06-22-2013, 12:11 AM | #586 | |
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Cheers cRussel and Synamom....will try Cocaine blues...not a series person in general but this may be my savior for my 100 book quest this year... I just listened to Slouching toward Bethlehem and The White Album by Joan Didion... good Journalism from the 60's and 70's on Audible..the former is read by Diane Keyton and the latter by Susan Varon.
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06-22-2013, 01:25 PM | #587 | |
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I've been listening to Outlander [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] while doing little jobs around the house and yard. I read the first 4 or 5 books years ago and I am really enjoying the revisit to the book through listening. |
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06-22-2013, 01:59 PM | #588 | |
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I finished Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson last weekend. I liked it, but not as much as I thought I would. The story wasn't entirely my cup of tea after all, and I think some of the voices Frederick Davidson did for the pirates were a bit over the top. I am nearly finished with Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold as well. I am enjoying listening to the Vorkosigan series more than actually reading it and I might get another one soon. If I don't get sidetracked by other books, that is. I have also been listening to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde during lunch breaks on my Kindle. It might be a while until I finish it, but I am enjoying it so far. Steven Crossley is a terrific narrator whom I first learned to appreciate when I listened to To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. |
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06-22-2013, 02:16 PM | #589 |
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I just finished Fuzzy Nation and enjoyed it. It was written decades ago by H. Beam Piper and published as Little Fuzzy, under which title it was nominated for a Hugo Award. But Piper's early death and various circumstances had led to its falling into public domain. John Scalzi was a fan of the original book and so, with the approval of the Piper estate, he updated the book and republished it under the new title. The new version, along with Wil Wheaton's fine narration, is a lot of fun, both funny and suspenseful. Well worth the time for any science fiction aficionado.
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06-22-2013, 02:27 PM | #590 |
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A very well read series of books, I enjoyed them as far as I got. And good value for your credit, with over 50 hours for each book. I got off them when I got to A Breath of Snow and Ashes. At the time they only had an abridged version of it and the next, and I wasn't interested.But they now have the rights and I should go back to them..
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I am taking my time to really enjoy my revisit to the Outlander series.
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06-22-2013, 06:34 PM | #592 | |
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06-23-2013, 03:34 AM | #593 |
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Thanks catlady, I like his voice from the sample.
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06-23-2013, 04:50 AM | #594 |
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You can still give it a try if you already own that one, maybe you will like it fine. Tastes vary a lot. Also keep in mind that I am a non-native speaker; exaggerated accents will sometimes put me off because they are hard(er) to listen to for me. I had the same problem with the narration of Stephen King's 11/22/63 when I listened to the sample at Audible, but I wanted the book so much and there wasn't another version available (there sometimes also are British versions up at Audible.de along with the American ones). It turned out that I liked after all, still I gave the narration only 4 stars, not five because for my ears it wasn't flawless.
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06-27-2013, 12:18 PM | #595 | |
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No need to call CS as it turns out, if you know your old account credentials. You just log in to the non-amazon account, go to Account Details, and under Account Settings, click the "NEW--use amazon account" link and enter your amazon info. Both my libraries were instantly merged into my amazon account. Awesome. Last edited by ApK; 06-27-2013 at 12:29 PM. |
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06-27-2013, 05:45 PM | #596 |
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Great. Though I still can't merge in two old style accounts (one from Canada, one from the US) into my Amazon one. But that's OK, I can live with that. My US one has been merged with my Amazon account for a while, and I just let the Canadian one go into permanent hiatus. There are still a few books I can get on that account that I can't get on the US one.
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07-05-2013, 03:56 AM | #598 |
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I'm listening to The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes, or at least I'm trying to listen to it. Every time I plug in my headphones I fall asleep and miss chapters so I keep having to go back! I've had the audiobook on loan from the library for about six weeks now, if I was reading it I'd have been finished weeks ago. Maybe audiobooks are not for me.
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07-05-2013, 05:59 AM | #599 | |
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The only way I can listen to them, and I do a lot, is when driving, or doing household and gardening chores. Currently listening to Scare Me by Richard Parker, a twisted serial killer tale for the internet age, and am then either moving on to NOS4R2 by Joe Hill, or Joyland by his dad. |
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07-13-2013, 06:34 PM | #600 |
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I'm listening to Forest Born by Shannon Hale. This is a full-cast audio recording, fourth in her Tales of Bayern series, and I'm enjoying it very much.
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