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I don't really read audiobooks so options were limited this week. What I'll do is just share my short audiobook collection with you guys.
1) JK Rowling-Harry Potter 1-7
Stephen Fry is such an amazing reader of this material, with all the different voices he does. I love his version of Hagrid. I love listening to these books to relax.
2) George RR Martin-A Song of Ice and Fire books 1 and 2
These two were cheap so I picked them up but haven't listened yet. I want the rest of the series but they are still too expensive for my budget.
3) Suzanne Collins-The Hunger Games trilogy
I got the three books for a bargain price of £10 for the set but haven't had a chance to listen to them yet. I loved the books so I hope the narration is good.
4) Rachel Caine-Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires #1)
I hadn't really intended to pick this series up in audiobook but the first one was on sale for just £5 so I figured why not! Not sure when or if I'll get the other books.
5) Stephen King-It
My all-time favourite ever book so I just had to get an audiobook copy. I've heard good things about the narration as well.
6) Roald Dahl-Fantastic Mr Fox/James and the Giant Peach
I got this free with a newspaper many years ago and enjoyed listening to both at the time.
7) The Jungle Book
As a kid I loved this film so my parents bought me the vinyl soundtrack. I got a cd version free with a newspaper but never got round to listening to it.
8) ZA Recht-Morningstar trilogy
I love this zombie trilogy and the three books were cheap recent purchases.
9) Philippa Gregory-The Other Boleyn Girl
I love this tudor fiction book about Mary Boleyn, her affair with Henry and bitter rivalry with sister Anne. I look forward to listening to this one.
10) Philippa Gregory-The Boleyn Inheritance
I loved this second Boleyn novel even more than the first, with the stories of Jane Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard.
I can only think of one audiobook I've tried in the past 10 years and it was a Stephen King short story. And I didn't finish because I kept falling asleep. That's why I went the music route today.
ReplyDeleteI tend to doze off if I listen to audio cds in my bed! I do need to make more time for the ones I have!
DeleteI just got several audibles by Michael McBride. I enjoyed his shorter story, Unidentified so I wanted to try more. I have Subhuman, Forsaken and Subterrestrial. And I'm finishing up Bill Schweigart's series after enjoying The Beast Of Barcroft. I have Northwoods and The Devil's Colony.
ReplyDeleteThe Beast of Barcroft is lurking either on my wishlist or tbr-I can't remember which!
DeleteWow, you got some long audiobooks. I can’t afford to buy audiobooks, so I get them from the library.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I'm only going to buy favourite books that I re-read a lot so it will be a small collection!
DeleteI've never really been into audiobooks since I read really fast and get bored trying to listen to the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fast reader too! I also find it hard to sit still long enough to listen...
DeleteI've heard Harry Potter is amazing on audio and I think Roald Dahl is just fantastic on audio.
ReplyDeleteStephen Fry's narration was brilliant. He just brings all the characters alive.
DeleteI couldn't do this one because I never listen to audio books. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of the format.
DeleteI love audiobooks and they have helped me work on my backlist, but I find SFF books really hard to follow via audio. I am usually doing other things when I listen, so if the story is too complex, I lose track of things.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine that would be a problem! I need to learn to sit still and listen or watch films. I just can't seem to settle to either at the moment!
DeleteI hear both the Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire series are excellent in audio. They chose great narrators for them!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
I haven't listened to Game of Thrones yet but I have high hopes!
DeleteAudiobooks is all I'm doing right now! I tried Harry Potter as audio and didn't like it so I want to try again. Same with GoT :) I bet The Hunger Games is awesome in audio! Hope you like it when you get to them!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure when I'll get to listen to any of them! I do love my Harry Potter collection though!
DeleteStephen Fry is amazing with the HP audios. My husband used to listen to these a lot while on the computer or in the car and I'd catch bits. Then the little dude started listening to them and I heard even more... Even when I hated audiobooks, I could have these on in the background and do stuff because I knew the stories so well, it didn't matter if I zoned out and missed stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteHe was great with the voices! I loved hearing Hagrid and Hermione's high pitched hysterics! I can imagine that kids would enjoy listening-perfect for long car journeys!
DeleteI loved It and The Hunger Games!
ReplyDeleteMary
I hope these audio cds are good...
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