Audiobooks discussion

Wow Catie. That is a lot of books! I am boring I guess because I only have the one I am listening to right now The Ghosts of Ashbury High on my mp3.

As I said in another thread Fallen IMHO wasn't that great.I am on the waiting list to get Rooms & wom Wicked Appetite from macmillan audio but never recieved it.

On Mine right now I have:

The Forgotten Garden(Listening to now)

Sufficient Grace: A Novel which I am removing when I get home didn't realize this was christian fiction
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
The House of Mirth by, Edith Wharton

I usually only put a few on there at a time and remove them once I've listened to them so there isn't so much to wade through

Oh Susie I liked Abby Cooper in print. Wish I could hear it on audio.

Well this year I have read The Age of Innocence and The Custom of the Country and really loved them both so am kind of on an Edith Wharton kick!

Susie:

I have The Age of Innocence on my player, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, one of my favorite narrators. I also have a group of Wharton stories on my Sony e-reader, read by Grace Conlin. We had to read Ethan Frome in high school, and hated it. I later listened to The Custom of the Country at a friend's urging; it was rather depressing I thought.

I tend to hoard as well so have the latest in the following series unread:

"Miss Julia" (more hijinks than mystery) by Ann B. Ross
"Lydia Smith/Bill Chin" mysteries by S. J. Rozan
"Maisie Dobbs" mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear
"Judge Knott" mysteries by Margaret Maron


Stand-alone fiction:

Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel by Michele Young-Stone
Ulysses by James Joyce

as well as several other non-fiction that wouldn't interest most here, and the dozen or so unread Audible books I haven't transferred to a player yet!

The Maisie Dobbs series went through three narrators in the first four books - as with many series, the first one has less "plot" as the author was busy setting up a long series.

I forgot to mention I have the latest Agatha Raisin on my player - I've read all the previous ones in print, so this'll be a new experience. And, a while ago, I downloaded the Victorian gothic horror story Uncle Silas from Librivox.

Yeah for the Sony ereader. I have one also and I really like the e-paper better than back lit screens. I also am converting my books on tape to MP3 format.

Catie I love Jaclyn Moriarty, and you can't go wrong with any of her Ashbury High books :)

John wrote: "The Maisie Dobbs series went through three narrators in the first four books - as with many series, the first one has less "plot" as the author was busy setting up a long series.

I forgot to menti..."

I have listened to the first three in the Maisie Dobbs series, and for me they have gotten better with each subsequent book. I wasn't especially impressed with the first, but liked it enough to give the second one a try, and was glad I did. The third had much more substance and character development.

Currently finishing up The Hero of Ages, then have some that I am part way into, like The Name of the Wind (which I adore! I read the book years back, but the sequel will be coming out in March *fingers crossed* hopefully, and the audio is very good), and The Necromancer. Then I have Toothless (which is a free podcast!) and World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (abridged! yuck) waiting for me... but I'm a little scared and will need something else to listen to before bed... so maybe Guardians of Ga'hoole Boxed Set, Books 1 - 4, which is also hanging out on my mp3 player. That's about it, except for King of the Murgos, which I had almost forgotten about. =)

Hoping to get
Stormwardenwith my next audible credit.

On my mp3 player I am listening to Angelology. It has been a little draggy for me, but I think that is partially my own fault as I only use the player while working out. I have missed quite a few days recently, what with work and Christmas scurry. I enjoyed the first part, so hope to get back into the story soon.

I don't have a huge amount but here's what's on mine waiting to be listened to:


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

I'm in the middle of listening to Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison and have A Fistful of Charms waiting to start to continue the series. I really enjoy Marguerite Gavin as narrator.

I may re-listen to Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning since the last book in the series, Shadowfever, will be released 1/18/11 and I would like to refresh before I read it. I hope they have the audio version available to buy on 1/18 as well. Guess I'll have to wait and see.

I've got a very old and very small memory: only one book at a time; at the moment I'm listening Little women and good wives by Alcott, from librivox.org

What a great idea for a group. Just uploaded 6 books to MP3 player. Just finished Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou...read by herself, of course...and I highly recommend it. Now listening to Alex Cross's Trial--not sure who the reader is.

I recall listening to Maya Angelou's series of memoirs (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and others) read by the late actress Lynne Thigpen, and really liking them quite a bit.

Hey Nikki how is Dreamfever on audio? I loved the narrator of the first three books, but noticed the Dreamfever has a different narrator. Have you listened Undead and Unemployed? It somewhat reminded me of the Fever series, but heavier on the humor side. p.s. Barons is yummy :)

Catie --

I once e-mailed an author with a comment, and in her reply she mentioned she felt the narrator "got the voice of one character wrong" - I didn't get a chance to pursue that, but I thought the narration was terrific. Go figure!

Catie wrote: "Yeah, I guess there is a disconnect sometimes between what the author imagines and what the reader appreciates. Still, in the case of Dreamfever...I'm guessing that she wanted her IRISH character ..."

That is odd because I loved the original narrator for the Fever series. Huh. Go figure. I am guessing she won't be back to narrate the 5th book next month then. Boo!

I've got:

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
and
The New Testament

I listen to a lot of YA... ;) (I love the Ashbury High books!)

Heidi & Catie

I liked the original narrator of the Fever series (Joyce Beam) for Mac's voice & the other females but I HATED her version of Barrons. He sounded like an old woman to me. Phil Gigante does a marvelous job with all of the men's voices on Dreamfever and I didn't mind Natalie Ross, the female narrator. I can see what you mean about Dani though. She did have a funky scottish accent thrown in there but it didn't bother me as much as the "old woman Barrons" did. I'm almost positive that Shadowfever will be Ross/Gigante again.

Catie - I have to admit, so far, I've read all of the books that I've gotten on audio. I liked The Hollows series which was why I decided to try the audio and I'm glad I did. I love them. I've read Outlander and listened to the sample of it and the narrator sounded really good so I can't wait to listen to it.

Heidi - I've read Undead and Unemployed but haven't tried the audio. I've read up through book 6 (I think) and I thought they went downhill after book 3. The first 3 were hilarious though.

Nena I am too cheap for audible and my mp3 (sony ericsson phone) is not compatable with it. I wish it had prices a little closer to Netflix. I would recommend you get the free trial for a month (they usually offer something like that) and see what you think. I did that and it was super easy to cancel. p.s. make sure your device is compatable with it! Also, even though I am not paying for audible anymore I can still log in and re-download the 3 audiobooks I have in my account.

Nena:

Does your library allow you to request books-on-CD that they don't own via Inter-Library Loan?

Only one on my Sansa M250 right now as I just cleaned it up because I just downloaded Fall of Giants which is about 31 hours. I think John Lee is a terrific narrator having listened to him read Follett's Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.

You're ages ahead! In Italy my library just a couple of months ago started having some title in audiobooks, but really few - something like 10!!!

LauraT wrote: "You're ages ahead! In Italy my library just a couple of months ago started having some title in audiobooks, but really few - something like 10!!!"

Wow! That is so sad :(

The Canterbury Tales
The Untold History of the Potato
The Windup Girl
Barnaby Rudge
The Preservationist

I also have some books waiting on CD:
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
This Book Will Save Your Life
The Inheritance of Loss

I've listened to:

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
People of the Book
Great Expectations
Persuasion
The Zookeeper's Wife
The End of the Affair
Madame Bovary

My favorite was Great Expectations. Listening is a great way to get in some of the classics I'd missed.
Second best was The End of the Affair.

Right now I'm listening to:

The Age of Innocence

I'm planning to listen to:

The Idiot
The Master and Margarita

Kara wrote: "Currently finishing up The Hero of Ages, then have some that I am part way into, like The Name of the Wind (which I adore! I read the book years back, but the sequel wi..."

Stormwarden is FANTASTIC!!Great story and David Thorpe is a great narrator!


John- you'll have to let us know how Uncle Silas is from Librivox I've been thinking about getting that one too!

Looks like I'm not the only one who has been reading Edith Wharton this year!

Indeed it is Heidi!!!

Overdrive has a lot of Wharton available on mp3 format, which I can store on my Sony e-reader. I've loaded four of her stories: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10.... (I had already added her novella The Touchstone.)

I've also added The Glimpses of the Moon (Signet Classics to my Sansa Clip+ - which already had The Age of Innocence. I'll hold off on The House of Mirth (which I've started as both an audiobook and film, but never gotten far into either) until after tackling those first.

I listened to Wilkie Collins' lesser known works Armadale and No Name, read by Flo Gibson, but the Librivox recordings might be worth checking out - the stories are both fairly suspenseful.

Has anyone found an unabridged audio version of Woolf's The Waves?

Wow Brodie! That is a lot of books :)

I have a dozen or so yet-to-transferred, ripped-from-CD books in my hard drive, in addition to the lot on my players.

I almost always drag and drop - sync'ing is for DRM protected files pretty much.

I rip each CD as a single file, keeping them together in one folder.

Okay, so this Philadelphia library... Are you saying JOIN, then download Overdrive books through them?

Sara ♥ wrote: "Okay, so this Philadelphia library... Are you saying JOIN, then download Overdrive books through them?"

That is what it looks like. I printed out the application today and my friend from another group uses it already.

@Nena
Here's a link to the state of NJ library with downloadable audio books
http://www.njstatelib.org/Collections...

Hope that helps!

Into the wilderness by Sara Donati (for the 15th time)
Life as I know it by Melanie Rose
Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey
Can you keep a secret by Sophie Kincella

I'm another hoarder, I'm afraid. On my iPad, I've got:

Bag of Bones (read recently)
Beloved (read recently)
Cathedral of the Sea (currently listening to)

The remaining books have not been listened to:

Dark Places
Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
The Expected One
Faithful Place
Heart-Shaped Box
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Island Beneath the Sea
The Lace Reader
The Last Days of Dogtown
The Lost Quilter
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Under Heaven
The Widow of the South

That doesn't include books in other formats.

Janice wrote: "I'm another hoarder, I'm afraid. On my iPad, I've got:

Bag of Bones (read recently)
Beloved (read recently)
Cathedral of the Sea (currently listening t..."
I absolutely loved
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Catie wrote: "Hey Janice, I just read A Prayer for Owen Meany and I really loved it. I hope you like it too!"

I read it years ago. I even wrote an answer to an essay question on an exam about it, and I can't remember a thing about it now. When I saw it on Audibles, I decided I needed to reread it.

LOL I am with Brodie I have 2 external drives that hold my audio books and even keep a book list so I don't rebuy them. As I listen to them I have recently been burning them to CD so in the future if the need arises I can relisten to them. I just bought 5 today I need to make into MP3's it makes them easier in the future to relisten to them. But currently on my Itouch is
Nalini Singh - Archangel's Kiss
Kami Garcia - Beautiful Darkness
Laurell K Hamilton - Blood Noir
Jennifer Armintrout - Blood Ties
Laurell K Hamilton - A Caress of Twilight
Patricia Briggs - Cry Wolf
Brenda Joyce - Dark Embrace
Gena Showalter - The Darkest Prison
Gena Showalter - The Darkest Kiss
Gena Showalter - The Darkest Whisper
Dawn Cook - First Truth
Rachel Caine - Glass Houses
Jeaniene Frost - Halfway to the Grave
Jeaniene Frost - First Drop of Crimson
Susan Mallery - Falling for Gracie
Christine Feehan - Hidden Currents
CE Murphy - Heart of Stone
Sherrilyn Kenyon - Infinity
Melissa Marr - Ink Exchange
Gena Showalter - Intertwined
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel's Mercy
Lauren Kate - Torment
Alyson Noel - Radiance
Rachel Vincent - Reaper
Charlaine Harris - A Touch of Dead
Rachel Vincent - Pride
Rachel Vincent - Prey
Andrea Creamer - Nightshade
Robert Jordan - New Spring

I've listened to all the Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson and I just can't make it through new spring for some reason. Same with the Charlaine Harris short story novel A Touch of Dead. I've listened to every series she's got and can't make it through that book LOL I guess it's time to take it off. This list doesn't include all the MP3 Books I have on here :-)Hubby says I'm a pack rat even on my Itouch ;-)

Here are my not-yet-read audiobooks. Sorry no tidy list of links.

asimov, end of eternity
barnes, great sky woman
buck, the good earth
camillieri, excursion to tindari
camillieri, snack thief
child, echo burning
christie, murder on the links
due, good house
dumas, three musketeers (simon vance)
fleming, goldfinger
fleming, quantum of solace
gruen, water for elephants
haley, roots
hanh, art of mindful living
hosseini, kite runner
innes, appleby's end
kowal, shades of milk and honey
lynch, lies of locke lamora
macdonald, princess and the goblin
maugham, short stories vol 1
mosley, fear of the dark
sundaresan, the twentieth wife
updale, montmorency
varley, press enter
vonnegut, sirens of titan
waters, role models
woolf, mrs dalloway