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No, I'm not talking about readers who hang around High School/College Spring Break beaches. I'm talking about readers that you loved in one set of books and hated in a different set of books.

In general, when I buy an audio book, I tend to be more focused on the author, rather than the reader. There are only a handful of readers who I actually pay attention to. That leads to some interesting surprises for me.

I'm one of these people who will listen to books multiple time and have a number of authors that I really like. Two of those authors are David Eddings and Brian Daley. I've listened to David Eddings' The Belgarid series a number of times and love it. The reader does a great job.

Daley's Coramonde series has been one of my favorite series for a long time. However, the audio book version sets my teeth on edge. The reader uses a high falsetto voice for the women that I just can't stand. I couldn't make it through the first hour.

I hadn't notice it before, but the same reader, Cameron Beierle, was the reader for both series. Dang. Anyone else have a reader you both love and hate?