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Well I just changed one of my challenge categories so I could read/listen to it this month (crazy scavenger hunt & I need to find a drink on the cover...) so I might give them both a try. The story is a little under five hours long and it would be so interesting to listen to them back to back.
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http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Wai...
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I like Jason's Dark Horse, but I do think Derrick does a better job. Or maybe it's because Derrick's voice...his reading of the characters and their dynamic matches my own. Johanna mentioned the gravity and warmth in Dan's voice, and that's exactly right and exactly how I pictured Dan. Just as calm and assured--and kind--as someone could be. A rock. A white knight. :-)
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That one is really tough because I think Chris...there's this little teasing thread of humor in his reading that I love. But I love Paul's voice and I think he did a great job with the narration, so that's a case where I like them both for different reasons.
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http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Wai..."
Good lord! FINALLY! That's one of my credits down.
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Thank you, Josh, for Chris Patton, he is wonderful with the Adrien series! He is so droll, I literally laugh out loud (and people give..."
Oh man, that Jake voice! :-D Everyone loves that Jake voice. Me included.
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I just finished listening to this..."
Well, and maybe that was a mistake on my part because there are several duplications in that collection and it was insanely expensive to produce. If readers end up passing on it because of the duplicates that will be a big fat ouch.
I'm always interested in hearing the different narrations but that's probably my music background. I can spend hours comparing arrangements of songs. :-D In fact, I've been known to drive people crazy with such experiments.
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I did add the narration to my copy of Winter Kill on Amazon but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I'm currently splitting my time between JBE and A Vintage Affair (plus I'm listening to PsyCop #3)... there aren't enough hours in a day ;)
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By which I mean, do you like his voice for mystery or better for spec fiction? I've been thinking about that lately. About what type of voice works best for mystery.
I love Kevin R. Free's humor so much, and I feel like he is the perfect narrator for humorous mystery.
But thrillers are a different kind of thing, and I'm not sure I've found my ideal thriller voice yet. Chris Patton might be good for thriller. It's hard to separate him from the AE series though.
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Yes! Exactly this! Thank you for saying it so much better than I managed to. :-)
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Oh. My. God. I'm married to one just like this!!! ;-)
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I haven't had a change to listen to Winter Kill yet. But now that you've mentioned it I think I'm going to start listening it tonight...
Josh wrote: "Josh wrote: "What did you guys think of Winter Kill? Did you like Gomez's reading or do you prefer his work in the PsyCop series?"By which I mean, do you like his voice for mystery or better for ..."
you're right about Kevin R. Free, his voice is so soft and sweet, and he's perfect for Kit. Though his J.X. in All She Wrote was seriously hot, he pulls that off no problem. He does have a wonderful sense of humor, literally laugh out loud.
kind of the same thing w/Chris Patton since Adrien is a little timid and sweet, but he also has a great delivery. I'm finishing up The Hell You Say and I was in the car when I heard that line about the things Adrien "doesn't understand" and he thinks "yeah, why is reality tv so popular and how can grown men wear capri pants" oh wow, I had to play it over several times... SO funny!
The narrators on In Sunshine or in Shadow (short stories volume I) did a great job, there was one in particular I loved... I'll go back and see if I can figure out who he was.
It was Rob Granniss - his reading of Sort of Stranger Than Fiction gave me chills, there is wonderful variety in his voices too.
I like to hear different versions of the same story, because it's always an other interpretation. For me it's also a great gift, that you have produced the M/M Boxset. It's a premiere, that I have several audiobooks waiting on my ipod, that I haven't heard immediately.:-)I am listening in the moment to Winter Kill, but have problems to link my interpretations of the characters with Gomez's voice. It is the first time, that I think someone reads too slowly, but I like the dialog scenes. In the weekend I can hear it over loudspeaker, that's different too.
Josh wrote: "What did you guys think of Winter Kill? Did you like Gomez's reading or do you prefer his work in the PsyCop series?"Still in the middle of Winter Kill and I didn't get PsyCop one. I one and a half hours of Winter Kill on the drive home tonight and looking forward to more of it next week. There's a lot of travelling back and forth ahead.
I think Winter Kill is special/a challenge not only because it's a more serious mystery and thriller but because of the changing POV. I like how the narrator solved that by using a completely different voice for the narrative part. It's a bit like a voice from the off so the character voices stand out more in dialogue. I like the men's voices, Frankie's not so much. It's more because of the accent probably.
I think he managed to bring out Rob's and Adam's characters very well. Rob - more easy going, younger sounding while they're of similar age, Adam - strict, high expectations of others and of himself particularly and still an underlying vulnerability.
Josh, did you ever listen to the THIRDS series by Charlie Cochet? The narrator is Mark Westfield and he is very good.
Winter Kill is on for my Weekend listening and relaxing :)I'll let you know then. I really liked Gomez' in Psycop, thought he was great but I did have a bit of a trouble with Jacob's voice to begin with. Then I got used to it, but I still somehow expected sex on sticks like Chris did Jake and that didn't happen. Vic's voice however was excellent.
Ame wrote: "Winter Kill is on for my Weekend listening and relaxing :)I'll let you know then. I really liked Gomez' in Psycop, thought he was great but I did have a bit of a trouble with Jacob's voice to beg..."
I agree, Pugh's Jacob is more like a body building beach boy than I would have expected... a little preppy, right?
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Not yet! At least...I don't think so? Maybe I did listen to a sample. I'll go back and double-check.
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I'll let you know then. I really liked Gomez' in Psycop, thought he was great but I did have a bit of a trouble with Jacob's ..."
I honestly don't recall the Jacob voice at all. But I really, really liked the Vic voice.
Josh wrote: "Trioseven7 wrote: "Josh, did you ever listen to the THIRDS series by Charlie Cochet? The narrator is Mark Westfield and he is very good."Not yet! At least...I don't think so? Maybe I did listen t..."
The narrator does a great job, there are a lot of characters and some accents and he keeps it flowing really well.
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I really liked Michaels's narration--those two stories call for youth and diffidence, and I feel like his voice captures that. Plus I love his Rocky. And the humor he brings to Baby, it's Cold.
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Not yet! At least...I don't think so? Maybe I..."
For sure I'll have a listen.
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Yay!!! :-)
Josh wrote: "Just got word the audio files for Murder in Pastel are ready to listen to! So...that's liable to be a lot of the weekend."I could do that for you, gladly. ;-)
Josh wrote: "Just got word the audio files for Murder in Pastel are ready to listen to! So...that's liable to be a lot of the weekend."Yay! :-)
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I've already cruised my way through most all of Josh's new audio releases, and as always, I'm impressed with the narration. Then I started Josh's MM anthology, and realized the first one was Dark Horse, which I'd just finished! lol. I'm looking forward to listening to each one of the shorts, but most especially the new ones to me. Baby It's Cold was very sweet, and I see that LB has a new winter audio out as well!This has been sooooo enjoyable. I wish everyone took the time or had the option to handpick such quality narrators. I enjoyed Derrick, and a few times I almost heard Vic in Pugh's voice, but then really heard the different nuances he put in and forgot about Psycop for the rest of Winter Kill. Very nicely done.
Jordan wrote: "So on my walk home from work after dealing with the fight, I decided I needed something easy and familiar to listen to, in terms of audiobooks, rather than the new one about a strange circus I'd be..."I really enjoyed that series Jordan. So sorry you had to deal with a fight? I wish you a restful weekend.
Josh wrote: "Just got word the audio files for Murder in Pastel are ready to listen to! So...that's liable to be a lot of the weekend."Looking forward to that one too!!
Trioseven7 wrote: "Loretta wrote: "I have been listening to the M/M Box set. I enjoyed Dark Horse, but kept wondering how the other one sounds. Vintage Affair was good. I took me a little bit to get into the narrator..."oh wow, the narrator on the anthology is so much better... no comparison. Chris Gabauer ended up being fantastic. I listened to both versions and in the end, Gabauer totally won me over with his ability to switch between Austin, Jeff and the narrator so flawlessly, and that last scene between Jeff and Austin almost broke my heart - so sweet. Not to mention his reading of the description of finding the corpse in the wine cellar - eeew! Very good - worth buying this version if you want to listen to this one.
Josh, I have to say... your description of the corpse in the wine cellar is absolutely beyond disgusting (wonderful), Austin's experiences during the three-way were beautifully descriptive, and the heartbreaking scene at the end with Jeff was such a tender insight into the heart of Jeff's character that my enjoyment of the story was only heightened by Gabauer's narration.
Josh wrote: "Chris Patton might be good for thriller. It's hard to separate him from the AE series though."If you're asking if we'd enjoy hearing Chris read some of your other books, that aren't AE, I would. It's might be hard to let go of Adrien at first but, Chris is such a good narrator that I think I could. If I can accept a favorite actor in different roles, I should be able to do that with a narrator, too.
I was so impressed with his work on AE that I actually looked up other books he's narrated. I haven't picked any of them up yet because I still have a list of books to go through but, I'm definitely considering it. I asked my kids if it's weird to buy a book mainly based on the narrator and they said not at all. I'm going to trust their opinion on that ;-D
Sandy wrote: "If I can accept a favorite actor in different roles, I should be able to do that with a narrator, too."That's a very good point you make.
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If you're asking if we'd enjoy hearing Chris read some of your other books, that aren't ..."
Oh, I think Chris is totally up to the task, the problem is all me--and of course, as you say, my worry that readers associate him so strongly with Adrien. But at this point, it's been a while and I've reused narrators. I'm not sure if he's still doing book narration. I know it's not his favorite thing.
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That's a very good point you make."
True!
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I think I'm better at seeing movie actors in different roles when the movie is short. Tv actors I've always had a hard time with. When CSI came out, it took me at least a season or two before I saw Greg Sanders as Greg and not Jacob Resh from The Net. Lol. So, really, it's just me, and I'm probably in the minority, so just go with the flow, I say. I'm just weird. :-P
Well, I finally know how "Nearby" is pronounced. And apparently not as I was pronouncing it (under Scandinavian influences).And I like Gomez Pugh a lot more in Winter Kill then in Psycop. I'm not far in but I really like his narration. Even the somewhat awkward (view spoiler) was so much better in his narration than in my mind when I read it ;)
Putting up various Christmas decorations while listening to Winter Kill. Well, it does happen during winter.
Ame wrote: "Well, I finally know how "Nearby" is pronounced. And apparently not as I was pronouncing it (under Scandinavian influences).And I like Gomez Pugh a lot more in Winter Kill then in Psycop. I'm not..."
oh my god, it would be worth listening to just to hear Pugh narrate that!
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Yes, I should have added more Christmas decorations to that one!
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What did Tolkien want to title it?
I don't know that Return of the King gives it away because as I recall I was so confused throughout the Two Towers I wasn't sure what king was returning where. ;-D
Of course I was in high school, so everything was fairly confusing to me then.
Jordan wrote: "I'm thinking that when/if I get my 50K written this month, I will get myself an audiobook for a little prize. I've been thinking about getting The Return of the King because it's one o..."Winter Kill was VERY good..not trying to enable or anything *winks*
Josh wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Josh wrote: "Chris Patton might be good for thriller. It's hard to separate him from the AE series though."If you're asking if we'd enjoy hearing Chris read some of your other books..."
Chris does a very good job with X. Aratare's Mermen series beginning with Transformation. And I had NO problem disassociating him from Adrien there. I know a few people that pick audios for narrator voices, and he's one.. I also like Iggy Toma and Michael Stellman recently, as well..
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I personally like much, much better the narrator from the MM Box Set, but I know of someone else who preferred the Paul Fleschner one. They're very different. The Fleschner one, I found it to be a more dramatic/emphasized narration style, while the narrator from the MM set has a more...quiet style which really worked for me.