tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post4074171142051597622..comments2023-10-07T11:55:47.724-04:00Comments on A Reader of Fictions: Audiobook Review: EndlesslyChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-41755351651340374862012-09-18T21:13:35.184-04:002012-09-18T21:13:35.184-04:00*O*
So, you are saying that there's a CD somew...*O*<br />So, you are saying that there's a CD somewhere in that library with your voice and all the blind+handicapped people will listen to your voice?<br /><br />When I need to check pronunciation, I use Google Translate. Which I learned doesn't work well for German names. So disappointing.<br /><br />I would never do audiobook narration for I can't hold my breath long enough AND I hate hearing my own voice. If only I was Adele or Celine Dion, then I would love to talk to myself all day long.<br />But instead I have a lame Asian accented voice that makes me sound like a fob. *le sigh*Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-92141883558656160262012-09-18T14:08:04.949-04:002012-09-18T14:08:04.949-04:00They do look up all of the words, and the editor s...They do look up all of the words, and the editor should check pronunciations as well. It's a time-intensive process. I did a smidge of audiobook narration at a library for the blind and physically handicapped, so I have some sense of the process.<br /><br />Narrator changed. I will not tell you which series!<br /><br />OMNOMNOM. No time right now. :(Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-12821279461011011772012-09-18T13:11:13.545-04:002012-09-18T13:11:13.545-04:00For the longest time, I had trouble pronouncing &q...For the longest time, I had trouble pronouncing "colloquial," and I still sometimes make up my own pronunciation of it. I wonder if audiobook narrators look up every word...<br /><br />I would love to ask you what series, but then that would be a major spoiler. Did she get resurrected to tell the story? or the narrator changed? or it switched to third person? O_O<br /><br />NOW GO AND EAT IT UP!Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-44914768440783176122012-09-18T07:56:39.158-04:002012-09-18T07:56:39.158-04:00Yup, that's sort of how I felt about the books...Yup, that's sort of how I felt about the books. They're fun, but I don't like them quite as much as everyone else seems to. I much prefer Cara Lynn Shultz's Spellbound books, which do the whole paranormal humor thing. You should certainly still read them though!<br /><br />I used to hate and judge audiobooks, but I've learned to appreciate some of them. They're good for books you want to read, but suspect might not be as high in writing quality or something. :) Also, if they have a celebrity narrator like James Marsters. I fully intend to listen to Carnival of Souls as well. Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-7553132414081314612012-09-18T07:53:54.784-04:002012-09-18T07:53:54.784-04:00One fun thing about audiobook narration is learnin...One fun thing about audiobook narration is learning how many pronunciations we all make up. It's kind of humbling. Also, awesome trivia.<br /><br />Yup. She's not going to die. Or, at least, I've only read one book where the narrator died and the series continued. That was INTENSE, because you're like SURELY THAT WON'T HAPPEN. HOLY SHIT IT DID.<br /><br />Yummy, yummy candy.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-15422770600949181182012-09-18T00:04:08.436-04:002012-09-18T00:04:08.436-04:00I've only read the first book to this series s...I've only read the first book to this series so far. I liked it, but not enough to rush out and get the hardbacks of the other two. So now I'm just waiting around on the rest of them to come out in paperback. I read mixed reviews on the second book, and so far I seem to be finding a lot that agree with you about the third. Sorry that it didn't turn out as well as you'd hoped. I'm sure I'll still go for it either way just to see for myself. :P<br /><br />I've never had an audio book. I've been getting a bit curious though. I said for years I would never go for one but I'll be getting Carnival of Souls on audio anyway since James Marsters (woohoo Spike) is reading it. So I'll find out then just how well I like them and if I decide to stick with them or not. :P <br /><br /><3 <br />PixieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216969538559934561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-35703128618817716102012-09-17T13:59:30.486-04:002012-09-17T13:59:30.486-04:00I'm sure you would be awesome at it...judging ...I'm sure you would be awesome at it...judging from Dystopian Storytime. I, on the hand, would be horrible since I make up the pronunciation of words as I go. Like a boss.<br /><br />I think I missed the climax at the end...but then I figured out what happened when the characters were talking about it, then I was like "mehhh"<br />For much of the story I was like, "blah blah blah...Tris acts stupid..blah blah blah, Tris wants to die and does more stupid things...life-threatening situation!...but ehhhh, there's still 300pages and the story is set in first person, she can't possibly die....more filler nonsense about Tris feeling guilty and suicidal"<br /><br /><br />I really loved Every Day, I had slight issues with pacing (which I doubt would be an issue for you actually) and the ending was slightly disappointing. But nevertheless, I think you will gobble it up like candy =).<br />Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-84518161113838382882012-09-17T13:00:47.505-04:002012-09-17T13:00:47.505-04:00THEY SHOULD HIRE ME! I WOULD LOVE TO BE AN AUDIOBO...THEY SHOULD HIRE ME! I WOULD LOVE TO BE AN AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR!<br /><br />Haha, I love audiobooks for chores and boring things like that.<br /><br />Did you feel like you missed anything?<br /><br />Every Day! Was it amazing?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-78202333065659723622012-09-17T12:49:59.211-04:002012-09-17T12:49:59.211-04:00I don't know! Because all young people are too...I don't know! Because all young people are too busy living their life than to narrate books?<br /><br />I still can't pay attention sometimes, but it comes in handy when I am doing monotonous activites like my chinese workbook homework where I write the same character a gazillion times.<br />And when I am doing my art projects where I cut and paste tinnnyyy pieces of paper on a square. Since I don't have the time to read a physical book, I might as well do it with audio. I feel like such a multi-tasker.<br />I still feel asleep on like a chapter or two of Insurgent while on the bus though...one of them the climax of the story. But I really didn't give a damn to go back and relisten. Now I feel better knowing what all that buzz surrounding is about, even though I still don't feel it's deserved.<br /><br />The last physical book I read was Every Day two weeks ago. I couldn't help mysellllffff.Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-16635655866122197612012-09-17T10:54:22.301-04:002012-09-17T10:54:22.301-04:00UGH. I hate when a book about a young person is na...UGH. I hate when a book about a young person is narrated by someone close to the grave. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?<br /><br />I thought you didn't like audiobooks much because you couldn't pay attention? But now you're all audio all the time. lol.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-38476791285400687562012-09-17T10:53:25.186-04:002012-09-17T10:53:25.186-04:00Yup. Sometimes I can get used to it, but sometimes...Yup. Sometimes I can get used to it, but sometimes NO.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-69633940651657897222012-09-17T02:50:47.776-04:002012-09-17T02:50:47.776-04:00I was going to rant about Insurgent's narrator...I was going to rant about Insurgent's narrator (which might be just me since I read an audiobook review who praised her reading)...but then I discovered one even worse thirty minutes ago when I started listening to The Perks of Being a Wallflower (I can't believe I haven't read this book, granted I did borrow it once-but I had to return it before I got to it, now the movie is forcing me to read it so I can be hipster). AND THE NARRATOR IS AN OLD GUY...with a raspy voice. *Sigh*<br /><br />I had to stop after 15 minutes because I just could get the image of a teenager from that voice. I guess The Perks of Being a Wallflower will have to be a physical read. Unless there's another narrator...Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-41683622582019721732012-09-15T14:51:27.508-04:002012-09-15T14:51:27.508-04:00I have a hard time audio books for the reason you ...I have a hard time audio books for the reason you mentioned. Sometimes the readers just don't sound like the characters should sound.<br /><br />cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.com