julie's comments
(member since Dec 21, 2007)
julie's comments from the Audiobooks group.
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Yes. I hear Neville (of HP fame) in Tubby Ted (one of the Lost Boys) when I listen to Peter and the Starcatchers or Peter and the Shadow Thieves... Jim dale is wonderful, but his voices are so distinctive that I think the character who first "used" a voice (whichever character we, the listeners, heard first) sort of owns the voice for us.
Which audio of Jane Eyre are you listening to? I really wanted to listen to it, but the Librivox version I downloaded was so atrocious (mispronouncing simple words!) that I really want a great narrator if I'm going to buy it.
I just TRIED to start listening to a LibriVox production of Jane Eyre and quit after the THIRD mispronunciation in 5 minutes... Ann Marie Williams ruined it for me... I'm just glad it was a free download and not one I'd paid for!!
When you add 10 minutes to your workout on the exercise bike just so you can finish the chapter!
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka that I downloaded free at http://www.greatbooksaudio.com/ --- I never would had read it if I hadn't found this freebie site while searching the itunes podcast list and it's not the absolute best quality but I'm enjoying it!
*edit* grrr... part three is part one but labled as 3!
I try to balance my rating... for example Augusten Burroughs read his "Running with Scissors" and he was terrible, but I liked some of the book despite his narration so I marked it a star higher here than I did at audible, and explained my rating in each case.
I am listening to Running with Scissors being read by the author and I really wish it wasn't! I need to finish it for book club so I'm trying to hear the words in my head as I'd read them instead of as read. Bleh!
I just finished Labyrinth, by Kate Mosse, read by Donada Peters... there is another audio version, but I QUITE enjoyed this one!!
I also enjoy author-narrated books. A wrinkle in Time was wonderful and listening to The Kite Runner read by the author made the book so real for me. I also enjoyed hearing Stardust read by Gaiman, and very much enjoyed an interview with him regarding his audiobooks, radio plays, and other media.
