Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

Reggie wrote: "I have been on a working/travelling junket. I haven't been doing much more than working, driving and sleeping.

I did load up on Audio books from my library before I left. I listen to them while I..."

Doesn't it make such a difference to the driving when you can listen to a good book? I positively look forward to long journeys now. And when one is away from home, listening to an old favourite like CUTYS is very comforting, isn't it? Makes the hotel rooms feel more welcoming.

Hj wrote: " I positively look forward to long journeys now. And when one is away from home, listening to an old favourite like CUTYS is very comforting, isn't it? Makes the hotel rooms feel more welcoming..."

EXACTLY!!! Traveling has been a less stressful experience for me this year, for the reasons Hj expressed so well. Thanks 8)

That's wonderful, Reggie. And do you know about Librivox? Lots of classics on audio - free! The quality of the readers varies, but the Audiobooks group here on GR identifies good readers: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Also:

Thanks Hj!I haven't ventured far from libraries or audible, yet. There aren't a lot of classics in the Library collection as I'd hoped. I'll bookmark this for reference. Thanks. :-)

I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)

Wow, Anne, I'm so envious! You do the coolest things! :)

Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Again?! How often does he perform in Oslo anyway?! (Don't listen to me, I'm just envious...)

;-) ETA: But you did see him in Oslo last summer, didn't you?

Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Again?! How often does he perform in Oslo anyway?! (Don't listen to me, I'm just envious...)

;-) ETA: But you d..."

I did, and yes, he likes it here, I think :)

It was part of the same tour, but he always changes the set from concert to concer, so it was a different experience. Also because this was indoors, while last summer was outdoors. That would have been too cold now. . To tell the truth, I would probably not have gone this time if I hadn't been asked if I would like to go with my sister and her family yesterday. And I don't regret it! :)

Anne wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Again?! How often does he perform in Oslo anyway?! (Don't listen to me, I'm just envious...)

;-)..."

That's lovely, Anne! Sounds like you all had a great time. :-)

Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Again?! How often does he perform in Oslo anyway?! (Don't listen to me, I'm just envious...)

;-) ETA: But you d..."

Hmmmmm. I'm starting to think maybe Anne and Bruce have something going on...

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Again?! How often does he perform in Oslo anyway?! (Don't listen to me, I'm just envious...)

;-)..."


Sssh, it's a secret..

Anne wrote: "I have just come home from a concert with Bruce Springsteen. Fun! :)"

Wow, great! I love Springsteen, but I don't bear big concerts anymore, so I doubt that I'll ever see him live.

Last time I went to a Springsteen concert was before I had kids! Am almost envious Anne.

Meanwhile I have been listening to Richard Blanco on . I particularly recommend 'Looking for the Gulf Motel' from this set.

Audible news:

There are a bunch of new M/M Audible books:

Calico, A Foreign Range, Something Like Summer, An Unsettled Range, Shades of Gray, Body and Blood, His Name Is John, and The Butcher's Son have all come out in the last month.

I can't sleep so I've been listening to All She Wrote. I must say, I think Kevin R. Free does a great job as J. X., I find myself wanting to purr out loud when I listen to his interpretation of the guy. I was listening to some of the erotic scenes, and I don't think I've blushed this hard for a long while.

Charming wrote: "Audible news:

There are a bunch of new M/M Audible books:

Calico, A Foreign Range, Something Like Summer, An Unsettled Range, Shades of Gray, Body and Blood, His Name Is John, and The Butcher's S..."

Interesting. You'll have to let us know what you think. Dorien seems to have used all different narrators -- none of them with previous experience. I'm wondering how that turned out.

Josh wrote: "Charming wrote: "Interesting. You'll have to let us know what you think. Dorien seems to have used all different narrators -- none of them with previous experience. I'm wondering how that turned out. "

OK, if I get those I will. Haven't read any Dorien Gray books yet, though I admire his nym. :-) Are they good?

I am far less picky about narrators than most - but it is a bit much when it sounds like they never read the book before narrating it. As sometimes happens with Dreamspinner.

I've been listening to Ian McKellen reading The Odyssey to help me fall asleep the past two nights. God, I love his voice! I just wish it had worked last night. First time an audio book failed to help me sleep. Probably due to all the sleeping err napping I did in the afternoon.

Now I'm contemplating getting a new audio book for my MP3 player for when I'm not at home since all my audio books are still on cassette. Of course I'm thinking of a Josh book, but picking one is really hard! My top two choices aren't available: GGB and ISOIS. Both short pieces with endings I absolutely love. Sigh.

Jordan wrote: "I've been listening to Ian McKellen reading The Odyssey to help me fall asleep the past two nights. God, I love his voice! "

Oh, gosh, his voice is all thunderous and vibrant. I truly love Sir Ian (well, he is Gandalf too and I am a huge Tolkien geek). *goes to look for the audiobook*

Jordan wrote: "I've been listening to Ian McKellen reading The Odyssey to help me fall asleep the past two nights. God, I love his voice! I just wish it had worked last night. First time an audio book failed to h..."

I love that reading! I need to re-listen to that recording. I splurged a credit on it recently. I gave away my cassette tapes.

And I just bought my cassettes online. Maybe I got your old ones? Lol. Since I have a cassette player in my bedroom and no extra speakers for other gadgets like my ancient portable CD player, I stick with cassettes for audio books. But then, i don't need many choices to help me fall asleep at home, which is primarily when I listen to books.

Chris Patton has finished the narrating of The Hell You Say, so I will hopefully soon get those files, approve them, and then we'll be on our way. I'm guessing June for a release date.

Meanwhile...still waiting for Strange Fortune to go live. I want you guys to hear that one! I feel like a little kid trying to show my Crayola drawing. :-D

"Oh, so that's... uhm, the sun?"

Congrats! That's exciting. I get that "OMG I can't wait to show people" thing too. When I'm no being eaten alive by anxiety. (Sequels are worst. I think that's why I rarely write one. The fear of failure just gets an adrenaline shot when I'm trying to live up to the previous book...)

Aleksandr wrote: ""Oh, so that's... uhm, the sun?"

Congrats! That's exciting. I get that "OMG I can't wait to show people" thing too. When I'm no being eaten alive by anxiety. (Sequels are worst. I think that's wh..."

Well, the beauty of the audio is it's already lived or died. Now it's all on the narrator. :-D

Yeah. I stillstrugle listening tomy own "voice" as read by somebody else. :) Then again,I love audiobooks. Can't wait to get that process rolling myself. :)

I've been playing Panic! at the Disco's "Pretty Odd" album nonstop for about a month now, lol. It's just so good! :)

Chris let me know yesterday he's finished narrating The Hell You Say. So now I have to listen to the files and make my notes, Chris will make the edits, I'll finish paying him, and then we'll be in the queue! So...The Hell You Say will probably be available for sale early June.

That's a very nice thing to hear, since I've been anticipating The Hell You Say. I'll start squirreling my pennies.

Josh wrote: "Chris let me know yesterday he's finished narrating The Hell You Say. So now I have to listen to the files and make my notes, Chris will make the edits, I'll finish paying him, and then we'll be in..."

That's wonderful news, Josh. Another reason to look forward to the summer. :-)

Hmm, I have a question, Josh... did you listen to the English accents of the actor that read The Darkling Thrush? It was really hard to get into the narrative when he made Septimus sound like an octogenarian with a lisp.

Well, at least it sounded that way to me.

Vivian wrote: "Hmm, I have a question, Josh... did you listen to the English accents of the actor that read The Darkling Thrush? It was really hard to get into the narrative when he made Septimus sound like an o..."

Hmmm... I didn't hear it that way at all. : )

Just bought CUTYS as my first e-audio book to take with me on vacations. OMG. That narrator has such an amazing voice. It's like crack. And very soothing to listen to at the same time. Perfect for falling asleep to.

Vivian wrote: "Hmm, I have a question, Josh... did you listen to the English accents of the actor that read The Darkling Thrush? It was really hard to get into the narrative when he made Septimus sound like an o..."

Really? I actually loved his Septimus. I think maybe he was going for an Alan Rickman approach? That's what it kind of reminded me of.

Well, voices are hard. Our reaction to them is very personal. All I can say is it was hard as hell to find ANYONE who could do an English accent. Let alone all the different accents and voices in that book! I kind of thought Max did a brilliant job.

Jordan wrote: "Just bought CUTYS as my first e-audio book to take with me on vacations. OMG. That narrator has such an amazing voice. It's like crack. And very soothing to listen to at the same time. Perfect for ..."

I wasn't sure how that straightforward reading style narrative would work, but it's ended up being one of my favorite audio books.

Oh it's absolutely fantastic, Josh! Definitely a good choice I think. I'm wondering what other books he'd be good at reading aloud...

Josh wrote: "Vivian wrote: "Hmm, I have a question, Josh... did you listen to the English accents of the actor that read The Darkling Thrush? It was really hard to get into the narrative when he made Septimus ..."

Maybe that was it. Because I thought he did such a wonderful job as Colin, with all the Gaelic and his Scottish accents were good. I just didn't imagine Septimus as Alan Rickman. I'd have to go back and be a little more open minded about it.

Gosh, I must be your most punctilious reader. Sorry. :(

All I can say is it was hard as hell to find ANYONE who could do an English accent

Right, I thought that would be a problem.

Pickiest listener in the world here, and I am enjoying The Darkling Thrush! I was a bit worried when I realised Max was going to have to do all those English accents, but so far he's making a very good job of them. Congratulations on finding him.

I'm saving my credits for Strange Fortune and The Hell You Say, and looking forward to them.

Jordan wrote: "Perfect for falling asleep to."

You never want to say that to a writer. ;-)

But seriously, this sounds so wonderful I'm thinking of getting it, then figuring out later how I'll listen to it.

K.Z. wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Perfect for falling asleep to."

You never want to say that to a writer. ;-)

But seriously, this sounds so wonderful I'm thinking of getting it, then figuring out later how I'll lis..."

We'll help you to figure it out. Really, you should give it a try, K.Z. I've been listening to CUTYS for several times already and I've only had it for a few weeks. You'll enjoy it, but... after that you'll probably have to buy all the other audio books, too! Every one of the narrators Josh has chosen are perfect for the book/series they narrate and every one of them are still very different from each other. One of my favorites is Kevin R. Free narrating Holmes & Moriarity series. And then you'll just have to listen to Chris Patton's Adrien and Jake!!! They are great. The Darkling Thrush was my first Josh Lanyon audio book and I thought that Max Miller did a wonderful job with all the various characters and voices. :-)

One of these days I will have to start buying the audio books too, the pressure is becoming overwhelming. ;)

Anne wrote: "One of these days I will have to start buying the audio books too, the pressure is becoming overwhelming. ;)"

Audio format brings a new dimension to a book that you already love dearly. How can you possibly resist buying them?! It's only a matter of time, Anne... ;-)

Vivian wrote: "Josh wrote: "Vivian wrote: "Hmm, I have a question, Josh... did you listen to the English accents of the actor that read The Darkling Thrush? It was really hard to get into the narrative when he m..."

Vivian - I listened to a couple more hours of The Darkling Thrush overnight, and I can now glimpse what you meant about the Septimus voice. I don't hear a lisp at all, but he does sound rather old. Because it's one of the few books by Josh which I hadn't read before (I avoid fantasy) I don't know yet how old Septimus actually is, and to me he sounded like a rather precise older man. I suppose that the preciseness is meant to convey the nature of his job, but I am beginning to wonder just how old he actually is!

The rest of the voices are excellent, particularly Colin.

Anne wrote: "One of these days I will have to start buying the audio books too, the pressure is becoming overwhelming. ;)"

Will we resist to the pressure?

What helped me decide was listening to the audio clip on Amazon. Just to get a sense of the narrators voice.

I haven't listened to the others but I'm curios about AE.

The thing with me is that I will put on an audio book and then find out I haven't been paying attention because my brain had something else it wanted to think about. When I used to drive I needed music I could sing to, to keep me awake. I needed interactive. So for me, audio books simply help me sleep.

OTOH, when I started CUTYS the other night I couldn't help but be entranced! I had to force myself to put it down so I could get other things done!

Vivian wrote: "Gosh, I must be your most punctilious reader. Sorry. :(
..."

Not at all! I think it's just that everyone already has a voice in their head, and hearing a different voice is distracting. Even disturbing.

Johanna wrote: "Really, you should give it a try, K.Z. I've been listening to CUTYS for several times already and I've only had it for a few weeks. You'll enjoy it, but... after that you'll probably have to buy all the other audio books, too!"

I do love CUTYS. It's my very favorite of Josh's stories. But buying all the audio books? O.O I could hear my bank account screaming from eight miles away! :)

Just FYI, if you're on Facebook, you still have a little bit of time to get in on a giveaway. We are giving away one of any of Josh's titles on Audible.com. It's a fun little give away, just tell us why you think you should win. Though why is totally irrelevant, the drawing will be totally random. It will take place tomorrow morning Eastern time.

M wrote: "Just FYI, if you're on Facebook, you still have a little bit of time to get in on a giveaway. We are giving away one of any of Josh's titles on Audible.com. It's a fun little give away, just tell u..."

Let me be a Luddite once more and repeat: I hate Facebook! :P

Vivian wrote: "M wrote: "Just FYI, if you're on Facebook, you still have a little bit of time to get in on a giveaway. We are giving away one of any of Josh's titles on Audible.com. It's a fun little give away, j..."

The Lanyons on FB seem like a great bunch! I'm mostly lurking there, but their comments always make me smile. :-)

M wrote: "Just FYI, if you're on Facebook, you still have a little bit of time to get in on a giveaway. We are giving away one of any of Josh's titles on Audible.com. It's a fun little give away, just tell u..."

I actually did that :)