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Listening to in February 2011
Carolyn - I enjoyed Son of the Morning in print but was totally captivated by Ross in the audio version. Audio is definitely my favorite of the two and I think helps me accept the leads' odd relationship development (are they together - are they not?).
Finished KMM's Shadowfever last night. Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross' performances were just great.Started LKH's Bullet today. Not really that excited since Kimberly Alexis is the one narrating. I'm partial to Christine Holloway. For me, she is Anita.
Yz the Whyz wrote: "...Not really that excited since Kimberly Alexis is the one narrating. I'm partial to Cynthia Holloway. For me, she is Anita."I agree!
I'm listening to Rapture in Death.
Vic wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I loved Soulless, I can't wait for the next two in the series to come out in audio. I've seen them as "coming soon" at Recorded Books.I started The Pagan Stone, the third in Robert..."
If you're still looking for Changeless, my library has them through NetLibrary. Interestingly though Overdrive does not have it. Hopefully you have access to Net Library and can snag it!!
I just finished
. and am debating starting
or
or
. Thoughts? Recommendations?
Thanks for the heads up about NetLibrary Tracy, if I renew my library card to the library in the City (two hours away) I can, as of the first of the year, have access to NetLibrary...As far as a recommendation ...Dream Man all the way! :)
Tracy wrote: "I just finished . and am debating starting or or . Thoughts? ..."I'm starting
today, I pick that one Tracy.
I just finished listening to Comanche Moon. The narrator was irritating. It sounded like she had a bad cold and I could hear every intake of breath. Nevertheless, the book was excellent!! I'm tempted to complete the series.@Tracy: I'd go for Dream Man. The story is great!
I just finished
narrator Victor Selznick(sp)- must go check that out. Does really acceptable womens voices and fantastic gruff males- on par with Phil Gigante.
Recommendations- I do like some Sandra Brown- usually a reasonable crime/thriller and good love scenes
Sorry I have been busy this month it getting close to midterms . Lea I heard I switch by sandra brown but I was not very impressed. I man i enjoyed some of the twists and turns but I like figuring out why it happened and I figured by the 1st hour the most obvious thing happened. I dont want to give too much away. yester i finished listening to charlie all nite by jennifer c. I loved it ! Its soooo funny and wierdly it relatable even though it was written in the early 90's.
I finished listening to Heaven, Texas and Dream a Little Dream on audio. I'd read them both, but this was the first time on audio. I already loved Heaven, Texas, but in print I only gave Dream 3 stars. After listening to it, though, I definitely would give it 4 stars. I still don't like Ethan or Cal much in this book, but Anna Fields' wonderful narration makes everything better. ;-)
Barbie - the problem with Sandra Brown is that sometimes they are great and sometimes not great at all. I have discovered that I enjoy those narrated by Victor Slezak. Others are not a guarantee by any means - especially those originally written in the 80s and 90s. I don't see an unabridged version of The Switch. Did you listen to the abridged version? I'm unfamililar with Jan Maxwell.
Carrie wrote: "I finished listening to Heaven, Texas and Dream a Little Dream on audio. I'd read them both, but this was the first time on audio. I already loved Heaven, Texas, but in pr..."Doesn't Edward's little voice in Dream a Little Dream just break your heart?
@ Lea~Fields did a good job with the child's voice, which could have come across like a cartoon but didn't.
Jan maxwell did an okay job. But I would suggest if you want to listen to a sandra brown thriller/ suspen. The witness. That scared the crap out me and shocked me.On SEP Dream a little dream note..I love that book!! I liked how she mixed a religious message with the characters. I loved the part where Rachel touches the little girl. I believe that there are faith healers, people who can talk to ghosts/spirits and the "mediums" out in the world . We just have to have faith.Its to me is amazing how Rachel is willing to give up for her child.I love strong Heroines.
Listening to
an older book that she updated a few years later as her initial publisher went bust.Not bad so far
When I accepted Audible's suggestion to merge with my Amazon account all of my audios popped up on my kindle. Now they're on three devices. I've yet to use kindle for listening since iPod and iPhone are much easier to carry around.Does anyone else stick your iPod in your bra? :) I commute on Metro where there has been a rash of iPhone thefts. I figure a grab and run thief would have to be pretty bold to snatch at my chest assuming he even knew it was there. My cell phone was stolen out of my coat pocket when a pickpocket bumped into me on the escalator. So now I'm a bra storage gal
I don't have any of my audible books on my kindle - I think the battery dies after about 4 hours of audio. No, I don't usually put my ipod in my bra - though I have before! :)
Diana wrote: "When I accepted Audible's suggestion to merge with my Amazon account all of my audios popped up on my kindle. Now they're on three devices. I've yet to use kindle for listening since iPod and iPhon..."LOL. Fortunately (I guess) I'm not in situations where that's necessary (our public transport is practically non-existent). It's a good thing 'cause I have an iPod Touch!
Absolutely put the ipod in the bra-especially when I am out walking or gardening
I started listening to No Chancebut the narrator, Coleen Marlo, has that crazy inflection at the end of every sentence (the one that anyone having a "normal" conversation would never use). Ironically, I also checked out Love Me If You Dareat the same time and (didn't realize) it's the same narrator! Ugh! lol I don't know about you guys...but I just can't trudge through listening to a book when the narrator's voice is so ridiculously distracting. So, I will be attempting to listen to Sex, Murder And A Double Latte next....fingers crossed!
Finished listening to RUTHLESS (does that get to count as my first in a new series for the challenge ?) and then re-listened to a bit of OUTLANDER. Jumped into HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE and am quite taken with it. Thought that Bones's accent would be unbearable but it's okay. Hated it in FIRST TOUCH OF CRIMSON but it's okay in this one. Oh, and read MOON CALLED though I couldn't get into CRY WOLF (the love story was already set up -- what a drag!). Dl'd the newest Lisa Kleypas SOMEWHERE I'LL FIND YOU and that may come next. I do find it really depends on my mood.I need some new recommendations!
Krissie wrote: "Finished listening to RUTHLESS (does that get to count as my first in a new series for the challenge ?) and then re-listened to a bit of OUTLANDER. Jumped into HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE and am quite ta..."Did you read the novella Alpha and Omega before Cry Wolf? It's the love story setup and is awesome.
Krissie wrote: "I need some new recommendations! "Check out the "5 Credits at Audible - What would you buy?" topic. It'll probably turn up some good recs. I'm about to post some recent purchase/wish list info (though I'm always behind on current releases).
Krissie wrote: "Is Alpha and Omega on audio?"No, unfortunately. Vic was moaning about that recently so I know. :)
You should read it though. It's possibly the best PNR novella ever. Briggs wrote it as a stand alone then it turned into a series and she was stuck with the relationship already established.
@ Krissie - I second (or third?) the rec for reading the Alpha & Omega novella. It really is more like the first 1/4 or 1/3 of the book and I think it's essential reading to enjoy Cry Wolf. You can buy it either in the anthology or separately as an eNovella so the investment is pretty small and the pay off = huge. I wish they would put it on audio though!!
Well, crap. I bought the entire book -- didn't see it as an e-novella. But it's upstairs on my Kindle, just waiting for me. Yum!
Well, Alpha & Omega is pretty good so it will probably be worth it for that alone - who knows maybe you will love the other stories too! Let us know what you think of A&O. :)
Hello.I'm listening to The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold at the moment.
I am really enjoying it, the narator, Lloyd James is very good, and each character has a distinct voice.
I haven't read the book (which I usually do, before buying the audio version) and really had to concentrate to get all the names right in my head at first.
I am half way through and will be looking forward to the next book in this series/world - Paladin of Souls
Listening to Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb. :) Have This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost queued up next. :-D
You can feel better Krissie, Amazon hasn't offered the single Kindle download of Alpha and Omega for at least 6 months. I agree with Kaetrin it's worth the full book anyway. :) Heading to Audible for
and will follow that up with
Listening to an old favorite Darkling I Listen by Katherine Sutcliffe read by Alyssa Bresnahan (too lazy to look up correct spelling). Highly recommend. I wrote a review at Audible the first time I listened to it.
I just stocked up on some audio...took advantage of the 40% off sale
Can't decide where to start...
you guys are so lucky- even though I belong to Audible USA- certain books are not available to me due to geographic restrictions. But this month I have read (I love Sandra Brown)
OK, I was thinking Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh was coming out 2/22. Finally twittered Tantor and they said 2/28. Maybe I knew that and forgot but thought I'd let you guys know.And UGH on the photo for the audio edition. I'll DEFINITELY be pasting the book cover in for my iTunes cover!
http://www.tantor.com/BookImage/1717_...
Vic wrote: "OK, I was thinking Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh was coming out 2/22. Finally twittered Tantor and they said 2/28. Maybe I knew that and forgot but thought I'd..."What is it with the funky covers for the audio books....they should just use the regular book cover...I hate the ones for the Night Huntress Series...the book covers are way better
Vic - I thought it was the 22nd as well but when I checked Tantor's site this past weekend, I saw the same. I know that was the original date but don't know my source. For all I know, I could be your source of misinformation!
Nichole wrote: "What is it with the funky covers for the audio books....they should just use the regular book cover...I hate the ones for the Night Huntress Series...the book covers are way better"I TOTALLY agree! I think the deal is that sometimes the audio publisher doesn't want to pay for the licensing of the book cover or something.
I could maybe see it for graphic/digital artists who do covers (Dan Dos Santos: http://www.dandossantos.com/gallery.htm - known for covers for Patricia Briggs and others; Chris McGrath: http://www.christianmcgrath.com/MainP... - known for covers for Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire and others). But those audiobooks seem to be getting those NICE covers!
What gets me is not getting the covers done by the publishing department of the book publisher. *shrug*
The covers to books are owned by the artists, not the publishers. I get cover approval from Tantor, but I figure it's no biggie. The photo will be pretty tiny anyway. At least I stopped them from putting a contemporary cover on RUTHLESS.
Yea! Thanks for the heads up about
Vic, I had it stuck in my head that it was coming out tomorrow, because most good things
come on Tuesdays. :) For now Nalini Singh will provide a great listen for the day of house cleaning I have planned.
I stuck with the paperback book cover of Consort because it is much prettier than the audiobook cover IMO.
I just finished The Making of June and Cry Wolf. I'm now listening to Hunting Ground and Murder List.
I'm hoarding my 7 credits like a crazy woman. Problem is I've tried quite a few firsts of paranormal series and haven't fallen on love enough to commit.Finished Fire and Ice last night and I'm going to do a complete replay. New-to-me narrator is fabulous. Her range is amazing...deep zen-like baritone for Reno and a girlish (oddly, not annoying) voice for Jilly. She nails all the support cast as well. Good one! I'm thinking about listening to entire Ice series again. Well, except for the one where Killian sounds like Pepe Le Pew. :)
Oh, that's wonderful to hear! I'm holding off on listening until I can concentrate on the new Ice book. Right now I'm doing historical and paranormal proposals so that's what I'm listening to.Hey, I love Pepe le Pew! But you're right . The narrator never got the point that he was really American and dropped any accent.
I'm so glad they got it right. In ICE BLUE Reno sounded like Charlie Chan.
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Tavia Gilbert's voice for Bones has grown on me, a lot. I'm actually enjoying it very much.
Hope to finish the next two before This Side of the Grave comes out on the 22nd.
Now to go re-read Vic's instructions for getting the book titles and authors highlighted so they show up to the right.....
Looks like I did it even if they aren't in the right spots. Thanks Vic!