Finished Asunder. And found out it's the Nebula it's up for, not a Hugo. Not that I know the difference. Anyway, the ending is not a bad ending but is not the ending I wanted and has me hoping there is a sequel where certain things can be fixed. Not to dissuade anyone from reading it but there is some emotional risk in getting involved with these characters.

Back to Christopher Moore with Secondhand Souls. Not very far into it but it is reinforcing my dislike of Fisher Stevens as a narrator (I like when the credits say "performed by" but turning that into a noun just doesn't work in my head). Unfortunate as he's done some of my favorite books of Moore's and lately I prefer audiobooks to any other kind. Not that he's bad to the point of ruining the book but I do get distracted by wishing he made different choices for his performance.

I hear you on that, boy howdy. I love audio books, but I have many preferences that I didn't really know I had until I started listening to them. I tend to prefer straight up narration that is acting-adjacent rather than Acting the Story. Generally. I did just listen to a couple with an actual actor who did a phenomenal job. I... can't remember who it was off the top of my head.

I tend not to love the multi-actor as characters ones unless I put myself in the mind frame of listening to, like, a radio play, but not all books work well in that format.

Yeah, I have really loved some actual radio plays but I generally prefer one good narrator to a full cast audiobook. Not sure if that is inherent to the form or just the particular ones I have listened to, it's not a huge sample. That said, I have just now developed the theory that with a cast there are more opportunities to make decisions I don't like - the casting, the direction, the individual performances. And I'm gonna guess the full cast versions are more likely to be abridged, though once again that could just be what I've listened to