i always think this too - i love this threadI just realised that the same topics come up regularly here; best Kindles, how to get into audio books, Kindle vs real books etc. On any other thread on here people would be like “we’ve already talked about this!”, “read the wiki”, “just search for what you want” etc. But us lot are always just so happy someone’s talking about books that we rehash the same conversations to welcome someone in and make them included. What a lovely bunch we are
I honestly dont mind answering but I have wild paranoia that others are sick to death of hearing me say the same things.I just realised that the same topics come up regularly here; best Kindles, how to get into audio books, Kindle vs real books etc. On any other thread on here people would be like “we’ve already talked about this!”, “read the wiki”, “just search for what you want” etc. But us lot are always just so happy someone’s talking about books that we rehash the same conversations to welcome someone in and make them included. What a lovely bunch we are
I read this last week. I really enjoyed it, at the time I marked it down from a 4 to a 3.75 due to the ending but on reflecting I think the ending was probably fitting for the message the author was trying to convey.You know how much I love a visual, so here is todays charity shop buy
I was so tempted to buy it from Asda yesterday too! I did end up buying The List of Suspicious Things in hardback. I thought it was really well priced at £6.
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Agreed, for me it's all about the narration. Ones done by actual actors tend to be the best. A lot of the classics are often narrated by theatre lovvies and TV stars. I liked the first two Richard Osman books narrated by Leslie Manville because she has a nice voice, imo. However, Fiona Shaw did the third book and I had a harder time getting through it because I didn't think she was as good, and these books were the same author/series so in this case the change of narrator put me off. I've enjoyed some Shakespeare and James Bond stuff narrated by Toby Stephens, Samuel West, etc, and also some Agatha Christies narrated by Emilia Fox. It's a bit of trial and error though because one person's golden voice to their taste is another person's nails-on-chalkboard voice
It really annoyed me@Caffeine Fiend I’m going to enjoy it with an expresso
Yes! I think actors are often great at narration. I am not a big audiobook person but one narrator who I adore is Juliet Stevenson.Agreed, for me it's all about the narration. Ones done by actual actors tend to be the best. A lot of the classics are often narrated by theatre lovvies and TV stars. I liked the first two Richard Osman books narrated by Leslie Manville because she has a nice voice, imo. However, Fiona Shaw did the third book and I had a harder time getting through it because I didn't think she was as good, and these books were the same author/series so in this case the change of narrator put me off. I've enjoyed some Shakespeare and James Bond stuff narrated by Toby Stephens, Samuel West, etc, and also some Agatha Christies narrated by Emilia Fox. It's a bit of trial and error though because one person's golden voice to their taste is another person's nails-on-chalkboard voice
I don’t think it’s you, I’m pretty sure a lot of the reviews that made me hesitate picking it up said similar. That being said I was still almost tempted to pick it up in Sainsbo’s earlier.I don’t read dark academia type books so I’m not sure if it’s me or the book.I’m not wanting to pick it up and a lot of the characters are so nasty.
I feel like I’m constantly saying ‘what @Caffeine Fiend said..’ BUT same here, non-fic audio works for me. However, I’m currently listening to Educated which I feel is in a more ‘story’ style with the narrator voice acting different people so this could be my gateway to fiction.
Reply to my own comment with the update that I bought the last copy of Binging in my local Works earlier.. when I noticed there was only one or Keeping left so that fell in my hand too..
I’m not even halfway through yet and not sure if I should keep going with it. It feels so slow and although things have happened it’s not gripping me.
I just finished this one, I did enjoy it, but thought there were far too many side characters and just as I was getting into one characters' story the POV would change. Would rather it just focused on the main characters' story in a bit more of a linear way.
yeh that’s how I feel about it already! i will stick with it for now and see how I feel in another 100 pages
i STRUGGLED with evelyn hugo tbh (even though it improved on a reread) - i feel like she had to spell everything out and just make sure that we were following it, and i wasn’t into it. five husbands would have been betterListening to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and it’s good, I’m enjoying it but jeez I wish she’d only had 5 husbands because it’s going on and I’ve still 2 hrs left
I really enjoyed The Other Mother's. Also bought my copy from Asda.You know how much I love a visual, so here is todays charity shop buy
I was so tempted to buy it from Asda yesterday too! I did end up buying The List of Suspicious Things in hardback. I thought it was really well priced at £6.
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I could have written this! I’ve had to extend my loan on Borrowbox, I’m skipping bits left right and centre and I’ve still got over 400 pages to go
i didn’t enjoy it tbh, after having seen rave reviews I was excited to get into it but it just fell flat and the humour felt very forced imo
So I always had this issue, I read a tip the other day about checking the speed, if you're a fast reader, and you find your mind wandering in audiobooks, it's probably too slow for you. I've changed mine to 1.25 and it made a massive difference, got through half of Anna O yesterday.
