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@ Tressa is it the version narrated by Tim Curry?
Tressa wrote: "Occasionally I'll listen to a novel instead of reading one because there are so many I want to get to but don't have the hours in the day to read them all.It's a tradition for me to watch, read..."
Oddly enough I haven't read any Dickens ( I have meant to but keep forgetting) I always like watching the Disney version and also the one with Alistair Sim near Christmas.
I'm listening to The Hidden Oasis by Paul Sussman narrated by Gordon Griffin. Griffin's a veteran narrator, English, and he's doing a good job with this one. So far it's an enjoyable listen.
Michael, I don't think it's narrated by Curry. It's kind of an older version, judging from the box. I'll get the box out of the car tomorrow and look. Amanda, you're not missing much. I'm not a big Dickens fan, except for ACC. I adore this story. And, yes, the movie with George C. Scott is great. It's probably my favorite version, too. I think I even own it.
I've never heard of that one, Hugh.
I'm getting sick of checking out CDs. I'm going to kill myself changing them while driving. I have no more room on my iPod and will probably get a new one for Xmas that will hold all my music and audio books.
Michael wrote: "@ Tressa is it the version narrated by Tim Curry?"OMG, there is one narrated by Tim Curry, must find NOW.
I am listening to "In the Garden of Beasts" The narrator is good. I can't decide whether to be appalled, sad, or educated by this story so far. I think it probably could have easily been much shorter though.
Dana * wrote: "Michael wrote: "@ Tressa is it the version narrated by Tim Curry?"OMG, there is one narrated by Tim Curry, must find NOW."
I got the Tim Curry version last year on Audible.
The version of ACC I have checked out is narrated by Ralph Cosham. LOL. We've all heard of him, haven't we?It's such a short, wonderful story. I always tear up at the end when Scrooge makes good on his promise to himself to live the last of his years in good cheer and charity. Love the part where he says something like, I'm sure some people laughed at the change in me, but there will always be those who make themselves feel better by tearing down others. I don't care.
Next year I will search for the Tim Curry version. I need to play the video I have for Lucas. I think it's a good lesson to learn, even as early as 7.
I have
checked out, too. It's kind of becoming a tradition for me to listen to it, too. I also love the message in this story.
Tressa wrote: "Michael, I don't think it's narrated by Curry. It's kind of an older version, judging from the box. I'll get the box out of the car tomorrow and look. Amanda, you're not missing much. I'm not a b..."
Another point for the kindle. It's an audio book purchased through Audiobile.com. It downloads to my kindle (K3 and Fire). In the car I use the transmitter that sends my iPod music to my radio, and it works fine. When I walk it's head phones which work great.
The Hidden Oaisis, is a good action adventure (maybe more adventure than action) ... a good old fashioned treasure hunt novel. However, there are some parts that are wonderfully deeper than all of that. Paul Sussman has a way with words. (One of the touching good bye letters I've heard, a good Eulogy.) He also has developed some deep characters or rather, gets a lot of milage out of a few deep hearted details. I am always amused at the English when they write for Americans. There are some amusing idiocincracies, nothing wrong, but, just a bit off key. (For exmple, nobody here carries a torch unless your have a pitchfork in the other hand and your going after the monster. We liked to call it a flashlight.)
Sorry to bore you with details.
I'm too cheap to buy audios when I can check them out at work for my car and Kindle. Plus, I usually just listen to them once. It is humorous to note the differences in what a British and American writer call something. Car park; boot; chip; crisp; pram.
Oh, and I forgot the best thing. I got the book for 1 credit from Audiobile.com I earn a credit a month. They don't care how expensive the book is. I pay a flat rate, and if I want more books than I have credit I pay, but it's not that expensive. I found Dresden #2 for $4.95.
Went down to the Fiction Dept. last night and grabbed Flashback off the shelves. The narrator's voice is OK; he sounds more like an old man than a middle-aged man, which is what the character is. I have laughed out loud at the main character, when he was talking about the hole in his sock, and the embarrassment he feels for "currently living in the former Baby Gap." Couldn't stop laughing at that one.
I love audio books. I've got an hour long commute to and from work and I can listen while I'm working. Really, audio books are the only reason I'll be hitting my 250 book goal for 2011. (It's a ridiculous goal and I won't be so ambitious next year.)I am currently listening to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and loving it!
Hey, I forgot about adding my audios to goal. Thanks, Kristy.I love listening to audios on my commute, even though it's only 30 mins. both ways because of traffic.
I included any audios or short stories that i read online (technically, i'd call that an ebook) to my reading goal.
I just added A Christmas Carol. I'm going to think about others I listened to.
I loved A Christmas Carol.....such a wonderful story. I'm not a fan of audiobooks although I try to listen occasionally. Right now I'm trying to listen to Pride and Prejudice.
Rachel, in another thread you mentioned you didn't enjoy reading ACC because the story was so familiar. I am like that most times, but for some reason this story just makes me happy around the same time every year. It reminds me that we all have second chances to put our wrongs right, and that the New Year is approaching and is a time for us to start fresh. Hear that bulges? By this time next year you all will be gone from my body. Parasites.I'm returning the audio Flashback. I just can't get into it. I am not a fan of dystopian fiction. Too fricking depressing. I have Lisey's Story checked out. Read by Mare Winningham!
I'm listening to Fool Moon by Jim Butcher narrated by James Marsters (Spike from Buffy). It took some getting used to Marsters, but, once I did, he's doing okay. The book is pretty exciting. Better than Stormfront (Dresden 1).
Tressa wrote: "Rachel, in another thread you mentioned you didn't enjoy reading ACC because the story was so familiar. I am like that most times, but for some reason this story just makes me happy around the same..."I think my favorite medium for that story is film or theater so I will definitely visit it again and again. It just didn't wow me, but I liked it in general.
I really hope you enjoy Lisey's Story. It's one of my favorites.
Maybe next time this year you can listen to it. The one I listened to had a marvelous reader. I'm going to try to collect different versions of it. I have a small, nicely illustrated one I found in the bookstore. I hope I like Lisey's story. I bet I will since we have similar (good) taste.
Hugh (A.K.A. Hermit the Curmudgeon) wrote: "I'm listening to Fool Moon by Jim Butcher narrated by James Marsters (Spike from Buffy). It took some getting used to Marsters, but, once I did, he's doing okay. T..."
I know what you mean. I just started Storm Front and it sounds like he's chewing gum and it's a little aggravating. After finishing the audio Dragonfly in Amber whose voice was just memorizing and so soothing, I'll just have to get use to listening to a males voice.
have to get used to listening to a males voice.... yes, the DOS will leave that one alone...I liked it. It took a while to get used to it and I had a suspicion that Marsters hasn't narrated for that many books. I was listing to some really smooth talking guy named "Gordon" something, or, something "Gordon" reading "The Hidden Oasis," then, switch to Marsters (using his original accent). Once I got used to him, it worked for me. It took a good hour or so of book time.
I think I may enjoy Lisey's Story, but it's one of those novels where there's a lot of introspection by the main character. And already King's writing is starting to get on my nerves because I realized how immature it is. The character says a lot of silly things, repeating slogans, etc., just more of that annoying thing King does as a writer. It's like his writing never rises above that kind of adult-acting-silly kind of style.
I returned Lisey's Story. Mare Winningham didn't win me over with her voice, but it could have been the story. I am sorry. Stephen King's writing is juvenile and it's hard for me to read and listen to. Maybe it's gotten worse over the decades, or maybe I was immature back in the '80s and didn't notice it, but I had no problem with his earlier books. Now I can't stand his writing.
His more recent books are written in a different style than his earlier books but I don't find it juvenile. It's simple but still packs a punch (except the new one, of course).
I got an iPod Classic for Xmas, and will now be able to store all my music and download some free audiobooks from the library. Should be easier for me to find something I like.
I have an iPod (original) and it still works really good. I have had it for a while now. BUT recently I have put my audiobooks on my iPhone (just one at a time).
Gatorman wrote: "His more recent books are written in a different style than his earlier books but I don't find it juvenile. It's simple but still packs a punch (except the new one, of course)."The dialogue he has his adult characters say is juvenile and lame. I get so sick of this immature style of his. For me all his newer books are the last one.
I down loaded the song Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann. The same whistled song in American Horror Story and Kill Bill. Maybe the next song will be Jack Nitzsche's composition of The Last Race if I can find it off of an album.
If anyone here likes HP Lovecraft (I want to see everyone's hands now) you can download several of his stories to listen to here;http://librivox.org/collected-public-...
Plus there is a ton of other stuff there.
I just finished listening to Whispers by Lisa Jackson and am now listening to Grave Tattoo by VAL McDermid.
I'm listening to the the best pop hits of the Disney Fembots (The young Ladies who have Tv Shows on the Disney Channel like Serina Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Bridget Mendler etc...) Why... I have a six year old daughter who wanted to dance... so... Daddy couldn't say "no."
no.... not a good Daddy... I'm "The BEST Daddy EVER"...I know because she wrote me a certificate that says that. I've got creditials.
Brett wrote: "If anyone here likes HP Lovecraft (I want to see everyone's hands now) you can download several of his stories to listen to here;http://librivox.org/collected-public-......"
Thanks Brett. Does this mean that all of Lovecraft's work is in the public domain?
You know, I'm not sure but I think it is. There are several sites where you can download it. Technically, everything before 1923 in the USA is public domain. There are exceptions when rights have been renewed and such.
Actually, a good source to find out about individual stories is Wikipedia.
Outside of the USA owner's rights are different and you have to look at each country separately.
All of these sites have his work. Two of which are dedicated just to HPL.
http://www.hplovecraft.com/
http://dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/love...
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600...
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lovec...
Tressa wrote: "Gatorman wrote: "His more recent books are written in a different style than his earlier books but I don't find it juvenile. It's simple but still packs a punch (except the new one, of course)."..."
Lisey's story does have kinda cutesy dialogue. Maybe that's why I like it. Sorry you didn't like it Tressa.
It's OK, Rachel. I'll live. I just knew I couldn't last through 13 more CDs of cutesy dialogue. When King writes a book where the main character is so introspective and ends up talking to herself through 90% of it, I know I won't enjoy it.
I started listening to
. Was going to pop it out but then I got engrossed in the story. Anyone read it?
Tressa wrote: "I started listening to . Was going to pop it out but then I got engrossed in the story. Anyone read it?"Yep I really liked it :) and plan on digging up more Atwood when I get a chance.
I need to learn a little more about what the book is about. It's hard for me to start cold listening to an audio because even though I'm good about listening to the story while doing other things, sometimes I can't wrap my head around what's happening in a story at times, especially dystopian fiction where the world is a weird place now and some things don't make much sense.Hey, I read Lucas two stories in Vampire Weenies and put the book away. It is way too violent for a bedtime story! Did you say you read it to Nikki? The fist story about the vampire, eh, that was OK. But the second story about the "last man standing" fight in the gym was way too violent. Read like a book little Dick Laymon, Jr. would write!
Tressa wrote: "I need to learn a little more about what the book is about. It's hard for me to start cold listening to an audio because even though I'm good about listening to the story while doing other things, ..."Oryx and Crake is one of those books that takes a while to tell you what's going on. It does get around to it though.
I did read it to him and he didn't react to it in any way that indicated he was bothered. I think that was one of the few that was very violent( or seemed so to me). Sorry if it bothered you Tressa that certainly wasn't my intention.
I am listening to Blood and Smoke by Stephen King. I have never heard of it and it must be one of his shorter novels because it is only three hours long.
I'm going to stick with Oryx and Crake. I love the reader's voice. He's an actor who played in that Dying Young movie years ago. Something Scott, I think.Oh, you didn't bother me with the recommendation. I like them and may finish them. A pre-teen who's already read the Stine and similar books would be able to handle them. I thought they'd be more tame than boys beating each other in a gym, LOL. I just don't like to read him books that have a lot of violence in them. And maybe just that one story was bad. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
I often have a book going in the kitchen that I can turn on and off as I do canning or cooking, this weeks is Fear the Worst and I will start The Shipping News at work tomorrow.
Tressa wrote: "I'm going to stick with Oryx and Crake. I love the reader's voice. He's an actor who played in that Dying Young movie years ago. Something Scott, I think.Oh, you didn't bother me with the recomme..."
Tressa, O&C is one of my all-time favorite reads (it's a short shelf). I enjoyed the Prequel a well, just not as much.
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It's a tradition for me to watch, read, or listen to A Christmas Carol. I'm listening to one currently and the reader does a fabulous job. Anyone else love this book? I think it stands as a good reminder for us to treat others well and to enjoy all the days of our lives and not waste them.