Audio Books - Do you like em?
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Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It depends on the audiobook...Sue Arnold does good audiobook reviews....go to www.guardian.co.uk and do a search for "sue arnold"
treefrog
Saddle up
Not sure, Dante absolutely loves them (he's happier than when he's listening to a good book) but I'm pretty ambivalent. I've a habit of rereading passages, skipping back in the book if I think I've missed something and I find that audiobooks are quite slow, and if I lose concentration for a few minutes then I lose track of what's being said and get confused.
citydreams
on the road again
They were always popular in Hackney library where they had some gems. I never had the patience to try them though. Guess it would make good bath time.
Badgers said:
Links please.
I like audio books. Nice to listen to when I'm working or just chilling out.
I got out 'who on earth is Tom Baker' from the library on audiobook. it's narrated by Tom Baker himself, and I do love his voice. however, I think it was abridged to fit on two cassettes, so I was a bit disappointed- I would have liked to have heard the whole story, but I didn't wanna read his autobiography just to fill in the blanks that I missed... if it had said 'abridged' on it, I would have got the book instead.
e2a I have read that there is some kind of audiobook revolution going on on the net...
e2a I have read that there is some kind of audiobook revolution going on on the net...
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
My daughter loves them, she can enjoy the books 12 year olds should do ( harry potter etc) without having to struggle to read them
I just wish they werent so damned expensive
I just wish they werent so damned expensive
big footed fred said:Links please.
I like audio books. Nice to listen to when I'm working or just chilling out.
My pleasure
http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen_main.asp
http://librivox.org/librivox-catalogue/
LilMissHissyFit said:My daughter loves them, she can enjoy the books 12 year olds should do ( harry potter etc) without having to struggle to read them
I just wish they werent so damned expensive
Shhhh....... I got the whole Harry Potter series from Limewire and emule
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
Badgers said:Shhhh....... I got the whole Harry Potter series from Limewire and emule
I have torrented up loads - i have a half hour walk to/from work. Music in the morning, audio book on the way home.
Strangely, i will only listen to books i have already read though, odd neh?
Think its cos i like to savour books really, and reread bits as treefrog says
For all those with a bittorrent programe www.bitlord.com for example, try this link:-
http://www.demonoid.com/files/?cate...=0&quality=0&seeded=0&external=2&query=&uid=0
miwyons of them on there
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Yup on the back of torrenting a few on mp3 I now listen to them in the car quite a lot.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
lots of audiobooks are abridges - which I don't like.
I also object on principle to listening to anything narrated by Martin jarvis - the man should be investigated by monopolies and mergers.
I've had training (as part of my course) on this sort of thing - I'd love to get into it. I read to the kids at school all the time.
I also object on principle to listening to anything narrated by Martin jarvis - the man should be investigated by monopolies and mergers.
I've had training (as part of my course) on this sort of thing - I'd love to get into it. I read to the kids at school all the time.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Me and the mrs just listened to one about Ernest Shackletons Endurance adventure on a camping trip, sitting cosily around the warm of a camp fire listening to the icey escapade of some 'proper' men
T'was very good
T'was very good
[slight derail] how did you find it? I've read most of Banks' novels, but none of his sci-fi...[/slight derail]
subversplat
writer of wrongs
Badgers said:
I used to listen to radio plays on K when the only entertainment I had in my van was a tiny little personal stereo and the drugs. They're awesome!
Had a bit of a Kazuo Ishiguro thing recently and listened to the Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans in quick succession in the car. Not as good as relaxing with the hardback, a glass of wine and a long, empty afternoon, but much, much MUCH better than Arizona local radio stations.
<derail>snouty warthog said:
I'm only half way through it at the moment. It's quite ellaborate. A lot of information, names, star systems and all that. Although only half way through, it looks a bit flabby. But it's a good intreguing read so far. His humour and general style is the same as in his more earth bound books.
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CharlieAddict
nekomimi rocks!!!
i listen to short story podcasts such as psuedo-pod and escape-pod.
reading is different to listening.
and listening to a story isn't as passive as one might think. for one, it's not like watching tv.
reading is different to listening.
and listening to a story isn't as passive as one might think. for one, it's not like watching tv.
Idaho
continuity character
Listen to Audiobooks a lot. I stick them on the MP3 player and listen to them on the way to work and whilst wandering around at lunchtime. Also listen to them on long train journeys. I probably listen to three times as many audiobooks than read paper books.
However they must be unabridged.
However they must be unabridged.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I don't usually but just started listening to the Faerie Queen which I got from audiobooksfor free.com. Not bad at all.
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