Any Audiobook Listeners? Share Some Great Listens!

[cpeter47]

[hide][top]The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Orbit by John Nance

[novice]

I have particularly enjoyed some of the classics, my favorites: The Count of Monte Cristo (revenge at it's best!), Don Quioxte, Pride and Prejudice, The Sun Also Rises, The Brothers Karamazov, Atlas Shrugged and The Great Gatsby (THE American novel, though YMMV). All of these audiobooks are rather long with plot and character development unsurpassed and make some car journeys much more pleasant.

[JM]

Don Quioxte, Karamazov and Atlas Shrugged...excellent reads.

[JM]

Listening to the "The Sherlockian," sipping sherry and thinking about lighting my pipe.

[CyberJCM]

Listening to the "The Sherlockian," sipping sherry and thinking about lighting my pipe.

That sounds like an amazingly relaxing and enjoyable time! What I wouldn't give, man...

Im currently listening to Redshirts, a parody of sorts based on the guys in the original Star Trek show who wore the red uniform, and the running gag of how they always died on away missions. Hilarious!

[JM]

Listening to "The True Story of the Bilderberg Group" by Estulin.

[cosmicdoom]

If you haven't started A Song of Ice and Fire, and I can't believe I'm typing this, don't. George Martin writes so slowly. Not that the novels move slowly, but it will be a couple years at least until the next installment. I had a hard enough time waiting between seasons of Breaking Bad.

That being said, the books are amazing. If you do delve in, read (or listen) slowly. Savor them.

[CyberJCM]

If you haven't started A Song of Ice and Fire, and I can't believe I'm typing this, don't. George Martin writes so slowly. Not that the novels move slowly, but it will be a couple years at least until the next installment. I had a hard enough time waiting between seasons of Breaking Bad.

That being said, the books are amazing. If you do delve in, read (or listen) slowly. Savor them.

I've been unable to bring myself to read/listen to these books because of the sheer size. The audiobok is something like 33 hours long, and I know the narrator gets great reviews but in the preview listen he sounds very dull to me. That would make a looooong 33 hours. I have the books now on my iPad for reading, which may be a better way for me to go. Its hard to make that big of a commitment to it though, especially when other titles catch my attention first.

The hard choices in life..... sigh

[JM]

Going to start Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs tomorrow. ;-) Looking forward to it.

[JM]

Guns of August by Tuchman

[SeattleSparky]

Just finished the biography of Steve Jobs, should have gotten something else. Too long of a trip to "adapt" to the narrators voice!!

[RondeB]

If you are into scifi, all of the Dune books (old and new) are available. Also, the Aubrey, Martin series by Patrick o'brian is wonderful if you are into the age of fighting sail. It's the inspiration for the Master and Commander movie, just done a lot better in print.

[CyberJCM]

Glad to see this brought back up!

Just finished the biography of Steve Jobs, should have gotten something else. Too long of a trip to "adapt" to the narrators voice!!

You know, I couldn't finish it either. Not so much a narration thing for me, more of a, "Yea... I don't really care about Steve Jobs afterall" kinda thing ;)

If you are into scifi, all of the Dune books (old and new) are available. Also, the Aubrey, Martin series by Patrick o'brian is wonderful if you are into the age of fighting sail. It's the inspiration for the Master and Commander movie, just done a lot better in print.

The Dune Universe is fantastic! I had read all of them up through the House Trilogy way back when. I liked the cast reading of Dune, but honestly I can't get myself to listen to any others. The problem is the narrator Scott Brick. I absolutely cannot stand him, regardless of how well acclaimed he is. He is so lacking of emotion, characterization... he bores me to sleep! Even if I am enjoying or have previously enjoyed the book. Its a shame too because he is the sole narrator for all of Clive Cusslers books, (speaking of the ocean in a roundbout way) which I would love to catch up on!

Myself, I just went back and enjoyed the first book of the Star Wars Thrawn Trilogy, finally fully unabridged and performed by Marc Thompson. Really good, if you like that sorta thing which I really do

[The Knize]

If you haven't started A Song of Ice and Fire, and I can't believe I'm typing this, don't. George Martin writes so slowly. Not that the novels move slowly, but it will be a couple years at least until the next installment. I had a hard enough time waiting between seasons of Breaking Bad.

That being said, the books are amazing. If you do delve in, read (or listen) slowly. Savor them.

I listen to books via Audible.com all the time. Have for probably decades now. Anytime you see a reference by me around here to something I have "read," if it is a book, I almost certainly listened to the Audible.com version.

I recently listened to Jo Nesbo's latest, "Phantom," in the Harry Hole series, read by Robin Sachs, who I think is just terrific in this kind of mystery genre. I thought it was mostly great, but I hesitate to recommend that someone start the series with this one.

Just finished "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. Nice black comedy and a much better mystery than I thought it would be. The prose seemed particularly good. Nice style.

How is the narration on the Audible.com version of "Song of Ice and Fire"? Roy Doltrice is said to be the narrator. I had, let us say, an extended sample of what seems like the Audible.com version of this book, and the narrator seemed very tiresome to me. To the extent that I pretty much stopped listening after awhile. And I do not find myself complaining about narration very often. The recording quality of what I had was probably not very good anyway, so that may have been a factor.

[GrandeVT]

"Tis" Frank McCourt

[CyberJCM]

I listen to books via Audible.com all the time. Have for probably decades now. Anytime you see a reference by me around here to something I have "read," if it is a book, I almost certainly listened to the Audible.com version.

I recently listened to Jo Nesbo's latest, "Phantom," in the Harry Hole series, read by Robin Sachs, who I think is just terrific in this kind of mystery genre. I thought it was mostly great, but I hesitate to recommend that someone start the series with this one.

Just finished "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. Nice black comedy and a much better mystery than I thought it would be. The prose seemed particularly good. Nice style.

How is the narration on the Audible.com version of "Song of Ice and Fire"? Roy Doltrice is said to be the narrator. I had, let us say, an extended sample of what seems like the Audible.com version of this book, and the narrator seemed very tiresome to me. To the extent that I pretty much stopped listening after awhile. And I do not find myself complaining about narration very often. The recording quality of what I had was probably not very good anyway, so that may have been a factor.

I'm the same way with "reading" My eyes are so bad, I haven't read a book in print in years. It took me a while to adjust to audiobooks, but now it's the only way I do it, and they brought the joy of written stories back for me!

I know who Robin Sachs is, after looking him up. Good character/voice actor. I'll have to look for some of his narrations!

I've only listened to the Audible sample online of Song of Ice and Fire, and my impressions were the same as yours. Slow, dull and tiresome. If I feel that way about the sample, I'm very hesitant to spend a credit on the book. I've been wrong, but that first impression matters. He does get tons of praise though for his characterizations of so many different characters... I could be wrong this time also

[PugslyCat]

I find myself listening to a lot of audiobooks. My two homes are in different radio markets with a dead zone in between, so unless something I was interested in was on the big AM stations I was dealing with a lot of static.

My favorites are by W.E.B Griffon and Robert Ludlum. A lot of early Griffon books were only available on tape until now so I'm going back and getting them as they come out on CD or audio download.

Fortunately many libraries here in Iowa have gone in together on a site that allows card holders to download audio books and e-books for free. It's a great way to try a series. Unfortunately what I run into is that they may have only a few titles from a series, thus I still wind up borrowing media from the library or even buying books on CD from Amazon. Usually I donate the CD's to my local library after I listen to them.

[JM]

"Tis" Frank McCourt

[JM]

Innocents Abroad by Twain...might spark up the cob in honour of the author.

[Snappy Lunch]

Micheal Shaara..............................The Killer Angels
Jeff Shaara....................................To many to list. go to www.jeffshaara.com for a list of all of his books.
Edmond Morris....Dutch: A memoir of Ronald Reagan Great read, or listen.