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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Yesterday I tried listening to the Whispersync audio of Lost Horizon on my android phone while walking only to discover that my Kindle app is apparently too bloated to multitask alongside my pedometer app. So I gave up and listened to an already completed Librivox selection instead.
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How annoying, Tom. Not a problem I've had with my iPhone 5, where I routinely answer email while listening. No pedometer app on it, but that's cause I don't really keep track of my steps.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
Finished reading and listening to Dreaming Spies, the latest in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series from Laurie R. King, read by Jenny Sterlin. Wonderful. There have been a coupld of duds in this series, but this is definitely NOT a dud. The reading by Ms. Sterlin is well done, and the story was captivating from start to finish. The action starts on a cruise that Russell and Holmes are taking from Mumbai to Japan, and continues to Japan and then finally home to Russell's house in Oxford. I was frequently surprised, but never felt cheated, and only once did I think the author took a bit of a liberty with having these super detectives miss a clue that they should not have. All in all an excellent read/listen, and highly recommended.
Next up, Crown of Renewal, #5 in the Paladin's Legacy series from Elizabeth Moon. The reader is Susan Erickson for this one, and she's not my favourite, but I'll survive.
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Finished. I can honestly say this is no better than a 3 out of 5 overall. The reader is pretty bad, and the story is way below her usual standard. One almost gets the feeling that Ms. Moon was just plain tired of the Paks world and cranked out this book to finish the story. And because her publisher offered her lots of money, of course. I look forward to something new and better from her next time.