Mix & Match Your Modulators : Discussion thread

[D.G.]

OMG! I'll have to wait until May 7th until the next book in the IAD series comes out. Why? Why?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

LOL - I've just gotta hope that they make the audio available to Australia :)

[Shell]

D.G. wrote: "OMG! I'll have to wait until May 7th until the next book in the IAD series comes out. Why? Why?"

Has it come up for pre-order on Audible yet? I've been watching like mad.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Shell wrote: "D.G. wrote: "OMG! I'll have to wait until May 7th until the next book in the IAD series comes out. Why? Why?"

Has it come up for pre-order on Audible yet? I've been watching like mad."

Nope, not yet. IIRC, the last one only showed up a week or two before the release date...

[D.G.]

LOL, Shell! I check often too! That's why I decided to check the publisher for news.

The worst part is that the audio for the book that comes after the next one is releasing in December!!

[D.G.]

I'm done with the guys...now to work on the ladies!

[Shell]

D.G. wrote: "Sigh...I have several books where I don't know where to put:

There's one where the hero is a former air force pilot, with psychic abilities and dying from a tumor in his head. I'm thinking I can p..."

Was your second one, Redemption by Susannah Sandlin? Angela Dawe did a good job (as always), but I was Meh about the story. The next one in the series seems promising, but the first one just didn't really grab me as I had hoped.

[Shell]

Finished Monster Hunter Internationalyesterday read by Oliver Wyman. Story was slow go at first, but was a good read by the end. What made it was Oliver Wyman's narration. He was fantastic! Unfortunately it doesn't seem like he narrates romances...darn it. I could just imagine his growly baritone performing love scenes. *shiver*

Anyone read anything narrated by Gildart Jackson? I'm listening to Avenger's Angel. The story is decent, but his narration is really throwing me...the cadence is uneven and he has weird pauses in his performance.

[D.G.]

Shell wrote: "Was your second one, Redemption by Susannah Sandlin? Angela Dawe did a good job (as always), but I was Meh about the story. The next one in the series seems promising, but the first one just didn't really grab me as I had hoped. "

Yes, it was. I got the same feeling as you. I though the hero was a bit too wimpy and emo to be a vampire and I didn't believe him in his leader role. Lots of humans in his care died before he did a thing!

[Dee]

i've heard mixed reactions about MHI, Shell - so hearing your review made me want to list

I'm listening to Countermeasure - narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds - new to me narrator - nice Irish brouge - but not liking his female voices as all

[D.G.]

TGG does a great Irish accent. He lived there for a while.

When I listened to one of his books, I found his women OK.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shell wrote: "Finished Monster Hunter Internationalyesterday read by Oliver Wyman. Story was slow go at first, but was a good read by the end. What made it was Oliver Wyman's narration. He was fantastic! Unfortu..."

I've been tossing up on buying MHI... Maybe in the next sale ;)

[Shell]

I'm going to grab the next book in the MHI series, just for the narrator alone. His female voices weren't bad, not as good as his male ones. The story in the 1st one was...okay it's gun porn for gun lovers. The author really knows his weapons. That aside it was escapist reading that made me laugh & really wish someone would talk Wyman into narrating romances. I could so envision him doing Curran's voice in the Kate Daniel's series. :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Oooh - nice. Next sale for sure :)

[D.G.]

Started my last book for the challenge!

[Sassafrass]

D.G. wrote: "Started my last book for the challenge!"

Wow, WTG, D.G. I've got 5 more to go!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Sassafrass wrote: "D.G. wrote: "Started my last book for the challenge!"

Wow, WTG, D.G. I've got 5 more to go!"

I have no idea how many I have left! I just keep listening and hoping it all works out... =P

[D.G.]

I had to keep track because I tend to read a lot of male narrators. I was almost done with all the guys before I listened to my first woman!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

D.G. wrote: "I had to keep track because I tend to read a lot of male narrators. I was almost done with all the guys before I listened to my first woman!"

I listen to both, but it seems lately it has been more women so I am doing catch up with the men. It is more they fall into the other challenges than preference one way or another.

[D.G.]

I'm done! Thanks so much for the challenge, Jane. I had a good time. ;)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Wow! Congrats D.G.!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

D.G. wrote: "I'm done! Thanks so much for the challenge, Jane. I had a good time. ;)"

Congrats DG! Well done :)

[Dee]

I finished squeaky - got to decide if I want to up my level

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "I finished squeaky - got to decide if I want to up my level"

You know you do!

[Dee]

technically, i would only have 3 to listen to - because I didn't count one I had already done - since had finished all my female narrators

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Dee wrote: "technically, i would only have 3 to listen to - because I didn't count one I had already done - since had finished all my female narrators"

Go on Dee! You have until end of May. Masses of time :)

And *congrats* on your first level completed!

[Dee]

question - what category would a pirate fit in? or lord ian? trying to figure it out

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I would think a pirate would go in the Seeker theme. I put my historicals with nobility in the On the Bench theme.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

MountainKat wrote: "I would think a pirate would go in the Seeker theme. I put my historicals with nobility in the On the Bench theme."

That sounds about right. Depending on what the pirate is doing, could also be 'Boys in Blue' if they are 'guns for hire'...

Could Lord Ian also be a Suit? I can't quite recall the details but he runs the family estate or runs the finances I think - self-employed/business?

[Dee]

he was more of a suave business-man/kidnapper, rather than a pirate - although he did have some moments - I think I might go with seeker because his need to have so much that he would never lack for anything again seemed to be a theme

[Shell]

Just Pre-Ordered Kiss of a Demon King on audible, narrated by the fabulous Robert Petkoff (*fangirl squeals*). Release date 5/7/13! *happy dance*

[Shell]

Wow, Kaleo Griffith, narrating Extreme Exposure is smoking! Listening to Chap 1, aka the "Oral Sex interview" session between the H/h gave me shivers listening to him.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shell wrote: "Wow, Kaleo Griffith, narrating Extreme Exposure is smoking! Listening to Chap 1, aka the "Oral Sex interview" session between the H/h gave me shivers listening to him."

I don't think I can this one in audio :( This wasn't a new release was it, Shell?

[MountainKat, Moderator]

They came out last fall sometime Jane, all of them by December. PC just announced that Skin Deep and her historical Mackinnon series are coming to audio soon too. Kaleo Griffith is narrating those as well. I think he is quite good, rather new to narrating. I hear Breaking Point is excellent, that he had mastered it by the time he got to that one. Which isn't to say that the prior ones aren't good!

[Dee]

I loved Kaleo's narration but the books drove me nuts - her heroines were seriously TSTL at times

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "I loved Kaleo's narration but the books drove me nuts - her heroines were seriously TSTL at times"

I think Tessa in Hard Evidence was the worst, but I even forgave her.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

*Off to check Audible* :) Thanks MKat! I might have better success in audio - I started EE but couldn't get into it...

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Jane (PS) wrote: "*Off to check Audible* :) Thanks MKat! I might have better success in audio - I started EE but couldn't get into it..."

I hope they are available for you!!

[Sassafrass]

FYI, I did try the Biting Cold with the new author of the series, Sophie Eastlake. I was nervous but I really thought she did a great job of narrating. She was different than Cynthia Holloway (obviously), but I really didn't spend the whole book lamenting about how the voices were different.

I will definitely continue this series on audio.

[Kelly]

I finished the challenge today! That was a lot of fun!

I was toying with the idea of upgrading to Growlin' but I don't think I'll be able to squeeze in 8 more audiobooks before the end of May. So I decided to quit while I was ahead.

[Dee]

I need to do one more male narrator but don't know what I want to listen to

[Penney]

Hi All! I'm poking my nosy head in because I'm bored and noticed Dee's post while reading my daily GR news. Dee, have you tried Ready Player One or Nora Roberts' Inn BoonsBoro series? Both have great male narrators that have stayed in my head.

I have no idea why I didn't do this challenge, I listen to at least 2 audiobooks a week. I'll just live vicariously through you ladies :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Kelly wrote: "I finished the challenge today! That was a lot of fun!

I was toying with the idea of upgrading to Growlin' but I don't think I'll be able to squeeze in 8 more audiobooks before the end of May. So ..."

Congratulations Kelly! :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Penney wrote: "I have no idea why I didn't do this challenge, I listen to at least 2 audiobooks a week. I'll just live vicariously through you ladies :)..."

Naughty Penney!! Next time... ;)

[Dee]

Penney wrote: "Hi All! I'm poking my nosy head in because I'm bored and noticed Dee's post while reading my daily GR news. Dee, have you tried Ready Player One or Nora Roberts' Inn BoonsBoro series? Both have ..."

I have ready player one on the pile - I read the boomed nori series and I have an aversion to listening to books I've read...lol

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Dee wrote: "I need to do one more male narrator but don't know what I want to listen to"

I keep listening to male narrators but need one more female to finish! I keep getting distracted with a few MM books that I bought in an Audible sale a month or more ago...

[Dee]

I guess I could listen to the next Kresley cole ;)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Dee wrote: "I guess I could listen to the next Kresley cole ;)"

If you have to - gawd what a hardship, Dee, LOL! (lucky duck!)

[Dee]

Haha ;) I know right

[Sassafrass]

I'm all done! This was a great challenge. It was fun to see that I really like the warrior type audiobook. But, having the male/female breakdown forced me to find more narrators and I loved that!