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[Valerie]

I'm almost finished listening to Chasing Fire which is one of my favorite Nora Roberts I've read so far. I like the narrator a great deal. I also really loved and recommend the audio book of The Witness. :-)

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "I stir the cocoa: is the misheard lyric under threat?
Imaginative earslips have always been part of pop, but can the ease of a quick online reference kill the joy of creative mishearing?
http://www..."

Ah! There is a classic case of this in Fair Play. :-)

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Antonella wrote: "I stir the cocoa: is the misheard lyric under threat?
Imaginative earslips have always been part of pop, but can the ease of a quick online reference kill the joy of creative mish..."

OK, maybe I do need to relisten to this audio because I don't remember that! lol. Excuses. What do I need an excuse to relisten to a good book for?

[Alison]

Anne wrote: "Sometimes I need a change, (that is allowed, right?) so I am listening to The Rosie Project that one of my sisters recommended. Not m/m, but maybe a romance. It is funny though."

I just started reading that. It looks fun.

[Idamus]

I'm listening to Ian Rankin's The Complaints
The narrator has a lovely voice and accent, I almost forget to listen to the story
Oops

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "I'm listening to Ian Rankin's The Complaints
The narrator has a lovely voice and accent, I almost forget to listen to the story
Oops"

Ha!

[Becky]

I got a nice bargain in a sale Audible had on for radio adaptations of books. I got the series for adaptations of all five Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith. I've heard them on the radio before. They're only an hour long, but the first one at least captures the essence of the story nicely - I'll have to wait and see about the others once I've read them. I've got number 2 waiting on my Kindle.

This is definietly a case of getting every version of something! So far I've read The Talented Mr. Ripley, and listened to the audiobook, and heard the radio adaptation and seen the movie. I just need to go see a stage play of it and for someone to turn it into a graphic novel and an opera... :D

[Sabine]

Becky wrote: "I got a nice bargain in a sale Audible had on for radio adaptations of books. I got the series for adaptations of all five Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith. I've heard them on the radio before. ..."

I would like the opera :-D

[Becky]

There's another one? Well now I have to go find that. :D

[Becky]

Found on the zon and added to Wish List. Now I'll get a load of recs for French films and feel like an intellectual.

[Karen]

Re-listening before Sunday...

[HJ]

Karen wrote: "

Re-listening before Sunday..."

Me too. I'm trying to time the re-listen of both books so that I finish just before The Boy with the Painful Tattoo arrives!

[Jordan]

All She Wrote was my favorite of the two so far. Did I say that already? I feel like I did. Oh well. It's worth repeating.

Right now I'm relistening to the I Spy books and sooo enjoying them a second time around. :-)

[Antonella]

Some authors we know talking briefly about Queer Romance Month, which is starting in 10 minutes ;-):
http://www.queerromancemonth.com/talk...

[Alison]

Antonella wrote: "Some authors we know talking briefly about Queer Romance Month, which is starting in 10 minutes ;-):
http://www.queerromancemonth.com/talk..."

I've enjoyed reading the blog posts so far. It sounds like they've got lots of things up their sleeves. I look forward to it. Happy Queer Romance Month.

[Josh]

I found it really enjoyable to listen to the first books on audio while I was writing BWTPT. I think, provided I have time, that's going to become a regular part of my process. It's an excellent way of refreshing my memory -- both on what I have covered and what I haven't. Also for the tone and flavor of the stories.

[Josh]

So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less conversational than most of my other narrators. It took me a while to get used to it, and then I really, really liked it a lot. So much so that I want him for the rest of the series when it's written.

Cards on the Table narrated by Sean Crisden. Hands down this is my favorite story by Sean. He always does a great job -- Mummy Dearest is so funny -- I guess what's different here is I LOVE his "Jack" voice. ;-)

And then Out of the Blue by Alexander Masters. I think it's going to be so good. I think Alexander probably has the most naturally sexy voice of any of my narrators. I don't think he's trying, it's just his voice.

I was also thinking about the should-only-British- people-narrate-British-stories question. I don't mind when Brits do American accents. Granted, I wish they wouldn't make us all sound like Texans or from Brooklyn, but...this isn't a problem for me so long as the accent is decent. What's more important is the feel, the sensibility the narrator brings. And the quality of the voice. I want a listenable, attractive voice more than anything else.

Plus Cowboy is American, so it seems as reasonable that an American should narrate as an Englishman.

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Cards on the Table narrated by Sean Crisden. Hands down this is my favorite story by Sean. He always does a great job -- Mummy Dearest is so funny -- I guess what's different here is I LOVE his "Jack" voice. ;-)"

Ooooh! I'm especially excited for this one!!! :-)

[Sabine]

Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less..."

I am so happy about this richness of audiobooks! These audiobooks will help to go sane and sound through the christmas-craziness (I love christmas, but in the shop I work, it's downright mad). :-D

[Anne]

Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less..."

Wonderful!

[Calathea]

Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less..."

Oh, wow! Soooo good times ahead of us! :-)

[KC]

Yesterday i finally got to listen to the Dickens with Love audiobook, finally! I'm really enjoying Sean Crisden's narration style. And i forgot how funny that ocelot scene is. And the other scenes, and how sweet and wonderful that last scene is *happy-sigh* I'm still smiling now :-)

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Cards on the Table narrated by Sean Crisden. Hands down this is my favorite story by Sean. He always does a great job -- Mummy Dearest is so funny -- I guess what's different here is I..."

ME TOO!!!!!!

[Jordan]

KC wrote: "Yesterday i finally got to listen to the Dickens with Love audiobook, finally! I'm really enjoying Sean Crisden's narration style. And i forgot how funny that ocelot scene is. And the other scenes,..."

Ha, funny thing. Last night I finished relistening to the I Spy books. I was horribly sad because I knew the ending was coming up pretty much right from the start and I didn't want to get there. I love the narrator's voice, and love the stories and the characters.

So, this morning, I decided to start The Dickens With Love on my way in to work. I'm liking it so far. This is a first listen for me, and while I haven't gotten far, I can't wait to get back to it.

I've also been realizing the number of times Charles Dickens gets mentioned in your works, Josh. Something tells me you really like Dickens. :-)

[Idamus]

Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?

[Valerie]

I love when authors share their book playlists. I see I need to go check out the Boy with the Painful Tattoo playlist (yay!).

I've been listening to Heidi's Spotify playlist for Fever Pitch. It's a lot of fun and really adds to the book for me.

https://play.spotify.com/user/1212342...

Of course, you can't go wrong with Florence + the Machine. And now she has me digging out my old CDs from favorite college a cappella groups. They were really popular back when I was in school and probably even more so now. There are a bunch of college a cappella albums on Spotify.

A couple other songs I love that I found on youtube:

"A Change is Gonna Come" covered by Academical Village People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pGlM...

"Sweet Disposition" covered by JMU Low Key
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdlS...

[Johanna]

KC wrote: "Yesterday i finally got to listen to the Dickens with Love audiobook, finally! I'm really enjoying Sean Crisden's narration style. And i forgot how funny that ocelot scene is. And the other scenes,..."

I love this book so much and the audio version is fantastic. And I agree about the ocelot scene! :-)

[Valerie]

Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

I have done that before, too. :-)

[Idamus]

Valerie C wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

I have done that before, too. :-)"

Oh, good to know :D

[Susinok]

Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

Which book and narrator? Not an oops if you enjoy it!

[Idamus]

Susinok wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

Which book and narrator? Not an oops if you enjoy it!"

Book 1 The Blackhouse: The Lewis Trilogy Narrator Peter Forbes

It's my next listen and then I have the re-released version of Faith & Fidelity which I just found as an audiobook

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

Which book and narrator? Not an oops if you enjoy it!"

Book 1 [..."

Is that in audio? Maybe I should try that. For some reason I couldn't seem to focus on the print book.

[HJ]

Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less..."

Ooh, lovely, more audiobooks! I'm particularly looking forward to Cards on the Table.

Josh wrote: "I was also thinking about the should-only-British- people-narrate-British-stories question. I don't mind when Brits do American accents. Granted, I wish they wouldn't make us all sound like Texans or from Brooklyn, but...this isn't a problem for me so long as the accent is decent. What's more important is the feel, the sensibility the narrator brings. And the quality of the voice. I want a listenable, attractive voice more than anything else.

Plus Cowboy is American, so it seems as reasonable that an American should narrate as an Englishman."

I'm trying to remember the POV of Out of the Blue, and I think it's not Cowboy's. Is it? If I heard an American narrator I would assume that the events are being seen from an American viewpoint, whereas I'm fairly sure they were seen from a British one and that that mattered. But if you do want to use an American narrator, just don't get him to try to do an English accent! It's awfully distracting. And even the wonderful Sean (and I do think he is wonderful) is not good at it.

[Mtsnow13]

If anyone wants to try an alternative to audible, I'm listening to a well-written, but so far kind of sad story on a site called Listenupaudiobooks... http://listenupaudiobooks.com/audiobo...

Damn Love

Will be listening to Funny Story: The Incomplete Works of Topher Payne after from the same site. I'm wishing they had an app, as I'm finding the download process awkward but it may be due to them being ARC copies.

[Mtsnow13]

Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's a little less..."

I agree on the accents thing. I'm finding that I'm quite enjoying the non-authentic 'Aussie' accent (according to an Aussie listener) for Ariel Tachna's Inherit the Sky series. Since I'm not from that country, it sounds quite pleasant to me!

I'm so looking forward to your next audio Josh! Thank you for being so generous to us that enjoy audiobooks.

[Ame]

Sixth book of BoysTown, Nick Nowak is out, just bought it and am now trying to have the courage to start it.

[Josh]

The real test as to whether I can go forward with audio from here is seeing how long it takes to pay BWTPT off.

I made money on audio last year, but it wasn't a huge amount, so the change in royalty structure at Audible/Amazon could be enough to tip the scales the wrong way. We'll see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I'm not trying to make a fortune, but everything has to be profitable.

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "Josh wrote: "So here's what's coming up next in audio books:

The Haunted Heart: Winter narrated by Lee Samuels. Lee is a new to me narrator. His reading is interesting. It's not stilted, but it's ..."

This time it's Alexander Masters.

[Valerie]

Ame wrote: "Sixth book of BoysTown, Nick Nowak is out, just bought it and am now trying to have the courage to start it."

I'm still trying to work up the courage to listen to Boystown 5 (I listened to the first few minutes).:(

[Idamus]

Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Um, I might just have bought an audiobook solely based on my love of the narrator's voice...

Oops?"

Which book and narrator? Not an oops if you enjoy..."

Maybe it's just not your thing :-)
But yes, it's out in audio

[HJ]

Josh wrote: "The real test as to whether I can go forward with audio from here is seeing how long it takes to pay BWTPT off.

I made money on audio last year, but it wasn't a huge amount, so the change in royal..."

If you can't make it pay, then I should think that the flow of new audiobooks will slow to a trickle before long and be restricted to the recycling of old recordings (which I tend to like, so that's OK), and very big-name books (which I don't like). I rarely find anything I would read in Audible's many sales, so I know I'm out of step with them.

[Johanna]

Ame wrote: "Sixth book of BoysTown, Nick Nowak is out, just bought it and am now trying to have the courage to start it."

I'm currently listening to this one (I'm about 50% through). So yeah, you can do eeeet, Ame! :-)

[Johanna]

Valerie C wrote: "I'm still trying to work up the courage to listen to Boystown 5 (I listened to the first few minutes).:( "

I know exactly what you mean. *offers shoulder* That was definitely a though start.

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "Josh wrote: "The real test as to whether I can go forward with audio from here is seeing how long it takes to pay BWTPT off.

I made money on audio last year, but it wasn't a huge amount, so the ch..."

I know I am hearing many authors say they are not making back cost, so that's not encouraging. I'm not sure Audible/Amazon cares though because I suspect they see audio simply as another technology for selling books -- much like whispersync. Authors making money on it is not their primary concern.

And once upon a time none of us expected to make money on audio. It was just nice to have the ego stroke of hearing our work narrated.

So I don't know how it will play out. I'll be sorry if I can't afford to continue to produce audio books because I've really, really enjoyed them. And I know so many readers have too.

But companies like Amazon are probably ultimately looking at technology that will make narrators irrelevant anyway. So the books will all have automated narration and audio rights will be moot.

[Karen]

Josh wrote: "But companies like Amazon are probably ultimately looking at technology that will make narrators irrelevant anyway. So the books will all have automated narration and audio rights will be moot."

Which would be especially sad, because good (expressive, fitting) narration is an art. Picky consumers would miss that, but if high quality work isn't economically viable I suppose eventually listeners may forget what's possible. Notice how many updates and "improvements" limit choice?

[Susinok]

I know a few people use the Kindle text-to-speech feature. I tried it once. I cannot take a noninflected reading. It will make the most exciting work sound like a phone book reading.

Just finished up Mummy Dearest which was great fun.

Now I've started The Dark Farewell. I am unfamiliar with this story, so I'll be getting it in audio first. Nice to hear Max Miller's voice again.

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "But companies like Amazon are probably ultimately looking at technology that will make narrators irrelevant anyway. So the books will all have automated narration and audio rights will..."

That is the truth.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "I know a few people use the Kindle text-to-speech feature. I tried it once. I cannot take a noninflected reading. It will make the most exciting work sound like a phone book reading.

Just finished..."

I always enjoy Max's narration, but I think he did an especially good job with this one. I'd forgotten how many accents were involved until I started listening.

[HJ]

Josh wrote: "But companies like Amazon are probably ultimately looking at technology that will make narrators irrelevant anyway. So the books will all have automated narration and audio rights will be moot. ..."

Shudders. I shall definitely start hoarding old CDs and cassettes of properly read books if this looks likely!! I already have quite a few. But I would really miss having new books properly narrated.

[Susinok]

Josh wrote: "Susinok wrote: "I know a few people use the Kindle text-to-speech feature. I tried it once. I cannot take a noninflected reading. It will make the most exciting work sound like a phone book reading..."

He does really good accents! I was thinking of that on the way home from lunch while listening. I am looking forward to hearing them all. Flynn is just now being led around the boarding house when I left off.

I would also recommend Greg Tremblay as a narrator. He has done all of Rhys Ford's Cole series, and he is SO GOOD! Her other narrator is really good too. Tristan James. And he does an excellent Irish accent.

I actually follow Greg Tremblay on Facebook so I know what projects he's working on.