I really wanted to like the Murderbot dramatizations and I really did not. Made me extra anxious about the TV show, but that seems to be groundless. Love the audiobooks best, so far
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
-t - May 23, 2025 5:43:23 am PDT #28302 of 28306
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Laura - May 23, 2025 6:53:12 am PDT #28303 of 28306
Our wings are not tired.
I have become a huge fan of audiobooks, and only wish I could listen while doing other things, but I can't seem to multi-task and listen, except when driving. I will sit in the car to finish a section.
I prefer one narrator, but some work with multiple, The Lost Bookshop as an example. The three narrators helped with the different timelines. One of the best single narrator audiobooks I listened to was Demon Copperhead because my ears were convinced he was the character. The only dramatized adaptation I can recall offhand was Fourth Wing, and I found the sound effects and acting more distracting than helpful.
Bottom line, a single, talented narrator works best for me.
I have to decide what novels we are going to listen to on my drive to NY. About 30 hours in the car so I am looking for a nice long saga. We'll alternate with some music and news on the road, but long stretches of narration will be good. Right now, Dean Koontz's False Memory is winning with over 21 hours of narration. Reviews are all over the place, so I still haven't made a decision.
FWIW, my very first audiobooks consumed were Harry Potter. I listened to 7 novels in my car on FL/NY/FL trips! I had tried to read them without success previously but loved listening to them all.
-t - May 23, 2025 8:36:32 am PDT #28304 of 28306
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I started listening to audiobooks in the 90s when I found out you could rent them (on cassettes) at truck stops and return them at another truck stop in the same chain. So good for driving across Utah where there wasn't much radio! It was listening to MurderBot while mowing the lawn and so forth that really made them part of my daily life
Laura - May 23, 2025 8:42:23 am PDT #28305 of 28306
Our wings are not tired.
I ended up choosing Koontz's From the Corner of His Eye which is a whopping 23 hours and 50 minutes! If we don't finish the thriller on the road trip, my sister and I go to the gym together every day so we can finish it on those trips. The narration has good reviews so I hope Mona enjoys it.
DavidS - May 23, 2025 9:50:51 am PDT #28306 of 28306
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
FWIW, my very first audiobooks consumed were Harry Potter. I listened to 7 novels in my car on FL/NY/FL trips! I had tried to read them without success previously but loved listening to them all.
Emmett and I listened to all the Jim Dale HP audiobooks on his commutes to school. A strong bonding experience with him.
The only other audiobook we really enjoyed was Pratchett's The Wee Free Men narrated by Stephen Briggs, which made us laugh out loud many times: [link]