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[Susinok]

I started The Sands of Windee audiobook by Arthur W. Upfield. It's book 2 in the series, book 1 does not appear to be on Audible.

There are about 13 of the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series on audiobook. I'm already hooked and have only listened about 10 minutes on the way home from lunch.

[Becky]

Listening right now to audiobook of Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk. I love this book, so I've been dying for the audio.

[Susinok]

Becky wrote: "Listening right now to audiobook of Bloodline by Jordan L. Hawk. I love this book, so I've been dying for the audio."

I have the first two on audio but have not listened yet. I may do them all in a group later on.

[HJ]

Idamus wrote: "I just bought Tigerland in audio, as a 'hooray you finished and it's holiday' gift to myself, it's a new narrator, yay, I can't place the accent but it's much better than book one (..."

I've only listened to the sample but wow, that accent is all over the place! The narrator is a "Canadian-born New Zealand actor". He doesn't sound Australian. Why is it impossible for the publishers to employ a true Aussie to voice books which are so completely Australian? I love this series but can't listen to these narrators.

[Varecia]

Josh wrote: "I like to buy a couple of new holiday albums each year. I bought the Puppini sisters Christmas album "

I thought about buying that one last year, but the samples did not really convince me. Well, maybe I listened to much to the Boswell sisters...
But I love this one - don't be irritated by a short Czech passage, it is just a joke about dubbing ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBrO0...

[Idamus]

HJ wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I just bought Tigerland in audio, as a 'hooray you finished and it's holiday' gift to myself, it's a new narrator, yay, I can't place the accent but it's much better ..."

Ah, that explains why I couldn't place it, but I like him much better than the other dude

[Sylvia]

Jordan wrote: "So I downloaded JCP's Thaw audiobook, but I can't seem to play it. I've tried it on three different computers and each time Windows Media Player says it's encountered a problem, but won't say what...."

I had the same problem with WMP, it works with Itunes.

[Josh]

Out of the Blue is now available on audio -- and it's already on sale! ;-)

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Out...

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Out of the Blue is now available on audio -- and it's already on sale! ;-)

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Out..."

Yay! What a Holiday treat! :-)

[Becky]

Not on UK Audible yet. ::side eyes UK Audible::

[Idamus]

Becky wrote: "Not on UK Audible yet. ::side eyes UK Audible::"

They are seriously behind in the gay/lesbian section

[HJ]

*Still* not on the UK site!!

[Karen]

Josh wrote: "Out of the Blue is now available on audio -- and it's already on sale! ;-)

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Out..."

Got it!

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Out of the Blue is now available on audio -- and it's already on sale! ;-)

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Out......"

I second the yay :-) A holiday treat indeed!

[Jordan]

Lou wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "Jordan wrote: "So I downloaded JCP's Thaw audiobook, but I can't seem to play it. I've tried it on three different computers and each time Windows Media Player says it's encountered ..."

Yep, we worked it out on her GR group. There is a new file to download if you need it! And it works!

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Out of the Blue is now available on audio -- and it's already on sale! ;-)

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Out..."

Squeee!

[Josh]

Becky wrote: "Not on UK Audible yet. ::side eyes UK Audible::"

ARGH

[Becky]

Still not up on UK. :-(

[HJ]

I've even emailed Audible asking them why not! Got one of those emails back which is standard sentences randomly put together, but I hope someone somewhere is checking. I said I knew for certain it was supposed to be available in the UK too.

[Becky]

Just checked this morning - still not there. Come on, Audible, I'm at 61% of Bloodline. I'll be primed for something new soon.

[Josh]

Becky wrote: "Just checked this morning - still not there. Come on, Audible, I'm at 61% of Bloodline. I'll be primed for something new soon."

It's got to be a glitch.

[Mtsnow13]

My goodness. If any of you are into some classic listening, audible seems to be having a special on Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker, etc. for only .99 each...

Actually, looks as if these are all either free kindle editions or I already owned on Amazon. Great price though for audio.

[Susinok]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "My goodness. If any of you are into some classic listening, audible seems to be having a special on Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker, etc. for only .99 each...

Actually, looks as if the..."

Sweet! I have that $10 coupon to spend...

Though sample heavily. Some of those narrators are better than others.

[HJ]

Out of the Blue has finally arrived at Audible UK! (It shows a release date of 19th December, but it certainly wasn't in their store on that date.) Hallelujah!!

[Becky]

Yay! Ooh and it's in the sale so is only £3.04!!

I confess this one isn't one of my favourite of Josh's stories. But sometimes I appreciate a book better the second time around. So we'll see.

[Ame]

So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sample as I usually do and OMG!

This book is not working for me. Sean's accent is just overwhelming and all I can hear is the sound and not the story. I just can't. The pronounciation is just... I don't know... not to my liking at all and I've tried few times to start over and try to get into the story but I always get lost because all I hear is the sound and not the story.

I'm kind of disasppointed because I'd been wanting to read this story for a long time and thought I was buying something golden and then it just doesn't work for me. Maybe because I'm not Britist... I don't know.

[Varecia]

Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sample as I usu..."

You are not the only one, I'm afraid. :-( It was discussed here a while ago and there were a lot of people disappointed with the narration (look at message 3172ff, it's a few pages back).

[Idamus]

Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sample as I usu..."

If it's any comfort, I DNFfed the ebook...
At least Audible gives a refund if you don't like a book

[Ame]

Oh, I wished I'd remembered this :(

[Mtsnow13]

HJ wrote: "Out of the Blue has finally arrived at Audible UK! (It shows a release date of 19th December, but it certainly wasn't in their store on that date.) Hallelujah!!"

I enjoyed listening to this one. I thought the narrator did an excellent job with accents and timing. The mood is so melancholy, and it definitely isn't what I'd term a 'happy' story. For some reason these little snippets into wartime sit with me for quite awhile after reading.

The same happened to me after reading Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov. Just makes me wish war wasn't necessary or a part of our history, but without it, I can't imagine a world dominated by the Third Reich....*sigh* or similar dictatorships... I feel fortunate for my fought for freedoms.

[HJ]

Idamus, this is interesting! I thought maybe non-UK people might be able to take the accent (I can't because I know how it should sound). I wish they'd used someone with a normal genuine English accent to do it. Funnily enough someone gave the audiobook a positive review and I left a comment just today warning people to listen to the sample:

http://thebloggergirls.com/2014/12/29...

[Mtsnow13]

Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sam..."

Yes, I bought the three Fireman books of Andrew's and I can't even get a quarter of the way through the first one. Wonder if it's too late for a refund :(

[Idamus]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without liste..."

You have a year, after that no refunds

[Idamus]

HJ wrote: "Idamus, this is interesting! I thought maybe non-UK people might be able to take the accent (I can't because I know how it should sound). I wish they'd used someone with a normal genuine English ..."

I'm all for British accents, they're sexy :-)
Welsh is my favourite, followed by Scottish

Cockney is too weird though, not so much the accent but the slang :p

[Susinok]

Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sample as I usu..."

The pronunciation of that book is just BAD. They really needed to get a British actor good with accents to narrate that book. It even makes the author shudder to listen to it.

[Susinok]

HJ wrote: "Idamus, this is interesting! I thought maybe non-UK people might be able to take the accent (I can't because I know how it should sound). I wish they'd used someone with a normal genuine English ..."

I was raised on PBS British comedy, so I know the various regional British accents. I even know a Glaswegian accent from a highlander accent... but I have a good ear for these things, and I've heard them first hand when I was in Scotland many years ago.

[Becky]

Susinok wrote: "The pronunciation of that book is just BAD. They really needed to get a British actor good with accents to narrate that book. It even makes the author shudder to listen to it."

I've got a Geordie accent. I'll do it. ;-)

The Geordie accent is a tough one. Not even many actors can pull it off without sounding fake. You need a real Geordie! :D

[Calathea]

Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn book without listening to the sample as I usu..."

I loved the book but couldn't listen to the audio book. Luckily I had tried the sample. Back then I didn't know the narrator.
I totally get what you're saying, Ame.

[Jordan]

This American couldn't stand that accent for Life After Joe. I did get through the book, and I enjoyed the book as much as I could. But the audio was horrible. I couldn't understand much of what he was saying!

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bought the damn b..."

A YEAR? Good Lord.

[Josh]

The accent thing! My brother-in-law and I were just recently discussing American accents in British mystery productions. All the "Americans" use a really odd, unique accent -- flat, nasal, without any nuance -- and you only find it in British actors of a certain period imitating Americans. Regionally...it doesn't exist. It's like a cross between Texas and New York. It's just...peculiar. You hear it in the early Poirots, Marples, Midsommers. But in the last couple of years, it's started to change and the American accents are a little better.

I think maybe there are even occasionally Americans playing Americans, which might be part of the improvement?

But then accents are hard. ACTING is hard. I've watched (listened) to English actors who can't do Irish or Scottish accents to save their lives. As bad as anything I've heard in an American film. Sometimes worse.

I think it really does ultimately come down to the individual talent of the individual actor/narrator.

[Idamus]

Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bo..."

They definitely have a great CUSTOMER service, you even get to keep the book on whatever devices you've downloaded it to, it's only removed from the library.

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Cris..."

I can see that's a nice thing from a customer standpoint.

[Idamus]

Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the nar..."

It's bizzare, especially when one knows a bit about how they treat you guys...

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I..."

If I thought it was a genuine philosophical belief about customer service, I guess I'd have to respect these decisions. But knowing they are only based on wiping out competition -- and are thus temporary strategies -- well, ouch. ;-)

[Ame]

Well.... that return policy. Yeah it's good for costumers but honestly I wouldn't have known about it unless it was for you here. And even knowing about it I couldn't find it on the Audible site until I googled it, then I could. So I doubt many know about this policy.

[Susinok]

The accents thing. My mother was an amazing mimic and could reproduce an accent or just an individual pattern of speech from someone she knew. It was something else.

I cannot do it at all. I can pronounce foreign words properly, since I have a good ear for languages, but I can't do an accent.

[Idamus]

Ame wrote: "Well.... that return policy. Yeah it's good for costumers but honestly I wouldn't have known about it unless it was for you here. And even knowing about it I couldn't find it on the Audible site un..."

Really?
Well, if others have the same issue, here's a link
http://audible.custhelp.com/app/answe...

[Idamus]

Susinok wrote: "The accents thing. My mother was an amazing mimic and could reproduce an accent or just an individual pattern of speech from someone she knew. It was something else.

I cannot do it at all. I can p..."

I used to be really good at accents, I could even do Donald Ducks :p
But I have recently discovered that this takes practice ;-)

[Mtsnow13]

Josh wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "So I took advantage of the Audible sale and bought Life After Joe..... and since I knew the narrator Sean Crisden I just bo..."

Thanks for the heads up! I was able to return all three of those short stories...only about a $10 credit, but I know I won't listen. Tried like 5 times to go back to the first one and just had to dnf. And actually, there us nothing on the site that I could find. I just opened a chat window, and the CS rep was very nice about it.