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✝️ Believer | 🏳️‍🌈✌🏾
🎙Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator | VO Actor
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Speechless! Shadow and Son by @gretchenwritesbooks left me absolutely speechless. Did I cry my eyes out through the ending and honestly so many other portions of this book? Yes. Absolutely. Gretchen definitely knows how to pull at the heartstrings.

The Shattered Crown series has some of the best characters combined with an absolutely stellar plot! And this final book doesn’t disappoint. It brings all of that energy and so much more! While also giving us an ending we can be happy with.

Gretchen’s writing is just amazing. It’s beautifully done and incredibly addicting. Every book of hers that I’ve picked up has absolutely absorbed me immediately and teleported me to somewhere new.

I was fortunate enough to receive the audiobook for Shadow and Son and I can’t say enough good things about @snemethparker, @tyla_collier, and Dan Calley. There are quite a few characters and the narrators gave them each their own distinct voices. Not to mention the amount of emotion they put into each of them. Just truly amazing.

I’m so in love with these characters and this world it feels almost bittersweet for it to have ended. But Gretchen has definitely left herself room to do a spinoff and I hope that happens!

In case it wasn’t obvious, this is one of my favorite series. If you haven’t read it, now is the time!

TL;DR
🦋 what an amazing conclusion to the trilogy
⚔️ man that ending had me crying my eyes out
🦋 the narrators did such a fabulous job, you could really feel the emotion
⚔️ this series is top tier to me, 10/10 definitely recommend

Thank you to @gretchenwritesbooks for the gifted ALC!

QOTD: if you’ve read this series, who is your favorite character? If not, what colors would your wings be if you had them?

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Still looking for Friday plans? We’ve got you covered! Join us in our downstairs wine cellar for a special event where @tyla_collier will@be reading selections from I, Medusa by Ayana Gray. Tyla is a neighbor and friend of the store who also was the official narrator of the audiobook version of I, Medusa. This event is free for members and $15, which includes a glass of wine.
#bedstuy #gladysbooksandwine #blacklesbians #wlw #nycthingstodo

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had a really beautiful time being an herbalist for Community Care Day at @audrelordeproject this past weekend. 🌟

I held herbal consults where community shared what they were moving through & I made custom tea blends to support. 🌱

here are some photos from the day with these luminous people. & some daisies in bloom from the garden. 🥹

thank you to the team at @audrelordeproject for hosting & organizing this day. 🌟

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Wishing our authors and these new audiobooks a happy release day! This Tuesday brings big feelings, dark secrets, and plenty of drama...

SHADOW AND SON by Gretchen Powell Fox, narrated by Dan Calley, Tyla Collier, and Stephanie Németh-Parker
TATTOO HEARTIST by S.K. Angel, narrated by Duncan Cole and Juniper Reyes
THE BUTCHER OF NAZARETH by David Scott Hay, narrated by Brian Alan Hill
THE CROWN OF THE DARK PRINCE by Arcadia Rayne, narrated by Brittany Goodwin
THE PLAY MAKER by Stephanie Alves, narrated by Tristan Morris and Julia Knippen

#audiobooks #nowlistening #audiobooklovers #bookstagram #tbrlist

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Thank you so much for the gifted copy @scarlettpress.us

Shadow and Son by @gretchenwritesbooks is the epic conclusion to The Shattered Crown trilogy and releases on Tuesday!

You still have time to preorder and submit for a signed bookplate and vellum overlay but you have to act fast!

The audio also releases on Tuesday from @simonmaverickbooks with performances from Dan Calley, @tyla_collier, and @snemethparker

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Remember June? We had an amazing night of sapphic erotica read aloud over glasses of wine, and you all showed UP.

Audio Noir is back, and we’re excited to welcome another award-winning audiobook narrator to Gladys. Tyla Collier narrated the audiobook of I, Medusa, the novel by Ayana Gray. Hear excepts of the story straight from the voice that brought it to life, LIVE in our downstairs wine bar.

Friday, October 23 | 7 PM
306 Malcolm X Blvd
Just $15, glass of wine included
Free for Gladys Family members

Bring a date, bring your bestie, or treat yourself to a solo night out. Any way you do it, it’s a good night.

Tickets at the link in bio on our events page!

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Bday Tingz, Big fun, July = A Real one 🏖️
#Dump

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Happy Hoodoo Heritage Month, beloveds! October at Gladys is stacked with something for everyone!  
We’re bringing back karaoke in our Wine Lounge this Thursday, with a free drink for the first 3 singers. Alicia Hines will join our very own Paula T Renfroe for Authors After Hours, and Dr. Rachel Hardeman hosts a salon on who gets to be fully human. Audio Noir brings award winning narrator Tyla Collier to our downstairs wine lounge to read from a favorite book of ours: I, Medusa by Ayana King. Rhythm & Brunch is back, with DJ SHARDÉA on the decks spinning only women rappers and now with FREE entry. Plus, NY Liberty playoff watch parties are happening at Gladys all month long. 
At the end of the month, things get even spookier! Velvet Requiem is our first ever Sapphic murder mystery dinner party, an intimate 3 course dinner hosted upstairs in our book cafe and served with a side of murder and intrigue. Perfect as a solo excursion, friend date, or even date night! Come play a suspect, hear live jazz standards sang by Sasha Thompson, follow the clues, and name the killer before dessert. There are only 15 tickets for this event so act fast!  Finally, we close the month with Sapphic Superstition, a 30+ Halloween soirée with tarot, burlesque, flash tattoos, and two DJs including crowd favorite Timalikesmusic. We believe in affordable fun, so pre-sale tickets are only $10, entry is free for the first hour, and tickets at the door are only $20. Only catch is this event is strictly 30 plus! We can’t wait to see you! All events can be RSVP on our website!

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Audiobook Listeners! If you're looking for your next favorite Audiobook Narrator, we've got you covered!

Authors! If you're creating a shortlist for Black Narrators to possibly narrate your next YA book, look no further!

Check out this comprehensive guide to Black Audiobook Narrators of traditionally published Black YA books (fiction & nonfiction).

Bookmark/save this post so you remember where to go to find your next favorite narrator!

VISIT:
https://melanininya.com/narrators

#AmListening #Audiobooks #YALit #VoiceActors #VoiceActing

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A HUGEEEEE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED LAST WEEK’S MUST LOVE DOGS AND COMEDY SHOW!! 🐶💕

We loved meeting everyone and their dogs, hearing and supporting the awesome work @koreank9rescue is doing (and meeting adoptable foster pups Lotus and Emma!), AND partaking in oh so many laughs with our wonderful comics and host @jolieedudley @shannonkeye @jaspercwang @dylanadler_ @passiveabrasive and @tylerjhorvath !!! 🎤😂

We hope to see you next month at our 5 year anniversary show! 🎉 You can buy tickets NOW through the link in bio. Show is Friday, October 9th at @borisandhorton 🐾

#dogfriendlynyc #dogsofnyc #standupcomedy #nyccomedy #mustlovedogsandcomedy

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Sooo it's only 1 month until Shadow and Son comes out‼️And you know the audiobook hits when you're screaming over the spicy scenes. 🥵

@simonmaverickbooks have made the Shattered Crown series by @gretchenwritesbooks perfectly. I typically listen to audiobooks while working. But OMGGGGG THIS BOOK. I have to take breaks (before I break down crying).

@snemethparker, Dan Calley and @tyla_collier have brought these characters to life spectacularly and you can hear the emotions in their voice for different scenes and characters.

If you are an audiobook person. I cannot recommend this series enough. The narration, world and journey you go on is incredible.

#simonmaverickaudio #audiobook #shadowandson #shatteredcrownseries

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we loved meeting this little cutie, Theo, last night along with all the other pups who joined us at our @mustlovedogsandcomedy show!! 💕

thank you all for coming to the show! recap coming sooooooon 🐾

#mustlovedogsandcomedy #dogfriendlynyc #dogsofnyc #nycdogcommunity #cutedogs

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