Are you new to audiobooks in the last year? Have you been listening to them forever but discovered something new this year? Favorite titles? New times/places to listen? This is your chance to introduce yourself and your general listening experience.I have been listening to audiobooks for about three years. Not sure what got me started but once I did I was hooked. I am pretty easy to please but have found that I prefer books narrated by a single, professional reader. It flows better for me with one voice changing ever so slightly for the different characters than more than one voice which I find somewhat jarring. I also have come to appreciate a professional narrator as some of the author-read books have been almost intolerable. (There are exceptions to this - David Sedaris comes right to mind as an author who does an outstanding job reading his books.)
I particpate in the audiobook challenge over at Teresa's Reading Corner although I am often negligent about posting my reviews!
8 comments:
Lovely to read your POV on audio - narrators are a hit and miss for me - but I agree with you on the single narrator thing..
I think regional accents are more a problem for me - than literally the narrator being professional or not...
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I've listened to both single narrator books and multi-narrator books and like book. I think it really comes down to the voice(s) of the narrator(s). I haven't listened to any read by the author yet.
My intro post can be found here.
I agree, most authors should not narrate their own books. Memoirs are often - but NOT always - an exception. I can excuse a voice I don't love if the author is narrating his or her own memoir and brings good emotion to it, but I listened to one memoir that should have been quite dramatic and the author was almost mind-numbing narrating it.
The author as a narrator is tough. Joshilyn Jackson read Backseat Saits and did a great job. There was another that I listened to that was terrible. It is really hit or miss.
There are only a few authors that are great readers, too. David Sedaris is fantastic!
I agree with you - a professional reader is generally a must. I'm listening to a book that is being read by the author and I can't help but wonder who thought that was a good idea.
I agree with you - many audiobooks have failed me because of the quality of the narrator.
I have only read two books narrated by a cast and they were The Help and Guernsey. They worked out fine for me because the narrators changed by chapter. I'll have to give more of a performance read a try to see what I think.
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