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Ah, back from a wonderful break. We drove from Urbana to Boston to the Catskills and back. That gave us a lot of car time and we managed to fill it with three audio books. We started with Tony Hillerman's The First Eagle. Next came Janet Evanovich's Hard Eight (A Stephanie Plum Novel). Finally, we listened to Alexander McCall Smith's Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency).
I don't know what it is about listening to a book that is such a different experience from reading it. I felt utterly immersed in each one, and rather bereft as they ended. In particular, Morality for Beautiful Girls has stuck with me, most likely because the narrator, Lisette Lecat, does such a great job modulating her voice for the different characters and has mastered the musical Botswana accent.
I don't know what it is about listening to a book that is such a different experience from reading it. I felt utterly immersed in each one, and rather bereft as they ended. In particular, Morality for Beautiful Girls has stuck with me, most likely because the narrator, Lisette Lecat, does such a great job modulating her voice for the different characters and has mastered the musical Botswana accent.
posted by franceylibrarian at 6:39 PM
4 Comments:
i love audio books too. i wish for audio books a lot.... because i can't read and knit at the same time.
I find it difficult to just listen to an audio book without reading the book simultaneously... especially if I'm doing something else at the time
I've become a recorded books addict too, to the point of actually looking for certain narrators in addition to the title. And driving _way_ out of my way on some occasions to finish a chapter. BTW, I think the narrator for the Tony Hillerman books is exceptionally good.
I love to listen to audio books while I work out. Then it doesn't matter if I have to listen more than once to get it all.
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