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 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:55 pm
Does anyone else here listen to audiobooks?
I hadn't in the past, but I've been really enjoying the Harry Potter audiobooks. Working on Order of the Phoenix just now. plus they're read by stephen fry so, you know. awesome.
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:42 pm
Sammirah Does anyone else here listen to audiobooks? I hadn't in the past, but I've been really enjoying the Harry Potter audiobooks. Working on Order of the Phoenix just now. plus they're read by stephen fry so, you know. awesome.I heard they were really good. I'm tempted to listen to those even though I've already read all the books. My husband almost exclusively listens to audiobooks nowadays. He runs a lot (and is currently training for the Portland Marathon) and listens while he runs.
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:14 pm
Camwen Sammirah Does anyone else here listen to audiobooks? I hadn't in the past, but I've been really enjoying the Harry Potter audiobooks. Working on Order of the Phoenix just now. plus they're read by stephen fry so, you know. awesome.I heard they were really good. I'm tempted to listen to those even though I've already read all the books. My husband almost exclusively listens to audiobooks nowadays. He runs a lot (and is currently training for the Portland Marathon) and listens while he runs. I'm really enjoying them. I've read all the books, although only once. I'd like to reread them in paper form, but because I walk to and from school everyday, it's really convenient. The walk itself is long, and going up the hill sucks and I found the books distract me more than music does. I've never really listened to any other audiobooks, though. I did try the Twilight one, but I didn't have anything to do while listening, and I could only sit and knit and listen for so long. Once I got the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale audiobook collection out of the library, and I used to put those on when I cleaned the house. Very cool!
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:20 pm
I also love the idea of audiobooks being read by someone awesome, i.e. Stephen Fry. But like, not just a celebrity for celebrity's sake. Someone relevant. The His Dark Materials Trilogy is read by the author, Phillip Pullman. Which is cool because it's the author, but also because he has a pretty unique voice. I'm going to listen to those ones next. whee
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:37 pm
Sammirah I also love the idea of audiobooks being read by someone awesome, i.e. Stephen Fry. But like, not just a celebrity for celebrity's sake. Someone relevant. The His Dark Materials Trilogy is read by the author, Phillip Pullman. Which is cool because it's the author, but also because he has a pretty unique voice. I'm going to listen to those ones next. whee Oh I agree! And I love Stephen Fry.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:46 pm
They're good I like them especially when I was up In Alaska cause most everything was a good half-hour (or more) away so it helped past the time and I don't have to hassle of finding a good song or fight with my parents or siblings about what music to listen to. Though i enjoy reading sometimes i don't have time in my busy day to sit and read so they come very handy
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:43 pm
RandomQuestions They're good I like them especially when I was up In Alaska cause most everything was a good half-hour (or more) away so it helped past the time and I don't have to hassle of finding a good song or fight with my parents or siblings about what music to listen to. Though i enjoy reading sometimes i don't have time in my busy day to sit and read so they come very handy I find sometimes I want to pour all my attention into a good book, like a real paper one. But when I have tasks to be done, like walking 1km home from work, or doing dishes, or serious knitting, I have really fallen in love with audiobooks. Can anyone recommend any specific ones?
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:11 pm
Sammirah RandomQuestions They're good I like them especially when I was up In Alaska cause most everything was a good half-hour (or more) away so it helped past the time and I don't have to hassle of finding a good song or fight with my parents or siblings about what music to listen to. Though i enjoy reading sometimes i don't have time in my busy day to sit and read so they come very handy I find sometimes I want to pour all my attention into a good book, like a real paper one. But when I have tasks to be done, like walking 1km home from work, or doing dishes, or serious knitting, I have really fallen in love with audiobooks. Can anyone recommend any specific ones? I wish I had a handy list. Do you like Tina Fey at all? She does the reading herself for her book "Bossy Pants." And I know my husband recently enjoyed the audio book "Room." The premise is pretty awful; it's about a woman who has been kidnapped by a man and made to live in a single room. She has a child by him and is forced to raise him in this environment. The story itself is from the perspective of the child who's only experience is living in a single room with a mother trying her best to take care of him despite the situation - and how he reacts to a strange world when he finally leaves the room. My husband said that it's a voice actress that does the voice of the child. He found it off putting at the beginning but then it really grew on him. If you like Jane Austen, you can look for Juliet Stevenson's readings of "Persuasion" and "Sense and Sensibility." I've also heard the Steig Larsson trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl who Played with Fire," and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest" is really good on audio. I personally enjoyed the books but didn't hear it on audio.
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:37 am
Camwen I've also heard the Steig Larsson trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl who Played with Fire," and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest" is really good on audio. I personally enjoyed the books but didn't hear it on audio. i'd heard good things about the books, but after i picked up the first one i found i had a heck of a time getting into it. maybe the audio books would help me get past the slow bits.
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:26 am
Sammirah Camwen I've also heard the Steig Larsson trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl who Played with Fire," and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest" is really good on audio. I personally enjoyed the books but didn't hear it on audio. i'd heard good things about the books, but after i picked up the first one i found i had a heck of a time getting into it. maybe the audio books would help me get past the slow bits. Yeah it takes a bit to get into but I found them worth it. I liked the first and third ones the best. My husband read the first one but listened to the second and third. He found it was much easier to keep track of who was who since there were many characters and some had similar looking names. lol
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:05 am
gaia_nitemareleft I think audio books are excellent for example in the long car trips or for example lawn mowing. whee I resort mostly to free audio books. Like from project Gutenberg. The stories are old (but classics like Sherlock Holmes or Jules Verne) and of course the quality of the readers varies, but so far all of the books have really been well read. gaia_angelright
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