What are we listening to? (audiobooks)

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by issybird

Hey, let's not forget my suggestion! Get a $50 membership at FLP and listen to Simon Vance.

Fair enough! Both are a good way to go. But what's the wait time on the FLP Vance versions? (I'm not an FLP member, but I know that sometimes the wait on things at my BC library can be a bit annoying.)

[issybird]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Fair enough! Both are a good way to go. But what's the wait time on the FLP Vance versions? (I'm not an FLP member, but I know that sometimes the wait on things at my BC library can be a bit annoying.)

Not bad at all. Post Captain has two waiting per copy; the rest are either available immediately, have no wait list, or have one waiting per copy. Once you've got a membership, that's easily managed.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by issybird

Hey, let's not forget my suggestion! Get a $50 membership at FLP and listen to Simon Vance.

Yes, thanks for the suggestion. Am I able to join from overseas?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by orlok

Yes, thanks for the suggestion. Am I able to join from overseas?

Yes; several non US members have purchased memberships. I'm not sure what the procedure is, but if it's not clear from the website, I'll try to help figure it out. Brooklyn is another possibility, but I see they're missing four of the 21 titles.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by issybird

Yes; several non US members have purchased memberships. I'm not sure what the procedure is, but if it's not clear from the website, I'll try to help figure it out. Brooklyn is another possibility, but I see they're missing four of the 21 titles.

It's all becoming too hard and difficult (FLP has two copies, both out and 2 holds, iTunes won't let me buy from the US store, neither will Audible USA) so I've decided to give the Ric Jerrom version a go, which I can buy on the UK Audible site. I've listened to the sample, and it sounds okay, so I've gone for it.

[issybird]

I've finished The Letter of Marque, 12th in the Aubrey/Maturin series. I'm more tempted than usual to segue right into the next, but I know I'm better off in the long run in resisting. I'm in a lovely little rut while swimming: Wodehouse, Robertson Davies, Patrick O'Brian, then repeat. It's rather Frederick Davidson-heavy, as he's both the Wodehouse and Davies narrator, but I don't count that as a problem.

[CRussel]

I'm waiting impatiently for my new Delphin audio device so I can replace my aged iPod. With this, I'll be able to move transparently between my phone and it so I don't lose my place or have to keep switching books.

Currently reading A Personal Devil, by Roberta Gellis, narrated by the inimitable Nadia May (Donada Peters, Wanda McCaddon). This is the second book in the series that started with A Mortal Bane. I'm really enjoying this series, probably as much because it's so very well narrated as because it's a good book.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by CRussel

I'm waiting impatiently for my new Delphin audio device so I can replace my aged iPod. With this, I'll be able to move transparently between my phone and it so I don't lose my place or have to keep switching books.

I'm looking forward to your review of this!

I decided that my ancient Aerb still serves its purpose and I like its sleekness, but there's no denying that it's lacking some functionality. But if the price came down and the Aerb went paws up, I could be very, very interested.

[matrim]

'Jingo' by Terry Pratchett. Superb narration by Nigel Planer. It's really a great pity that the narrator was changed after book 23 in Discworld series. For me Nigel Planer is hands down the superior narrator, capturing the nuance of the book with excellent characterization.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by issybird

I'm looking forward to your review of this!

I decided that my ancient Aerb still serves its purpose and I like its sleekness, but there's no denying that it's lacking some functionality. But if the price came down and the Aerb went paws up, I could be very, very interested.

I'm just looking forward to having it! They were originally promising to ship in July, but they are not going to make that given some problems with a switch that required some last minute changes. Still, hopefully soon. And by the end of the year, they are supposed to ship waterproof Bluetooth earbuds that work with it. But I already have a decent waterproof headset, so I'm not too concerned, though wireless would be nice if actually worked.

[Catlady]

I listened to Girl Last Seen, by Nina Laurin, narrated by Vanessa Johansson. I'd been looking forward to this one, but it was another disappointment. The protagonist--who'd been held captive and abused for three years as a child--is extremely damaged some ten years later when she's drawn into the case of another missing girl. While the long-lasting damage may have been realistically portrayed, she was an unlikable character and I didn't want to be spending time with her.

Also highly annoying, a revelation fairly early on about the newly missing girl set off loud alarm bells for me, but not for the characters--one of them a police detective, who had to be stupid not to see the significance. It was something that should have set them on an obvious path of investigation, but they were oblivious and went on blithely spinning their wheels.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Currently reading A Personal Devil, by Roberta Gellis, narrated by the inimitable Nadia May (Donada Peters, Wanda McCaddon). This is the second book in the series that started with A Mortal Bane. I'm really enjoying this series, probably as much because it's so very well narrated as because it's a good book.

Finished. 5 stars for the narration, 4 stars for the book. OK, I admit, I'm completely side-tracked onto these books. I even went and signed up for Downpour.com so I could get the next in the series, Bone of Contention. Unfortunately, this is the last available read by Nadia May/Wanda McCaddon/Donada Peters. (Matters not to me which name she's narrating under, she's still one of my absolute favourite narrators. ) I'll be reading the last in the series in eBook form, I suspect.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

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Now, on to Legend, David Gemmell's first Drenai book. I really like the the series. Hopefully, the narrator is a good one. The first several Drenai books have been hitting Audible over the last month. I should know over the next couple of days if I'm going to go on a buying spree or not since most use the same narrator.

The narrator is a good one, I just purchased the next four books by Gemmell - "The King Beyond the Gate", "Hero in the Shadows", "Waylander" and "Quest for Lost Heros".

The narrator, Sean Barrett, is a reader rather than a voice actor. By that I mean that he doesn't have dramatically different voices for the various characters. He varies his voice a bit for different characters, but not dramatically. His voice just seems to match the books.

[Tarana]

Every August I focus on Western themed books. Just finished Silvertip's Trap by Max Brand. I am reminded just how good this writer is. Most of his stuff is in the public domain (see Guttenburg), but Audible also has a few audiobooks that are worthy to listen to including this one.

Interestingly, the William Faust (whose pen name was Max Brand) published the equivalent of 14 novels annually. Faster than Patterson!!

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by CRussel

I'm waiting impatiently for my new Delphin audio device so I can replace my aged iPod. With this, I'll be able to move transparently between my phone and it so I don't lose my place or have to keep switching books.

I'm going to cry buckets when my one and only i-thing (iPod Classic) dies. Nothing out there has that kind of memory capability. Looked at the Delphin, but it's still only 8 or 16 GB.