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I'm listening to it but I'm confused. Is Oryx Snowman, or is that Jimmy? Sometimes it sounds like Jimmy is talking about Oryx, but then he'll be talking about himself. I don't know who's who!

Snowman is Jimmy, Crake is the buddy and Oryx is the girl they both love.

I just met Oryx in a most depressing way.

Right now I'm listening to Voyager the third in the series. Davina Porter is narrating the story and when she starts speaking I get so pulled in I never want to leave.

Tressa wrote: "I'm going to stick with Oryx and Crake. I love the reader's voice. He's an actor who played in that Dying Young movie years ago. Something Scott, I think.

Oh, you didn't bother me with the recomme..."

Campbell Scott.

Yeah, I can never remember his name.

Tressa wrote: "I just met Oryx in a most depressing way."

Is it the video? Jimmy always seemed to wonder if it was or if he always just thought it was her.

Yes, that porn video with the children in it. Just awful.

Tressa wrote: "Yes, that porn video with the children in it. Just awful."

Indeed it was. The book has a lot of surreal bits and thankfully there's less of that kind as it goes along.

I have a hankering to listen to Little Women. Haven't read the book since 9th grade but like most girls I fell in love with the story. I was about to give up on listening because the dialogue seems a little insipid to my grownup ears, but the story found its groove and I'm enjoying it. It's a little simple but so is A Christmas Carol, and I also love the message of that story.

Right now I'm listening to Hyperion by Dan Simmons and am loving it!

Im listening to Live to Tell at home and Fearless Fourteen in my car. I love listening to Stephanie Plum on audiobook because she is hilarious.

Little Women is chugging right along, but Marmie sometimes sounds like she's making speeches. I'm actually looking forward to it every time I hop in the old 4Runner. Very soothing after work on my ride home.

That is how I got started on audiobooks Tressa. I worked across town and the traffic was horrible. It would take me over an hour to get to work and get home everyday. I would be so frustrated by the time I got out of my car. The tension was also very thick. I started listening to audiobooks and I was hardly tense or frustrated.

That's exactly how I feel. My commute is not too bad, just 30 mins. on the highway because of the traffic. But I don't mind it as much when I can just lean my head back and have a story read to me.

I am listening to The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America and enjoying it a lot. I am fascinated by the little things, like learning that the fair was where the Ferris Wheel was introduced, and AC lighting, and the Pledge of Allegiance.

There is a little TOO much detail about the fair sometimes, I am mostly interested in the serial killer story.

Dana * wrote: "There is a little TOO much detail about the fair sometimes, I am mostly interested in the serial killer story. ..."

LOL. Spoken like a true horror aficionado.

Listening to a hockey game.

Dana * wrote: "I am listening to The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America[bookcover:The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair..."

Its a great book and while the first part of the book does focus a bit more on the fair trust me it gets very focused on Holmes by the end.

I'm listening to:

Yikes! Now there's the true face of horror.

I can hear her through my monitor!

Notice that is not a Canadian flag eh...

haha no, not a Canadian flag! LOL, she is so funny tho! We just sit and laugh at the strangeness of it all... I believe you CAN hear her Tressa, hee hee.

Still chugging through Little Women. Mr. March is back home and Meg has fond feelings for the tutor, Mr. Brooks.

Listening to Rachel Ray... and getting HUNGRY!

Listening to D.C. Dead now. Need to read Rot & Ruin so I can listen to Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry.

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glenda wrote: "Listening to Rachel Ray... and getting HUNGRY!"

She talks like she's on speed. She never stops to take a breath. Does she still have her show?

Tressa wrote: "glenda wrote: "Listening to Rachel Ray... and getting HUNGRY!"

She talks like she's on speed. She never stops to take a breath. Does she still have her show?"

Yes, my boyfriend always has it on when I get home from work. I love to watch it, but so many of her recipes will just kill you!

I am just flabbergasted about how she never shuts up. When does she come up for air? Her delivery is so unnatural. It's like she can't just talk in a a conversational tone; her voice keeps rising throughout the whole show.

I'm watching a YT video of Ray. She's actually calm in this one. Maybe I caught her when she was drunk or something that other time. I like how she cooks simple food. Not everybody has the time it takes to make Barefoot Contessa's or Giada's dishes.

I hear you, she is definitely one of a kind. I do get a little tired watching her sometimes. I think she's damaged her voice from how much she talks and how hard she pushes it out. She's always raspy and hoarse. Maybe I'll call her when I'm finished school and offer her some tips, lol.

Still plugging away at the many discs of Little Women. Why, Jo? Why can't you fall in love with Laurie? Now he'll have to settle for vacuous Amy. And I love how Mr. Beier is OLD at 40. I thought he was going to be in his sixties.

I read Little Woman Years ago.

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Are you talking about Amy? Jo threw Laurie away, then Amy and Laurie sort of fell into it with each other.

Oh, you should close both spoiler tags <> and >!

Started listening to Shadow of the Hegemon on the ride home yesterday. Love the lady reading Petra's part. Hearing an intro from Harlan Ellison was a bright spot in my day!

Now listening to , third in the Cleaver series.

Let me know what you think of that, Dana. It's the only one of the Cleaver series I haven't read yet.

Haha I still don't have the hang of that spoiler thing. But yes I am talking about Amy. She broke the sister rule. You don't take up with the man your sister has dated



Tressa wrote: "Are you talking about Amy? Jo threw Laurie away, then Amy and Laurie sort of fell into it with each other.

Oh, you should close both spoiler tags and >!"

I'm listening to Them. The narrator's voice is wonderful; the book got mediocre ratings here on GR, but I'm enjoying the story about the gentrification of MLK's childhood neighborhood in Atlanta. Barlow is one of those annoying, angry, chip-on-his-shoulder characters, though. But I've chuckled at some of the things he's said and done.

I just finished listening to Needful Things by Stephen King, and narrated by Stephen King. Aside from a few annoying parts, I really enjoyed King's narration.

Jason wrote: "I just finished listening to Needful Things by Stephen King, and narrated by Stephen King. Aside from a few annoying parts, I really enjoyed King's narration."

I listened to one narrated by King and found he had a way of swallowing his "l"'s. That's the only way I can describe it. The longer it went on the more distracted it became.

LOL, Michael. Normally I like a professional to read the story, but Steve Martin did a wonderful job on Shop Girl, and Husseini did too with A Thousand Splendid Suns.

The worst audio I ever heard was Shadow of the Hegemon. The woman reader mispronounced Achille's name. It's pronounced "ahsheel" and not "akilleeze." Was so annoying! And every time the word hegemon was spoken by a kid, woman, old man, etc., a man's deep voice would come out of the blue and insert the word. It was such poor quality and I'm surprised since Card is such a big name.

What I hate is when the narrator speaks in a dead pan voice and doesn't bother to do character voices. That's like listening to my grade ten history teacher, who put me to sleep every day with his voice.

Or those film strips in elementary school.

LOL Yeah, those were pretty bad, too. Talk about nappy time.

I think those men went to Boring Voice school and studied their asses off to get it just right.

They must have, because being that boring can't be natural.

Just started listening to Swan Song unabridged. I read the book when it came out in the eighties and will probably read it again someday, but wanted to hear somebody else read it.

Audible is running a deal where you can get two credits for taking a free trial of their service. In most cases one credit equals one book. I chose Swan Song as my first book.

Do people here prefer unabridged vs. abridged? I know I do, even though it makes the audio longer.