Comments on: Speaking of Audiobooks: February 2010 Releases

By: Liz Verrill

Liz Verrill — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:36:16 +0000

I really should proof before I hit enter. She is doing a great job!

By: Liz Verrill

Liz Verrill — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:29:49 +0000

Thanks for this great list!

I’m listening to Stephanie Bond’s Body Movers right now. The reader is Cassandra Brown and I think she just a great job. I wish there was a little more delineation with male voices, but it is still good.

By: GamaTST

GamaTST — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:41:49 +0000

I don’t know how many PNR fans are here but I was thrilled to see Lara Adrian’s Kiss of Midnight released at Audible.com yesterday. I’ve started it and the narrator is very good IMO.

By: GamaTST

GamaTST — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:59:22 +0000

Yes Audible does carry all of Feehan’s Dark series. Overdrive library also has some of the titles if that’s an option for any. I’ve listened to the first one and found the narrator was fair, not great, but very listenable.

I’ve also listened to the three short stories, Dark Dream narrated by Eric Michael Summerer was awesome as was Dark Descent narrated by Natalie Gold. They both give the perfect Eastern European accent to the Carpathians. Dark Hunger narrated by Karina Galt was awful! The Carpathians may be a thousand years old but that doesn’t mean they need to sound that old!

Then I moved to Dark Possession because of Phil Gigante’s name and, of course, he does an amazing job, along with Jane Brown. They do the last three books that have come out and I hope they continue to get the job!

Richard Ferrone has ruined more than one audio book for me so I won’t be listening to any he has narrated but I’ll try the ones by Rebbecca Cook and Kevin Free at some point.

Alyssa Bresnahan narrating the Drake sisters does a really good job with both the male and female voices. I especially like her Ilya, which makes Turbulent Sea my favorite in the series.

katyco: I enjoyed reading the Harper series by Charlaine Harris, the narration was a bit to slow for me when I tried the audio though. But I’m definitely going to try the Lily Bard series on your recommendation as I loved listening to the whole Sookie series. Listening to that series was way better than reading it!!

By: katyco

katyco — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:26:09 +0000

I love reading everyone’s recommendations!
I was really bummed out that Outlander, First Comes Marriage and Mine Till Midnight are being offered for $4.95 on Audible. I’ve already bought all three and they’re the only ones that grabbed my attention. If an Audible member looks at the list and can make some recs, that would be great.
I’m still on a Charlaine Harris binge. I finished all the Lily Bard and can recommend them all. Now I’m on book 7 of the Aurora Teagarden series, narrated by Therese Plummer. Book 8, Poppy Done To Death, has just been added to Audible. I just love Charlaine Harris’ straight forward story telling. And I love that all these books are based in the South since I’m from Louisiana. Harris gives a very authentic potrayal of southern women. If you’re a Sookie Stackhouse fan, you should give these a try.
Therese Plummer is fast becoming one of my favorite narrators. She also narrates the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr.
Also this month I listened to Tangled Up in You and Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson. I enjoyed both.
GO SAINTS!

By: MarissaB

MarissaB — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:03:28 +0000

Lea, all of Feehan’s Dark series are available as audiobooks, including the novellas she has in anthologies. I have listened to the first 5 and a couple of the later ones. There are several narrators – Juanita Parker , Richard Ferrone, Rebecca Cook, Phil Gigante, etc. I enjoyed all the ones I have listened to. I do believe these are all available at audible.

And the sale is for members only. That’s fair, I guess, since we members cannot participate in new member offers.

RRRJessica – you have credits to spare? That you don’t know what to do with? How is that possible?!@!!! =D

By: LinnieGayl

LinnieGayl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:33:56 +0000

I just started listening to the latest JAK, Fired Up, narrated by Joyce Bean. So far, I’m enjoying it quite a bit, although there’s at times there’s something odd about the way she does the hero’s voice.

I need to check into the audio version of Nobody’s Baby But Mine. I have most of the rest of that series on audio, and have really enjoyed them.

By: RRRJessica

RRRJessica — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:55:27 +0000

I so appreciate these posts. I am an audible member, and I actually have a few credits I never know how to spend.

I just finished listening to Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ this Heart of Mine, narrated by Anna fields, who has narrated most of the SEP audiobooks. Fields is terrific, despite making her men sound a bit marble mouthed at times.

I hate abridged, though. For example, I have wanted to listen to Linda Howard’s Mackenzie’s Mounatin but it’s abridged.

Thanks again!

By: Lea AAR

Lea AAR — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:50:56 +0000

Best I can tell, the First in a Series sale at Audible is for existing members. Has anyone determined differently? And darn, I just used a full credit recently for First Comes Marriage and there it is for $4.95. This particular Balogh is reviewed in today’s column and I for one loved it!

By: Lea AAR

Lea AAR — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:43:15 +0000

Cindy W – I just finished listening to SEP’s It Had to Be You for the fourth time. Love, love, love it. Another of my favorite of SEP’s is Nobody’s Baby But Mine – enjoy!

MarissaB – Thanks for the heads up on the Audible sale. I’m headed over there right now to check it out. Outlander for $4.95 – amazing. Do you know if this is a member’s price or is it for everyone? I’m tempted to announce it over at AAR if it’s for non-members.

GamaTST – Just finished Kill & Tell and have to agree with you. The hero’s voice was perfect and to hear him say “New Orleans”! Do you know if any of Christine Feehan’s older Dark series books are available in audio format and if so, have you listened to any? I’ve not kept up with the series although I have enjoyed a couple of the Drake Sisters books.
And I will be purchasing Strangers in the Night when it comes out in March. I’m not a fan of short stories but this is LH – no more needs to said.