tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post4796643968829103437..comments2024-02-13T15:17:57.466-05:00Comments on Beth Fish Reads: Audiobook Week: Getting Started, Genres, FavoritesBeth Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-10360379719658814532012-02-08T15:20:34.060-05:002012-02-08T15:20:34.060-05:00Very glad to find this list. I'm finally taki...Very glad to find this list. I'm finally taking my passion for listening to podcasts and transforming that into listening to books. Finished Lethem's Ecstasy of Influence and Hitchens' Arguably.The Torghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035546391555567057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-45523776960633783482010-06-27T11:55:31.826-04:002010-06-27T11:55:31.826-04:00I just found your blog and am so glad I did! I LOV...I just found your blog and am so glad I did! I LOVE listening to audio books and have had at least one going at all times for the last 16 years. That is the only way I can "read" classics, which tend to be too long-winded for me to sit and read. I've listened to all Dickens books, Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters, etc. <br /><br />My favorite genre though are mysteries. My first audio book was the first in the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank. I'm just now listening to her latest one. <br /><br />And my all-time-favorite narrator is Barbara Rosenblat - she is a master at voices and accents. <br /><br />I could go on and on... Happy listening! SilkeSilke Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-13419911415785217332010-06-26T17:57:06.074-04:002010-06-26T17:57:06.074-04:00Someone who has not had success with audiobooks mi...Someone who has not had success with audiobooks might take your advice to start with a classic or a book they've already enjoyed. The rhythm of listening does take a bit of getting used to, as you point out.Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285873722005594325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-14392287193510377512010-06-26T11:17:35.936-04:002010-06-26T11:17:35.936-04:00Jen sent me over to check out your list! I listene...Jen sent me over to check out your list! I listened to my first audiobook this week in honor of Audiobook Week, and I'm HOOKED. I don't think I can garden without one any more (and I'll have a lot of gardening to do this weekend now that the deer have eaten EVERY FLOWER in my garden...grrr.) <br /><br />I downloaded Pretty Little Liars yesterday to listen to while I was at the pool with my boys, but the narrator's voice gave me a headache. Not recommended. I'm going to try 13 Reasons Why next - it's a book I've always wanted to read!<br /><br />Great post, thank you!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497303169422440094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-1568821127676063082010-06-26T11:16:16.264-04:002010-06-26T11:16:16.264-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497303169422440094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-60452892918455624242010-06-26T06:34:33.587-04:002010-06-26T06:34:33.587-04:00This is good avice. I have never tried an audio bo...This is good avice. I have never tried an audio book. Somehow I don't think it is for me, but your suggestion that you can do something else at the same time convinced me to try. If there is little time to do all the things we want to do, audio books might be the answer. I think I'll give it a go.Rikkihttp://www.rikkidonovan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-53355378804697791592010-06-25T23:05:00.303-04:002010-06-25T23:05:00.303-04:00I've got Wicked Lovely on my stack, but I am g...I've got Wicked Lovely on my stack, but I am going to listen to it instead. This week my almost non-existant audio TLT (to listen to) list hard grown.Nise' https://www.blogger.com/profile/15586400022454009379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-15645094137502775802010-06-25T17:00:21.772-04:002010-06-25T17:00:21.772-04:00t post, I especially enjoy seeing your faves.t post, I especially enjoy seeing your faves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-83319426890625754912010-06-25T11:57:47.436-04:002010-06-25T11:57:47.436-04:00Fantastic post! I'll be pointing audiobook new...Fantastic post! I'll be pointing audiobook newbies to this for a long, long time, I think.Jen - devourer of bookshttp://www.devourerofbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-81739959221574957542010-06-25T09:57:09.031-04:002010-06-25T09:57:09.031-04:00I forgot about Thirteen Reasons Why - it was fanta...I forgot about Thirteen Reasons Why - it was fantastic on audio!Carrie K.http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-43141616484818192392010-06-25T09:37:35.441-04:002010-06-25T09:37:35.441-04:00Excellent advice for sure! A couple series I reall...Excellent advice for sure! A couple series I really enjoy are Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire narrated by one of my favorite narrators, George Guidall. I also love Louise Penny's Three Pines series narrated by Ralph Cosham. <br /><br />And I completely agree that there should be a law about abridged audiobooks. Yuk!Jen Forbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325129568512353951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-32933928254678798822010-06-25T09:35:07.420-04:002010-06-25T09:35:07.420-04:00PS, I love your header picture. I have a picture ...PS, I love your header picture. I have a picture just like it from my trip to Bruges.Beth S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-44760707870006738322010-06-25T09:34:35.880-04:002010-06-25T09:34:35.880-04:00Hmmm... I've had some good luck with nonfictio...Hmmm... I've had some good luck with nonfiction audiobooks, but most of them were memoirs, though Columbine by Dave Cullen was fabulous as an audiobook.Beth S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-80864810270677165242010-06-25T09:15:00.209-04:002010-06-25T09:15:00.209-04:00I totally forgot Wicked Lovely. *head desk* How ...I totally forgot Wicked Lovely. *head desk* How stupid of me! That is one of the best ever. <br /><br />This is such a wonderful post. So much great advice, so many great books! Thank you for taking the time to write it all out for us, veterans and newbies alike. Excuse me, I now have to go hunt down Stiff. I loved it when I read it years ago and never even considered it was an audiobook! I love Mary Roach's books!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991818614911652918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-42131258758101418272010-06-25T08:48:11.516-04:002010-06-25T08:48:11.516-04:00I have Stiff in my audible.com library. Downloade...I have Stiff in my audible.com library. Downloaded it a couple years ago for book club and never got to it in time... thanks for reminding me!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-58241977438369480192010-06-25T07:14:58.391-04:002010-06-25T07:14:58.391-04:00Middlesex is on my favorites list as well; great l...Middlesex is on my favorites list as well; great list C.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3291822984443127930.post-45307145025391737662010-06-25T07:11:10.700-04:002010-06-25T07:11:10.700-04:00Such a wonderful post, and very informative! Anot...Such a wonderful post, and very informative! Another great audio to start out with is To Kill a Mockingbird. It is brilliant with Sissy Spacek. Another good point to make is that listening is a practiced skill, and just because you wander all over the place in your first audio, it doesn't mean that you will always have that problem. Long live the audio books!Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.com