Narrators--Which of Your Books Would I Like?

[Sandi]

There are quite a few narrators who actively participate here. I really appreciate the insight all of you provide. When I see you narrators post here, I often jump over to Audible to see what you have narrated. However, I usually end up confused.

I love science fiction, urban fantasy, literary fiction, some horror, and some thrillers. I find very little I like in romance or cozy mysteries. The exception to romance is comedic paranormal romances. I have a tough time with non-fiction in audio. I am tired of epic fantasy and really long audiobooks.

So, sell me on one of your works. You can get a pretty good idea of my tastes by looking at my shelves.

Fellow listeners, feel free to ask what you would like too.

[✨Susan✨]

Comedic paranormal romance. I'm not sure I know of any books that even fit that genre but sounds fun/interesting.

[Sandi]

Susan, take a look at Molly Harper and Jesse Petersen for examples of comedic paranormal romance. Great stuff.

[Sandi]

Oh, I made up that label. I don't know if it's a real thing.

[✨Susan✨]

I like Molly Harper. I've read some Christopher Moore but none that were romance. I'll have to check out Jesse Peterson.

[Sandi]

Christopher Moore is just flat-out humor. I like what I've read of him. A Lee Martinez is a lot of fun too.

[Elisabeth]

Hi Sandi,
This series might be up your alley...

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fant...

I certainly enjoyed bringing Georgina Kincaid to life!
Cheers,
Elisabeth

[Sandi]

Elisabeth, is. it really racy? I'm not big on books with a lot of sex. I see that you narrated C.S. Friedman's Magister Trilogy. She's one of my favorite authors, but I haven't read this series. I wanted to make sure it was complete before diving in. I've read everything else she's written. Feast of Souls is now in my wishlist.

[Elisabeth]

Believe it or not, in spite of the fact that the main character is a succubus, there's not an enormous amount of sex. I was very surprised at how far into the book the first sex scene appeared. And it's definitely got a lot of fun, tongue-in-cheek humor.
And yes, the Magister Trilogy is complete. Hope you enjoy it!

[Jeanie]

Love the Succubus series! Now I'll have to check out the other...

[Sandi]

I'm going to regret this thread, aren't I?

[Rosemary]

Hi Sandi, For literary fiction, you may like MY LIFE AS A SILENT MOVIE.
http://tinyurl.com/mexqq9y

For thriller (and in spite of the subject matter, no graphic sex or violence), Michael Wallace's THE RED ROOSTER.
http://tinyurl.com/lfvcdhl

Happy Listening!

[Sandi]

Those both sound good, Rosemary.

[Lee]

Under the lit fic category, I would recommend a book I narrated called One Vacant Chair by Joe Coomer. It still amazes me how well Coomer developed the two main female characters.

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

Cheers!
Lee Ann (Claire)

[Karen]

Greetings, Sandi! You might like my latest release. Two Shades of Morning by Janice Daugharty. It falls in the category of literary fiction.

A woman looks back to the early 1960s and tells us about her relationships with her next-door neighbor. At the time, our narrator Earlene was 19, married, and accustomed to being the prettiest girl in her little N. Florida town.

Nothing changed -- yet everything changed -- the day her friend and neighbor Robert Dale Sharpe brought home his pretty new wife, Sibil.

"Nobody ever believed much about Sibyl Sharpe, least of all that she would die, and yet death is the first thing I heard about her."

With an opening line like that, you know there are secrets to be kept and others exposed!

Enjoy!

Cordially,
Karen Commins

[Allyson]

Hi Sandi--

I see that you're a fan of Mary Robinette Kowal. Since you're tired of really long audiobooks, you might enjoy the sci-fi short stories in "Rip-Off!" Each one takes the first sentence of a classic piece of fiction and develops a whole new story from it.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fant...

We were nominated for a 2014 Audie for this collection. For my part, I found "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" to be beautifully crafted, emotionally satisfying, and morally thought provoking. I was fortunate to narrate Kowal's prose on one other occasion and I truly hope there will be more opportunities to come.

Best,
Allyson

[Sandi]

Rip-off! was great. I really enjoyed the stories. I find short story collections problematic though. I would get to the end of a story I really liked having forgotten the title, the author, and the narrator.

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I have just added Rip-Off to my wishlist. Sounds like fun!

[Allyson]

Such an interesting commentary about collections, Sandi... I never really considered the issue of keeping track of that info when one doesn't have a hard copy to reference.

Jennifer, I hope you enjoy listening anyway ;)

[Sandi]

Allyson wrote: "Such an interesting commentary about collections, Sandi... I never really considered the issue of keeping track of that info when one doesn't have a hard copy to reference.

Jennifer, I hope you e..."

I can have the same problem with stories when reading them in e-book format. With a paper book, it's easy to flip back to the beginning of a story you just read to see the title and author. A well-formatted ebook should have the title and author of each story as the chapter when you pull down the table of contents. When I listened to audiobooks on my iPod Nano, some collections would list the name of the story as the chapter, but most wouldn't. And, audiobook providers do a really lousy job of providing that information online. In the case of an audiobook collection of short stories, I want to know the title, author, and narrator of each story. In the case of Rip-Off!, that information was provided at the beginning of the story, but it would have been nice to hear it again at the end as "You just heard...." It's not until the end of a story that I really enjoy that I want to know who the author and narrator were so I can explore more of their work.

[Karen]

Sandi, just released a new Sci-Fi Paranormal first in a series (the Synesthesia Shift Series) "Where Bluebirds Fly" by Brynn Chapman. Romance, but no sex scenes. I also narrated a very good literary fiction "Paternity" by Susan Baruch. And a rather different Sci-Fi episodic series "The Preserve" might prove interesting to you. Below is the link to my Audible page.

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

[David]

I have a few titles you may like. Visit my web site http://zd3-productions.com and click on the "Audiobooks" section for titles, descriptions, and samples!

[Sandi]

Elisabeth, I just started listening to Succubus Blues. You should have said that she works in a bookstore. The whole booksigning thing is so funny.