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08-22-2017 10:32 PM
Many....many years ago I just wasn't able to listen to audio books. I found I couldn't concentrate on them, even though I'm an avid reader. However, a little over a year ago, I decided to give them a try again. I walk three days a week, and I was getting tired of listening to music. Now I'm hooked! It's a great motivator too because I get so caught up listening I don't want to stop walking! Some days I'll even listen while doing chores around the house. We have a fabulous library system here that I borrow the books from using Hoopla and Overdive. I have those apps on my phone. So I borrow the audiobooks, download them to my phone, and plug in the earbuds. I haven't taken the next step yet and gotten wireless earbuds. My phone is usually in my pocket. I return the book when I'm finished or it retuns in 21 days. If for some reason I didn't get to finish, I just borrow again. And it picks up where I left off.
I agree about the narrator, pronunciation, and inflection. A narrator can make or break an audiobook. A book may be the best ever, but if the narrator gets on my last nerve, nope-nada, it's going to be a DNF. I'm currently listening to book 3 (which is in a series of 7 books), and this narrator is awesome. I would listen to this guy read the alphabet....backwards!!
08-23-2017 07:12 AM
Those who love these books should name their favorite readers.
08-23-2017 11:45 AM
I like:
Michael Beck
Jan Maxwell
Jan Karon who should always
read her own books. I stopped listening when she handed it over to John McDonough (he sounds like he falls asleep while reading)
Davina Porter
Ralph Lister
Caroline Lee (perfection)
Michael Page
some I avoid because they sound discordant to me and distract from the story are
Michal Friedman
Rachel Atkins
08-24-2017 06:46 AM
@GenXmuse I've reserved six more books that were read by the narrators you like.
08-24-2017 01:19 PM
08-24-2017 05:38 PM
Mark Bramhall is my favorite reader. I will listen to any book he narrates.
I also love the readers chosen for the Shopaholic series (very humorous!) and the Miss Julia books.
08-24-2017 07:12 PM - edited 08-24-2017 07:18 PM
Bill Bryson reading his books (travel memoirs) are a fun diversion.
Some to try are A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Down Under and At Home
One thing about audible.com that is nice is you can preview their readers on their website.
@insomniac2 I'll check out the reader you like. Thanks for the suggestion!
I just previewed him on audible and he has a great voice! Have a few book on my wish list. The Architect sounds good and the Orchardist.
08-24-2017 08:48 PM - edited 08-24-2017 08:49 PM
Bonanzajellybean, The Orchardist is the first book I heard Bramhall read. I was completely hooked! He also narrated a few Swedish crime books (not my type of thing at all), and I was also enthralled (the series is written by Lars Kepler, a husband-and-wife--I think--team). I looked online for a list of other things he's read: the list is very lengthy, so I'm happy!
08-24-2017 09:43 PM
@insomniac2 wrote:Bonanzajellybean, The Orchardist is the first book I heard Bramhall read. I was completely hooked! He also narrated a few Swedish crime books (not my type of thing at all), and I was also enthralled (the series is written by Lars Kepler, a husband-and-wife--I think--team). I looked online for a list of other things he's read: the list is very lengthy, so I'm happy!
Oh really? I can't get over that! Lol. I'll definitely listen to it now! 😊
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