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[Jordan]

Lou wrote: "I've been in the mood for mystery lately, but kept striking out. But in the process I realized how good a writing advice "start in the middle of the action" is. The P.D. James book I was listening ..."

I understand this completely. With so many books to read in the world, I don't have time for a bad book. I'm reading one right now that I'm less than happy with. I'm only sticking with it because it's a fast read and I'm going to finish it tonight and then move on to something better!

[Jordan]

Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a popular aut..."

OMG. The Rifter in audio. YES. I've been wanting that in audio for years. *drools* Imagine the number of times I'd relisten to it if I could...

I wonder if Gomez Pugh would read it? Or who else we could get? Hmmm...

[Calathea]

I'm listening to Brave New World narrated by Michael York in bits when driving. Wow, what a book, and wow, that awesome narration! Why didn't I read/listen this one earlier? I'm completely fascinated.

[Jordan]

Calathea wrote: "I'm listening to Brave New World narrated by Michael York in bits when driving. Wow, what a book, and wow, that awesome narration! Why didn't I read/listen this one earlier? I'm complet..."

Oh good. I've got this on my Parents Challenge shelf for this year. I gifted a print copy to my Dad last Christmas. I've been meaning to read it myself and haven't done so yet. This year will be the year!

[Susinok]

I'm listening to Devoted in Death by JD Robb.

[Ame]

Snowball in Hell

Wow. Just wow. Either I have been listening to shit audiobooks or this one is just blowing them all away. On par with AE and Holmes&Moriarity.

[KC]

Storm Front by Jim Butcher, narrated by the amazing James Marsters (aka Spike!). The book is awesome too! ;-) Adventures, and humor, and magic, and mystery, and a really cool MC with equally cool sidekicks. It's fun to discover a new author and then discover there's a whole series waiting, yay! Thank you, Calathea! :-)

[KC]

Calathea wrote: "I'm listening to Brave New World narrated by Michael York in bits when driving. Wow, what a book, and wow, that awesome narration! Why didn't I read/listen this one earlier? I'm complet..."

I had this in print at some point...but didn't get around to reading it. Will check the audio.

[Calathea]

KC wrote: "Storm Front by Jim Butcher, narrated by the amazing James Marsters (aka Spike!). The book is awesome too! ;-) Adventures, and humor, and magic, and mystery, and a really cool MC with e..."

I'm so happy you liked it! :)

[Calathea]

KC wrote: "Calathea wrote: "I'm listening to Brave New World narrated by Michael York in bits when driving. Wow, what a book, and wow, that awesome narration! Why didn't I read/listen this one ear..."

I imagine it could be dragging a bit in print? I like his narration a lot. The book might be handy to have look up some things because the new words Huxley creates for the future setting or to check references.

I learned yesterday that everything somehow leads to Shakespeare eventually. ;)

[Sabine]

Calathea wrote: "KC wrote: "Storm Front by Jim Butcher, narrated by the amazing James Marsters (aka Spike!). The book is awesome too! ;-) Adventures, and humor, and magic, and mystery, and a really coo..."

That sounds very good, on my way to audible.

[Calathea]

Sabine wrote: "Calathea wrote: "KC wrote: "Storm Front by Jim Butcher, narrated by the amazing James Marsters (aka Spike!). The book is awesome too! ;-) Adventures, and humor, and magic, and mystery,..."

Hihi, my work here is done... ;)

[Alison]

Jordan wrote: "Josh wrote: "Alison wrote: "I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook of J. Tullos Hennig's Greenwode, the first of her medieval queer Robin Hood series. I love this book so it wa...

I know I've mentioned it a couple of times here. I listened to the audiobooks awhile ago and LOVED them. I can't wait for the next installment!"

Jordan, just in case you hadn't heard...book four (Summerwode) is written (squee!). No release date yet, but it's in edits now. And the author said at some stage that the publisher has committed to doing the whole series in audio, so hopefully we'll get more audio one day. Yay. :)

[Alison]

Jordan wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a..."

The Rifter in audio? Oh god, that would be amazing.

[Antonella]

Alison wrote: "Jordan, just in case you hadn't heard...book four (Summerwode) is written (squee!)."

Oops, I didn't even know about book 3. Thank you for telling us.

[Johanna]

Alison wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish..."

Oh yes. The Rifter in audio would be a dream to come true!!!

[Alison]

Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jordan, just in case you hadn't heard...book four (Summerwode) is written (squee!)."

Oops, I didn't even know about book 3. Thank you for telling us."

Sure. :) The third book is so fantastic! It's called Winterwode. The story just keeps getting deeper and deeper. I absolutely love it. Yep, I'm just a little hung up on this series. :)

[Jordan]

Alison wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Josh wrote: "Alison wrote: "I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook of J. Tullos Hennig's Greenwode, the first of her medieval queer Robin Hood series. I love thi..."

But wait... what about book three? I haven't checked yet, but I didn't think that would be in print or audio for awhile.

[Jordan]

Alison wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jordan, just in case you hadn't heard...book four (Summerwode) is written (squee!)."

Oops, I didn't even know about book 3. Thank you for telling us."

Sure. :) Th..."

Ah! I'll need to add this to my wishlist for when I'm not so broke. lol.

[Jordan]

Ahhhhhh! The Starving Years finally caught up with the fact that I have already the ebook and now the price has fallen so I can buy it! Wheeeeeeee! Can't wait to download it when I get home.

[Alison]

Jordan wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Josh wrote: "Alison wrote: "I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook of J. Tullos Hennig's Greenwode, the first of her medieval queer Robin Hood ser..."

Fear not, Winterwode is out in print. No word on the audio.

[Josh]

Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a popular aut..."

Well, BEB gave me permission to do this. The problem is it's a lean year financially so I've had to shelve the idea for now, but I too believe this would be a fantastic project -- take it a book at a time. The danger is it would not be fair to start and not finish, so to commit means committing to the whole huge thing. AND getting a narrator to commit as well, because you don't want to switch narrators mid-stream. Plus it will take a really top-notch narrator to handle all those voices and characters.

[Josh]

Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a popular aut..."

I think that's part of it -- not having time to waste on books I'm not enjoying. Unless I'm reading for some other purpose (research, for example).

[Josh]

Ame wrote: "Snowball in Hell

Wow. Just wow. Either I have been listening to shit audiobooks or this one is just blowing them all away. On par with AE and Holmes&Moriarity."

It's beautifully done. I agree. I love Alexander Masters.

[Josh]

In other audio news -- not good news this time -- I've had to cancel the production for The Mermaid Murders. Chris was ill and his vocal chords need a good long rest. And given that his true passion is for his film work, I began to second-guess the idea of starting a series with a narrator who might not be available for the whole thing.

So we're back to square one on that one and looking for the right narrator to take on the series. I want a voice similar to Chris's -- that's how I hear Jason -- so we'll see.

[Josh]

On the bright side, Chris has agreed to do the audio for the AE Christmas story -- which will be perfect.

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a..."

I might be temporarily in the poor house, but seriously, how can I (we, all of us interested in this) help out? I'd love to ensure this project happens!

If you've been given the go-ahead, maybe we really can crowd-source it? Start a go-fund-me page?

I know, it's also a lot of work aside from just raising the money. Hopefully there will be time for that too!

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "In other audio news -- not good news this time -- I've had to cancel the production for The Mermaid Murders. Chris was ill and his vocal chords need a good long rest. And given that his true passio..."

Oh dear. Well, it sounds like you make the right decision. Good luck finding another Chris!

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "On the bright side, Chris has agreed to do the audio for the AE Christmas story -- which will be perfect."

YAY!!!!

[Kim]

Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a..."

I love Alexander Master. I bought two more audiobooks: Gold Digger and ReturnOn Investment read by him, writen by our fanyon Alec. Loved them both. 5 stars for both of them. Thanks Josh for discover Alexander Master.

[KC]

Josh wrote: "On the bright side, Chris has agreed to do the audio for the AE Christmas story -- which will be perfect."

Yes! Yay! :-)

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "In other audio news -- not good news this time -- I've had to cancel the production for The Mermaid Murders. Chris was ill and his vocal chords need a good long rest. And given that his true passio..."

Oh, too bad. But I'm sure you're making a right choice here, even though it puts you back to the square one.

And so cool, that you can have him narrate So This Is Christmas!

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I could find a...

Well, BEB gave me permission to do this. The problem is it's a lean year financially so I've had to shelve the idea for now..."

Well, I think all in all this is good news. :-) Because this is something I'm certainly willing to wait as long as it takes.

[Johanna]

Lou wrote: "JIt's a huge undertaking. But I was at least half-serious. If we started crowd-sourcing we could set a specific monetary goal, and just keep going until we reached it."

If someone decides to organize this, I'm in.

[Sabine]

Johanna wrote: "Lou wrote: "JIt's a huge undertaking. But I was at least half-serious. If we started crowd-sourcing we could set a specific monetary goal, and just keep going until we reached it."

If someone deci..."

I am, too!

[Antonella]

Harper Fox just wrote on FB:

My wonderful agent (Deidre Knight of the Knight Agency) has sold eleven - that's right, *eleven* - of my FoxTales books to Audible, for production as audiobooks. I'll be blogging shortly about which ones.

[Antonella]

«Loch Lomond» sung by

Peter Hollens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0KQLJ...
(thanks to Z.A. Maxfield)

The Corries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGVFJ...

[Josh]

Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I..."

I decided yesterday I'm going to try and get him for my Monster Mash-up story. :-D

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "«Loch Lomond» sung by

Peter Hollens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0KQLJ...
(thanks to Z.A. Maxfield)

The Corries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGVFJ..."

Seeing the Corries brings back memories. :-)

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Harper Fox just wrote on FB:

My wonderful agent (Deidre Knight of the Knight Agency) has sold eleven - that's right, *eleven* - of my FoxTales books to Audible, for production as ..."

This is so great. I'm so glad this is happening for her.

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right away. I wish I..."

I think you guys have maybe hit on something with the idea of crowd-sourcing. I want that series in audio so much. It's a natural. I'm going to mull it over and then maybe have a talk with BEB. If they crowdsource, they don't actually need me involved -- not that I wouldn't want my fingerprints all over that project, being the control freak that I am. :-D

Anyway, this is good stuff to think about.

Also since we're sitting here dreaming of books we'd like in audio, I'd love the Bellingham series in audio. For some reason I was thinking they WERE in audio and that I owned them. :-D Now that was wishful thinking because they aren't and I don't.

[Kim]

Josh wrote: "Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recognize it right aw..."

Yay!
I have a question for you: why Boston is not popular location for fiction? Main is or was 5th most popular. And we have VT and even CT more than Boston? Boston or MA in general is first of many or most of everything in history or at least American culture.

[Jordan]

Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recogniz..."

It does happen! But you're right. It seems very rare for a book to be set in Boston.

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Also since we're sitting here dreaming of books we'd like in audio, I'd love the Bellingham series in audio. For some reason I was thinking they WERE in audio and that I owned them. :-D Now that was wishful thinking because they aren't and I don't."

Oh yes! I second this! Bellingham series would be wonderful in audio.

*nudge nudge, wink wink, Nicole*

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "I think you guys have maybe hit on something with the idea of crowd-sourcing. I want that series in audio so much. It's a natural. I'm going to mull it over and then maybe have a talk with BEB. If they crowdsource, they don't actually need me involved -- not that I wouldn't want my fingerprints all over that project, being the control freak that I am. :-D

Anyway, this is good stuff to think about."

Let us know how it turns out.

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I think you guys have maybe hit on something with the idea of crowd-sourcing. I want that series in audio so much. It's a natural. I'm going to mull it over and then maybe have a talk ..."

yes, please do!

[Josh]

Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Kim wrote: "Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I think I had more patience when I was younger. It's either that I have less time to waste, or that I've read too much crap already not to recogniz..."

Laura Lippman set her Tess...ack! (Forgetting last name) series in Boston, I believe. And isn't Spencer set in Boston?

[Antonella]

All of you: just tell me when do you find time to watch all these TV series (most of which I have never even heard of)?

[Jordan]

Lol. I'm lazy. I try not to watch much tv. In fact, I decided to pause watching Walker on DVD so I'd have more time to read. Stupid. I ended up channel flipping instead which means I spend more time watching tv than I did before. Oiy.

[Susinok]

KC wrote: "Storm Front by Jim Butcher, narrated by the amazing James Marsters (aka Spike!). The book is awesome too! ;-) Adventures, and humor, and magic, and mystery, and a really cool MC with e..."

Oh yay! I love that series and the narration.