'Shells'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger, that's on my list too.
Augh, Consuela audiobooks are so hard. Good narrators make so much difference, and not everything works, I don't think. Some books really sit better on the page.
I'd put in a vote for the Culture novels as one of those.
A friend loved a recent book and then got the audio and found the narrator changing accents in the middle of a character bounced her right out.
This is what keeps me up, worrying, at night.
Augh, Consuela audiobooks are so hard. Good narrators make so much difference, and not everything works, I don't think. Some books really sit better on the page.
I'm a few discs into The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and I wonder whether I would like it better if Christine Lakin weren't reading it in such a dark, dreary monotone. The occasional musical score is fun, though.
Consuela, have you read Oryx and Crake? I love Atwood and I enjoyed After the Flood but I just could not get into Oryx and Crake at all.
have you read Oryx and Crake
Nope! I was thinking I should read some Atwood other than Handmaid's Tale but the audio of O&C is not going to do it. I will pick up a copy at some point, or maybe borrow from the library.
In other news, I've discovered that Audible has The Great Courses available: an entire series for 1 credit or about $25. So right now I'm listening to a 24-hour lecture series about the lives of ordinary people in the ancient world, which is pretty interesting. Doesn't hurt that the lecturer is British: I'm always more inclined to believe a narrator with a British accent. [insert winking icon here]
Kat is me. Love Atwood, enjoy dystopia, totally didn't like Oryx and Crake or its sequel. I haven't read the third book, which says something given my aversion to leaving series unfinished. But I know may people who adore it, so.
The occasional musical score is fun, though.
Oh that's interesting! How was writers with drinks, PC?
Atwood other than Handmaid's Tale
I really liked the Blind Assassin and Alias Grace. I also liked Oryx and Crake and the Handmaid's Tale, but for different reasons.
Alias Grace, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride -- these are my favorite Atwoods. I have still to read MaddAdam.
I also could not abide Oryx and Crake.
I did not dislike it so much to say it twice.