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I am listening to Nightwoods by Charles Frazier and narrated by Will Patton. So far, I like it very much but I am biased as I love most of his narrations.
John wrote: "I'd have a tough time narrowing that list down to five."It was very hard John!!!
Kelly wrote: "Wow, I must not listen to many female narrated audio books! I could only pick 4. There were 2 others I would've voted for, but they weren't on the list.I finished Catching Fire and Mockingjay..."
I didn't recognize a lot of the names, either. I'm not too good at remembering, but I can recognize names when I see them. I would put all five votes for Davina Porter if I could.
John wrote: "I'd have a tough time narrowing that list down to five."There are, obviously, some great narrators missing from the list, too. But I appreciate her effort to call attention to narrators who aren't celebs! And hopefully, like Janet, listeners will be turned on to new narrators that they haven't heard before.
Susie wrote: "I am starting The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands"Very much looking forward to your thoughts on this story, Susie. Hope you enjoy it!
Kelly wrote: "Wow, I must not listen to many female narrated audio books! I could only pick 4. There were 2 others I would've voted for, but they weren't on the list.I finished Catching Fire and Mockingjay..."
Maybe you could do a write in by making a comment?
Xe wrote: "Susie wrote: "I am starting The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands"Very much looking forward to your thoughts on this story, Susie. Hope you enjoy it!"
I am enjoying it so far very mesmerizing!
Susie wrote: "I am starting The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands"I'm starting on " The Silence of Trees " later tonight (commute), and am looking forward to it.
I've had to take a break the past several weeks (darnk work for travel intefering!). The last book I listened to was SO BAD - I couldn't even finish it. Just Kate. Narration was good - but story was stupid.So I need a great one to get me back on track next week when I'm back in town....
Early this morning I finished The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer. This was such an intense read, but such a good book. 5 stars!Starting You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
Finished The Hunger Games
A reread and the audio added so much ... can't wait for the movie on VUDU
Started
An Irish Country Doctor
I am just about finished with Life of Pi. I have wanted to read this for a long time-so glad I waited until I started listening to audiobooks because I think I would have skimmed some of this in print...but I really like it on audio.
Shirley wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games
A reread and the audio added so much ... can't wait for the movie on VUDU
Started
An Irish Country Doctor"
I have An Irish Country Doctor, interested to see what you think of it.
Karen wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Wow, I must not listen to many female narrated audio books! I could only pick 4. There were 2 others I would've voted for, but they weren't on the list.I finished Catching Fire an..."
Oh that's OK. Perhaps they are celebrities and I just don't know it!
Ancestral wrote: "Susie wrote: "I am starting The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands"I'm starting on "The Silence of Trees" later tonight (commute), and..."
If you or anyone else reading The Silence of Trees is interested I would love to discuss this book over in the promotions folder about the listen a long.
Kelly wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Finished The Hunger Games
A reread and the audio added so much ... can't wait for the movie on VUDU
Started
An Irish Country Doctor"
I have ..."
It took a minute to change gears from The Hunger Games but it is good and I recently watched a bunch of James Herriot episodes so I love the simplicity.
Lisa wrote: "I am just about finished with Life of Pi. I have wanted to read this for a long time-so glad I waited until I started listening to audiobooks because I think I would have skimmed some ..."I am listening to Life of Pi now. It is slow going for me so far. I am on part 4 out of 9.
Just started And Then There Were None for a bit of a break. I have not read any Agatha Christie in a long time and am doing so for another GB group. Enjoying it and it should go quickly.
Last night I finished You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon. I not a big fan short stories, but truly enjoyed each story in this book. I gave this book 4 stars!Starting Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Has anyone listened to Sea of Poppies? I'm having a really hard time getting into to and staying interested. Several of my friends have read and loved the book.....maybe the audio is not the way to go with this one....I can't say the narrator, when he is speaking in his regular voice, does much to further my interest.....
Mejix wrote: "Working on Black Swan Green. The slang was a bit difficult at the beginning but now I am enjoying it."I loved this audiobook - both the book and the narration! I keep meaning to read more of Mitchell's books.
Janice wrote: "Fran wrote: "Janice wrote: "I started Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand a few days ago, and at first it was slow, for me. ..."Fran, if I ..."
Thanks!
I'm giving up on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. I've given it two hours and I think I would like it much better in print. This is the first book I've added to the abandoned shelf in a long time. Hmpffff. Prior to this I finished The Potato Factory and absolutely loved it. I am looking forward to The House At Riverton since I really liked The Forgotten Garden.
I like the audiobook itself, but boy the narrator Franette Liebow makes the heroine sound like a quivery geriatric Southern woman when she's supposed to be 30. The story is good though and she does the other characters fine, but the heroine sounds awful. To Die For
Last night I finished Austenland by Shannon Hale. I enjoyed this YA book and look forward to reading the next book in the Austen series. I gave this book 3 stars.Last night I started The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
Currently listening to the 4th book by George R R Martin. Thoroughly enjoying the series. A Feast for Crows
Hello! I've just joined and in reading through this thread I'm seeing lots of things I've read like Life of Pi (LOVED! But boy does that ending make you re-think the whole book.) and Sense and Sensibility read by Nadia May (not remembering the whiny Marianne, but she was a bit of a whiner, so maybe it fits?).Interested to see John's note that Nadia May has an alias. I really like her as a narrator, so perhaps I'll look for her other name as well.
I've recently decided to read all of P.D. James' Adam Dalgliesh series from the start. I've read some of them, but erratically and mostly from mid-way in the series. I just started A Mind to Murder: Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Series, Book 2 which is the second in the series. They're read by Roy Marsden who played Dalgliesh in most of the BBC series. His reading is a little rapid fire, but otherwise he's obviously a great choice. He takes more of a reading than a dramatization approach which is not what you might expect given his experience acting the material as well.
Nadia May has two other "nom-de-mic's" -- Wanda McCaddon and Donada Peters.
Donada Peters and Nadia May are the same person? Wow. I like both of them, but didn't realize they were one and the same.
Gitte wrote: "I'm listening to The Paris Wife."I really enjoyed that book Gitte.
I finally managed to get into Dark Matter...finished it but I wasn't impressed ...just not my kind of book I guess (because it has loads of raving reviews on GR)(2 stars from me)then went onto The Pilot's Wife which dispite a lot negative reviews - I rather liked. It was a completely differnt storey to which I thought it was going to be.(would have given 3½ stars)
I'm now half way through Bloodstream...a Tess Gerritsenso cant go wrong :-)
Right now I'm listening to Bossypants and Enter, Night. They are completely different, obviously, but I'm enjoying both of them.
I'm having trouble maintaining interest in Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn, which I purchased last month as one of my four required promo books at Audible. The author's narration works okay, but it's really focused on animals and farming; her partner seems almost Asperger's-like in her fixation on it, with Catherine loyally following along. So far, the chuckles have been fairly few and far between. Folks who were raised on a farm might appreciate this more than yours truly, with origins in a suburban housing development (and no agricultural relatives either).
This afternoon, on the commute, I started listening to my first Jo Nesbø book, "
Headhunters
", and already I find myself disliking the main character, Roger Brown, immensely while the story has me intrigued. Roger is a headhunter for elite executives in Sweden, but, for kicks he steals art.
I just finished The Silence of Trees by,Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands I loved this beautiful story the combination of Valya’s writing and Xe’s narration is so great both story and narration are lyrical. Xe’s soft delivery lends beautifully to the written word.I am now listening to The Importance of Being Earnest this was the freebie from audible for its members it's done by LA Theater Works and full cast starring James Marsters and Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf. I'm only a few minutes and it's hilarious already!
EDT:Oh my goodness if you haven't downloaded the freebie the Importance of Being Earnest you are missing out! It is still free to members on Audible..This is hilarious and a great cast!
I thoroughly enjoyed Clara Callan and suspect that it was due in large part to the wonderful narration of the Dale sisters.I would be interested to know how they were able to gain as much success as they did as actresses given their (subtle) speech impediments. It was a minor distraction for me while listening, but did not detract from the story at all.
I have started The Lake of Dreams, but after 1 disc am still unsure if I will stick with it.
I finished Steve Jobs yesterday. It was great, great insight on technology (it's so, so easy to take it for granted). Jobs was a crazy character too, which I think always makes for an entertaining book.Now I'm listening to Northanger Abbey. Not loving Flo Gibson on this. I think I would like her on another book, but doesn't seem to be a good match for this one, IMO.
Susie wrote: "I am now listening to The Importance of Being Earnest this was the freebie from audible for its members it's done by LA Theater Works and full cast starring James Marsters and Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf. I'm only a few minutes and it's hilarious already!"Thanks for this! I was going to get it from the library, didn't know it was free on audible. I love The Importance of Being Earnest!
Finished The Importance of Being Earnest- it's free to audible members
- it's Hilarious
- it has James Marsters
What more could a girl ask for??
4 Stars it was a really fun romp!
Am now giving in to hype and starting Ready Player One by, Ernest Cline narrated by, Wil Wheaton this will be my first book narrated by him.
Ancestral wrote: "This afternoon, on the commute, I started listening to my first Jo Nesbø book, "Headhunters", and already I find myself disliking the main character, Roger Brown, immensely while the story has me i..."This seems to be common with Nesbø's main characters. Course, I've only ready The Snowman, but from what others who have read further in that series have said, his characters are often unlikable. I think that, in the end, that is what endears them to me - they are anti-heroes.
Susie wrote: "I just finished The Silence of Trees by, Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands Where did you find the audio for The Silence of Trees?
Shelly wrote: "Where did you find the audio for The Silence of Trees?"On the link provided in the discussion thread: " Listen-Along for THE SILENCE OF TREES " in the promotions section of this group.
Shelly wrote: "Susie wrote: "I just finished The Silence of Trees by, Valya Dudycz Lupescu narrated by, Xe Sands Where did you find the audio for The Silence of Trees?"
http://iambik.com/books/silence-of-tr...
you can get it direct from the publisher or follow the Listen-Along-Link that Ancestral posted.
Am listening to White Witch, Black Curse. Love this series - especially since Marguerite Gavin is back to narrating!!!
Susie wrote: "Finished The Importance of Being Earnest- it's free to audible members
- it's Hilarious
- it has James Marsters
What more could a girl ask for??
4 Stars it was a really fun romp!
Am now gi..."
I wasn't going to get this. I have seen and read it several times and have lots else on my reading list. But then you said "James Marsters."
Ancestral wrote: "This afternoon, on the commute, I started listening to my first Jo Nesbø book, "Headhunters", and already I find myself disliking the main character, Roger Brown, immensely while the story has me intrigued. Roger is a headhunter for elite executives in Sweden, but, for kicks he steals art."
I'm curious why you dislike the character. Sounds like fun to me -- a little Thomas Crown Affair-ish.
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I finished Catching Fire and Mockingjay. I am now listening to Steve Jobs.