Comments on: Speaking of Audiobooks: Favorite Romance Audiobooks Poll Results http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Priscilla Payne http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-53101 Priscilla Payne Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:56:30 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-53101 I am late to the wedding! My favorite male narrator is Simon Prebble. I am addicted to his voice! This year I loved The Spymaster’s Lady in audio and I sure hope there is demand for the rest of Joanna Bourne’s books. This is a great site for discussing audiobooks.

]]> By: Aryn http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-47103 Aryn Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:39:45 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-47103 I had to laugh when I saw Anne Flosnik’s name in the ‘narrator [I] learned to like’ category. So very true of my experience with *her* books.

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]]> By: sula http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35425 sula Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:11:32 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35425 Late to the party, but I just wanted to say thank you for this space to talk about, learn about, share about, the joy that is audiobooks. I grew up listening to books on tape, borrowed them from the library through college, existed on MP3 versions of multiple books to get me through long HOT nights in the Peace Corps in Africa, and now to be able to connect with other listeners in a virtual space…well, it’s a treat. :)

On a side note, Tavia Gilbert, your narration of Cat and Bones has sent me into a full on backlist glom of the entire series. And I’d already read them in paper last year and enjoyed them in a mild sort of way. Now I’m devouring them again because your narration has cranked up the volume on the humor, excitement and passion of the stories. So thanks for that. :)

]]> By: Brenda http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35267 Brenda Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:18:03 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35267 Slezak is 5+ stars in narration that’s for sure and I did get a LOL early in Envy …. from Hatch, the old fisherman that had no use for the tourists in Key West. His irritated grumbling about them and saying the sunscreen they walked around slathered in smelled like a monkey had barfed on them. :D

Your right about One Summer, the suspense is definitely light and I skip the bad guy POV’s in Carnal Innocence, so there truly is no hope for me! :D

LOL over your logo idea MaryK I need to keep one in the corner of my Goodreads reviews. :)

For light romantic suspense I enjoy the single title Nora Roberts releases. The Search from last year was very good. And I see it made the Poll here so I must not be the only one who thought so …. You get a lot of dog training tips (the heroines profession) and search and rescue details using dogs, which I found very interesting. Loved the hero and the sly humor, lots of funny banter between the H and h if you pay attention. The narration by Tanya Eby was good.

The year before that was Tribute in which you get a detailed DIY house renovation lesson along with your romance and the side of suspense. :0

Hard to find (narrated by Anna Fields) is Head Over Heels by Susan Andersen. Some light fun with an even lighter suspense angle. But again, I stress, Anna Fields……

]]> By: MaryK http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35222 MaryK Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:33:48 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35222 Brenda: Now I know what to use as my Goodreads icon! :D We can be the pansy chapter of Speaking of Audiobooks.

Meanwhile, bring on the recs for “light” romantic suspense a la One Summer, After the Night, or Shades of Twilight. :)

]]> By: Lea AAR http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35217 Lea AAR Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:16:02 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35217 lol Brenda! I’m too a pansy but in another way (as you well know) – all those monsters even with a kick ass heroine to handle the day! So we can both wave our flags – just at differing points on the romance sub-genre map.

It’s funny but I never thought of Envy as the dark story you describe but I must agree it is. I was so compelled by the rich undertow of romance (would it happen? could it be? is he good or is he bad?) that I forgave the darkness – something I don’t ascribe to easily. And I guess that Brown continues to pull me into that darkness without me complaining since I now have listened to a number of her Slezak narrated RS that also fall in the A range for me. And I’m not what one could consider a hard core RS fan – I avoid when possible.

But thank you for giving this one a try. Sandra Brown is a hard listen for some – as Diana stated earlier, she “doesn’t always conform to romance rules.”

lol on your thoughts of One Summer as RS. Not that it isn’t – I just think of it as pure contemporary with an element of suspense. Now Carnal Innocence – I agree. So I only see the need for you to fly your pansy flag at half mast!

]]> By: Brenda http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35206 Brenda Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:54:17 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35206 Coming to raise my white flag of surrender … I’ve had a big purple PANSY embroidered on it …. I made it a good way into Sandra Brown’s Envy a couple of days ago but I’m not going to be able to finish it.

Victor Slezak is amazing, his talent obvious, I love listening to him … but I can’t go this dark, angsty way …. no matter how perfectly all the characters sound.

Even knowing there is an HEA at the end … even with this fabulous narration, I can’t go there. I’m putting it out there plain and simple so no one gets suckered in by my reviews. I’m all about escape in my listening.

I need lightness mixed with humor to do RS … maybe I need non reality all together?? Give me a smart mouthed kick a$$ heroine and some creepy monsters to fight and I’m there!

I’m still working it out, but I now know JD Robb is my limit with thriller type Romantic Suspense. At least I get to laugh myself silly a couple of times with them.

Fair warning …. my idea of favorite romantic suspense / edge of your seat romance is Karen Robards One Summer or Nora Roberts Carnal Innocence!

Confession time for this light weight is now over….

]]> By: MaryK http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35166 MaryK Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:04:57 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35166 Destined for an Early Grave is also in the sale. I have both titles sitting in my cart. I’m going to skim through the paperback and see if it’s one I want to listen to. Pretty sure it is, but I’ve bought a lot of audios lately and I’m trying not to impulse buy. :)

Lea AAR: One Summer is my idea of an ideal contemporary romance in both audio and print.

Ah, see that’s what I thought. I am such a wimp about Romantic Suspense. :S

Diana: Also want to mention a Karen Rose RS series narrated by Tavia Gilbert.

I’ve heard good things about Karen Rose but have pretty much decided I’m not tough enough for her. My reading background is Mary Stewart and cozy mysteries and so far I haven’t been able to move on to today’s thriller type suspense. Maybe some day.

]]> By: Lea AAR http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718&cpage=1#comment-35160 Lea AAR Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:40:33 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6718#comment-35160 Three of the winning audiobooks are on sale at Audible until July 19th.

SEP’s Match Me if You Can $5.95
Frost’s One Foot in the Grave $8.95
Crusie’s Maybe This Time $8.95

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