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Josh wrote: "There will be a follow up story -- Ill Met By Moonlight. I will resist giving a date because we all know where that led this year. :-)"That is wonderful, this is one of my favorites :D
Josh wrote: "There will be a follow up story -- Ill Met By Moonlight. I will resist giving a date because we all know where that led this year. :-)"I'm sooo waiting for this. I'll be patient, though. ;-)
And I want to re-read the story and the coda. Definitely need more time...
The coda is beautiful. It's actually my favorite. I remember gasping when I read the final line, and a year later, it still sticks with me.
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:-D
I love these two characters.
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Karen wrote: "I'm enjoying the audiobook. It took me a chapter or so to warm up to the narrator's "tough dick" voice. I mean private eye "dick," not what you may be thinking. ; ) Now I'm remembering what I love..."I wasn't at all sure on listening to the sample, and might not have taken the plunge except that I trust Josh and his judgment, especially given how good all his other audiobooks are.
I've had a few now (not just Josh books) where the sample made me initially think "hmm, not too sure about this narrator." But when I've gone on to listen to the whole thing I get used to them. Got that going on with the This Rough Magic at the moment. The sample made me go "hmm" and now a couple of hours in I'm thinking "well this guy is perfect." The Whyborne and Griffin books were similar. But now I love them.
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Nice to hear how you liked it, since I'm going to start listening to this today. :-)
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I think that the opening line ("It was always a dame...") is a
I enjoyed the reading overall, but there are times Jordan Murphy seems to have lost his place with the characters' voices (read a line as Brett when it was Neil's), or the cadence is off. I felt that he got into the groove more as the story progressed, and that was kind of fitting since it matches Rafferty's opening himself up to his feelings.
I thought his reading of the bedroom scenes was quite well-done. Just saying, since we know you won't listen. ; D
I have had a little bit trouble to get into the voice, because I don't understand every word, in the beginning. It is not BBC - english - pronunciation : )But after ten minutes and with earphones it was okay and I like the timbre from his voice.
Karen wrote: "I wanted to place a short review on Audible's site, but they now have that interview-styled question and answer format for reviews and no apparent means to over-ride it. Just not my cup of tea."Sometimes i find that the interview-style questions for the audible review help me shape the review, but it does take longer than a regular review would take. Another option would be to post directly on amazon for the audio version of the book, and maybe they share it on audible?
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I think that the opening line ("It was always a dame...") is a killer tough one. I had Bogart or more likely Robert Mit..."
I agree. Historical is tough. It's a whole new ballgame.
I'll be honest, this wasn't my favorite audio production. Now...compared to some other m/m audio books I've listened to, I think this is a more than decent entry, but I've had such excellent results in the past that I am spoiled.
The difficulty is, you can ask a narrator to fix a mispronounced word or a missed word, but it's hard to ask them to come up with a voice or a sensibility that's not in their repertoire.
It's all on me for not pulling the plug after the first fifteen minutes.
I like his voice for Rafferty, doing that hardboiled Sam Spade-like PI. But didn't always like his voice for Brett. It was a bit too prissy at time. But overall I enjoyed the book and I'll definitely listen again.
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Ha! And I was exactly the reverse on this. I love the amiable diversity of our group. : )
I've just finished it. My main issue with the narrator is that he doesn't speak very clearly sometimes. He speaks a bit too quickly. I thought he did some voices well -- Aunt Lenora and Juliet -- but I wasn't convinced by Rafferty and Bret, and of course they're the most important. And as someone has commented already, a couple of times he seemed to get them confused, when there was un-tagged dialogue switching back and forth. But it wasn't terrible; just not as excellent as most of Josh's books.
Hj wrote: "I've just finished it. My main issue with the narrator is that he doesn't speak very clearly sometimes. He speaks a bit too quickly. I thought he did some voices well -- Aunt Lenora and Juliet -..."I have the same impression! I thought I lost my ability to understand english, but now I will be at ease. Thank you Hj : )
And yes I think too, that he got Brett and Rafferty confused. So it is not the usual high Josh Lanyon standard, but it is okay. ( He has a nice voice )
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It's always a learning experience.
I think I was trying too hard to keep mixing it up with narrators -- not keep reusing the same voices and the same styles.
Josh wrote: "I think I was trying too hard to keep mixing it up with narrators -- not keep reusing the same voices and the same styles. ..."I wouldn't worry about that. After all, it's your voice telling all the stories anyway. You already have some very good people who know what you like -- use them again!
Karen wrote: "I wanted to place a short review on Audible's site, but they now have that interview-styled question and answer format for reviews and no apparent means to over-ride it. Just not my cup of tea."You can override the Q&A review. Somewhere on the right is a "freestyle" review choice or something like that. I can't see it anymore since I chose it and it automatically goes to that style all of the time.
Karen wrote: "I wanted to place a short review on Audible's site, but they now have that interview-styled question and answer format for reviews and no apparent means to over-ride it. Just not my cup of tea."Ok start typing in the Q&A question area and a little pop-up bubble comes up asking if you want Free Form review. Click on it and it will give you a regular review box.
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Thanks!
Josh wrote: "There will be a follow up story -- Ill Met By Moonlight. I will resist giving a date because we all know where that led this year. :-)"So I'm just getting around to Rough Magic and was wondering if this sequel was ever written or did it go the way of the sequel to Mexican Heat?
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So I'm just getting around to Rough Magic and w..."
No, no. It's still in the works. In fact, we just redid the covers for that one and the This Rough Magic. It's scheduled for next year.
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