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[Becky]

I'm nearly at the end of listening to the In Sunshine or In Shadow collection. I've been loving it. Some of the stories I know, some are new to me. And it's just a feast! :D I'm sure it's one I'll revisit often, probably more so than the novels.

And I also just bought audio of Kick Start, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(my all time favourite book!) and The Thin Man. So lots to keep my player busy for a while.

[Susinok]

Oh wow, I never really thought about Hitchhiker's Guide in Audio. Must check it out. Those books were favorites as a kid. I soooo looked forward to each new one.

[Becky]

Audible have it narrated by Stephen Fry. I'm a bit bored with Stephen Fry's shtick generally, but he does do good readings.

THHGTTG I can read watch and listen to in all its forms. :D The radio show, the books, the old TV show, the movie and now audiobook. Yay!

[HJ]

I first came across The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a BBC Radio programme, extremely well done. This might be more fun than listening to it being read, in this instance. Here it is in Audible: "first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll."

http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Film-Radi...

[Becky]

I picked up a CD box set of all of the radio series - including the recent adaptations of the later books, for a fiver last year. Result!

The book will always be my favourite version, since it's the first time I encountered it. But I love that all the different versions are, well, different. Tell us different stories about the characters we love. Actually, now I think about it, a bit like Josh does in Stranger Things Have Happened! :D

[HJ]

I've had an alert from Audible that they've introduced a new feature for their most popular series, called Series View. This adds a link to the description of each book which is part of a series so that you can go to a page with all the audiobooks in that series shown together.

I don't know how this is achieved, but if the author/publisher can organise it I think it would be a good thing to do, Josh!

[Antonella]

Another legend gone: Pete Seeger died aged 94.

To remember him 'This Land Is Your Land' sung with Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYA...

Articles everywhere:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014...

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainm...

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Another legend gone: Pete Seeger died aged 94.

To remember him 'This Land Is Your Land' sung with Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYA...

Articles everywhere:

http://www.t..."

Oh wow... I didn't realize he was in his 90's.

[Idamus]

Hj wrote: "I've had an alert from Audible that they've introduced a new feature for their most popular series, called Series View. This adds a link to the description of each book which is part of a series s..."

I just get names of authors, books in orfer and narrator, but it's nice enough to have them sorted, if an authos has many books, I guess

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "Oh wow... I didn't realize he was in his 90's."

Me neither. I thought he was in his 80's.

[Calathea]

Antonella wrote: "Another legend gone: Pete Seeger died aged 94.

To remember him 'This Land Is Your Land' sung with Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5KnYA...

Articles everywhere:

http://www.t..."

I just saw it in the news. *sad*

[Antonella]

More articles on Pete Seeger:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/178113/...

In particular this is interesting because it sheds light on his life and background and not only on his musical career:
http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2014/...

[Ame]

I'm listening to Armed and Dangerous. I have to say that between Will&Taylor's and Ty&Zane's experience I'm not sure I'll ever dare to go camping in USA.

[Susinok]

I just finished Kick Start audiobook. I am not ready to let Lanyon audio go, though, so I think I'm going to re-listen to The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks. I want MOAR!

[Jordan]

I've been listening to CUTYS lately when I needed to destress and I left off last night right when Max comes into Swift's home to search for drugs. OMG. This is the start of my favorite section of the story, so I kinda can't wait to walk home and listen to more of the story!

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "I've been listening to CUTYS lately when I needed to destress and I left off last night right when Max comes into Swift's home to search for drugs. OMG. This is the start of my favorite section of ..."

I love that part, too. It's so powerful and touching. I think you just made me listen to that tonight! :-)

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I've been listening to CUTYS lately when I needed to destress and I left off last night right when Max comes into Swift's home to search for drugs. OMG. This is the start of my favor..."

:-D

Yeah, it killed me to have to put down the book when I got home last night at that point in the story.

I'm also really tired all of a sudden, so it'll be nice to have someone read to me in half an hour! Too bad I have to walk and can't just sit and veg out. lol.

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "I love that part, too. It's so powerful and touching. I think you just made me listen to that tonight! :-)"

It is. My eyes got watery just thinking about it!

[Mtsnow13]

I'm listening to In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories, and starting to get real attached to Marc's British accent :)

[Anne]

Now you make me want to listen to both CUTYS and the I Spy stories :)

[Jordan]

Anne wrote: "Now you make me want to listen to both CUTYS and the I Spy stories :)"

I won't apologize because I'm not sorry for this. Not sorry at all. :-)

[Susinok]

OMG LORD OF SCOUNDRELS is on audio!!!! One of the funniest, wittiest Regency romances out there!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Lor...

I KNEW I hoarded credits for a reason! :)

[Calathea]

Susinok wrote: "OMG LORD OF SCOUNDRELS is on audio!!!! One of the funniest, wittiest Regency romances out there!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Lor...

I..."

Thank you for the link, Susinok! I love the book, will check out the audio. :-)

[Susinok]

Calathea wrote: "Susinok wrote: "OMG LORD OF SCOUNDRELS is on audio!!!! One of the funniest, wittiest Regency romances out there!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Lor......"

It's narrated by Kate Reading, and I have a few other books by her. She'll be very good. Can't wait to get home and download it. I have a crochet baby blanket to finish and a cold/possibly snowy weekend coming up. It's perfect timing!

[HJ]

Susinok wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Susinok wrote: "OMG LORD OF SCOUNDRELS is on audio!!!! One of the funniest, wittiest Regency romances out there!

http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Lor......"

Annoyingly the other LC books in that series aren't on, but I agree that this is a win!

[Calathea]

Is it the first of her books that's in audio? I don't think I saw them before.

[Susinok]

Calathea wrote: "Is it the first of her books that's in audio? I don't think I saw them before."

Yep. It is her most popular, I think, though she's written many books. Hopefully more will come out. I love her four brothers series as well. Lord Perfect, etc.

[Susinok]

For fans of Shelly Laurenston's Pride shifter series, they are being released on audiobook as well. The Mane Squeeze and Beast Behaving Badly are two favorites and frequent re-reads. Total over the top silliness.

http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_s...

[Jordan]

Mane Squeeze actually sounds interesting. I'm just not a fan of het romance, mostly for the sex scenes. Too many or too descriptive and it seems too over the top for me. Otherwise I might give this a try at some point.

[Becky]

Added Lord of Scoundrels to the wish list. Thanks for the heads up. :)

[Susinok]

Jordan wrote: "Mane Squeeze actually sounds interesting. I'm just not a fan of het romance, mostly for the sex scenes. Too many or too descriptive and it seems too over the top for me. Otherwise I might give this..."

They are comfort and humor re-reads of mine. I love the series, because it's so silly. The scenes are not overly long and again, not very serious.

[Mtsnow13]

Listening to Shades of Gray. Not bad. Paul Morey's southern accent a little strange to me, though....

[Antonella]

Oh, I didn't know there was an audiobook. This is one of my all time favorites.

Still, I suspect it's like the gay-for-you thing: I'm a Josh's-audiobooks-person ;-)

[Johanna]

Antonella wrote: "Oh, I didn't know there was an audiobook. This is one of my all time favorites.

Still, I suspect it's like the gay-for-you thing: I'm a Josh's-audiobooks-person ;-)"

LOL! So in other words only Josh's audio books makes us gay. ;-)

[Antonella]

Well, yes! Josh's audiobooks make me happy!

[Johanna]

Antonella wrote: "Well, yes! Josh's audiobooks make me happy!"

I know. Me too! :-)

[Valerie]

I thought this was pretty funny:

Kickstarter Parody: Audiobooks Read by You (video)

[Antonella]

It was funny!

[Anne]

Valerie C wrote: "I thought this was pretty funny:

Kickstarter Parody: Audiobooks Read by You (video)"

This is great :)

[Sylvia]

Not free but a good audio daily deal for $1.95: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fant...

This one was mentioned before here.

A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll. Starring Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore, these six episodes (Fit the First to Fit the Sixth) have been remastered to modern-day standards by Dirk Maggs, and for the first time feature Philip Pope's arrangement of the familiar theme tune, with newly recorded announcements by John Marsh.
Also included on this Special Edition is Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast in 1999, which looks at the genesis and phenomenal success of the series.

[Susinok]

Still listening to Lord of Scoundrels. I love the way audiobooks can draw attention to things you may have missed in reading, even if you've read the book over 20 times.

[HJ]

Susinok wrote: "Still listening to Lord of Scoundrels. I love the way audiobooks can draw attention to things you may have missed in reading, even if you've read the book over 20 times."

There ought to be a name for that phenomenon. I'm only glad it isn't just me who experiences it!

[Anne]

Susinok wrote: "Still listening to Lord of Scoundrels. I love the way audiobooks can draw attention to things you may have missed in reading, even if you've read the book over 20 times."

I am listening to that as well, thanks for mentioning it here, it is a new author for me and I enjoy the book immensely. So fun :)

[Susinok]

Anne wrote: "I am listening to that as well, thanks for mentioning it here, it is a new author for me and I enjoy the book immensely. So fun :) ..."

Loretta Chase is a favorite author of mine. She is very witty, which is something I really love about her writing.

Many of her other books are wonderful. I especially like Lord Perfect and the other three Carsington brothers books in the series.

But Lord of Scoundrels is my #1 favorite historical romance.

[Antonella]

The answer a friend of mine gave me when I asked him how does he like it in South England, where he just went to live:

Delight

LOL! Short and to the point!

[HJ]

Antonella wrote: "The answer a friend of mine gave me when I asked him how does he like it in South England, where he just went to live:

Delight

LOL! Short and to the point!"

Thanks, Antonella - wonderful dancing! I'd just watched a video with the soundtrack of Hugh Laurie singing 47 Ginger-Headed Sailors, so with the combination of the two I'm feeling very cheerful now.

[Antonella]

Another cheerful song, back into the charts thanks to a homophobic UKIP councillor*:

The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJB...


*http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014...

[Becky]

Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D

[HJ]

Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

I just listened to a sample. It really sounds great, doesn't it!

[Jordan]

Becky wrote: "Listening to audiobook of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Oh my, the dialogue! I'd sell my soul to write dialogue that well. :D"

Oooh, I think I have this in print. Haven't read it yet though.