What are we listening to? (audiobooks) - Page 9

DrNefario · 03-22-2012, 09:58 AM

I've just started listening to the Librivox version of Princess of Mars. I'm quite happy with the quality so far, given that it's a freebie with many narrators.

It's my first full-length audiobook, I think. I normally listen to podcasts on my train journey. I have found myself missing important bits once or twice, when I've been distracted, which doesn't tend to matter with a podcast.

DianNC · 03-22-2012, 04:57 PM

Really, really enjoying Raul Esparza's narration of Under the Dome. It's just close to perfect, IMO.

AlexGrama · 03-25-2012, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DianNC

Really, really enjoying Raul Esparza's narration of Under the Dome. It's just close to perfect, IMO.

How long did it take to finish it?

amward · 03-26-2012, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DrNefario

I've just started listening to the Librivox version of Princess of Mars. I'm quite happy with the quality so far, given that it's a freebie with many narrators.

It's my first full-length audiobook, I think. I normally listen to podcasts on my train journey. I have found myself missing important bits once or twice, when I've been distracted, which doesn't tend to matter with a podcast.

I really don't like the Librivox recordings, I just hate the way they go through the spiel of "This is a Librivox recording blah blah blah" at the beginning of every chapter. I could cope at the beginning and end of the book, but not that often.

DianNC · 03-26-2012, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexGrama

How long did it take to finish it?

It's probably 35 - 40 hours long. I'm about 20 hours in.

Figlilly · 03-26-2012, 07:50 PM

I didn't ever think I would like an audio book because I love to curl up with the printed word but I am currently listening to The Nine Princes of Amber series read by the author himself, Roger Zelazny. I am loving it. I have read the books dozens of times but hearing the author's interpretation has brought a freshness to the story and more admiration from me on his wonderful way with words. I have finally found a use for my IPad

The speakers are great, I don't have to bother with headphones and the audio book does not run the battery down as fast as a visual book.

SeaBookGuy · 03-26-2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DianNC

It's probably 35 - 40 hours long. I'm about 20 hours in.

I just gave up on the 22-hour nonfiction opus The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration at around the 15-hour mark. A solid book, with terrific narration, but it became more about the personal lives of the southern black migrants than a commentary on sociology; I'll probably skim the rest in print at another time.

Synamon · 03-29-2012, 01:03 AM

I finished the Hunger Games trilogy. Much has been said about the series, so I'll just say that I enjoyed the first two books and found the third one bizarre. The reader was excellent.

Now I'm listening to Thomas Perry's The Butcher's Boy. So far, so good.

ElsieC · 03-29-2012, 01:52 AM

I recently finished the three most recent Janet Evanovich books/Stephanie Plum Series (Sizzling Sixteen, Smokin' Seventeen and Explosive Eighteen). I really enjoy hearing these read. I find the dialogue even funnier when narrated by Lorelei King, I enjoy all her characterizations.

I also am making my way through all the Robert B. Parker Spenser series in audio and I have enjoyed both narrators I have heard so far. I have discovered I like these books better if I don't read them back to back but read something else in between.

I also just finished the Sue Grafton book V is for Vengeance. Having read all of Grafton's other books on paper, it was enjoyable to hear it although I could go either way for this series (paper/ebook or audio).

amward · 03-30-2012, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ElsieC

I recently finished the three most recent Janet Evanovich books/Stephanie Plum Series (Sizzling Sixteen, Smokin' Seventeen and Explosive Eighteen). I really enjoy hearing these read. I find the dialogue even funnier when narrated by Lorelei King, I enjoy all her characterizations.

I agree, Lorelei King is one of the best narrators around, I just love her readings of the Stephanie Plum series.

ZombieEatsYou · 04-03-2012, 07:37 PM

Just finished the cast reading of Dracula. I forgot how good that book was.

Dr. Seward: Alan Cumming
Jonathan Harker: Simon Vance
Mina Murray/Harker: Katy Kellgren
Lucy Westenra: Susan Duerden
Van Helsing: Tim Curry
Steven Crossley: Zookeeper’s account and reporter
Victor Villar-Hauser: Arthur Holmwood
Marc Vietor: Quincey Morris
and many others. This isn't a dramatization, but a reading of the book in character.

odiakkoh · 04-03-2012, 08:30 PM

That sounds like an awesome cast. Where did you get it?

Synamon · 04-03-2012, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by odiakkoh

That sounds like an awesome cast. Where did you get it?

Audible has this version.

odiakkoh · 04-03-2012, 09:47 PM

Thank you

odiakkoh · 04-06-2012, 05:57 PM

Well I bought Dracula and am now listening to it as well. Love it.

03-29-2012, 01:03 AM	#128
Synamon Lunatic Posts: 1,691 Karma: 4386372 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Land of the Loonie Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch	I finished the Hunger Games trilogy. Much has been said about the series, so I'll just say that I enjoyed the first two books and found the third one bizarre. The reader was excellent. Now I'm listening to Thomas Perry's The Butcher's Boy. So far, so good. Last edited by Synamon; 03-29-2012 at 01:13 AM.

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03-22-2012, 09:58 AM	#121
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,099 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I've just started listening to the Librivox version of Princess of Mars. I'm quite happy with the quality so far, given that it's a freebie with many narrators. It's my first full-length audiobook, I think. I normally listen to podcasts on my train journey. I have found myself missing important bits once or twice, when I've been distracted, which doesn't tend to matter with a podcast.

03-22-2012, 04:57 PM	#122
DianNC Banned Posts: 1,431 Karma: 5222495 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen	Really, really enjoying Raul Esparza's narration of Under the Dome. It's just close to perfect, IMO.

03-26-2012, 07:50 PM	#126
Figlilly Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 2514066 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis 2&3, Paperwhites, Kindle Touch, Kobo Clara, IPad Air2	I didn't ever think I would like an audio book because I love to curl up with the printed word but I am currently listening to The Nine Princes of Amber series read by the author himself, Roger Zelazny. I am loving it. I have read the books dozens of times but hearing the author's interpretation has brought a freshness to the story and more admiration from me on his wonderful way with words. I have finally found a use for my IPad The speakers are great, I don't have to bother with headphones and the audio book does not run the battery down as fast as a visual book.

03-29-2012, 01:52 AM	#129
ElsieC Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 21024 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ohio, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	I recently finished the three most recent Janet Evanovich books/Stephanie Plum Series (Sizzling Sixteen, Smokin' Seventeen and Explosive Eighteen). I really enjoy hearing these read. I find the dialogue even funnier when narrated by Lorelei King, I enjoy all her characterizations. I also am making my way through all the Robert B. Parker Spenser series in audio and I have enjoyed both narrators I have heard so far. I have discovered I like these books better if I don't read them back to back but read something else in between. I also just finished the Sue Grafton book V is for Vengeance. Having read all of Grafton's other books on paper, it was enjoyable to hear it although I could go either way for this series (paper/ebook or audio).

04-03-2012, 07:37 PM	#131
ZombieEatsYou Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 1001283 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Barricaded on the 2nd floor Device: Kindle Fire HD 7" & 8.9"/Sony PRS 950/Entourage eDGe/Acer A500	Just finished the cast reading of Dracula. I forgot how good that book was. Dr. Seward: Alan Cumming Jonathan Harker: Simon Vance Mina Murray/Harker: Katy Kellgren Lucy Westenra: Susan Duerden Van Helsing: Tim Curry Steven Crossley: Zookeeper’s account and reporter Victor Villar-Hauser: Arthur Holmwood Marc Vietor: Quincey Morris and many others. This isn't a dramatization, but a reading of the book in character.

04-03-2012, 08:30 PM	#132
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	That sounds like an awesome cast. Where did you get it?

04-03-2012, 09:47 PM	#134
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	Thank you

04-06-2012, 05:57 PM	#135
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	Well I bought Dracula and am now listening to it as well. Love it.