tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post4231453468582041020..comments2023-10-20T10:18:36.203-04:00Comments on You've GOTTA read this!: My Year In AudioSandy Nawrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-77565117775679058942011-06-28T12:07:54.901-04:002011-06-28T12:07:54.901-04:00Your audio reviews are the best! I know I'm g...Your audio reviews are the best! I know I'm going to get a review of the book and the narrator, which is so important. You are my go to audio blog!<br /><br />Love Jackson and I have Henrietta Lacks on hold at the library.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474584473012742915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-69881574186515585532011-06-13T20:10:16.326-04:002011-06-13T20:10:16.326-04:00You definitely couldn't miss out on this week....You definitely couldn't miss out on this week. In my book you are the Queen of Audiobooks! Ha!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-67270096637637706422011-06-08T13:36:29.288-04:002011-06-08T13:36:29.288-04:00I struggled with The Passage on audio too. I ended...I struggled with The Passage on audio too. I ended up abandoning the audio and finishing it in print. I've loved some of the others you listed as your favorites though. I love Dale's version of the HP books!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-81001673379556613592011-06-07T10:02:56.380-04:002011-06-07T10:02:56.380-04:00I always love your audio book recommendations and ...I always love your audio book recommendations and make a big effort to listen to your favs each year. Joshilyn Jackson is next on my list so I am really looking forward to listening to it. It's just a shame that I have already read the paper versions of so many on your list. :-(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698068501004755678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-73089819402173036362011-06-06T21:41:18.206-04:002011-06-06T21:41:18.206-04:00Joshilyn Jackson is one of the few authors who sho...Joshilyn Jackson is one of the few authors who should definitely read her own work!Carrie K.http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-90054845667174777082011-06-06T21:39:17.767-04:002011-06-06T21:39:17.767-04:00Enjoy your time in Poland. I hope you're liste...Enjoy your time in Poland. I hope you're listening to something great.<br /><br />I love how you classified your reads by length, etc... I love Scott Brick, I really do, but I DNFd The Passage. I hated the story. HATED!Literate Housewifehttp://literatehousewife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-71501948299627929962011-06-06T20:06:11.845-04:002011-06-06T20:06:11.845-04:00You deserve that award and would have won anyway. ...You deserve that award and would have won anyway. you are the reason I'm convered to audiobooks now!Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-62133766363926444552011-06-06T19:59:00.516-04:002011-06-06T19:59:00.516-04:00I know, you're the audio queen! I've recen...I know, you're the audio queen! I've recently re-subscribed to Audible.com and hope to be getting back to audios very, very soon.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623394887320093229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-49197780698806141772011-06-06T15:31:44.426-04:002011-06-06T15:31:44.426-04:00So I guess you like Joshilyn Jackson? ;)So I guess you like Joshilyn Jackson? ;)Michelle (my books. my life.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06328587128695633737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-41508478837904960742011-06-06T14:18:45.309-04:002011-06-06T14:18:45.309-04:00I loved Backseat Saints on audio. Does Jackson nar...I loved Backseat Saints on audio. Does Jackson narrate all of them? <br /><br />I just started listening to A Visit From the Goon Squad this morning. We'll see how it goes.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337919035210017251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-81222421468049054642011-06-06T14:12:05.549-04:002011-06-06T14:12:05.549-04:00I am a big fan of audio. A Visit from the Goon Sq...I am a big fan of audio. A Visit from the Goon Squad was definitely an audio challenge, I think I should have read it because everyone is raving about it and I did not think it was that great. LOVE Jackson too and have Backseat Saints waiting for me to listen to as soon as I finish The Weird Sisters.Elisabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-76496368746094975922011-06-06T13:51:27.994-04:002011-06-06T13:51:27.994-04:00I agree that a narrator can make or break a book. ...I agree that a narrator can make or break a book. There are a few who could read anything to me and have me under their spell.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-68056397737424199342011-06-06T12:26:47.602-04:002011-06-06T12:26:47.602-04:00Great categories! Henrietta Lacks is one of my fav...Great categories! Henrietta Lacks is one of my favorites, too. Can't wait to get to Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Hope you're having a wonderful trip.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-81222383616830343822011-06-06T12:01:52.222-04:002011-06-06T12:01:52.222-04:00I wish I could find more of Joshilyn Jackson's...I wish I could find more of Joshilyn Jackson's book on audio at my library. Loved <i>Gods in Alabama</i> but had to READ <i>Between, Georgia</i>. Loved it too...but really wanted to listen to it.caitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824538078958999767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-80094207510346547822011-06-06T11:39:44.999-04:002011-06-06T11:39:44.999-04:00You have some of my favorites on your list. I love...You have some of my favorites on your list. I love that THE CITY & THE CITY tested my brain and I emerged victorious!Jen - devourer of bookshttp://www.devourerofbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-55307335320458199662011-06-06T11:39:43.428-04:002011-06-06T11:39:43.428-04:00My kids swear by Jim Dale as well -me I could lis...My kids swear by Jim Dale as well -me I could listen to him for about five minutes....<br /><br />Love LOTR though...<br /><br />Narrators do make or break a book for me unfotunately....<br /><br />:)Erotic Horizonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02236771670599353453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-15560834170366954082011-06-06T11:32:36.479-04:002011-06-06T11:32:36.479-04:00You are the one who finally broke my resistance to...You are the one who finally broke my resistance to audiobooks, and for that I thank you. I have had some hits and misses in the past few months with them, but am enjoying the experience nonetheless. By the way, I just finished A Visit From the Goon Squad yesterday, and I have to admit that Egan is brilliant. I can totally see why it won the prize.Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443338685890187334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-9796128715044873352011-06-06T09:02:58.163-04:002011-06-06T09:02:58.163-04:00I think some books are so much better in audio and...I think some books are so much better in audio and some test you, as you say. It's good to have someone like you to vet these for us!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124681312732868654.post-81705074213028249462011-06-06T07:25:17.162-04:002011-06-06T07:25:17.162-04:00And the think about audiobook narrators is that ev...And the think about audiobook narrators is that everyone has his or her own experience. I've listened to the LOTR on audio all the way through the gazillion discs twice. I thought the narrator was perfect; you hated him.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.com