[90,124,127,396,4,11,5,16,18,40,43,49,300,288,184,111,31,15,9,21,35,6,8],"class_list":["post-12994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","category-nonfiction","tag-abandonment","tag-art","tag-audiobooks","tag-belgium","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-growing-up","tag-memories","tag-mexican-american","tag-mexico","tag-mothers","tag-non-us-artist","tag-non-us-author","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-travel","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13038,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions\/13038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}